Gadis - gadis Inggris Menjadi Incaran ISIS

 Kicauan di Twitter oleh satu dari tiga gadis Inggris yang diduga sedang menuju Suriah untuk bergabung dengan milisi Negara Islam di Irak dan Suriah atau ISIS itu seolah membangunkan publik Inggris. Warga negeri itu pun tersadar, anak-anak perempuan mereka ternyata terus menjadi incaran jaringan kelompok ekstrem di Suriah untuk direkrut.

Al Shabaab Serukan Serangan ke Pusat Perbelanjaan di AS, Inggris, dan Kanada

Sebuah video, yang diakui telah dibuat pemberontak Somalia yang terkait dengan Al Qaeda, mendesak kaum Muslim untuk menyerang pusat-pusat perbelanjaan di AS, Kanada, Inggris, dan negara-negara Barat lainnya.

ISIS Rilis Video Kamp Pelatihan Militer Anak

Negara Islam Irak dan Suriah (ISIS) kembali merilis video propaganda ke dunia maya. Kali ini bukan video pemenggalan, melainkan video yang berisi kamp pelatihan militer untuk anak-anak. Video terbaru itu menunjukkan puluhan anak menghadiri sebuah kamp pelatihan bernama Al Faruq di kota Raqqa, Suriah.

Bocah Pengebom Bunuh Diri Tidak Lebih Dari 8 Tahun

Seorang bocah perempuan dengan bahan peledak yang diikatkan di tubuhnya telah menewaskan lima orang dan melukai puluhan orang lainnya di sebuah pos pemeriksaan keamanan di luar sebuah pasar di kota Potiskum di Nigeria timur laut, Minggu (22/2/2015). Demikian kata sejumlah saksi.

ISIS Penggal 21 Umat Kristen Koptik

Kelompok Negara Islam Irak dan Suriah (ISIS) mengatakan akan merebut Roma, Italia. Hal itu disampaikan oleh salah satu algojo yang memenggal 21 pekerja Kristen Koptik asal Mesir di Libya dalam video yang mereka rilis di dunia maya pada Ahad, 15 Februari 2015.

Dianggap Berhala Karena Sangat Mirip, Patung Dirobohkan

 Pemerintah Kabupaten Sidoarjo, Jawa Timur, melalui Dinas Kebersihan dan Pertamanan mengaku tidak mampu berbuat banyak untuk merespons protes sejumlah ormas Islam soal patung Jayandaru yang dibangun di tengah alun-alun Sidoarjo. Sebab, patung tersebut belum diserahkan kepada Pemkab Sidoarjo.

Ulama Arab: Bumi Tidak Berputar

Ulama Arab Saudi, Sheikh Bandar al-Khabiri, menolak teori yang menyatakan Bumi berputar mengelilingi Matahari. Dia menyebut bahwa Bumi diam, tidak bergerak sebagaimana teori yang berkembang saat ini.

Dicambuk 1000 Kali, Karena Tidak Percaya Bidadari

Pengadilan Arab Saudi menjatuhkan hukuman 10 tahun penjara plus 1.000 kali cambukan untuk pemuda bernama Raef Badawi. Hukuman itu dijatuhkan setelah Badawi dituduh menghina Islam melalui laman yang dia buat.

Repentance and Renewal in the season of Lent

Therefore, turn away from our sinfulness, recommit ourselves to following Jesus, and deepen our relationship and closeness to God by reflecting on His Words. We remember in Lent that our faults can lead us away from God, and also make us selfish, forgetting about the needs of others. We think for a moment about our own lives and we ask God?s forgiveness. During this time of Lent, we learn to let go of all unnecessary things and be more mindful of our dependence on God. We fast, abstain, pray and give alms. 

Lord, during this Lenten season 

nourish us with Your word of life 

and make us one in love and prayer.

The forty days of Lent represent Jesus forty days in the desert fasting, overcoming temptations, and praying after His baptism by John the Baptist,  Let us be like Jesus who never gave in to temptations during His forty days in the desert, We to need to pray to God like Jesus did in over coming temptations.

The Church has never allowed Sundays to be kept as days of fast ... Every Sunday is a day of obligation, the paschal mystery is celebrated (Canon 1246) and is also mini Easter. 

Sunday, on which by apostolic tradition 

the paschal mystery is celebrated, 

must be observed in the universal Church 

as the primordial holy day of obligation.

(Canon 1246)

Abstinence from meat, 

or from some other food 

as determined by the Episcopal Conference, 

is to be observed on all Fridays, 

unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed 

on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

(Canon 1251)

Therefore the calculation on how forty days came about is as follows:

From Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday is 46 days and there is 6 Sundays within that period. Therefore, 46 days minus 6 Sundays equals to 40 days of Lent fasting.

Dance with My Father ~ Luther Vandross

Back when I was a child, 

before life removed all the innocence

My father would lift me high 

and dance with my mother and me and then

Spin me around �til I fell asleep

Then up the stairs he would carry me

And I knew for sure I was loved

If I could get another chance, another walk, 

another dance with him

I�d play a song that would never, ever end

How I�d love, love, love

To dance with my father again

When I and my mother would disagree

To get my way, I would run from her to him

He�d make me laugh just to comfort me

Then finally make me do just what my mama said

Later that night when I was asleep

He left a dollar under my sheet

Never dreamed that he would be gone from me

If I could steal one final glance, one final step, 

one final dance with him

I�d play a song that would never, ever end

�Cause I�d love, love, love

To dance with my father again

Sometimes I�d listen outside her door

And I�d hear how my mother cried for him

I pray for her even more than me

I pray for her even more than me

I know I�m praying for much too much

But could you send back the only man she loved

I know you don�t do it usually

But dear Lord she�s dying

To dance with my father again

Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream