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A Voice for the Voiceless

His voice had power. His booming delivery was infused with rousing socio-political rhetoric. With a rhythmic cadence, tone, and inflection, his voice kept a beat. It emboldened a generation of black youth, and frightened the white establishment. His voice organized black voters in rural southern towns. It later pushed drug dealers and prostitutes out of his Atlanta community. As he aged, the provocative…

ABUJA – The Saudi deportation of Nigerian female pilgrims for being unaccompanied by male guardians is sparking a

Nigerian scholars blame the misconduct of female pilgrims for the deportation from the Saudi…

The brutal and humiliating assaults include having Hijabs ripped off, being urinated on or having feces rubbed in their faces

Hate crimes against Muslims in the UK are on the rise which mainly target women, according to new figures from a human rights organization.

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Wall Street is being occupied. Europe is collapsing in on itself. Around the world, people are consumed by fear and

In this edition of the show Faiza Ahmed reviews the film; End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless, directed by Tim Delmastro.

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UNITED NATIONS — At the United Nations General Assembly, Egypt's new president made his debut Wednesday, while

Mohammed Morsi, President of Egypt, addresses the 67th…

One tragic consequence of the war in Syria is the flood of refugees escaping fighting. Turkey and Jordan have been

Mac Slavo

                    





September 28th, 2012   If you’re dependent on the

government to support your weekly sustenance, the money you receive is no longer

sufficient to maintain a healthy and nutritious diet – so says Phoenix Mayor

Greg Stanton:







Last week, Stanton, a Democrat, took part in a

community challenge to live on a food stamp budget – just $4.16…

TUSCALOOSA | A copy of the Quran dating from 1853, its spine missing, its pages browning and its front cover

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ ۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ (٩)

Surah Al-Hijr

CAIRO – Wearing a cream-colored hijab, a veiled anchorwoman has appeared on Egypt’s state television for the first

A veiled anchor appeared on Egypt’s state television on Sunday for the first time in its five-decade history…

Apartheid never died in South Africa. It inspired a world order upheld by force and illusion

19 September 2012

The murder of 34 miners by the South African police, most of them shot in the back, puts paid to the illusion of post-apartheid democracy and illuminates the new worldwide apartheid of which South Africa is both an historic and contemporary model.

In 1894, long before the infamous Afrikaans word foretold "separate…

Assalamu 'Alaikum,

      Zakat…

Triggered by gas-price increases, tens of thousands of Palestinian taxi, truck and bus drivers in the West Bank

Mr. Fayyad, the PA must stop playing this futile game.

By Neve Gordon

observed a one-day strike, effectively shutting down cities. This, as Al Jazeera reported, was the culmination of several days of protests where thousands of Palestinians, frustrated by the economic crisis in the West Bank, took to the streets.…

Muslim rage has reached epidemic levels in many parts of the world. It seems almost uncontrollable that Muslims

By:  Imam Luqman Ahmad

rampage through the streets at the drop of a hat, or fight and kill each other over religious differences seemingly without forethought; it manifests itself publicly as violent demonstrations, terrorism, suicide bombings, Muslim on Muslim killing in the name of Allah, and almost…

مايا ناصر رحمة الله عليه  

Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011. Damascus says outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorists are behind the unrest, but the opposition accuses the security forces of being behind the…