I would like to support the 'defense fund' but have an international address. Is there any way this can be corrected? Thank you.

Off topic.

Off topic.

I might like to take the class. Where do you register?

Estas quivocado amigo. Ya conocemos el enemigo mejor y no es nosotros.

The war was a strategic mistake. We can't even identify, let alone defeat, the stealth jihad forces within the USA. How are we supposed to defeat Islamic terror another country? Iran is weak; trying to exert influence in Iraq will lead to further weakening of this terrorist state. It is time to pull out of the region. Explain clearly that they are on their own and they will sink or swim based on their own policies and economies. They will fail and will have no one but themselves to blame. Meanwhile we should free ourselves of foreign oil by exploiting the resources we have, secure our borders, concentrate on lowering our national debt and growing our economy.

Many writers I am afraid cannot conceive of religion having any meaning. Therefore it cannot be used to justify anything. The 'real' reason must be found somewhere else.

The Sharia finance customer is still paying the interest. If the customer pays the same amount the difference is semantics, which is silly.

Islamic finance is silly and will cost the Muslim more. It is silly because not calling it interest does not change the fact that they are paying an interest charge. It is just included up front. A $100,000 house at 6%/30yrs would therefore cost around $215,000. I suppose this amount is divided into 360 monthly payments which works out to the same amount of money. This will cost the borrower more because I presume the homeowner does not get an IRS interst deduction. The $115,000 interest would work out to a lot of money not credited to the owner. I can see why the US government might look kindly at such a loan since there is no IRS deduction. A loan like this would makes a lot of sense theologically or economically.

Why can't the boy simply close his eyes and pray?