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(CNSNews.com) – Ten days after Saudi Arabia’s foremost religious leader called for a demolition of all churches in the Arabian Peninsula – in line with a purported injunction by Mohammed – the U.S. government and other allies of the kingdom have yet to react. Major media outlets also have largely ignored the incident; a Nexis search finds reporting on the issue has been restricted to blogs and opinion columns, including a Washington Times editorial on March 16. On March 12, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh was quoted in Arabic media reports as telling a visiting Kuwaiti delegation that it...

Officials at the government agency in charge of preserving and promoting public confidence in the country’s financial systems are encouraging banks nationwide to offer services to illegal immigrants and many have obliged. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has succeeded in getting several large lending institutions to offer a variety of banking services to illegal aliens, including home loans. Headquartered in Washington D.C., The FDIC insures more than $3 trillion of deposits in U.S. banks and is managed by a five-person board of directors appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.