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The World Humanitarian Crisis Summit: One Humanity and Shared Responsibility

The World Humanitarian Summit was hosted in Istanbul in an attempt to tackle what the United Nations has described as the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II. An estimated 125 million people worldwide need humanitarian assistance. The summit was … Continue reading

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Corruption kills more people in the Philippines than drugs, typhoons, AIDS, and terrorism: President Elect Duterte should implement the death penalty for corrupt public office holders as well as other criminals.

Corruption is an incurable cancer that kills millions of Filipinos. It needs chemotherapy to stop the cancer. Corruption kills, and corruption is pervasive. It affects all dimensions of people’s daily lives from poorly building roads, high prices for electricity, business … Continue reading

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The Sun of Islam Will Rise from the West.

According to Islam, one of the signs of the Last Day is the rising of the sun in the West. Of course, throughout history many people have interpreted the glory of the sun and the stars according to their own … Continue reading

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Why Do Politicians Get Away with Lying?

  With this election season’s campaigns in the home stretch, the quadrennial in the US and in the Philippines, the quadrennial and sexennial, respectively, contest for lying, misdirection, fact bending, half-truths and lies in the challenge to win the hearts … Continue reading

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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Is a Useless Club

The leaders of the Islamic world met at their 13th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference in Istanbul as the Muslims of the world face their greatest challenge in history. The Summit ended last week with Turkey’s Erdoğan becoming the … Continue reading

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The Majority of Leading Conservative Writers in the USA Have a Secular Outlook on Life

  It is a fact that the majority of profound thinkers in America are conservative; they used to have a conservative outlook on life, but this has been declining in that they have devising worldviews just like their liberal colleagues … Continue reading

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Is Islam Compatible with Democracy and Can the West Be Successful in Selling Its Version of Democracy to the Muslim World?

  Nowadays, a very interesting question about the relationship between Islam and democracy arises: Is Islam compatible with democracy and democratic values or any form of government that empowers the people and limits the power of leaders to hold merely … Continue reading

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Freedom of Expression in a Participatory Democracy: The Donald Trump Phenomenon

The book tells us that we shall know them by their fruits. It is rather ironic that many mainstream media publish so many opinion articles about Donald Trump’s being the world’s most dangerous man, a racist, a bigot, and a … Continue reading

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The Real Enemies of Islam Are Muslims Themselves

  Muslims around the world have been deceived by the idea that the West and America are the enemies of Islam, and that they are modern day Crusaders who want to destroy Islam and to subjugate them. But what Muslims … Continue reading

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Putin Doctrine versus Obama Doctrine

  Russia’s military action in Syria has no exit plan. Pundits and experts have argued about whether Russia is trying to rescue Assad or whether it is fighting ISIS. What is Russia‘s Putin really trying to do in the Middle … Continue reading

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