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05/16/2016

In a system that is more than 5,000 years old, hundreds of young girls are dedicated to temples to become devadasis, or temple prostitutes. Families struggling to survive dedicate their daughters in...

10/14/2013

Ibn Warraq is the pen name of an author most famous for his criticism of Islam. He is the founder of the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society (ISIS) and a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry,[1][2] focusing on Quranic criticism.[3][4] Warraq's commentary on Islam is consi...

10/08/2013

10/08/2013

Dr. Alveda King -- Civil Rights Activist and Pro-Life Warrior

10/08/2013

Pakistan's worst-ever attack on beleaguered Christians prompts warning by bishop for future of minority in Muslim countries

10/02/2013

Over 12,000 rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel in the last 10 years. A brave Israeli artist turns these missiles of destruction into gorgeous ROSES - he's 'beating swords into plowshares'. Learn his story and check out these stunning pieces of art and jewelry

10/01/2013

Four Russian submarines secretly set sail to Cuba with nuclear weapons, and B59's Vasili Arkhipov used the last veto against firing a torpedo which would have set off World War Three.

09/05/2013

Maybe, just maybe, Arabs can break out of their self-destructive hatred and envy.

08/28/2013

Who inspired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King, Jr., stood on a podium on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Before him, glittering in the August sunlight, was the long, narrow reflecting pool. Behind the pool rose the Washington Monument and some 250,000 people surrounded the pool eager to hear the opening phrases of what would become known as one of the greatest speeches in American history.

Today, a granite memorial to King stands near the Tidal Basin, not far from where the civil rights icon gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. But in the days approaching the 50th anniversary of the speech that changed America, sculptor Lei Yixin was engaged in less lofty work: He was sandblasting words off the King memorial that have caused controversy: “I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.”

Now that the “drum major” quote has been blasted off, what about replacing it with a line from the “I Have a Dream” speech — one that affected hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of others: “I have a dream ... when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, ‘Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!’”

If you have children who are learning about the “I Have a Dream” speech today, make sure they read the whole speech and understand what motivated Martin Luther King, Jr. It was his faith in the God who authored justice. Because of this, as King reminded us 50 years ago today, when it comes to civil rights, we should not be satisfied with America’s progress until “justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

08/26/2013

A Muslim mob with knives and iron rods injured several members of an Anglican church in Nasarawa state on Aug. 17 over a dispute about less than 1 cent in change, area Christians said. Three pastors, four elders and choir members of the St. James Anglican Cathedral were wounded in Lafia, capital of…

08/14/2013

http://theartofvision.com/ "i have a dream, that this nation will rise up....." Artistic Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.