Muslim Heroes Recognizes Sister Asma Hanif

Asma Hanif (Exec. Director, Muslimat An-Nisaa)

(NEW YORK, N.Y., 12/29/12) –- The nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today repeated its

call for America's political and religious leaders to speak out forcefully against growing anti-Muslim hate in our society after a New York woman was arrested for allegedly pushing a man to his death on the tracks of a subway station because she thought he was…

Here is part of an Associated Press article from Dec. 20: “Declaring the time for action overdue, President Obama

Much as Secretary of State Madeleine Albright once opined that the sanctions-related deaths of Iraqi children was “worth it,” many Americans seem to believe…

Night For Syria Atlanta, Ga. January 12, 2013

Former Nebraska Senator Charles (Chuck) Hagel may be nominated by President Barack Obama to be secretary of

By James M. Wall

defense.

The President is known to like his old Senate colleague, a Republican who, like Obama, considered running for president in 2008. Unlike Obama, Hagel decided not to run.

Hagel, a Vietnam War veteran, would provide Obama with a Republican in the upper echelon of his second-term…

In a moment of high theatre he dropped to his knees, placed his lips on the ground and kissed the land he has

Khalid Meshaal Returns to Gaza Kisses The Ground

At 25, Hamas has morphed in its status and importance, and within that prominence lays its strengths and weaknesses, argues Ramzy…

On 6 December 2009, blogger and human rights defender, Mr Ra’if Badawi, was stopped at Jeddah airport and

prevented from travelling to Beirut. No official explanation was given for the travel ban or its time limit; however, it is believed that it is related to charges brought against Ra’if Badawi in relation to a website he set up, in which he has criticized the religious police for violations of human rights.

Further…

Let’s take the “race” issue out of the discussion, although, in America, it seems to be almost difficult to discuss any

Another killing on stand your ground . . .

Analysis By:  Ibrahim Siddiq

event without including some racial, ethnic or cross-cultural perspective in the discourse. But, let’s…

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Life can be especially cruel for girls growing up on Kenya's Swahili Coast. Some families sell their daughters to earn

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Could microscopic parasites have the ability to take control of a human being? Scientists are starting to think so.

A third of the world's population may have a parasitic infection that scientists believe to have an impact on human behavior.



The protozoan parasite, called Toxoplasma gondii, has long been considered to be an "asymptomatic" parasite in humans. But lab tests and a new report suggest that it may cause or intensify severe forms of…

Is it the proliferation of so many variants and outlets of media, or has the world actually descended into one giant globe

of conflict? It seems that virtually every portion of today’s world is blighted by some sort of conflict in a myriad of forms, ranging from political maneuvering to try to thwart the mandates…

(The Root) -- Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 8: What was the first black town in North America?

Gaspar Yanga's statue in the town named after him

(Erasmo Vasquez Lendechy

100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: It was founded during slavery, and it wasn't in the U.S. South.

As I mentioned in my…