The Council on American-Islamic Relations is working to stop author and former Muslim Nonie Darwish from addressing students this week at Virginia’s George Mason University School of Law.
According to a press release, CAIR wants the school to disinvite Darwish – whom CAIR calls “a notorious Islamophobe who has stated that Islam is a ‘poison to a society’ that is ‘based on lies’ and must be ‘annihilated’” – from a planned Oct. 5 address titled “The West’s Clash with Radicalism.”
Iranian authorities suddenly have backed off claims they’ve been making for months – that a pastor was convicted of leaving Islam and was subject to the death penalty – but advocates remain concerned about his ultimate safety.
via Pastor facing death slammed with accusation about this!.
The strained relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan has not improved in recent weeks, as influential religious leaders in the Asian nation have threatened a jihad if Americans attack their country
via Threat From Pakistan Increases, Fear Of Jihad Escalates : Personal Liberty Digest.
President Barack Obama put forth enough healthcare savings in his new debt plan to delay the insolvency of Medicare in the immediate future, but these changes were short-term and unsustainable, according to
via White House Reforms Healthcare, Changes Fall Short : Personal Liberty Digest.
A Wisconsin judge has ruled that people in that State have no “fundamental right” to consume any food, own or use dairy cows or consume the milk their cows produce, without government permission.
A free speech case that has been in litigation for nine years was resolved by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week; the ruling was in the favor of freedom of speech for children.
via Court: Elementary Children Entitled To Religious Free Speech : Personal Liberty Digest.
At a Human Rights Campaign (HRC) address on Saturday, President Barack Obama lauded “productive, bilateral talks” he had last week with pop singer Lady Gaga and pledged his support for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans.
via President Wants LGBT Children To Know He Has Their Back : Personal Liberty Digest.
Police officers who interrogated and threatened a restaurant owner over the text of the New Testament he played on a screen in his business could face trouble – again – for their apparent attempt to prevent the presentation of the message of the Bible in public.
The controversy developed over the weekend in Blackpool, England, where police officers told Jamie Murray, the owner of the Salt & Light Coffee House on Layton Road, that displaying “offensive” or “insulting” words was a violation of Section 5 of the Public Order Act. The officers warned Murray that if he didn’t stop, he could be prosecuted.
Federally funded research at the University of Illinois has produced a microchip that can be put on skin like a temporary tattoo and is successful in linking the physical world and the cyberworld in stunning new ways, according to a university announcement.
NEW YORK – Ed Koch, a one-time Democratic U.S. congressman and former mayor of New York City, told a radio host today that his vote in the 2012 presidential election is directly tied to how Barack Obama treats Israel.
Koch surprised the political world when he joined many other Jewish voters in turning against the Democrats in the special election to replace former New York Rep. Anthony Weiner. Koch endorsed the Republican candidate, eventual victor Bob Turner.
Chuck and Stephanie Fromm already have been fined $300 for holding Bible studies for their friends at their home, and they face the potential for additional fines of $500 for each study held, according to a legal team taking their case to court.The newest conflict over Bible studies in homes in America arose in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., where city officials say city code section 9-3.301 prohibits religious organizations in residential neighborhoods without a conditional-use permit, a sometimes very expensive procedure.The code cites “churches, temples, synagogues, monasteries, religious retreats, and other places of religious worship and other fraternal and community service organizations.”
The pastor of a Wichita, Kan., church who has spoken on public streets against homosexuality, the influence of abortion interests in his state and other biblical issues says he has been convicted on charges related to his decision to hand out Bibles at a Muslim mosque – in a courtroom staffed and filled with Christians.
via Verdict! Christians convict pastor for ‘giving out Bibles’.
A rising leader in the radical Islamic movement in Egypt that has become a major political player since the demise of Hosni Mubarak’s regime says Christian churches may need to be blown up and Christians exterminated to allow the advance of Islamic law, or Shariah.





