Mississauga.com: More than 30,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims witnessed the arrival of their spiritual leader, the Khalifatul Masih V, at the International Centre in Mississauga this weekend. His Holiness, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor […]
SEBASTIAN ABBOT, Associated Press: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate helped develop the theoretical framework that led to the apparent discovery of the subatomic “God particle” last week, yet […]
Samantha Lewthwaite, the British terror suspect on the run from police in East Africa, is in Somalia recruiting and training all-women attack squads, The Daily Telegraph has learnt. Lewthwaite, the […]
A new study of teenage “sexting,” primarily as defined by having sent naked pictures of yourself or sex-related messages, shows that it’s much more prevalent than previously believed. Specifically, researchers found: 28% […]
Dawn: Prominent Pakistani hardliners who oppose their country’s anti-terror alliance with Washington led thousands of people in a protest Sunday against Pakistan’s decision to allow the US and other Nato countries […]
Source: Tagesschau German TV Tagesschau.de http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/gespraech-assad-englisch100.html (Click on the link for English original Interview from the German TV) Jürgen Todenhöfer: Mr. President, members of the opposition and western politicians say, […]
LANGKAWI (July 8, 2012): Muslim countries should not remain as consumers but should involve in real business such as production of goods and then sell the products to the world […]
Two-part video where Mubasher Lucman details the leaked video controversy. Part 1: Part 2
Ramadan period is expected to add to the weighty population; health clubs try to push their way into Gulf countries.Eat less, and go to the gym more. Alas, easier said […]
Indonesia’s Hizbolluh Indonesia Correspondent, Matt Brown, is packing his bags this weekend, and heading for the Middle East.This is his last assignment from Jakarta ,a story which has fascinated him since he read a few scant lines in a history book at the start of his posting, two and a […]
Saudi Arabia’s Princess Sara bint Talal bin Abdulaziz is claiming political asylum in the UK over fears for her safety back home. She tells Hugh Miles and Robert Mendick why […]
Zhanibek Botoyev, the Chief Legal Expert of the State Commission on Religious Affairs, has revealed to Forum 18 News Service that plans are underway to try again in court to ban Kyrgyzstan’s Ahmadi Muslim community as “extremist”. The new attempt follows the failure on technical grounds in their first attempt. […]
Huff Post: by Robert Gardner During the production of “Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World,” which airs this Friday as part of the PBS Arts Summer Festival, we filmed […]
Huff Post: Michael Wolfe When I first traveled in Spain, the Alhambra Palace and its summer gardens were not yet tourist magnets attracting millions every year. Their beauty is indescribable, […]
Huff Post: by Michael Wolfe In Western art calligraphy is a minor art form, mostly confined to books and the occasional decorative function. But in Islamic art, the practice of beautiful writing is much more. Because it grew up alongside the Quran, Islam’s sacred book, calligraphy developed from a central […]
July 07, 2012 12:57 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star LEBANON I have spent the last three days in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, participating in the Presbyterian Church-USA’s consideration of resolutions on Middle Eastern and peacemaking issues. Most notably, this includes a call for the church to divest its shares […]
WASHINGTON: A U.S. federal judge has ordered Iran to pay more than $813 million in damages and interest to the families of 241 U.S. soldiers killed in the 1983 bombing […]
The Taklamakan desert in the Xinjiang province of northwest China is expanding relentlessly. Swiss photographers Stéphanie Borcard and Nicolas Métraux document the gradual disappearance of Uighur culture. Most of the […]
Arab News CAIRO: President Muhammad Mursi will visit Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, his first foreign visit as Egypt’s head of state, Saudi Ambassador Ahmed Qattan said on Saturday. Qattan made […]
AP | Jul 07, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged belt at a gathering of his own family in western Iraq, killing his pro-government cousin and six other relatives, officials said Saturday. The killing is part of a surge in violence in Iraq six […]