Across Lebanon today, many will partake in commemorating the remembrance of the great leader, Imam Musa Al-Sadr (“Imam”). He was born to a highly regarded and prestigious family in the year 1928 in Qom, Iran. His father was the great Sayed Sadr al-Din Sadr (صدر الدين الصدر). Imam Musa Al-Sadr became the leader of the Shi’i Muslim community in […]

By Matthew Kalman, Guardian UK 25 August 12 http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/289-134/13106-israeli-inquiry-into-rachel-corrie-death-insufficient US government does not believe military inquiry was ‘thorough, credible and transparent’, as family await verdict in civil suit. he US ambassador to Israel has told the family of an American pro-Palestinian activist who was killed in Gaza in 2003 that the US government remains dissatisfied […]

IRSHAD PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH WISSAM CHARAFEDDINE.m4a

IRSHAD PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH WISSAM CHARAFEDDINE.m4a

IRSHAD PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH WISSAM CHARAFEDDINE.m4a

ترحيب بمبادرة مركز حوار المذاهب– King Abdallah of Saudi Arabia Establishes Sunni-Shia Dialogue Institute in Riyadh.

http://www.assafir.com/Article.aspx?EditionId=2234&ChannelId=53579&ArticleId=1801&Author= رحب سبعة من ابرز رجال الدين الشيعة السعوديين في القطيف بدعوة الملك عبد الله بن عبد العزيز لتأسيس مركز للحوار بين المذاهب الاسلامية في الرياض، مؤكدين رفضهم اللجوء الى العنف او استهداف الممتلكات والمؤسسات العامة. وأكد العلماء في بيان «اننا نؤيد وندعم دعوة خادم الحرمين الشريفين ونلتف حول مساعيه الداعية لرفض التقسيمات المذهبية والمناطقية […]

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/18/my-take-how-evangelicals-could-grow-to-love-muslims/?hpt=hp_c1

Eight attacks, 11 days – Salon.com.

Dear Friends, This article from a highly respected source is not only of immediate policy importance but includes some good background on the persistent blocks to peace presented by exigencies of internal party politics within Israel and how this plays out within the US as well. The links are also good sources of further information. […]

[vimeo 18416495] A short documentary examining the civil unrest in Iran following Ahmadinejad’s re-election in June 2009, and the role of social media in the Green Movement. Featuring Columbia Professor of Iranian History Hamid Dabashi and Poynter Institute’s Ellyn Angelotti. A characteristic of a strong and legitimate government – Islamic or not – is that it is […]

Robert Fisk: Syrian war of lies and hypocrisy The West’s real target here is not Assad’s brutal regime but his ally, Iran, and its chemical weapons Has there ever been a Middle Eastern war of such hypocrisy? A war of such cowardice and such mean morality, of such false rhetoric and such public humiliation? I’m […]