Muslims: Why don’t a lot of madrasahs teach subjects like Math, Science, Critical Thinking and Liberal Arts?

I know in places like Pakistan and Yemen, a lot of the madrasahs will ONLY teach Islamic studies and Koranic memorization. But doesn’t the lack of educating real-world skills mean a lot of those Muslim students aren’t going to find meaningful jobs? They had this neat article in the BBC News about it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8550548.stm Do [...]

Are liberal women who support the idea of including all cultures in America ready to welcome this culture?

SAN’A, Yemen – A 13-year-old Yemeni girl has died of injuries to her genitals four days after a family-arranged marriage, a human rights group said. The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in Yemen and has drawn the attention of international rights groups seeking to pressure the government to outlaw child marriages. Legislation that [...]

How many more lives will be taken due to liberal ignorance?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,527868,00.html Ali al-Shihri freed, responsible for 9 Al Queda related deaths in Yemen. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/world/middleeast/23yemen.html (For the folks that prefer the state-filtered news types) So, does anyone have a clue how many more people will die worldwide because of the closing of Guantanamo? Is there an estimate out there or any numbers available? I’m doing a [...]

Why are Liberal Americans and European Socialists not Having Kids?

The hard data on babies around the Western world is that they’re running out. “Replacement” fertility rate–i.e., the number you need for merely a stable population, not getting any bigger, not getting any smaller–is 2.1 babies per woman. Some countries are well above that: the global fertility leader, Somalia, is 6.91, Niger 6.83, Afghanistan 6.78, [...]

Muslims: Why don’t a lot of madrasahs teach subjects like Math, Science, Critical Thinking and Liberal Arts?

I know in places like Pakistan and Yemen, a lot of the madrasahs will ONLY teach Islamic studies and Koranic memorization. But doesn’t the lack of educating real-world skills mean a lot of those Muslim students aren’t going to find meaningful jobs? They had this neat article in the BBC News about it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8550548.stm Do [...]

Muslims: Why don’t a lot of madrasahs teach subjects like Math, Science, Critical Thinking and Liberal Arts?

I know in places like Pakistan and Yemen, a lot of the madrasahs will ONLY teach Islamic studies and Koranic memorization. But doesn’t the lack of educating real-world skills mean a lot of those Muslim students aren’t going to find meaningful jobs? They had this neat article in the BBC News about it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8550548.stm Do [...]

No liberal bias at Yahoo?

This story http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_al_qaida about a Gitmo terrorist is buried on the second page of the news, while an older story about a solar eclipse that can only be seen in the Indian Ocean is on the front page. Explain…

Do you think accusations of liberal bias in the news are a sham?

If you look closely doesn’t it look like they are going out of the way not to show the truth? I have heard that it is illegal for many arab news outlets to speak in the U.S. No photos may be displayed or video shown. Are accusations of liberal bias a lie? http://www.ghaliboun.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=11&pos=18