When you think of the typical teenager you don’t always think that their daily goals include, feeding the hungry or heating the homes of those impoverished. Instead, many of the teens you know might be more interested in their XBox scores.
Though surprisingly, an estimated 15.5 million youths, or 55 percent of youths ages 12-18, volunteer in some capacity, according to… read more »
The holy month of Ramadan, it seems to me, is an ideal time for American Christians to learn about Islam. For once we can look past our historical Western prejudices and misunderstandings, past the distortions and stereotypes which our news and entertainment industries continue to produce, and for once we can look directly into the… read more »
One of my Saudi friends recently noted in his Facebook status that he had received “a talking to” from his father for supporting the Women2Drive movement in Saudi Arabia. He clearly has no intention of backing down from his position that Saudi women should have many rights, including the right to drive a car enjoyed by… read more »
If you don’t know the names, Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz, Lydia Schatz, Michael Pearl, or the book, To Train Up A Child, you should. These are the names of two parents convicted, respectively, of murder and manslaughter in the case of their 7 year-old daughter, and the self-proclaimed minister/author of a book which teaches the biblical foundation and moral virtue of… read more »
I found this argument by Munawar Hassan of the political party Jamaat-i-Islami to be unbelievably disgusting and fundamentally blasphemous in the way he invokes the Qur’an to justify blatant misogyny:
Here is the most disturbing part of Hassan’s comments:
Nadine Abu-Jubara is a Civil Engineer by day and a health and fitness guru by night. Nadine is from Orlando, FL and is the Executive Director of a non-profit health and fitness organization,... Continue reading
