Famous Muslim-Turned-Atheist Now Says Jesus Is the Only Answer

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A former Muslim Brotherhood acolyte who became an atheist has explained in an online column why it is Christianity – and Christianity alone – that holds the answer in today’s turmoil- and threat-filled world.

“The ‘God hole’ – the void left by the retreat of the church – has merely been filled by a jumble of irrational quasi-religious dogma. The result is a world where modern cults prey on the dislocated masses, offering them spurious reasons for being and action — mostly by engaging in virtue-signaling theater on behalf of a victimised minority or our supposedly doomed planet. The line often attributed to G.K. Chesterton has turned into a prophecy: ‘When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything,'” explained Ayaan Hirsi Ali in a column at unherd.

Ali, a research fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, continued, “In this nihilistic vacuum, the challenge before us becomes civilisational. We can’t withstand China, Russia and Iran if we can’t explain to our populations why it matters that we do. We can’t fight woke ideology if we can’t defend the civilisation that it is determined to destroy. And we can’t counter Islamism with purely secular tools. To win the hearts and minds of Muslims here in the West, we have to offer them something more than videos on TikTok.

“The lesson I learned from my years with the Muslim Brotherhood was the power of a unifying story, embedded in the foundational texts of Islam, to attract, engage and mobilise the Muslim masses. Unless we offer something as meaningful, I fear the erosion of our civilisation will continue. And fortunately, there is no need to look for some new-age concoction of medication and mindfulness. Christianity has it all.” . . .

But Islam failed her and atheism offered “a simple, zero-cost escape from an unbearable life of self-denial and harassment of other people.” (Read more from “Famous Muslim-Turned-Atheist Now Says Jesus Is the Only Answer” HERE)

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Consumption of This Popular Fruit May Reduce Dementia Risk: Study

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. . .University of Cincinnati researchers claim that eating strawberries every day could help reduce the risk of dementia for certain people of middle age. Their findings were published last month in the journal Nutrients.

In the 12-week study, 30 overweight patients who had complained of mild cognitive impairment were asked to abstain from eating berries — except for a daily packet of supplement powder mixed with water and consumed with breakfast.

Half the participants, who were 50 to 65 years old, received a powder with the equivalent of one cup of whole strawberries (the standard serving size), while the other half got a placebo.

The researchers tracked the participants’ long-term memory, mood, and metabolic health.

They found that those in the strawberry powder group performed better on a word-list learning test and had a significant reduction in depressive symptoms. (Read more from “Consumption of This Popular Fruit May Reduce Dementia Risk: Study” HERE)

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Biden Rips ‘Prick’ Ex-Obama Guru as 2024 Tensions Grow: Report

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President Biden has disparaged veteran Democratic political strategist David Axelrod as a “prick” for questioning whether the commander-in-chief should seek a second term — as a spate of polling shows the incumbent losing next year to former President Donald Trump.

The 80-year-old Biden’s hot temper and penchant for profanity are open secrets in Washington, and his disparagement of Axelrod — as reported Monday by Politico columnist Jonathan Martin — is the latest sign of strife between Biden loyalists and veterans of the Barack Obama administration.

Axelrod, best known for masterminding Obama’s election victories in 2008 and 2012, initially stated that Biden should consider his position earlier this month, after a New York Times/Siena College poll showed Biden losing to Trump, 77, in five of six states likely to decide the outcome of the 2024 vote. . .

On CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, Axelrod insisted that he was not telling Biden to drop out of the 2024 race, merely that he “ought to think about it.”

“I have no concerns about polls a year out. I mean, you have to look at them and analyze them and adjust,” he said. “But I was in a situation as a strategist for Barack Obama in 2011 where we were facing some difficult polls. (Read more from “Biden Rips ‘Prick’ Ex-Obama Guru as 2024 Tensions Grow: Report” HERE)

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House Rejects Move to Force Impeachment Vote on DHS Secretary Mayorkas

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House lawmakers rejected an effort to force a vote on impeaching Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday, instead referring the resolution introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to the House Homeland Security Committee.

Eight Republicans joined all Democrats in the 209-201 vote to send the impeachment resolution to the House panel, which is already probing Mayorkas over his handling of the crisis at the southern border.

“Impeachment articles against Mayorkas have been collecting dust in committee for months. It’s time to move the vote to the House floor, not send it back to committee,” Greene argued in an X post moments before the vote.

Voting against the impeachment effort were Republican Reps. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), John Duarte (R-Calif.), Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio). . .

The lower chamber was forced to vote on Greene’s measure after she introduced it on the House floor Thursday as a “privileged resolution,” forcing leadership to take action on the legislation within two legislative days. (Read more from “House Rejects Move to Force Impeachment Vote on DHS Secretary Mayorkas” HERE)

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Contradictions Arise as U.S. Official Confirms Hamas Command Headquarters under Hospital in Gaza

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At roughly 1:30 Eastern Time on Monday, CNN reported a U.S. official confirmed what was widely suspected: Hamas has command headquarters underneath Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, which has been encircled by Israel Defense Forces.

At the same time, President Biden told reporters that the hospital “must be protected.”

“A US official with knowledge of American intelligence says Hamas has a command node under the Al-Shifa hospital, uses fuel intended for it and its fighters regularly cluster in and around Gaza’s largest hospital,” CNN reported, adding, “Hamas and hospital officials have denied the accusation that the hospital is being used as a command center.”

That followed National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan stating on Sunday, “You can see even from open-source reporting that Hamas does use hospitals, along with a lot of other civilian facilities, for command-and-control, for storing weapons, for housing its fighters. Without getting into this specific hospital or that specific claim, this is Hamas’ track record, both historically and in this conflict.”

Yet as the White House confirmed that Hamas has command headquarters under the hospital, Biden told reporters at the White House, “It’s my hope and expectation that there will be less intrusive action relative to the hospital. The hospital must be protected.” (Read more from “Contradictions Arise as U.S. Official Confirms Hamas Command Headquarters under Hospital in Gaza” HERE)

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FBI Whistleblower Calls House GOP ‘Soulless Demons’ After Voting to Give the Agency a New $300 Million HQ

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The FBI whistleblower has called House Republicans “soulless demons” after they voted for funds for a new FBI headquarters, and have not taken steps to reform the troubled bureau.

In a tweet posted on X, Thursday, November 9, whistleblower Steve Friend called out the House GOP after they voted to give the FBI a new $300 million headquarters.

“Last year, I brought protected whistleblower disclosures about FBI weaponization to House GOP. They used it to go on TV and get elected. I lost my career and am under FBI investigation. Today the House GOP voted to give the FBI a $300 million HQ. Soulless demons. Go to hell,” Friend posted on X.

Friend claimed when 70 House Republicans voted to approve the $300 million towards the construction of a new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland, it was a direct contradiction of a commitment made to him by Rep. Jim Jordan (R.-Ohio), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

“People who swore to lay down their lives for America have questionable loyalty to the country? They are purging and rebuilding an FBI with people willing to roll over their own countrymen,” Friend said on X. (Read more from “FBI Whistleblower Calls House GOP ‘Soulless Demons’ After Voting to Give the Agency a New $300 Million HQ” HERE)

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Survey: Donald Trump Wins Electoral College Versus Biden, Who Smokes Desantis

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Former President Donald Trump would win the electoral college over President Joe Biden, but Biden would trounce Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), according to an analysis from Stack Data Strategy among 15,205 registered voters nationwide.

The in-depth survey, conducted from October 13 to November 3 and released in Politico on Monday, found that Trump would garner 292 electoral votes and win back the White House in a hypothetical general election matchup with Biden, who would secure 246 electoral votes. However, Biden would narrowly win the popular vote, 49 percent to 48 percent:

Trump also beats Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) in hypothetical matchups.

In a hypothetical race between Biden and DeSantis, Biden obliterates the Florida governor in a landslide. Biden carries 359 electoral votes to DeSantis’s 179 in this scenario.

Taking a deeper look at a race between the leading candidates, Trump and Biden, Trump takes four states he lost in 2020 but won in 2016: Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Conversely, Biden holds on to Michigan, which Trump won in 2016. These states were pivotal in deciding the last two presidential elections and will be instrumental in determining the next commander-in-chief. (Read more from “Survey: Donald Trump Wins Electoral College Versus Biden, Who Smokes DeSantis” HERE)

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Disturbing: Vatican Says Transsexuals and ‘Homoaffective’ Persons Can Be Baptized, Serve as Godparents

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The Vatican’s doctrinal office (DDF) declared this week that transsexuals and “homoaffective” persons can be baptized and serve as godparents provided certain conditions are met.

Transsexual persons, even if they have undergone hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery, may receive the Sacrament of Baptism “if there are no situations in which there is a risk of generating public scandal or confusion among the faithful,” stated the text, signed by Argentinean Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández.

The document was published this week in response to six questions (dubia) submitted to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) by Bishop José Negri of Santo Amaro, Brazil.

The responses “re-propose, in substance, the fundamental contents of what has already been affirmed in the past by the Dicastery concerning these matters,” the document asserts.

Shortly afterward, the former prefect of the very same DDF, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, released a text criticizing the document for its confusing language as well as for employing “transhumanistic terminology” antithetical to a Catholic understanding of the human person. (Read more from “Disturbing: Vatican Says Transsexuals and ‘Homoaffective’ Persons Can Be Baptized, Serve as Godparents” HERE)

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Tragic Loss: Five U.S. Army Special Operations Soldiers Killed in Mediterranean Helicopter Crash

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Five members of the U.S. Army were killed in a training accident late Friday when their helicopter had a “mishap” causing it to crash into the Mediterranean Sea, officials said Sunday.

Army representatives confirmed to the New York Times that the victims were all special operations soldiers and that search and rescue efforts continued until Saturday before being called off.

U.S. European Command said on Saturday that the cause of the MH-60 helicopter failure is under investigation, but “there are no indications of hostile activity,” ABC News reported.

The command, headquartered in Germany, added on Sunday that the aircraft was on a “routine air refueling mission” when the “mishap” occurred. . .

The special operations team was recently deployed to the region “to be in place if needed to help evacuate American citizens from the region amid the unfolding Israel-Hamas war,” the outlet reported. (Read more from “Tragic Loss: Five U.S. Army Special Operations Soldiers Killed in Mediterranean Helicopter Crash” HERE)

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Israel: We Delivered Fuel to Shifa Hospital, Hamas Won’t Let Them Have It

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it delivered 300 liters of fuel to a collection point near the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, but that Hamas will not allow hospital staff to retrieve the fuel, which is apparently necessary for the hospital.

In a statement, the Israeli government said:

The IDF provided 300 liters of fuel for urgent medical purposes for the Shifa Hospital; Hamas prevented the hospital from receiving the fuel

Last night, the IDF coordinated the transfer of fuel for urgent medical use to the Shifa Hospital.

Early in the morning, IDF troops arrived at the entrance of the hospital and placed 300 liters of fuel for urgent medical purposes.

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Later, the IDF received evidence that Hamas officials prevented the hospital from receiving the fuel.

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