82 days ago by Greg Jacobs

An alleged terrorist was accused of plotting to bomb police and post offices in New York City as well as U.S. troops returning home. The “Al-Qaeda sympathizer” has been arrested on Saturday for several terrorism-related charges. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference on Sunday that Jose P ...

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165 days ago by Bob Flatt

In our attempt to keep you informed about the persecution Christians around the world face, we call your attention to the following story. Christian Convert Attacked With Boiling Water by Muslim Asylum Seekers in Norway 08/29/2011 Norway (ANS)-An ex-Muslim Convert to Christianity has been attacked w ...

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187 days ago by Maha

The earlier draft of this post began with three words: “Frustrated. Exhausted. Incoherent.” This is the way I felt at around 4pm. I didn’t publish the previous post right away because I didn’t want to publicly whine during Ramadan. So far, I have been fasting while teaching and nobody (except a hand ...

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211 days ago by Maha

Yesterday, I fasted. I am trying to complete the “female-days” of no fasting from last Ramadhan. Two more days to go. I’ll finish them up next week, insha’Allah. The day was long yesterday. I had to teach in the morning for three hours. That means I did a lot of talking. Talking makes me tired. It m ...

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220 days ago by MahaMuslimah

Observing life is something like staring at an image on a computer screen. If we were to zoom-in excessively on an image, the pixels would become so large that the image would be distorted. If we’d zoom-out excessively on that same image, it would also become unrecognizable. We need balance in order ...

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224 days ago by MahaMuslimah

Yesterday, I was having a conversation with two of my female Saudi students at a cafe. One of them told me, “I think you are very conservative, Cristina.” Feeling quite “liberal” after taking off hijab, I was surprised (but pleased) with her comment. And I responded with “I guess I am just moderate. ...

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