Nowadays, Dutch parliament is in a frenzy to prohibit halal and kosher slaughter. The propagators say that the industrial way of shooting a pin into the animal’s brain is much more humane. As muslims we should stand up ourselves for animal’s rights as it is a specific teaching by our […]
A Nigerian human rights group says more than 500 people died after presidential elections earlier this month. The Civil Rights Congress said the violence happened mostly in the northern state of Kaduna and that the number of victims could be even higher. Rioting broke out when it emerged that Goodluck […]
Dutch forces have for several years been training soldiers in Mali, Senegal and Chad in their fight against al-Qaeda militants—without the Dutch parliament being informed. The covert mission is part of the United States war against terrorism, according to Dutch newspaper AD, which cites documents from the US Congress and […]
Whenever I travel overseas I feel uncomfortable when the immigration officer opens my passport and looks through my personal details. It’s not because the colour of my passport is green; what annoys me is the fact that he knows my religion. Why should I tell the official that I am a Muslim? Is […]
by Eveline Kobler, swissinfo.ch The new Swiss president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences tells swissinfo.ch about the challenges of squaring religious faith with science. Werner Arber, an Aargau-born microbiologist and geneticist who shared the 1978 Nobel Prize for Medicine, is the first Protestant to hold the position. The 81-year-old […]
The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, will use his Easter message later to attack “aggressive secularism”. It was something Pope Benedict warned about on his state visit to Britain last year. Cardinal O’Brien will say the enemies of Christianity want to “take God from the […]
The rare blooming of a giant flower, taller than a man, that stinks of carrion, has been drawing thousands of visitors to Basel University’s botanical garden. The only previous time a titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) produced a flower in Switzerland was 75 years ago. World-wide, there have only been 134 […]
By SAEED AL-BATATI | ARAB NEWS SANAA: Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh has agreed to a proposal by Gulf mediators to step down within 30 days and hand power to his deputy in exchange for immunity from prosecution, state television announced Saturday. The protest movement demanding his immediate departure earlier said […]
AMMAN (JT) – Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Saturday stressed Jordan’s clear and firm stance towards securing complete and comprehensive protection for the brotherly Libyans, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra. During a phone call with member of the Libyan rebels’ Transitional National Council (TNC) Ali Essawi yesterday, Judeh […]