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SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Celebrating the Hadj
Hajj 2014 will fall between October 1 and October 6, insha-Allaah.[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Muslim Convert Brings Beheading to America
Shortly after being fired at Vaughan Foods, an Oklahoma food-processing plant, Alton Nolen used his work knife to behead a 54-year-old woman he had never met, Colleen Hufford. The 30-year-old had multiple religious tattoos: Jesus Christ across his chest, praying hands on his right arm, and ا[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: WA Bishop promoted to archbishop of Chicago
In his first major appointment in the U.S., Pope Francis today appointed Spokane’s Bishop Blase Cupich to be archbiship of Chicago. As the next archbishop of Chicago, Blasé Cupich signals a shift in tone in one of the most important posts in the U.S. church. Bishop Cupich has called f[...]
DON’T TRUST THE SCIENTISTS!
A HuffPost/YouGov poll lst Fall showed that only 36 percent of Americans have “a lot” of trust that scientists are accurate and reliable. Making matter worse the poll showed that a whopping majorities of about 80 percent think that information reported in scientific studies is ta[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Seattle’s Mega Church Implodes
Seattle’s Mars Hill Church, announced the closing of three locations and warned that another would be closed if donations fail to increase. The church also laid off around 40 of their 100 church staff, including several pastors who had expressed public disagreement with church leaders. The membe[...]
Is There a “liberal Islam?”
Liberal Islamic Studies Dean Murdered in Karachi, Pakistan By Polly Mosendz Muhammad Shakil Auj was struck in the neck and head while riding in a car to an event, held in his honor, at the Iranian Consulate, the man who shot him escaped by motorbike.[...]
ISIS IS ISLAMIC
Alastair Crooke on ISIS as Islam (HuffPost abstracts and comments) I agree with Mr. Crooke. The President’s statement that ISIS is not Islamic was at best confusing political correctness. Obama said this, I assume, to avoid inciting bigots. However, the statement neglects a fa[...]