Senator Specter Cancels "Anti-Islam" Speech With Daniel Pipes 

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) has canceled a scheduled appearance at an “anti-Islam” conference in Washington, D.C., hosted by a right-wing think tank headed by Daniel Pipes, who is regarded by many Muslims as one of the nation’s leading Islamophobes.

 $110,000,000.00 U.S. Dollars for Pakistani Refugees

U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, stated today, "Providing assistance to Pakistan is... essential for world security and US" and she said the U.S. is ready to "do more if the situation demands."

Statements like these and others coming from Capitol Hill are causing concern amongst some of the popluation of Pakistan, especially those in the area of  Swat Valley, where only days ago the U.S. air force struck a small village, killing more than 100 innocent civilians. It was regarding this occassion that Secretary Clinton also had to make a statement close to apologizing to the people there. (read in another related story -"Really, really regretful..." http://www.islamnewsroom.com/content/view/796/52/)

Should We Ask For A Consensus on Shar'iah (Islamic Law) in Somali?

Despite the threat to stablity from Al Shabaab, Somali governments from 1960 to 1991 (when the last government fell) adopted a mix of Islamic law and Western systems of governance that were compatible with Somalis' sense of moderation and faith.

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In April, the Somali parliament unanimously passed a bill to adopt Islamic law as..

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The president of this island country has declared Sri Lanka to be at last, "Liberated from sparatist terror". This comes today (Tuesday) as the state owned TV is broadcasting pictures of the leader of the Hindu Tamils body - taken from the battlefield.

Even in his victory speech to parliament, the president was obviously reaching out to the Tamils, who rebels had said - they were working to make a homeland for themselves. He also referred to promises of working out a deal to share in restructuriing a power agreement with the Tamils.

"It is our intention to save the Tamil peoples from cruel grip of them (the rebels). We must all live like equals in our free country," (translated from Tamil).

At the same time the TV station was broadcasting video a dead body appearing like the rebel leader, still wearing the camouflage uniform and laying in the grass on a stretcher. The  eyes of the corpse were seen staring upwards and there was a cloth over part of the head, likely to cover wound.

"Several hours ago," Chief General Sarath Fonseka of the army was saying...

Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said in Colombo that Sri Lanka was able to save all Tamil civilians trapped inside the war zone without shedding a drop of blood.

He said in recent history Sri Lanka was the country which was able to rescue the largest number of civilian hostages. "These civilians have been trapped by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam", he said.

"This great task was possible because the care shown regarding this by President Mahinda Rajapaksa" and he stated he was "Ready to ...
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House Speaker Accusses CIA of Lying
"Waterboarding" (Drowning Torture) Used to Force Confessions

House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi accussed CIA of "misleading" her and ohters on Capitol Hill regarding their use of "waterboading", a tortured simulating drowning, to get confessions out of prisoners and "detainees" during the Bush administration.

Watch Video: Pelos Says "Bush team misled" her on waterboarding torture of suspected terrorists
The growing controversy has now involved both Democrates and Republicans along with the CIA and even the White House.

"It is not the policy of this agency (CIA) to mislead the...

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U.S. Soldiers Spreading Christian Faith in Afghanistan
Compare Real Islam - To - Real Christianity (today)
"Be Witnesses For Jesus And Hunt Them Down" - Says Commander

What is the difference between the early Christians spreading their beiefs and today's Christian Soldiers?

Look at our U.S. soldiers promoting their religion to the people in Afghanistan - and the early Christians following Paul's orders to go spread the word for Jesus to the Roman empire.

For one thing, the US military has the most letahl weapons in the history of the world. An easy task to force ideas of faith on an illiterate population. The first Christians were more like the humble villagers of Norther Pakistan and Afghanistan, with little if anything of the material world.

According to well documented news reports, the U.S. Soldiers are being encouraged to spread the message of their Christian faith among Afghanistan’s predominantly Muslim population.   Aljazeera showed Military chaplains stationed in the U.S. air base at Bagram with Bibles printed in the country’s main Pashto and Dari languages.

In one recorded sermon, Lt. Col. Gary Hensley, the chief of the U.S. military chaplains in Afghanistan, is seen telling Soldiers that ...

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A Pakistani policeman searches the belongings of displaced people from the Buner district at a make shift camp in Mardan. Hundreds of thousands of panicked civilians are fleeing Pakistan's Swat district as clashes with Taliban fighters heighten fears that a peace deal is about to collapse.  (AFP/Hasham Ahmed)

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Playboy Priest & "Beach Bunny" Photos
Reverend "Revs It Up" on the Beach  

Not defrocked by the church (yet) - "Father Oprah" was caught without his collar (and his frock - and more) romping with beach bunnies in the sun.

Rev. Alberto Cutie is still a priest, at least for now, but without his duties a St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church in Miami Beach, FL.

Author of "Real Life - Real Love", father Alberto is no longer going to give advice to the masses about life, lover or anything else on his radio or TV talk shows, on the Radio Peace networks.

With his frock & collar	Frolicking "Frockless"
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Military "Impersonators" - Killing Our U.S. Military in Iraq

       Police reports cite witnesses saying Brig. General A. H. Al Kadhoumi was driving through a central square when a car filled with armed gunmen opened fire on him, filling his body with bullets. Reports say they used pistols with silencers attached, indicating this was no ordinary attack but possibily professional hit men. General Al Kadhoumi was the operations director for the traffic authority there.

       Similar incidents involving gunmen armed with sophisticated weapons, including silencers, have been on the rise since ...  (click to read)>>>

Top U.S. General in Afghanistan - Fired by Pres. Obama
New Team of Commanders To Boost War Efforts

Whitehouse -- Monday May 11, 2009 - President Obama Fired Top U.S. General in Afghanistan

General David McKieman was replaced by General Stanley McChrystal today, apparently due to Pres. Obama keen desire for more a more agressive and less conventional form for a war going downhill real fast in recent weeks.

Gen. McChrystal, a former "Special Forces"  commander in known for his background and expertise, replaces Gen. McKieman who has only been in command there for under one year. Gen. McKieman has constantly insisted on having increased number of troops.

Current Situation Becomes Worse for U.S. Troops in Afghan War
Taliban's efforts are increasing in many locations, putting more pressure on the existing U.S. military efforts in the area.

21,000 additional troops have been approved by Pres. Obama, even though ... (read more>>>)

AP – Quarantine officials with protective masks and outfits make their way to board a commercial plane that …

US, Costa Rica report swine flu deaths; toll at 53

 The number of swine flu-related deaths outside of Mexico rose after the U.S. reported its third fatality and Costa Rica its first, but both men also suffered from complicating illnesses, health officials said.

In Mexico, the center of the outbreak where 48 people with swine flu have died, most of the victims ...   

Sri Lanka artillery barrage kills 378, doctor says

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – An all-night artillery barrage in Sri Lanka's war zone killed at least 378 civilians and forced thousands to flee to makeshift shelters along the beach, a government doctor said Sunday.

The army and Tamil Tiger rebels blamed each other for the barrage, which the doctor said left at least 1,100 people .... (read more>>>)

Sergeant Drew Peterson arrested today - For murder! 

A police officer himself, sargeant Drew Peterson was arrested officers yesterday around 5:30 p.m. He is charged with the murder of his 3rd wife, Stacy Peterson. His 4th wife is still missing and it is unsure what has become of her.

Peterson's capture occured just after the state police had surrounded his vehicle close to his home in Bollingbroke, Ill.

Peterson joked to reporters saying, "Guess I should have returned the library books".

Peterson's attorney Andrew Abood, released a statement on Thursday evening saying Peterson was innocent.

Californians Run From Wildfire

Thousands of people in Santa Barbara, California fee from their homes as a wildfire burns out of control all around their city.

The rapidly-moving blaze has burned nearly 3,000 acres, leading California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency.

     
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Mistranslation (Sufi?) of "Reliance of the Traveler" Under Question

Abu Aisha Claims He Can Prove - Keller's Translation Contains "Deviant Distortions and Disceptions of Fiqh - Mixed with Corrupt Concepts of Belief & Mysticism"

Take a look at this letter - written by Abu Aisha, concerning the "mistranslation" of Reliance of the Traveler (by Nu Ha Meem Keller).
It is most interesting to say the least and we have requested the brother to provide us with any information he might have on Keller's associates - Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir, Mohamed Yaqubi and Abdul Qadir As-Sufi Al-Murabit - founder of the "Murabitoons".

We had asked someone to Investigate this story and reply back www.islamnewsroom.com/content/view/65/1/

"We deeply,  deeply regreat that loss --"
--  Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State says in an official apology for U.S. air strike killing over 120 innocent civilians. 

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said "we deeply, deeply regret that loss," in a meeting with Afghan President Karzai and President Zardari of Pakistan.

The United States has now apologised for U.S. airstrikes that killed over 100 innocent Afghan civilians.

Civilian casualties are a source of strain between Washington and Kabul at a time of rising protest by some followers of the Taliban.

The Red Cross officials reported seening dozens of Afghan civilians killed in the U.S. air strikes in Farah province - local officials put the death toll at over 120.

This makes it the single deadliest civilian incident since ...

Did the former Pope make an appearance in a fire?
Or does this send out a different message to non-Catholics?

See the image taken by onlooker Gregorz Lukasik has convinced believers and even the Vatican believing a likeness of the pontiff himself in the flames, raising his right hand in a blessing.

But does it appear to you as the Pope?
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Amman, Jordan -- Thursday, May 7, 2009

Jordanian religious leaders condemn Pope Benedict's visit to the Middle East

They say it was provocative because he has not apologized for offending comments implying Islam was violent and irrational. 

They said the pope, on the first leg of a tour including Israel and the Palestinian territories, still owed them an apology for hinting Islam was violent and irrational ..

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Many People Ask -
What's the "True Religion of God?"

Muslims Say "Islam is the Religion of God" - But is it?
What is the PROOF?"
More..>> Read "The True Religion of God" -- By Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips

Pirates Hijack Dutch Cargo Ship

Pirates seized a Dutch cargo vessel on Thursday, a regional maritime group said, in the latest hijack by gangs proliferating off Somalia despite the presence of patrolling foreign warships.

"The crew are said to be safe. We are hearing there are between eight and 18 crew members," said Andrew Mwangura, of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers Assistance Programme.

The 2,575-tonne "Marathon" was heading westbound through the Gulf of Aden when it was seized, he said.

In another of near-daily incidents, the U.S. Navy said pirates fired small arms weapons at one of its supply ships off the coast of Somalia. The USNS Lewis and Clark outran the two pirate skiffs after being chased for about an hour on Wednesday.

Somali pirate activity has increased over recent weeks, despite an unprecedented deployment of warships seeking ...
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Mistranslation (Sufi?) of "Reliance of the Traveler" Under Question

Abu Aisha Says, Keller's Translation Contains "Deviant Distortions and Disceptions of Fiqh - Mixed with Corrupt Concepts of Belief & Mysticism"

Take a look at this letter - written by Abu Aisha, concerning the "mistranslation" of Reliance of the Traveler (by Nu Ha Meem Keller).
It is most interesting to say the least and we have requested the brother to provide us with any information he might have on Keller's associates - Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir, Mohamed Yaqubi and Abdul Qadir As-Sufi Al-Murabit - founder of the "Murabitoons".

We had asked someone to Investigate this story and reply back www.islamnewsroom.com/content/view/65/1/