Secular Turkey UnveiledAs Turkey continues in its desperate attempt to be recognized and accepted by the wider European community, and asserts itself as the bastion of all things secular, the Turkish model has successfully managed to expose the farce that secularism espouses of tolerance and safeguarding freedoms. While some would argue that the ( Read more... )

Searching for Mr. Right
I seem to be meeting two different types of men.The first type is the extremely religious almost-everything-is-haram man. Then there is the second type of man. The "part-time Muslim". The almost-everything-is-halal man. I've seen some American Muslims and Canadian Muslims who are "just right", so I know they do exist. But of ( Read more... )

Embryos created with DNA from 3 people
"We are not trying to alter genes, we're just trying to swap a small proportion of the bad ones for some good ones," said Patrick Chinnery, a professor of neurogenetics at Newcastle University involved in the research.

Articles of Interest from Saudi Aramco World

A Man of Two Worlds (very long and thorough article)


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NEW DISCOVERIES AT THE ASH ALTAR OF ZEUS, MT LYKAION, OFFER INSIGHTS INTO EARLY ORIGINS OF ANCIENT GREECE’S MOST POWERFUL GOD“Mt. Lykaion, Arcadia is known from ancient literature as one of the mythological birthplaces of Zeus, the other being on Crete,” noted Dr.Romano. “The fact that the ash altar to Zeus includes early material dating back to ( Read more... )

PRINCE AMONG SLAVES
The Amazing True Story of an African Prince Enslaved in the American South
Coming to PBS February 4th, 10PM
(check local listings at pbs.org)


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The Agenda (archives)
A twice-weekly behind-the-scenes exposé of current global affairs. The Agenda is presented by veteran journalist Yvonne Ridley*.

* British-born, award-winning journalist Yvonne Ridley is well known in the Muslim world for her outspoken views and defence of Islam. She endeared herself to the Muslim community in Britain when ( Read more... )