Arabic a revealed language and the mother of all languages
Source: Islamforwest.org: By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Evidence that there is a mother of all the 6000 known human languages is beyond doubt and […]
Shareef Odeh, the Amir of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Israel, meeting Chinese Officials
A meeting with the vice Governor of Ningxia Mr. Li Rui (Masroor) was arranged on Sunday 22.4.2012 at 6pm. This meeting was also attended by the president of Ethnic Minority Commision of Ningxia, Ma Li (Muhammad Ali), and other local government officials. Watch the video in Chinese: http://video.nxtv.cn/player.php?id=55691
Unlocking the Spice Secrets
Source: Spirituality & Health The Jerusalem Post recently did a story on Tel Aviv University professor Michael Ovadia, a research specialist who normally focuses on the medicinal properties of snake venom. Seems that Ovadia was in a career funk and found himself in a synagogue, meditating over an Old Testament […]
7 Ways to Make Happiness Last
Source: Spirituality & Health As a surgeon I have used the word “cancer” — the C-word — thousands of times in my life. I have spent my entire professional life researching it, trying to find ways to resect it, suppress it, and, whenever possible, outright annihilate it. I knew what […]
Branson Cross: World’s Largest Cross
Huff Post The “God-given vision” started out simply enough: build a 7-foot-tall cross on a mountain and invite people to meditate there with the Creator. Now, 20 years later, the cross will cost $5 million and rise nearly 200 feet once complete, making it the largest cross in the world. […]
My Neighbor’s Faith: The Value of a Peso
Huff Post I was sitting on the dirt floor with about a dozen of my seminary students. Bugs crawled along the walls of the shack constructed of discarded wood, cardboard and plasterboard. Empty plastic bags and trash littered the flimsy structure, hugging the hut as if they were adornments. The […]
Same-sex marriage an election hot topic in USA
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=bestoftv/2012/05/10/bts-presidential-same-sex-marriage-history.cnn How can the West disallow marriage with a second woman, while seeming keen to allow marriage of a man to a man! A marriage between two men or two women does not add to population or future GDP.
Nicolas Sarkozy faces possible investigations after losing presidential immunity in France
Rfi. Sarkozy could face questioning as soon as mid-June because he will lose his immunity a month after his successor, Socialist Francois Hollande, is sworn in on May 15. Sarkozy denies any wrongdoing but might have to face court proceedings. His predecessor Jacques Chirac was convicted last year and given […]
Pentagon course taught Islam is the enemy, suggested Hiroshima-type solution for Mecca: Report
Source: The Star, Canada May 11, 2012 00:05:00 Pauline Jelinek and Robert Burns The Associated Press WASHINGTON—A course for U.S. military officers has been teaching that America’s enemy is Islam […]
The US Is Now Worried That Israel Could Attack Iran At Any Moment
Businessinsider.com: A surprise deal by Israel’s house of representatives Monday night has apparently left the U.S. far more concerned about an attack on Iran, by the new government, than it has let […]
Echoes of ‘67: Israel unites: Shadows of another War, but bigger this time
Washington Post: By Charles Kurthiamer: In May 1967, in brazen violation of previous truce agreements, Egypt ordered U.N. peacekeepers out of the Sinai, marched 120,000 troops to the Israeli […]
Thou shalt not follow
Source: Dawn Author: Laeeq Khan It is not the herd of sheep I am referring to as I write today. It is also not the extraordinary intelligent few amongst us that are the subject of my writing here. Instead the attention is drawn to the ordinary, simple and often gullible […]
Blank Disk or Software Included: Are We Born With Ethics and Morals?
Huff Post Are we born with morality? Do we have a sense of right or wrong from day one? Or are we just blank canvases that society paints on? If put in an extreme situation, could an ordinary person grow up to be a psychopath? According to the Oxford Dictionary, […]
British Muslim Community Celebrate Yet Another Diamond Jubilee
It would surprise many to know that an established Muslim Community in Britian is celebrating the forthcoming Diamond Jubilee , and it may surprise further that the celebrations are kicking off with 100 buses carrying a message ‘ Congratulations Your Majesty!’. Perhaps more surprising is the fact that the Ahmadiyya […]
Swiss wrestle with expelling undesirables
by Luigi Jorio, swissinfo.ch Swiss immigration policy and the deportation of undesirables are hot topics in a country where one in five people is a foreigner. While some have committed […]
KSA gives Egypt $2 billion to prop up its economy
By RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN ARAB NEWS STAFF Saudi Arabia yesterday agreed to give an initial loan package worth nearly $ 2 billion to support Egypt’s economy. It has transferred $ 1 billion to Egypt’s central bank as an eight-year deposit, Faiza Abu El-Naga, the Egyptian minister for planning and […]
Kilo’s options: War or Assad
By ABDUL RAHMAN AL-RASHID ARABNEWS Syrian political activist living in exile Michel Kilo believes that the available alternative after the downfall of President Bashar Assad is an internal war turning into a protracted regional one involving the two superpowers. This was what he wrote in his article in Asharq Al-Awsat, […]
Jordan opens new Syrian refugee holding facility amid emerging humanitarian crisis
by Taylor Luck | JORDAN TIMES RAMTHA — Jordanian authorities have opened a third holding facility for Syrian refugees amid an ongoing influx of Syrians carrying stories of kidnappings and […]