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WILDLIFE FROM AROUND THE GLOBE IS ENDING UP IN CHINA’S RESTAURANTS AND FOLK PHARMACIES In the spring of 2007, Chinese authorities boarded a large boat found deserted and adrift in their national waters. They discovered a cargo hold literally crammed … Continue reading →

SAUDIA ARABIA, ISLAM AND TERRORISTS Faith is being twisted and distorted, used as a wedge – or worse, sometimes used as a weapon. Violence and terror are perpetrated by those who profess to stand up for faith, their faith, professed … Continue reading →

Nomani & Arafa: Don’t walk a mile in her hijab ASRA Q. NOMANI AND HALA ARAFA, WASHINGTON POST | December 24, 2015 WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HIJAB, NIQAB, AND BURKA? Hijab, niqab, burka – there are lots of different … Continue reading →

As the brutal fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) rampaged through northern Iraq in mid-June, 2014, a spokesman taunted its enemies. Ridiculing Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as an “underwear merchant”, he warned that his … Continue reading →

Story of a War Foretold: Why we’re fighting ISIS By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed – Atlantic Jan/Feb 2015 As the US, UK and French governments escalate military action in Iraq and Syria against the ‘Islamic State’, in an operation slated to … Continue reading →

History has a dark sense of humor. Nearly 13 years to the day after al-Qaeda launched its attacks on New York City, President Obama announced a new offensive against ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria. American warplanes … Continue reading →

Saudi Arabia. King Abdullah, the 90 year old King, died in late January, and there was a smooth transition with power passing to his half brother, Salman, 79, and the new crown prince, Muqrin, 69, who are expected to largely … Continue reading →

ISLAMIC INVASION – One View by Marty Skinner “The exodus of Muslims is staged, following the same route, mass all at one time. Are we so politically ‘correct’ that we cannot openly discuss this?? Scary. Marty Skinner is a historian … Continue reading →

I recently read “Infidel”, a remarkable autobiography about a Somalian woman, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, raised as a Muslim in Somali, Saudi Arabia, Kenya and Ethiopia, who then moved permanently to Holland as a refuge. She learned Dutch, and educated herself. … Continue reading →

It is hard for most people in Western countries, where church and state are rigorously separated, to understand that for Muslims, there’s little distinction between politics, culture and religion: each flows seamlessly through the other. Recognizing the religious integrity of … Continue reading →