FILM PROMPTS RIOTS, MURDER OF U.S. AMBASSADOR

U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three members of his staff were killed early today (Wednesday) in Benghazi, Libya by protesters angered over a two-hour film, Innocence of Muslims, ridiculing the Islamic religion in general and its Prophet Muhammad in particular. The State Department did not immediately confirmed the death of the ambassador, but news reports […]

NOW A GAY GREEN LANTERN WILL HAVE A MUSLIM SIDEKICK

Warner Bros.-owned DC Comics, which surprised fans in June when it announced that its long-running character The Green Lantern will come out as gay, has revealed that one of the principal characters of its relaunched Green Lantern series will be Arab-American. Geoff Johns, the chief creative officer and writer of the series, has created Simon […]

FIREWORKS AS O’REILLY GUESTS ON THE VIEW

In an unprecedented display of temper between opposing factions on a TV talk show, Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg walked off the stage of The View Thursday during an appearance by Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly. The walkout came after O’Reilly, who was promoting his latest book, Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the […]

MUSLIM LAWYER SAYS HE LOVES HIS RELIGION — AND HIS “SOUTH PARK”

CNN’s website on Monday posted a commentary by Arsalan Iftikhar, whom it identified as an international human rights lawyer and founder of TheMuslimGuy.com, who wrote that he was both a Muslim and a fan of South Park. Iftikhar maintained that the thinly veiled threat against the lives of South Park‘s creators, Trey Parker and Matt […]