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Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - There are no provisions in the Koran and in the Sunnah that prohibit Muslims from sharing the evening meal of "breaking the fast" (Al-Fitr) with Christian friends, relatives or acquaintances during the Muslim month of fasting Ramadan. This is what is reported by Sheikh Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam, current Grand Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and finds space in the Egyptian media just as all the Islamic communities in the world are preparing to celebrate Eid al Fitr, the feast that concludes the holy month dedicated to fasting, prayer and almsgiving. Accepting food from...

<p>ATLANTA — Atlanta police said a man is dead after he was shot by a police officer inside a Buckhead restaurant.</p><p>Atlanta police were called out the scene along Lenox Road around 3 p.m.</p><p>Police and witnesses described the incident to Channel 2 investigative reporter Justin Gray as an extended struggle over the police officer’s gun.</p>

Commentary Few matters are so important as the integrity of the information we receive and the recent degradation in its reliability. The recent leak of a Supreme Court draft related to the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion case underscores how corrupted so many of our important institutions have become by those dedicated to shaping public opinion in a sometimes-dishonest way. Nearly every facet of our American institutions has been infiltrated by activists, corporate and political propagandists, and even criminals. Here are 10 key institutions that have been successfully infiltrated by information-shapers: 1. Corporations High-profile corporations increasingly do business, or withhold...

The state of Georgia made some news this week in the arena of election fraud, issuing a flurry of subpoenas in their statewide investigation of the 2020 elections. The mainstream press didn’t cover it; there was a baseball game. And in each of the 72 weeks before that, whenever there was important news about the abuse of our election system, there was always something equally important. The Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial. Will Smith slapping a comic at the Oscars. A sixty-year-old model posing nude to combat “ageism” – whatever that is. As Roseanne Roseannadanna would say, “It’s...

Teachers at a Catholic school have gone on strike over the cancellation of a talk by a children's author whose books feature gay characters. Governors of the John Fisher School in Purley, Croydon, in south London, voted not to cancel Simon James Green's visit, contrary to the Archdiocese of Southwark's recommendation. Two governors subsequently resigned and the archdiocese sacked the rest, according to an Ofsted report. Staff shortages have closed the school. Southwark archdiocese revealed on Thursday it had written to Ofsted asking it to review the report which it says had "inaccuracies" and contained "evidence appearing to be drawn...

The St. Gianna Beretta Molla and Pietro Molla International Center for Family and Life will promote the holiness of the family and respect for the sanctity of life and include a shrine church of St. Gianna near the Diocese of Springfield’s new Evermode Institute.SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Diocese of Springfield in Illinois) – The daughter of one the most popular modern-day Catholic saints announced plans to establish an international pilgrimage site and center in Springfield to help spread knowledge of and devotion to her holy parents’ virtues and, thus, to promote the holiness of the family and respect for the sanctity of...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14

A bill on sanctions against the primate and three other high-level representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church has been submitted to Ukraine’s Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. Draft resolution No. 7332 was registered on April 29, reports the Union of Orthodox Journalists with reference to the official Rada website. Similar calls have come from other states and organizations as well. The bill calls for sanctions against His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk, DECR Deputy Head Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, and His Eminence Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Pskov...

Devin Nunes was on with Stuart Varney and he dropped a bomb about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. President Trump encouraged Elon Musk to buy Twitter. According to Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes, former President Donald Trump encouraged billionaire Elon Musk to purchase Twitter to help bring free speech emphasis back to social media. Nunes shared:

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Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes attempted to contact former President Trump on Jan. 6 just hours after the group forced their way into the Capitol, pleading that he ask them to continue to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power. The disclosure comes as a third member of the group struck a plea deal with the Department of Justice, with William Todd Wilson of Newton Grove, N.C., pleading guilty to seditious conspiracy for his role in the riot alongside other members of the far-right militia group. According to Wilson, Rhodes called an unidentified individual on speakerphone shortly after they left the...

California's Democratic leaders are making moves to protect abortion rights following the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that suggests Roe v. Wade will be overturned.

With tensions high between The Walt Disney Company and Florida lawmakers, the entertainment giant, alongside three other major media companies, will air new a new public service announcement from GLAAD featuring a transgender teen which calls for nationwide support of LGBTQ youth. The PSA centers on Texas mom Amber Briggle and her son Max.(snip) The new PSA will be aired by outlets owned by Disney, Comcast, WarnerMedia and Paramount. Disney’s participation comes at a time when company executives are working to be more aggressive in advocating for LGBTQ rights. CEO Bob Chapek, in particular, came under scrutiny in the past...

A handful of Florida residents are suing the state and its Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, over the decision to dissolve Walt Disney Co.'s special self-governing district near Orlando, saying the move will saddle them with the company’s $1-billion debt burden.(snip) The taxpayer lawsuit asked the court to find the law dismantling Reedy Creek as unconstitutional. The 11-page complaint alleges that the state violated legal obligations forbidding it from dissolving the district without resolving its outstanding debt. The complaint is filed on behalf of four Florida residents — three in Osceola County and one in Orange County. “The stated and undisputed...

This video was posted on Youtube today (May 4, 2022). (Doesn't say the actual date of the interview.) Quote from the video: Roman Balmakov (interviewer): "Do you have any evidence or any research that show that Joe Biden also benefited financially from any of these deals?" Schweizer.: "Yes we do. . . The emails make this clear. Within the Biden family money is fungible. It moves around." See video for more information

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) tweeted on Wednesday that he did not care how the draft of the Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade leaked — despite it being an unprecedented breach in the Supreme Court’s modern history. “I don’t care how the draft leaked. That’s a sideshow,” he tweeted, in remarks reminiscent of his efforts to protect the identity of the leaker of former President Donald Trump’s classified call with the Ukrainian president.

QUINCY – Mothers fighting for the rights of their children, grandparents who remember a time before Roe v. Wade, and young people who've never known a world without legal access to abortion came together at Quincy City Hall on Tuesday night to protest a leaked draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would overturn the landmark decision just ahead of its 50th anniversary. The group March Forward Quincy organized the "Rally for Roe" at the Hancock-Adams Common in front of city hall at the same time thousands of other groups were gathering nationwide. "I see older women who have fought this...

Episode reminiscent of Hillary Clinton's collapse during failed 2016 campaign Citizens expressed concern Tuesday after footage emerged of a "visibly shaken" Elizabeth Warren clinging to a staffer's hand for dear life while attempting to walk several yards to a waiting vehicle. Even with the staffer's assistance, the Democratic lawmaker nearly stumbled on several occasions as reporters shouted questions about abortion. "Does she have Parkinson's or something?" a concerned American asked the Washington Free Beacon after viewing the footage of Warren. "Why does she need a staffer to hold her hand while walking?" The voting public deserves an honest answer. Warren,...

In the wake of a bombshell report by Politico showing that Supreme Court justices had made a preliminary decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey — unraveling the national right to access abortion — Barack and Michelle Obama said the move would "relegate the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues." "The consequences of this decision would be a blow not just to women, but to all of us who believe that in a free society, there are limits to how much the government can encroach on our personal...

Geraldo Rivera got into a heated debate with his co-host Greg Gutfeld Wednesday on FNC’s “The Five” while discussing abortion. Rivera said, “Shame on Gorsuch, shame on Coney Barrett, shame on Kavanaugh. They knew when they were swearing to those senators and the conversations in the senate offices that they were going to vote to reverse or overturn Roe v. Wade. They knew it, and they lied about it.”