Sensationalism of the killers overshadows the victims

In the increasing amount of gun tragedies in America, too often the killer makes the front pages and the heros and victims get forgotten; criticism of Islam helps Morsi; Iranian polygamy examined; and Egyptian Christians pray for a better constitution.

A tearful U.S. President remembers the victims of the Connecticut shooting.

State of Mind [3]

Thoughts on the Newtown, Connecticut Shooting

This is the third shooting to take place in the United States in 2012. After each of those massacres, the same debate among Americans erupted before it died down when the mania subsided: gun control and mental health.

Mahir Zeynalov [4]

Anti-Islam sentiments in Egypt counterproductive to healthy transition

Islamists will make horrible mistakes on the way of writing new rules of the country. But when accusations are made on grounds that they are marginalizing secular people and non-Muslims deliberately, then the Morsi camp will be getting bigger by the addition of all who think the criticisms are not against Morsi and his circle’s anti-democratic measures but against him being conservative president.

American Bedu [5]

Saudi Arabia/Iran: Polygamy – A Documentary

Although not about Saudi Arabia per se, the following youtube video is actually a documentary about an Iranian man in Iran with four Iranian wives.

A Sense of Belonging [6]

Before Egypt Votes, Christians Pray

Yesterday Egypt witnessed a historic referendum over a highly disputed constitution. Two days earlier, Christians placed their nation in the hands of God.