Perry: Obama ‘Over The Top’ About Marine Video

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry on Sunday accused the Obama administration seeking to score political points with “over-the-top rhetoric” after four Marines were caught on video purportedly urinating on the corpses of slain Taliban fighters. Perry’s comments put him at odds with Sen. John McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, who […]

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Obama’s New Defense Strategy Leaves America Less Safe

President Obama’s new national defense strategy is a budget-driven exercise masquerading as a strategic plan, writes Heritage’s Kim Holmes, former Assistant Secretary of State, in The Washington Times. In trotting out the new strategy, President Obama said the “tide of war is receding.” Accordingly, U.S. forces will “no longer be sized to conduct large-scale, prolonged […]

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PLO: Peace Process With Israel ‘Near Its Demise’; PLO Has No Intentions Of Peace

Palestinian Liberation Organization executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi on Tuesday said the so-called two-state solution is “near its demise.” Ashrawi told reporters at a press conference that Israel’s response to PLO proposals on borders and security arrangements did not show “any indication of good intentions at all.” According to Ashrawi, the Israeli response included 21 […]

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U.S Federal Court Rules Islamic Sharia Law to be Allowed

A federal appeals court upheld an injunction against a voter-approved ban on Islamic law in Oklahoma on Tuesday, saying it likely violated the U.S. Constitution by discriminating against religion. A three-member panel of the Denver-based U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the rights of plaintiff Muneer Awad, a Muslim man living in […]

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Catholic Bishop to Gaza Christians: I asked prisoners in the largest prison to pray for you

Eight Catholic bishops from Europe and North America have just visited the Christian community in Gaza. The Vatican high profile delegation included Patrick Kelly, archbishop of Liverpool; Richard Smith, archbishop of Edmonton, Canada; Gerald Kicanas, bishop of Tucson, US; Michel Dubost, bishop of Evry, France; and Riccardo Fontana, bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy. French Bishop Dubost’s […]

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In Numbers: Is Islam about Peace?

“Strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is their destination.” Quran 9:73 Have you heard that Islam is a peaceful religion because most Muslims live peacefully and that only a “tiny minority of extremists” practice violence?  That’s like saying that White supremacy […]

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Libyan Islamists Gaining Strength

Although Libya has rid itself of the Muammar Qadhafi regime, it faces an uncertain future endangered by radical Islamist factions, warring militia commanders, tribal rivalries, a lack of democratic traditions, and a civil society ravaged by decades of authoritarian rule. Last week, two militias clashed violently in a turf war in Tripoli, the Libyan capital. […]

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