Source: TOI KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities will deport an Australian senator after refusing him entry on Saturday over what it said was his participation in an illegal street rally for electoral reform in the Southeast Asian country last year. The deportation of Senator Nick Xenophon is a sign of growing […]
Islamic scholars have expressed concern about Israel’s plan to construct a building near the al-Aqsa Mosque in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), Press TV reports. http://www.presstv.ir/player/player1.swf Or Click Here […]
RT: An Australian court has ruled in favor of allowing a company to patent a human gene. Concerns have been voiced that allowing a company to monopolize genes will turn […]
The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) released a statement on Friday saying that the Bekasi administration had violated the law in forbidding the Ahmadis from worshipping in their mosque. The […]
Source: qantara.de Iran’s moral guardians are concerned: while Islam is increasing in political importance throughout the Arab world, people in the Islamic Republic of Iran are leaving the mosques in […]
The Qur’an’s teachings around business chime with the objectives of the worldwide social enterprise movement Though wealth creation is the primary goal taught by top businessmen, social impact is considered to be a more fulfilling outcome for others. Money is not timeless, but what you do with that money can […]
The Syrian government has sent a letter to the United Nations blasting Turkey’s “destructive” role in the conflict that has ravaged the country for the past 23 months. In the […]
Epigraph: And those who say, ‘Our Lord, grant us of our wives and children the delight of our eyes, and make us a model for the righteous. It is such as […]
Stephen Harper (left) seated with Worldwide Ahmadiyya leader Mirza Masroor Ahmad(right) at the grand opening of Baitun Nur, the largest mosque in Canada. (July 5, 2008) Source: Canada.com BY LEE BERTHIAUME, POSTMEDIA NEWS […]
Source: LUBP By Sidk Maqaal The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out the petition of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran chief Tahirul Qadri for the reconstitution of the Election Commission of Pakistan, saying that Qadri has failed to satisfy it on his bona fides and fundamental rights in this regard. A anti Taliban […]
Source: ET Shahbag Square — where’s that? Abdul Kader Mullah — who’s he? A bunch of university students in Islamabad, with whom I was informally conversing yesterday, hadn’t heard of either. Of course, they knew of Tahrir Square and Afzal Guru’s recent execution. But they showed little interest upon learning […]
ScienceDaily: Feb. 14, 2013 — Scientists at the Georgia Regents University Cancer Center have identified an Indian plant, used for centuries to treat inflammation, fever and malaria, that could help kill cancer cells. Cancer cells typically avoid death by hijacking molecular chaperones that guide and protect the proteins that ensure normal […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called on the European Union to devote “critical effort” to avoid confrontation over Iran’s nuclear energy program. At a news conference after a […]
THE PROMISED SON: (By Abid Khan) “Even if all the people leave you and I am left alone I would stand by you and would face all opposition and onslaughts […]
theguardian: Jonathan Freedland. As an ex-pope, Benedict will no longer enjoy the sovereign immunity available to heads of state. A prosecution is possible – but only in theory. Who would hand him over? Certainly not the Italian authorities. For all that, despite his age and the reverence of the office […]
Daily Telegraph: This year is Wallace Year, for it marks the centennial of the death of Alfred Russel Wallace. In 1857 he wrote to Charles Darwin, pre-empting his idea of natural selection, and Darwin, a true Victorian gent, suggested that they present a joint paper on the idea. Wallace, in […]
Russian TV: Friday’s meteorite which struck Chelyabinsk carried a mass of around 40 tonnes, possibly making it the largest recorded object to hit the Earth since Tunguska. It was around […]
As a result of tax loopholes and deductions, the social media giant Facebook paid no income taxes for the fiscal year 2012, despite reaping $1.1 billion in US corporate profits, […]
Source: Indian-Weekender: Mr. Prosser The community was shocked by comments from a New Zeland Member of Parliament which was clearly a calculated and thought through article written for the Investigate magazine. However, the community applauds the reactions of New Zealand public which shows maturity and commitment of our fellow countrymen who […]
Daily Telegraph: While the process of natural selection allowed humans to become much more advanced than other primates, it is also to blame for many of the maladies we suffer from today. For all our success as a species, the problems we still experience as a result of our evolution […]