Islam: The Shia-Sunni divide

Islam is one of the world’s major religions and; as reported by “Inside Islam”, a History Channel Broadcast; with about 95% of the world’s Muslim population, the Shia and Sunni sects wield considerable influence in world affairs. Despite...

Saddam Hussein's Death was not worth it

It is now the middle of the year 2011 and it has been almost five years since Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death and executed. If you are a person that believes in having a more peaceful world, you would think that removing...

Iraq's Maliki Purges Iraqi Security Forces

I am sure you probably missed this. But, Iraq's leader, Maliki, a Shiite, is taking the coming US leaving in December as an excuse to purge the American created Iraqi Security Forces. This is the same force, actually, only force, that will be...

Bahrain's Sunni-Shiite Riots, the U.S. 5th Fleet, and Iran: Stoking the Unrest

Its a little country on a little island, connected to Saudi Arabia by a very long 16-mile bridge. It is ruled by the al-Khalifa family with little oil to export. On one side is Saudi Arabia, on another, Qatar,...

The Coming of Jesus Christ again

Jesus Christ tells us when he will come again and the signs leading upto his coming.

Humanist's Guide to Religion: Islam

This series of articles analyzes and ranks the major religions of the world according to humanism. This article explores the two major sects of Islam and ranks them on the humanist scale. Three primary criteria of humanism are considered: safety and violence, intellectual rigidity/ openness to skepticism, and material wealth. Statistics and data from a variety of sources are used to compile humanist scores for both religious communities, the Sunni and Shia.

The United States, Kurdistan, and the Future of Iraq.

At the end of WWI, the victorious allies were creating a massive plan to divide what was left of the once great Ottoman Empire. The allies met in 1919 at the Versailles Conference where then US President Woodrow Wilson unsuccessfully pushed for the...

RAPE: It's Now Legal in Afghanistan

 You know when control is lost when the man you chose to lead a country allows, for politcal gains, the legal rape of women. This is what has happened very recently when President Karzai of Afghanistan signed the law into effect to bolster his...

Sometimes the Movies Get it Right

Basically, it's about a fictional Army soldier uncovering the truth about the United States and their reasond for entering Iraq. His pursuit gets him into nothing but hot water and nearly gets him killed. At...

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