Recalling our debt to Islam
Recalling our debt to Islam BY VERN BARNET: Special to The Star: This may be a good time, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, to ask why many of us, including […]
Hotly contested Tennessee mosque to open Friday
Hotly contested mosque to open Friday in Tennessee Erik Schelzig / AP file A worker walks out of the construction site of a mosque being built in Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 21, 2012. By NBC News staff and The Associated Press A new mosque outside of Nashville, Tenn. that […]
Picture of the Day: Appreciating Flowers!
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Video: Biologist Kenneth Miller on Free Will and Quantum Physics
Our physics has to allow for free will and even though nineteenth century physics only suggested determinism, Quantum physics has provided, at least possible avenue, for both free will and Providence of God, at the same time.
Rohingyas and Ahmadiyya: Some Parallels between Burma and Pakistan
Monks, military and Myanmar – a Pakistani’s déjà vu by Tahir Mehdi Dawn: In my young age, I had a fascination for mandirs(temple). I wished to see one. I didn’t know […]
‘Locked-In’ Coma Survivor Describes Hearing Doctors Discuss Ending His Life
Business Insider: Two days after regaining consciousness from a massive stroke, Richard Marsh watched helplessly from his hospital bed as doctors asked his wife, Lili, whether they should turn off his life support machine. Marsh, a former police officer and teacher, had strong views on that suggestion. The 60-year-old didn’t want […]
Iran to unplug from Web to escape West’s ‘Internet monopoly’
RT: Tehran plans to remove its key ministries and state bodies from the Internet next month, calling the worldwide web “untrustworthy.” The action is the first phase in a planned Iranian project to replace the Internet with a domestic intranet. The country’s key ministries will be unplugged from the global […]
Bangladesh seeks more control over Grameen Bank
Source: Daily News The founder of Bangladesh’s pioneer micro-lending institution, the Grameen Bank believes that the government’s latest move to expand the power of the chairman could hurt the millions of poor borrowers. Last year Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was fired from his position at the bank by the government […]
Islamic Center of Murfreesboro granted temporary occupancy
MURFREESBORO — The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro has been granted a temporary certificate of occupancy, valid for 30 days, by the state fire marshal’s office. County codes officials conducted a […]
Gaza panics as Sinai bloodshed severs tunnel trade
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories – “If this closure continues it will be a disaster,” says Abu Taha, who runs one of hundreds of cross-border smuggling tunnels that were closed after a […]
Video: Ahmadiyya spokesman on whether politicians have fermented a rise in anti-Muslim sentiment?
Source: Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer Harris Zafar, national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, and “Viewpoint” host Eliot Spitzer discuss the possibility that the gunman behind the mass shooting […]
Christians join Dubai Ramadan charity efforts
DUBAI Parishioners of St Mary’s Church are joining their Muslim brethren in Ramadan-related charity work by collecting groceries and personal items for construction workers in Dubai labour camps. “We’ve started collecting the goods from generous parishioners and we’re hoping to deliver hundreds of ‘Bags of Hope’ at the end of […]
‘Swimming upstream,’ white supremacist groups still strong
(CNN) — Hundreds of white supremacist groups are active in the United States today and are experiencing a kind of resurgence, experts say. They are in the spotlight this week […]
Veiled French Muslim woman charged with inciting riot
A French Muslim woman has been charged with assault and inciting a riot after she refused a police ID check because she was wearing a banned full-face veil, a police source said Tuesday. The 18-year-old is to appear in court in the northern city of Lille on October 30 charged […]
Muslims help Jains for temple construction during Ramadan in India
Source: Deccan herald Patna July 28, 2012, (IANS): In an example of communal harmony in India, Muslims in the holy month of Ramadan have helped in the construction of a […]
ICRC vows to maintain presence in Libya
Swissinfo.ch and agencies The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it will stay in Libya, despite suspending its work in the port of Misrata and in the […]
Prophet Muhammad: Master of Tolerance
Source: Onislam.net By Raya Shokatfard God has always chosen prophets with the best of characters, morals and spirits. Since God is All-Knowing, All-Wise, and has ordained human’s destiny before their birth, it is feasible to think that He has already chosen His Prophets before even their entrance to the world. […]
Morocco: Report Lauds Interfaith Efforts
Source: Eurasia review August 7, 2012 By Hassan Benmehdi Morocco is becoming a trailblazer in the Arab world in terms of countering extremist ideology and promoting “tolerance, respect and dialogue among religious groups”, according to a just-published report. In its latest study on religious freedoms around the world, the US […]