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Egypt Introduces Saudi-style Islamic Moral Police Force

Egypt has quietly introduced a Saudi-style Islamic religious police force in order to implement the moral principles of Islam using “non-violent methods”.

March 7, 2013 / 13 Comments / Read More

Atheists petition UN to reject proposed International Islamic Blasphemy Laws

March 5, 2013 2 Comments

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), representing atheists the world over, recently sent a letter to the UN headquarters protesting what they believe is an “assault against atheists and humanists” worldwide…

Obama to announce 34,000-strong Afghan troop cut

February 15, 2013 No Comment

34,000 U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan over the next year, U.S. media say, according to BBC News.

The state of the American man

February 9, 2013 5 Comments

And so it is that when a sixteen-year-old American named John Walker Lindh converts to Islam in 1997, he begins calling himself Suleyman al-Faris and sets about trying to master the language of the Prophet, peace be upon him.

Obama: “A decade of war is now ending…” Really?

January 27, 2013 No Comment

But allow me this: Obama uttered a major falsehood, something that progressives should call him out on, and yet not many did… And the falsehood speaks to a highly important legacy that Obama will be leaving behind…

Iran hosts Quran contest for Armed forces from Islamic nations

January 25, 2013 2 Comments

Tehran will host the first Quran competitions among the armed forces of Islamic countries, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.

The war you don’t see

January 14, 2013 1 Comment

A powerful and timely investigation into the media’s role in war, tracing the history of embedded and independent reporting from the carnage of World War One to the destruction of Hiroshima, and from the invasion of Vietnam to the current war in Afghanistan and disaster in Iraq.

133 children die a day in Afghanistan

January 10, 2013 No Comment

According to available figures, about 73 percent of people
in Afghanistan lack access to clean drinking water and 95 percent
do not have access to sufficient sanitation. As a result,
diarrhoeal diseases are responsible for the death of 48,545
children every year in the country.

Children are children whether in Connecticut or elsewhere

December 19, 2012 No Comment

“…we know from the general character & actions of Muhammad, that he treated all people with a sense of respect, mercy, compassion, love, dignity, and as Muslims, we are obligated to follow in his footsteps…”