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The Islamic New of 1434 has recently ushered in and people generally begin to think about their life and some even make resolutions about how they will approach this New Islamic Year and their work, health and relationships. As humans and believers we also have ambitions. Instead of making resolutions only about material progression, the resolutions of a believer …
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December, 2012
- 31 December
After Islamophobic Hate Crime in New York City, Mayor Wants Public to ‘Keep Death in Perspective’ By Annie Robbins and Alex Kane
A horrific crime if we've ever seen one–and a reminder that Islamophobia affects many communities outside Muslim ones. From the AP: A woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform into the path of a train because she hates Muslims and thought he was one was charged Saturday with murder as …
Read More » - 27 December
Former Drone Operator turned Whistleblower: “I saw men, women and children die” by Ezra Van Auken
American drones have been a problem around the world since their inception in the early 2000s; in the past year or so, the advocacy against drones has increased immensely. This could be partly due to the acceleration of drone strikes that have occurred in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Libya – along with Afghanistan. Within the drone world has come …
Read More » - 27 December
The Religion Of Islam
The first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is what the word "Islam" itself means. The religion of Islam is not named after a person as in the case of Christianity which was named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gautama Buddha, Confucianism after Confucius, and Marxism after Karl Marx. Nor was it named after a …
Read More » - 27 December
Twin Swords Of Damocles Over The Heads Of All Humanity By Francis A. Boyle
Napoleon and Hitler in Charge of US Foreign Policy. During the 1950s I grew up in a family who rooted for the success of African Americans in their just struggle for civil rights and full legal equality. Then in 1962 it was the terror of my own personal imminent nuclear annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis that first sparked …
Read More » - 27 December
Hate is a force. How We Can Heed The Warnings By Michael N. Nagler
The latest tragedy – and I sincerely hope it will still be the latest when you read this – has been unparalleled in its violence. Because the true measure of violence is not in the body count but in the violation of the sacred life that we hold most dear, for example in our innocent children. It has also …
Read More » - 26 December
The legacy of Victorian England’s first Islamic convert By Rahila Bano
On a bleak, wet and windy day in Liverpool the old Georgian, white-stoned building which once housed England's first registered mosque looks quite dull. The property on Brougham Terrace is just a few miles from Liverpool city centre but, in stark contrast to the newer council building next door to it, the paint is peeling off the front walls and …
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