‘I’m not going to apologize for the Torah’
Chief Rabbi of Tzfat and member of the Chief Rabbinate Council, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, defended on Monday controversial comments made by Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, head of the pre-army academy in Eli, after he claimed labelled homosexuals “deviants”. Speaking to Army Radio, Rabbi Eliyahu emphasized that while he disagreed with the use of the term “deviants”, […]
Trump confuses ‘radical Islam’ with ‘Nation of Islam’
All he knows is that they are “ba Trump seemed to confuse the name of the group Baton Rouge cop killer Gavin Long belonged to, calling it “Radical Islam” instead of “Nation of Islam.” “I mean, you look at so many different fronts. It’s, you know, Radical Islam – and by the way, he seems […]
GOP, RIP?
John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri The Republican Party came to life as the bastion of “Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men.” It was a reformist party dedicated to stopping the spread of slavery and to fighting a “Slave Power” its founders saw as undermining free institutions. The new political organization grew out […]
Fareed Zakaria Demolishes Newt’s ‘Stupid’ Muslim-Deportation Scheme
How could we have prevented the Nice attacks based on the idea of better intelligence and better security can save lives? The perpetrator of that horrific act was not on any radar as he was not religious and appeared to have no affiliation with any known terrorist groups. Plus the security in the area was […]
Regional Young Muslims Commit to Fight Genocide Ideology
Islam means peace and all Muslims, especially the youth, should promote unity and peace to avoid any conflict that can affect the world and lead to genocide or any other mass killings. The call was made by young Muslims from the region when they paid tribute to victims of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi at […]
Cleveland: Protesters gather to denounce Trump at RNC
Cleveland, Ohio – Protesters have lambasted what they called US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s bigotry and xenophobia in rallies held on the first day of the Republican National Convention. Under the watchful eye of police officers on horseback and bicycles, groups with different interests, united in their message against the celebrity tycoon, marched on Monday […]
Nice Muslims Disavow Mohamed Bouhlel After Truck Attack
The al-Wahda prayer room and the Al-Baraka Mosque on the Rue de Suisse in Nice’s city center were filling up for their early afternoon services on Saturday. Muslim worshippers arrived, locked up their bikes and took off their sandals and socks on green mats laid outside the entrance to Al-Baraka to protect their feet. The […]
Saudi authorities arrest 32 suspects following end of Ramadan attacks
Riyadh (dpa) – Saudi authorities have arrested 32 suspects over suicide attacks that hit the holy city of Medina and two other cities earlier this month, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. The suspects, 30 Saudis and two Yemeni nationals, were under interrogation, according to an official ministry website. Four police officers were killed in […]
CAIR Urges GOP to Disinvite Dutch Islam-Hater Geert Wilders from Cleveland Convention
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Republic Party to disinvite notorious Dutch Islamophobe Geert Wilders from its national convention in Cleveland. Wilders noted last night on Twitter that he had arrived to attend the convention at […]
The real reason behind Nice lorry massacre
On a day dedicated to liberty, equality, and fraternity, France reeled against yet another terrorist attack. The barbarity of a lorry driven into a crowd of fireworks spectators in Nice punctuated an otherwise uneventful 18 months since the January 2015 attacks in Paris. It was a bitter reminder that violent extremism is an unfortunate fixture. […]