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USA holds 2.3 million prisoners, or 25 percent of the world’s prison population December 28, 2014, “Truthdig” – Prisons employ and exploit the ideal worker. Prisoners do not receive benefits or pensions. They are not paid overtime. They are forbidden to organize and strike. They must show up on time. …

Satisfaction is to please oneself with the minimal necessities that meet the needs and to neglect everything additional. It is a noble trait revealing dignity and high moral standard:Imam as-Sadiq (a) said to the man who complained about his increasing greed: “If you think it is fortunate for you to …

New York, USAThe Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is our Frankenstein. The United States after a decade of war in Iraq pieced together its body parts. We jolted it into life. We bathed it in blood and trauma. And we gave it its intelligence. Its dark and vicious …

New York, USAThe Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is our Frankenstein. The United States after a decade of war in Iraq pieced together its body parts. We jolted it into life. We bathed it in blood and trauma. And we gave it its intelligence. Its dark and vicious …

Clemency and suppression of anger stand for self- possession in situations that arouse anger. They are noble traits they indicate self-excellence and result in affection and amicability:“(Among) the servants of the Beneficent Allah are those who walk gently on the earth and when addressed by the ignorant ones, their only …

Truth stands for the conformity between word and deed. It plays a great role in the lives of both the individuals and communities. Truth is the beauty of speech and ground of success. From this cause, the Islamic Sharia (The Islamic code of religious law, based on the teachings of …

Here are ten smart responses you can use when people tell you there’s no alternative to the capitalism that’s cooking the planet. Those committed to building a more just future must question the taken-for-granted “truths” that support the beliefs that capitalism is the only common-sense possibility and that there is …

Ill-temper is a aberrance that causes depression and truculence. It is the opposite of moral conduct. Often the repercussions of ill-temper intensify to the degree that it results in a variety of tragedies and physical and mental crises. The meanness of ill-temper appears clearly through God’s words addressed to the …

Crescent International, January, 2015The Saudis not “Sunnis”; they are the political conjugal of Uncle Sam in Washington and cousin Benjamin in Tel Aviv.The Saudis are spreading hate propaganda to advance the imperialist and Zionist agenda.The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is unadulterated malevolence. Those Saudi human figures who hide themselves behind …

Crescent International, January, 2015The Saudis not “Sunnis”; they are the political conjugal of Uncle Sam in Washington and cousin Benjamin in Tel Aviv.The Saudis are spreading hate propaganda to advance the imperialist and Zionist agenda.The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is unadulterated malevolence. Those Saudi human figures who hide themselves behind …