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Watch: ‘Real Time’ Panel Debates Maher’s Berkeley Speech

Watch: ‘Real Time’ Panel Debates Maher’s Berkeley Speech

HBO’s Bill Maher, Newsweek Foreign Policy Analyst Rula Jebreal, Gen. Wesley Clark, and Sen. Angus King (I-ME) sparred over Maher’s previous comments on radical Islam and the controversy around Maher’s planned commencement speech at UC-Berkeley on Friday’s “Real Time.” “I

Saudi Activist: Why I Removed the Veil

Saudi Activist: Why I Removed the Veil

This article originally appeared in The Daily Beast: No piece of cloth throughout history has sparked more controversy as the veil. Many Muslim women are forced to wear it daily. The hijab has a spectrum, of course, from its most

CNN: Yazidi Women Sold, Raped, Enslaved by ISIS

CNN: Yazidi Women Sold, Raped, Enslaved by ISIS

Erbil, Iraq (CNN) — Jana was a 19-year-old in her final year of high school, with dreams of becoming a doctor. Then, ISIS came to her village last August, and her world collapsed. She described to me in chilling detail,

Israeli Police Kill Suspected Palestinian Shooter

Israeli Police Kill Suspected Palestinian Shooter

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Thursday shot and killed a Palestinian man suspected of trying to kill a hard-line Jewish activist in Jerusalem, an incident that quickly sparked clashes between masked stone throwers and Israeli riot police, threatening to

Massive Anti-Islam March Planned For Berlin

Massive Anti-Islam March Planned For Berlin

Anti radical-Islam protesters have been accused of having “misused the freedom of assembly” by gathering in Cologne over the weekend, and authorities are calling for further meetings to be banned in anticipation of plans to hold a further rally in

Crowds Gather for Funeral of Canadian Soldier

Crowds Gather for Funeral of Canadian Soldier

(Reuters) – Thousands of mourners packed a church and lined adjacent streets in industrial Hamilton, Ontario, on Tuesday for the funeral of the soldier shot dead in last week’s attack on the nation’s seat of government. Corporal Nathan Cirillo, 24,

London's Battersea Secures £467m Islamic Financing

London's Battersea Secures £467m Islamic Financing

(Reuters) – London’s Battersea Power Station redevelopment project has secured a sharia-compliant syndicated loan of 467 million pounds ($754 million), a step towards developing Britain as an Islamic finance centre. The loan, one of the largest Islamic transactions ever conducted

Berkeley Students Try to Block Maher Commencement Speech

Berkeley Students Try to Block Maher Commencement Speech

More than 1,400 students at University of California Berkeley have signed a petition urging the university to cancel the appearance of comedian Bill Maher as the mid-year commencement speaker. The students aver in the petition that Maher’s anti-Islam comments are

Steyn: Obama 'Owes Us Some Candor' On Radical Islam

Steyn: Obama 'Owes Us Some Candor' On Radical Islam

Mark Steyn, author of “The Undocumented Mark Steyn,” declared that “the president owes us some candor” on Islamic terrorism during an interview on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Steyn said that the refusal to call acts like the

Riot Police Clash With 4,000 Strong Anti-Islam Protest

Riot Police Clash With 4,000 Strong Anti-Islam Protest

Rallies by German anti-Islamist protest group “Hooligans against Salafists” have grown from a few dozen, to a few hundred, to some 4,000 people marching in a matter of weeks, triggering a deployment of 1,000 riot police in Cologne on Sunday.

Rand Paul: It's America's Fault

Rand Paul: It's America's Fault

Clearly, for some, 2016 is just around the corner. For weeks now there is scuttlebutt about presidential candidate repeat-offender Mitt Romney running yet again, and now Rand Paul is drastically watering down his isolationist and conspiracy-laden past in the hopes