U.S. acknowledges killing four Americans in drone strikes
(Reuters) – The U.S. government formally acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed four Americans, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in drone strikes in…
U.S. Retailers See Big Risk in Safety Plan for Factories in Bangladesh
Source: NY Times. By STEVEN GREENHOUSE American retailers remain sharply opposed to joining an international plan to improve safety conditions at garment factories in Bangladesh as their European counterparts and…
Court Documents Detail a Deadly Family Feud From Brooklyn to Pakistan
Source: NY Times. By MOSI SECRET She fled her husband and her family, sneaking out of her home in Pakistan to take sanctuary in the American Embassy, which then whisked…
Engineers See a Path Out of Green Card Limbo
SAN FRANCISCO — Sanket Sant, a citizen of India, came to the United States at age 21, earning a master’s degree in engineering, followed by a doctorate and then landing…
Syria highlights US political impotence
Source: Asia Times. Contradictory discourse in the US over the Syrian civil conflict underlines how American strategy in the Middle East has become watered-down to the point of impotence. It’s…
Religious Freedom On The Decline Worldwide
Radio Free Europe WASHINGTON — Religious freedom is on the decline in many parts of the world, according to a new report from the U.S. State Department, which calls the…
A False Gospel of Reconciliation
Huff Post: by Zach J. Hoag: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God,…
Kerry in Muscat to help ink $ 2.1 bn defense deal (scare them first, then take their money)
BY JO BIDDLE ARABNEWS Wednesday 22 May 2013 MUSCAT: US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Oman yesterday aiming to help finalize an estimated $ 2.1 billion deal to…
The Answer to the ‘Christian Right’
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com In a country that is increasingly polarized politically and religiously, it’s always a breath of fresh air to encounter a group or a movement that strays from the social…
Domestic violence conference focuses on honor killings
Source: Buffalo News By Matt Spina | News Staff Reporter Right off the bat, the moderator agreed they were about to discuss “not too pleasant a topic for a sunny Sunday afternoon”…
State Dept. Report Says Countries Have Repressed Religious Freedom With Laws
Source: NY Times By STEVEN LEE MYERS WASHINGTON — Countries around the world, including allies of the United States, have used laws on blasphemy and apostasy to suppress political opponents,…
Why I’m protesting against Gap over Bangladesh
Source: CNN Money By Emily Jane Fox NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Anu Mandavilli is joining a protest against Gap, at the clothing company’s annual meeting on Tuesday. Her beef: Gap doesn’t…
U.S. mess in Iraq
STORY SUMMARY Responsibility for the mess that is Iraq today can easily be laid at the doorstep of the United States, since the Bush administration decided to proceed with the…
Religious freedom: US denounces ‘rise’ in anti-Muslim sentiment
ET: WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday denounced what it called a spike in anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe and Asia, pointing to restrictions and violence against Muslims including the faith’s…
Two-mile-wide tornado kills at least 24 — including 7 elementary school students
Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) — Rescue workers raced against time and the oncoming night Monday looking for survivors after a powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City, leveling homes…
Muslim leader says first ‘Charter for the Protection of Religion and Religious Rights’ found in Quran
Baitur Rahman Mosque in Vancouver Source: Press Release Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad was addressing reception marking opening of the Baitur Rahman Mosque in Vancouver On 18 May 2013, the Worldwide Head of…
US: Suburban poverty soars
Source: CNN Money By Tami Luhby Poverty is growing faster in the suburbs than anywhere else in the United States, soaring 64% over the past decade. That was more than…
TED Talk: What the Western World Can Learn from the Prophet Muhammad: Haroon Moghul
Youtube: TED Talks by Haroon Moghul: The Huge Overlapp between the Idea of America and the Idea of Islam Watch in Youtube.…
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