Ali attends Chicago memorial for longtime manager

Muhammad Ali and Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan were among those paying respects Saturday to Ali's former manager and the son of a former minister of the Nation of Islam.

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Ali ex-manager Jabir Muhammad dies at 79

Jabir Herbert Muhammad, a longtime manager of boxer Muhammad Ali, has died following heart surgery. He was 79.

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Bears Release Veteran WR Muhsin Muhammad

The Chicago Bears released former Pro Bowl wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad on Monday, cutting the veteran after three seasons.

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'South Park' Creators Skewer Own Network

Banned by Comedy Central from showing an image of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the creators of "South Park" skewered their own network for hypocrisy in the cartoon's most recent episode.

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Iran Renames Danish Pastries

Iranians love Danish pastries, but when they look for the flaky dessert at the bakery they now have to ask for "Roses of the Prophet Muhammad."

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AP Protests Use of Photo in Controversy

The Associated Press protested Wednesday the misleading inclusion of an AP photograph in a pamphlet purporting to show images offensive to Islam.

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Pope Mourns Priest Slain in Turkey

Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday mourned the death of a Roman Catholic priest slain in Turkey, and the 16-year-old suspect reportedly said he shot the priest in anger over newspaper drawings of the Prophet Muhammad.

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4 Dead in Afghan Protests Over Drawings

Police shot four protesters to death Wednesday to stop hundreds from marching on a southern U.S. military base, as Islamic organizations called for an end to deadly rioting across the Muslim world over drawings of the Prophet Muhammad.

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Danish PM Calls for Global Calm

Denmark's Prime Minister on Tuesday called protests over drawings of the Prophet Muhammad a global crisis and appealed for calm.

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NATO Troops Fire on Afghan Attackers

NATO peacekeepers exchanged fire with protesters who attacked their base Tuesday in the second straight day of violent demonstrations in Afghanistan over the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, Afghan officials said. One demonstrator was killed and dozens wounded.

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There can be no doubt that Major Nidal Hasan became radicalized, planned his jihad (holy war), and murdered thirteen people at Fort Hood, Texas. He had calling cards printed with "SoA" and "SWT" placed under his name.

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An Ugly Pendulum: On the Neccesary Evil of the Death Penalty

In common usage, people speak of what they "need" to do. It is used as a superlative to "want" and is often said as if that declaration alone will be sufficient to end the discussion, as if the statement alone makes it axiomatic and a universal constant.

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John Allen Muhammad is scheduled to be executed tomorrow for the Beltway-area sniper spree that left 10 innocent people dead in 2002. Several family members of the victims will attend. At the time of the murderous rampage that stretched over three, horror-filled weeks, I lived  …

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However, few people in the west know about Islam and slavery. Most would be surprised that Islam authorizes the taking of slaves as spoils of war.

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It's now Obama's war, his jobless rate, his debt, etc.

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American law-enforcement authorities have arrested two men charged with preparing terrorist attacks against Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper that offended Muslims around the world in 2005 when it published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.

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"An Indonesian woman named only as Ani gave birth to the 19.2lb baby boy in Medan, North Sumatra." After clicking on Read Article to read the article you may desire to come back and read the Newsvine discussion below.

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Mohammed is now the most common name for baby boys born in London and three other English regions, official Government figures have shown.

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Yale University wiped a forthcoming book clean of controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, fearing the images would cause another outbreak of violence.

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It's not all that surprising that Yale University Press would be wary of reprinting notoriously controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a forthcoming book.

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A minority Christian Pakistani victim recounts the attack against him and his family. All because of a rumor.

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Make love not war? In a bizarre allegation, the extremist Hamas organization has accused Israel of sending chewing gum laced with aphrodisiacs into Gaza Strip to make Arab youths sexually corrupt.

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"A act, for the sake of God, for the sake of Allah, the Lord of all the world"

At least, that's how Abdulhakim Muhammad describes the cold blooded murder of Pvt. William Andrew Long. And make no mistake, this was murder. Not an act of war. How could it be? According to the liberal dogma, we are not at war with terrorism.

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A Muslim convert charged with fatally shooting an American soldier at a military recruiting center said Tuesday that he doesn't consider the killing a murder because U.S. military action in the Middle East made the killing justified.

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Mohammad, the seal of all of God's Messengers and Prophets.

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Christianity, born in the Middle East, is in danger of losing its two millenia-long presence there. If that notion sounds alarmist to Western ears, it is acknowledged by Middle Easterners as a growing likelihood.

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Mothers in Islam, Christianity and Judaism

Yes, I know it's a fairly late post. But it's worth looking into. This is going to be a very short and simple post on the major religions' views on Mothers.

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In the wake of controversial bus ads saying Jesus followed the principles of Islam, Broward County Click here for restaurant inspection reports commissioners are considering a ban on advertising religious messages on public transportation and all other government property.

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A carpet that was commissioned in India 150 years ago to decorate the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina is due to be auctioned in Qatar. The rug, known as the Pearl Carpet of Baroda, was created using an estimated two million natural seed pearls.

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"Muslim-dominated nations at the United Nations are once again pushing a religious "anti-defamation" plan that would bar worldwide all criticism of their founder Muhammad and his teaching." WorldNetDaily

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EXCLUSIVE - An Interview with Jesus H. Christ: "Obama is a Rogue Incubus"

     I was cruising the McDonald's drive-thru several days ago when I came across a rather familiar man handing me my usual dose of artheromata.

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Muhammad Sven Kalisch, a Muslim convert and Germany's first professor of Islamic theology, fasts during the Muslim holy month, doesn't like to shake hands with Muslim women and has spent years studying Islamic scripture. Islam, he says, guides his life.

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As for war, during the Battle of the Trench, which pitted Muhammad and his followers against several non-Muslim tribes (collectively known as "the Confederates"), one Naim bin Masud went to the Muslim camp and converted to Islam.

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An edition of French magazine L'Express International has been banned in Morocco for allegedly insulting Islam. The Moroccan information minister said the issue breached the country's press code, but did not specify the precise content regarded as offensive.

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