Posted on March 12, 2012 |…

Divorced Before Puberty  

The cover of Nujood Ali’s book, which was a bestseller in France.   

Crown Publishing Group Publicity

At her school in Yemen, Nujood received a visit from her publisher, Michel Lafon.

Last week, one of the clearest shifts in the decades-long debate over Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) came

Post submitted by Michael Toumayan, HRC Religion and Faith Program Manager

into light from the largest U.S.-based Muslim organization, the Islamic Society of North…

‘In part one of this article, we defined usury as the lending of money at interest. We examined the history of usury and how it was considered morally reprehensible for thousands of years, prior to becoming the sand foundation modern economies. We also examined the mastery of usury, how they create money out of nothing and use it as a silent weapon for control of humanity.

Here, we examine the crimes and iniquity made possible by usury; and practical…

Since the Syrian tragedy began three years ago, commentators have been quick to lambast one side or another for

By Desmond Tutu

their lack of leadership, singling out Bashar al-Assad, or the rebels, or Russia, or the United States, or the Arab League, or the United Nations, or perhaps another entity. We are spoilt for choice.

Meanwhile the war rages on and Syria’s families continue to be torn apart. What…

How do I begin? How do I journal my purpose?

Authored by Nicole Newman

The year 2009 started out with a bang! The seeds of the entrepreneurial forest the Creator planted on my heart in 2006 were beginning to bear fruit! Accomplishing the goal is so close I can feel and touch it. The wealth and abundance is so close, I can taste it. BUT as the remembrance of God is the center of my entire world, and on this journey it is up to Him,…

One of the stars of the critically-acclaimed documentary "The Interrupters," called "the most necessary film of the

year" by Slatelast year, was interviewed Wednesday on "The Colbert Report" a matter of weeks before the film makes its Feb. 14 television debut on PBS's Frontline.

Ameena Matthews is one of the…

The New York City Police Department has sought to place an informant on the board of a

The FBI employs the same…

Target plans to stop asking prospective employees about their criminal records in initial job applications at all of its

U.S. stores, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Huffington Post on Tuesday.

The Minneapolis-based company had been facing pressure to do so from grassroots advocacy group TakeAction Minnesota.…

State District Judge Elizabeth E. Coker—who sits on the bench over Trinity, Polk and San Jacinto

Texas district Judge Elizabeth E. Coker is stepping down from the bench after being caught engaging in a massive perversion of justice. A whistleblower revealed that Corker was sending text messages to prosecutors with suggestions on questions to ask in court in order to secure a conviction.…

The rise in prosperity and self-confidence, coupled with the growing self-awareness of Turkey as an Islamic nation, is

Muqtedar Khan

Associate Professor of Islam and Global Affairs, the University of Delaware

leading to…

A Palestinian woman, Rasmieh Odeh, was arrested at her home this morning, Oct. 22, by agents of the

Department of Homeland Security.

She is charged with immigration fraud. Allegedly, in her application for citizenship, she didn’t mention that she was arrested in Palestine 45 years ago by an Israeli military court that detains Palestinians without charge - a court that has over 200 children in prison today and does not…

This week, 1.2 billion Muslims will celebrate Eid-al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, or Tabaski as it is known in West

by Sylviane A. Diouf, Curator of Digital Collections, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Africa. Very few among them will have a thought for the hundreds of thousands of…