What Is The Meaning Of Hudna And How Does It Shape Future Peace In The Middle East
Throughout our lives we have seen peace treaties negotiated and signed to prevent future conflicts from recurring again in the future. To come to an agreement to end hostilities among two nations that both agree to conform to...
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Tags: Hudna, religious conflicts
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For years now we have written about the endless violence that has erupted in Mexico. Thousands upon thousands have been killed since the drug cartels ratcheted up their wars with one another for control of the drug trade that leads to America. Tourists are staying away as organized crime is creeping into once popular...
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Hutaree Memebers Arrested
clockwise from top-left: David Stone, Sr., Tina Stone, David Stone, Jr., Jacob Ward, Joshua Clough, Michael Meeks, Kristopher Sickles and Thomas Piatek. A ninth man, Joshua Stone was arrested but not included in the mugshots
Federal authorities had been investigating members of a Michigan-based Christian Militia known as the “Hutaree” which claims they are preparing to...
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Tags: Homeland Security, Hutaree, militias, Religion, Society
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Hundreds Murdered In Latest Clash Between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria
On Sunday Nigeria bled into the streets in another of a series of brutal attacks that have been occuring in the African country between Northern Muslims and the Southern Christians. On this day over 200 Christians would be savagely slaughtered. Some estimates are as...
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Tags: Africa, Christians, Conflict, Genocide, Islam, Muslims, Nigeria, Religion, Society, War
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As the 2008 Election is less than a month away it was inevitable that Republican presidential candidate John McCain would have to turn to bringing up Barack Obama’s connection with Bill Ayers who spent 10 years during the seventies as a fugitive wanted by the FBI for his involvement as leader of the Weather...
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Tags: Crime, homegrown terrorism, Society, Terrorism, Weather Underground
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UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS: NEW YORK CITY
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. The United Nations was created in 1945 shortly after the end of WWII and replaced the role of the previous League of...
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Mexican and Canadian Drug Tunnels
As America begins to spend millions if not billions on a border fence to bring an end to illegal immigration, drug smuggling, human trafficking, and the threat of terrorists crossing the border without American law enforcement knowledge, one issue that has to be addressed is what to do about the...
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Tags: Homeland Security, Human Trafficking, Illegal Immigration, Mexico Border, Society, South America
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TIBET: A Journey into Tibet: the people, the Dalai Lama and China
Tibet is nestled in the largest mountain range on the planet. It has a mystique about it that has captivated Westerners since their first view from the “Rooftop of the World”. Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, is located in the foothills of mount...
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Tags: China, Dalai Lama, Religion, Society, Tibet, Tibet history
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The Spread of Islam
Holy War
A holy war is a war declared or fought for a religious or high moral purpose, as to extend or defend a religion.
According to Islamic tradition, it was in Mecca at age 40, in the month of Rammadan, where Muhammad received his first revelation from God. Three years after...
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Tags: Islam, Islam history, Religion, Society, spread of Islam
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America’s South and Central American Dilemma
It is not going to get any easier for the next president of the United States. Regardless of the winner of the 2008 election, that is right now a little over a few days away, John McCain or Barrack Obama will have to put the growing problems facing Central...
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Tags: Crime, Human Trafficking, Illegal Immigration, Mexico Border, Society, South America, Venezuela
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