Monday, March 06, 2017
Trump Issues Revised Executive Order On Travel
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The Dilemma Facing Ex-Muslims in Trump's America
“Challenging Islam as a doctrine,” Ali Rizvi told me, “is very different from demonizing Muslim people.” Rizvi, a self-identified ex-Muslim, is the author of a new book titled The Atheist Muslim: A Journey from Religion to Reason. One of the book’s stated aims is to uphold this elementary distinction: “Human beings have rights and are entitled to respect. Ideas, books, and beliefs don’t, and aren’t.”
The problem for Rizvi is that the grain of Western political culture is currently against him. Those in the secular West live in an age when ideas are commonly regarded as “deeds” with the potential to wound. So, on the left, self-critique of Islam is often castigated as critique of Muslims. Meanwhile, the newly elected president of the United States and his inner circle have a tendency to conflate the ideas of radical Islam with the beliefs of the entire Muslim population. So, on the right, the very same self-critique of Islam is used to attack Muslims and legitimize draconian policies against them. » | Simon Cottee | Monday, March 6, 2017
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President Donald Trump Set To Roll Out New Immigration Order | Morning Joe | MSNBC
'Russia's Soul Is Monarchic': Tsarist School Wants to Reverse 100 Years of History
“We are raising a new elite here,” says Zurab Chavchavadze, the dapper 74-year-old headteacher of St Basil the Great School, sitting beneath a large portrait of Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II. “The students will be morally sound, religious, intellectual and patriotic, and will have every chance of getting into power.”
A collection of grand buildings set around a new cathedral in an upmarket suburb of Moscow, the school harks back to Russia’s tsarist traditions to inculcate a sense of patriotism in its 400 students.
As the centenary approaches of Russia’s 1917 revolution, which deposed the Romanov dynasty after centuries of rule, Chavchavadze is part of a small but influential section of Russians who are looking to the tsarist past for inspiration – and even hope to restore a monarchy one day soon. » | Shaun Walker in Moscow | Monday, March 6, 2017
Sunday, March 05, 2017
A 96-year-old Grandfather and Holocaust Survivor Tells His Family He Is Gay
Originally from Poland, Ronald Blank and his wife Ruth moved to the United States after the end of World War II.
Mr Blank spoke to YouTube video creator Davey Wavey about his unique coming out story ahead of a documentary, On My Way Out, that grandson Brandon Gross is directing about him. » | Anna Schaverien | Sunday, March 5, 2017
Evolution & Religion
The Muslim View: Muhammed in the Bible - Sheikh Ahmed Deedat
Full Interview: Marco Rubio with Jake Tapper
Pelosi Pressed on Russian Ambassador Meeting
Congressman's Controversial Joke about Conway
Video Shows Heated Oval Office Meeting
Killing Jesus: Who Was the Real Pontius Pilate?
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Interfaith Healer: The Surprising Role of Jesus in Islam
The result will come as something of a revelation to many non-Muslim readers, since Jesus is revered in Islam’s sacred text as a great teacher and prophet, while his mother, Mary, gets more ink — and praise — than in all four New Testament Gospels put together. » | Lesley Hazleton | Friday, March 3, 2017
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Watters: "Illegal Immigrant" Is Not "Hate Rhetoric"
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Beauty and the Beast | US Official Trailers
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Saturday, March 04, 2017
Lindsey Graham Booed at Townhall after Saying "I Support Donald Trump"
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UK Warned It Must 'Honour All Financial Obligations' To EU
European political leaders and diplomats have reacted furiously to the suggestion that Britain could leave the EU without paying a multibillion pound “divorce settlement”.
The European commission, along with 27 EU member states, have settled on a sum of about €60bn (£52bn) that the UK would have to pay to fulfil the commitments it had signed up to as an EU member.
In a report published on Saturday, the House of Lords EU financial affairs subcommittee argued that the British government would be on strong legal ground if it chose to leave the EU without paying anything, and suggesting that Brussels would have no realistic chance of getting any money. » | Daniel Boffey in Brussels | Saturday, March 4, 2017
France's Fatal Attraction to Islam
Two years ago, the rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, Dalil Boubakeur, suggested converting empty churches into mosques, to accommodate the growing Muslim community in abandoned Christian sites. Now, many people in France seem to have taken the idea so seriously that a report released by the foundation Terra Nova, France's main think tank that provides ideas to the governing Socialist Party, suggests that in order to integrate Muslims better, French authorities should replace the two Catholic holidays -- Easter Monday and Pentecost -- with Islamic holidays. To be ecumenical, they also included a Jewish holiday. » | Giulio Meotti | Saturday, March 4, 2017
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Trump Accuses Obama Administration of Wiretapping Trump Tower Phones
In early Saturday morning tweets that began at 6:35 a.m., the president said the alleged wiretapping was “McCarthyism” and “Nixon/Watergate.”
“Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism,” Trump wrote. » | Saturday, March 4, 2017
Friday, March 03, 2017
Caught! More “Filthy Jew” Talk in Montréal Mosque
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David Menzies,
Montréal,
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Inside Story - Is Donald Trump about to Lose His Attorney General?
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Why Trump Is Refusing to Confront Reality | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann | GQ
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Keith Olbermann
"There Is No Jewish Future in Sweden"
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Ezra Levant,
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Gay, Trans and Illegal in Lebanon - BBC Pop Up
My Confession | I'm An Ex-Muslim
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‘Euro Is Dead Man Walking’: Marine Le Pen Lashes Out at EU, Says Frexit Is Question of Time
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Richard Painter: Jeff Sessions Should Resign - BBC Newsnight
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Understanding Islam: Pontifical institute Fosters Study, Dialogue
Since 1926, the Missionaries of Africa have sponsored the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, preparing students to live and minister in the Muslim world, promoting dialogue and mutual respect.
"Catholic engagement with Islam, in the spirit and light of Vatican II, must be based on goodwill and an objective knowledge of the other tradition, and not on misconceptions and false ideas inherited from centuries of conflict and hostility," said Father Diego Sarrio Cucarella, a Missionary of Africa and director of studies at the institute, which is known by its Italian acronym, PISAI. » | Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service | Thursday, March 2, 2017
Saudi Arabia Is Redefining Islam for the World's Largest Muslim Nation
When Saudi Arabia’s King Salman landed in Indonesia on Wednesday, he became the first Saudi monarch to visit the world’s largest Muslim-majority country since 1970. Officials in Jakarta had hoped the visit would help them strengthen business ties and secure $25 billion in resource investments. That’s largely been a bust—as of Thursday, the kingdom has agreed to just one new deal, for a relatively paltry $1 billion.
But Saudi Arabia has, for decades, been making investments of a different sort—those aimed at influencing Indonesian culture and religion. The king’s current visit is the apex of that methodical campaign, and “has the potential to accelerate the expansion of Saudi Arabia’s cultural resources in Indonesia,” according to Chris Chaplin, a researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asia. “In fact, given the size of his entourage, I wouldn’t be surprised if there will be a flurry of networking activity amongst Indonesian alumni of Saudi universities.”
Since 1980, Saudi Arabia has devoted millions of dollars to exporting its strict brand of Islam, Salafism, to historically tolerant and diverse Indonesia. It has built more than 150 mosques (albeit in a country that has about 800,000), a huge free university in Jakarta, and several Arabic language institutes; supplied more than 100 boarding schools with books and teachers (albeit in a country estimated to have between 13,000 and 30,000 boarding schools); brought in preachers and teachers; and disbursed thousands of scholarships for graduate study in Saudi Arabia. All this adds up to a deep network of Saudi influence. » | Krithika Varagur | Thursday, March 2, 2017
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The Islam Catastrophe Continues
I agree. However, the problem is much, much larger than that. » | Diana West, Author, American Betrayal | Thursday, March 3, 2017
Thursday, March 02, 2017
Brexit: What Happens If You Are an EU Citizen in the UK? It's Complicated... - BBC Newsnight
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Report: Obamas Sign Record-setting Book Deal
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Michelle Obama
Wednesday, March 01, 2017
In Move Recalling Nazi-Era Policies, Trump to Create Office to Track Crimes Committed by Immigrants
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VOICE
Oprah Is Hinting at a Run for President. So Let’s Predict the Great Oprah-Trump Campaign of 2020
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Jimmy Kimmel,
Oprah Winfrey
What's Behind Trump's Conciliatory Tone in Congress? – Inside Story
‘Political Assassination’: French Presidential Candidate Fillon Summonsed to Face Charges
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Chuck Schumer: We Will See No Plan On Immigration, Mark My Words | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Mika: President Trump's Address Would Have Been A Good Inaugural Speech | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Islam Will Overcome Christianity to Become the Most Popular Religion in the World by 2070, with Migration Seeing a Surge in Europe and America's Muslim Population, Research Shows
Islam will overcome Christianity to become the most popular religion in the world by 2070 with migration seeing a surge in Europe and America's Muslim population, research shows.
The religion's share of the world's population will equal the Christian share - at roughly 32 per cent each - in 53 year's time, according to the Pew Research Center, based in Washington DC.
By 2100 around one per cent more of the world's population will be Muslim than Christian, the report claims. Read on and comment » | Julian Robinson for MailOnline | Wednesday, March 1, 2017
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President Trump's Address to Congress (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Inside the White House Press Briefing Room - BBC Newsnight
See What ISIS Did To This Christian Bible
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
“Sharia Law Is the Constitution for Humanity”
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Toronto
President Trump Signs Order To Revoke Clean Water Rule
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Nancy Pelosi: Democrats Have Gotten Under President Trump's Skin | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC
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Controversial! Jewish Professor Admits All Prophets Were Muslim
Frankreich: Scharfschütze eröffnet Feuer während Rede von Präsident Hollande – Zwei Verletzte
Der französische Präsident weihte heute in Villognon eine neue Bahn-Schnellstrecke ein. Der Scharfschütze war zum Schutz der Veranstaltung eingesetzt worden. Die Staatsanwaltschaft hat wegen der „falschen Waffenhandhabung“ eine Untersuchung eingeleitet.
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New Wave of Bomb Threats Rattle Jewish Communities
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Clouds Of Scandal And Rank Incompetence At White House | The Last Word | MSNBC
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Anti-Islamophobia Motion Passes Unanimously in Ontario
Riding the wave of pro-Muslim sentiment following the attack on a Quebec mosque in late January, the Ontario legislature passed the motion unanimously, by a vote of 81-0.
While undoubtedly motivated by good will, the unfortunately worded motion raises a series of concerns that are currently roiling discussions taking place in the Canadian Parliament over a similar measure. Read on and comment » | Thomas D. Williams Ph.D | Monday, February 27, 2017
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Yemeni-American Ex-Muslim Convert to Christianity: My Best Friend Sent Me Death Threats
War between President Trump and the Press
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George W. Bush On President Trump, Putin, Religious Freedom, Immigration (Exclusive) | TODAY
Monday, February 27, 2017
Geert Wilders Talks with Ezra Levant
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Tobacco Wars - Episodes One, Two and Three
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Ayn Rand: Trump's Favorite Intellectual
She was born more than a century ago in Russia, but today the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand is one of the most powerful intellectual forces in American politics. Speaker of the House of Represantatives Paul Ryan has called her books "the reason I went into public service." President Trump said her novel "The Fountainhead" was one of his favorites. And many of Trump's most prominent team members – including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and CIA director Mike Pompeo – are also fans of Ayn Rand. Year in and year out, her books command a broad popular audience. Combined annual sales of all her books hover around the million mark. Not bad for a writer whose last major work was published in 1957!
What explains the lasting influence of Ayn Rand among American conservatives? And what can her perennial popularity tell us about where the new Trump administration might be headed? » | Guest contribution by Jennifer Burns, Stanford | Monday, February 27, 2017
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USA
Sir John Major Launches Extraordinary Attack on Theresa May's Government over Brexit
In his first intervention since the referendum, the former Conservative Prime Minister said that there will be a "price to be paid" if Britain decides to leave the European Union without securing a trade deal.
He said that a hard Brexit is a "high risk" strategy and warned Mrs May that she must not create "unreal and over-optimistic" expectations about Britain's future outside the European Union. Read on and comment » | Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor | Monday, February 27, 2017
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'Swirling Paranoia' Takes Over The White House | Morning Joe | MSNBC
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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Donald Trump in Oscars Opening
Read the Guardian article here
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Jimmy Kimmel,
Matt Damon,
Oscars
Sunday, February 26, 2017
How Will Donald Trump’s Presidency End? | The New Yorker
HARDtalk: Vicente Fox on Donald Trump and the Mexico Wall
Cuba to Build First Mosque as Muslim Population Grows
Since 2015, when the government authorized that Cuba’s about 10,000 Muslims should have a place of worship, they have been congregating in a building space in downtown Havana for prayers, where copies of the Quran in both Spanish and Arabic are abundant. The new mosque is set to be built in Old Havana. » | telesurtv.net | Friday, February 24, 2017
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Swedes Puzzle Over Fox News' Swedish 'Security Advisor'
Swedes, and some Americans, have been wondering about representations of the Nordic nation in the U.S. since President Donald Trump invoked "what's happening last night in Sweden" while alluding to past terror attacks in Europe during a rally Feb. 18. There hadn't been any major incident in Sweden the previous night. » | Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press* | Sunday, February 26, 2017
* Associated Press writers Jan Olsen in Copenhagen and Mesfin Fedaku in New York contributed to this report.
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Sam Harris - Captain Trump
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The White House, the FBI, and the Russia Investigation | AM Joy | MSNBC
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White Nationalist Richard Spencer Reacts To Being Kicked Out Of CPAC | NBC News
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Saturday, February 25, 2017
Brexit Stirs Up Old Divides In Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland,
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United Kingdom
Interpreters Struggle to Translate Donald Trump, This Week in Words - Monologue
King Hussein of Jordan: Survival of a Dynasty - Al Jazeera World
Hashemites »
Almost Half of Britain's Weapons Exports Go to Saudi Arabia - Report
How Tough Was Early Immigration to America?
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immigration,
USA
Bannon Scorns Media in Rare Public Appearance at CPAC
Read the Guardian article here
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Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus' Awkward Bromance
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Reince Priebus,
Steve Bannon
Trump Bans Top Media Outlets
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