U.S. inequality is at its highest point for nearly a century. Those at the top – no matter how you slice it – are enjoying a larger share of the national pie; the number below the poverty level is growing. The gap between those with the median income and those at the top is growing, too. The U.S. used to …
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Filipino actress Queenie Padilla quits showbiz, embraces Islam
Filipino singer/actress Queenie Padilla shares her rebirth after performing Haj in Makkah. By all accounts, “the future leading lady” was on her way to stardom before she had a spiritual rebirth Queenie Padilla was starring in primetime TV shows and would sing and dance in production numbers on popular variety shows in the Philippines. She was the other half …
Read More »Muslims stood as one for territorial integrity of SL – Zuhair PC Sarath MALALASEKERA
Muslims’ contribution for the unity of Sri Lanka can never be forgotten; the government and the people of Sri Lanka appreciate the sacrifices made by Muslims for the unity and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka, said former Member of Parliament and former ambassador to Iran, President’s Counsel M M Zuhair. Sri Lankans of all ethnicity while regretting the violence, …
Read More »Religious Violence in Myanmar Threatens to derail country’s transition to democracy By Latheef Farook
Eruption of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state early this month not only threatens to derail the country’s democratic transition but also brought to light the plight of Rohingya Muslims. According to reports, Muslims account for about four percent of the total population of around 60 million in Myanmar, a resource-rich nation strategically positioned at Asia’s crossroads between India and China, Bangladesh …
Read More »Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy; Despised by west revered by Muslims – By Latheef Farook
Despised by Jewish lobbies in United States and Europe well known French philosopher, left wing intellectual and prominent communist author Roger Garaudy died last week near Paris at the age of 98. Born into a Catholic and atheist family Garaudy, a holocaust denier, converted Protestant at the age of 14 before embracing Islam in 1982. As a Muslim he adopted …
Read More »Raining death from the sky – By Latheef Farook
The former head of the CIA's Clandestine Service, Jose Rodriguez, recently stated that President Obama's war against Islam is far more brutal than that of his predecessor, with the administration opting for deadly drone attacks over arrests. The indiscriminate US drone attacks and the senseless killing of innocent people have reached scandalous proportions, prompting even the pliant Pakistani …
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