Occasionally a photo or video will come along that goes viral, captures the hearts or imaginations of the people, who in turn influence their respective governments, and real, positive change is made that changes the world for the better. This story is about 3 such photos that all meet those qualifiers – all iconic in their own rights – but all 3 share
On Friday, January 27, 2016, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order in which he partially banned immigration in the United States by citizens from seven different countries: Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Sudan. This wasn’t a surprise since the president was fulfilling at least part of a campaign promise for a
I truly cannot think of any other place on earth where the government of a region so badly misrepresents or ignores the needs and wishes of its people, yet simultaneously receives such fanatical devotion and support from these same people – as we witness today within the Palestinian Authority. On Tuesday, November 28, the New York Times reported that a
We at Calling Out Community often shake our heads when we hear people criticizing Israel for any reason. If you knew what was really going on in the Middle East amongst her Islamic neighbours, you might think twice about verbally attacking the only real democracy in the Middle East. How or why we are even friends with Saudi Arabia, one
ISIS should have been bombed into extinction months ago, yet they continue to fight on, thanks to an international online video recruiting program that has been both incredibly shocking… and highly successful. But the true secret of ISIS’ military success lies in its vast and terrifying arsenal of military equipment, some purchased illegally, but most
On the evening of July 14, 2016, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a Tunisian resident of France, deliberately drove a 19-tonne cargo truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, killing 84 people and injuring more than 300. He was shot and killed by police. The incident has been described as
👤 By Islam Rising ¦ A Founding Blogger of the Calling Out Community ✒ Posted April 25, 2016. Updated May 8, 2016. 🐦 Twitter: Follow Us ¦ 👍 Facebook: Like Us ✉ Email us with comments and ideas! In April 2013, the Pew Research Center released the results of a startling global survey amongst Islamic believers. As North
As talking heads in the news media still debate the actual terms of the Iran nuclear agreement that President Obama pushed through in July 2015 – we wanted to advise some of you and remind the rest where this Iranian nuclear program came from in the first place. We not going to take time to debate the pros and cons of
👤 By Islam Rising ¦ A Founding Blogger of the Calling Out Community ✒ Posted April 11, 2016 🐦 Twitter: Follow Us ¦ 👍 Facebook: Like Us ✉ Email us with comments and ideas! Yesterday (Sunday, April 10) we brought you a very shocking story, through our partner blogger Islam Rising, that focused on the
