The apocalyptic, ‘hell-bent’ and, yes, Islamic motive behind ISIL actions

The apocalyptic, ‘hell-bent’ and, yes, Islamic motive behind ISIL actions

By Asra Q. Nomani and Hala Arafa, The Daily Beast At the White House summit on “countering violent extremism,” President Obama declared that violent jihad in the name of Islam isn’t the work of “religious leaders” but rather “terrorists.” American-Muslim leaders, attending the summit, cheered and applauded, later taking selfies in front of the president’s […]

Rev. Graham: No mystery why Obama gives a pass to Islam

Rev. Graham: No mystery why Obama gives a pass to Islam

The Rev. Franklin Graham said to a Fox News audience that President Obama is seriously understating the Islam tie to recent acts of terrorism around the world — but no wonder, he “only knows Islam.” … “His mother was married to a Muslim. His father was a Muslim,” Mr. Graham said during an “On the […]

Graham: ‘The storm is coming’

Graham: ‘The storm is coming’

The Islamic State beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians over the weekend, propping the severed heads on the victims’ backs, a barbaric slaughter that led Reverend Franklin Graham to ask, “Can you imagine the outcry if 21 Muslims had been beheaded by Christians?” “Where is the universal condemnation by Muslim leaders around the world?” he asked. … […]

Worldwide vigils vow not to forget the Taliban’s massacre of schoolchildren in Peshawar

Worldwide vigils vow not to forget the Taliban’s massacre of schoolchildren in Peshawar

WASHINGTON — A vigil was held in the nation’s capital [and in cities with Pakistan communities around the world] in remembrance of those killed by a Taliban terrorist attack at a military-run Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday that killed 132 children and nine staff members. Asad Majeed Khan, deputy chief of Mission at […]

ISIL beheads four children under 15 for refusing to ‘follow Muhammad’

ISIL beheads four children under 15 for refusing to ‘follow Muhammad’

Four Iraqi Christian children, who were all beheaded by the Islamic State, refused to betray Jesus … , the Rev. Canon Andrew White revealed in a recent interview. … White, who is the only Anglican vicar in Iraq and is know as “The Vicar of Baghdad,” detailed the plight of Christians in Iraq. … Speaking […]

God will return to earth and live with His children: Rev. 21 on the world to come

God will return to earth and live with His children: Rev. 21 on the world to come

Revelation 21 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. […]

Supremes yield to public opinion: Institution of marriage no longer sacred

Supremes yield to public opinion: Institution of marriage no longer sacred

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday denied review in all five pending same-sex marriage cases, clearing the way for such marriages to proceed in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. The move was a major surprise and suggests that the justices are not going to intercede in the wave of decisions in favor of […]

Kurdish forces reportedly liberate Christian villages overrun by ISIL

Kurdish forces reportedly liberate Christian villages overrun by ISIL

Several Christian villages that were overrun by members of [Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (or Syria)  ISIS were recaptured by Kurdish peshmerga forces after a clash in northern Iraq that resulted in the death of a senior commander in the terror group on Tuesday. Reports from the AFP and AINA highlighted the victories. In […]

Apocalypse? No, an ‘unraveling’ of what had passed for civilization

Apocalypse? No, an ‘unraveling’ of what had passed for civilization

NY Times Op-ed It was the time of unraveling. Long afterward, in the ruins, people asked: How could it happen? It was a time of beheadings. With a left-handed sawing motion, against a desert backdrop, in bright sunlight, a Muslim with a British accent cut off the heads of two American journalists and a British […]

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