Organisation of Islamic Cooperation:12th OIC Conference to begin in Egypt.
The Heads of State and Government will meet on the 6th & 7th of February 2013 to discuss political matters of importance to the Muslim World, on top of […]
UNVEILED – Book Review
Dr. Farzana Hassan’s—- UNVEILED reviewed by- BETSY L. CHUNKO _________________________________________ Betsy Chunko holds graduate degrees in both art history and literature. She earned her PhD from the University of Virginia and currently teaches at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. .http://www.artsandopinion.com/2013_v12_n1/chunko-3.htm In Unveiled, Muslim commentator and activist Farzana Hassan describes how […]
‘Judge Islam by Prophet’s life and teachings’: Swami Lakshmi Shankaracharya
Source: Twocircles.Net By M Naushad Ansari for TwoCircles.net,,/b> Patna: We are talking about Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and we should keep it in our mind that he is the greatest individual in history. If anyone wants to know about Islam, one should “Judge Islam by Prophet’s (SAW) life and his teachings,” […]
Ambassador of harmony
Source: Asian Age If you have found a purpose in life, you will know how to make time for it. In spite of a tight schedule, young professional Ravi Nitesh is an active campaigner for various causes. If he’s not voicing his concern at Jantar Mantar, he’s tied up with […]
Documentary: Silence in the House of God
Except for the Vatican picture the other details are from a Wikipedia article: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God is a 2012 documentary film directed by Alex […]
Video: Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview: No Answer but Love For All
Youtube: Published on Dec 31, 2012 Crossroads on FB: http://www.facebook.com/xroadsfilm [Like] *Crossroads* on FB to Get Updates about *Crossroads* incl. Video Clips, Extras, Discussions on Crossroads’ Topics & More… » http://www.facebook.com/xroadsfilm CROSSROADS SYNOPSIS: […]
Khomeini himself asked me to kill the Pope’
Indian Express: The Turk who shot pope John Paul II in St Peter’s Square in 1981, claimed in a new book Friday that the founder of the Iranian revolution, the […]
Myanmar: Irrawaddy Literary Festival – Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Myanmar takes part
contributed by Muhammad Zafir, Myanmar This festival is celebrated in my country Myanmar. This celebration is especially For Literature. International and Local Writer come to join this festival. Most of […]
Inequality for All – another Inconvenient Truth?
Express Tribune: In one sense, Inequality for All is absolutely the film of the moment. We are living through tumultuous times. The economy has tanked. Austerity has cut a swath through the […]
Some Plants Are Altruistic, Too
ScieneDaily: Feb. 1, 2013 — We’ve all heard examples of animal altruism: Dogs caring for orphaned kittens, chimps sharing food or dolphins nudging injured mates to the surface. Now, a study led by the University of Colorado Boulder suggests some plants are altruistic too. The researchers looked at corn, in which […]
‘Judge Islam by Prophet’s life and teachings’: Swami Lakshmi Shankaracharya
Swamy Lakshmi Shankarcharya addressed in Hyderabad on 14th of Oct, 2012 and more recently in Patna. A Vedic Scholar who Finds Islam is religion of peace and guidance to all […]
Dr Abdus Salam: one man seven lives — II
Daily Times: By Syeda Sultana Rizvi: For Dr Salam, religion did not occupy a separate compartment of his life; it was inseparable from his work and family life Initially, the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) focused only on Theoretical Physics but after a decade, a wider range was included […]
A new beginning, maybe: Asma Jehangir as the Caretaker Prime Minsiter?
Express Tribune: By Saroop Ijaz: “While the settler or the policeman has the right the livelong day to strike the native, to insult him and to make him crawl to them, you will see the native reaching for his knife at the slightest hostile or aggressive glance cast on him […]
New Research Links Spiritual-Not-Religious People to Mental Disorder
People who have a spiritual understanding of life in the absence of a religious framework are vulnerable to mental disorder Written by Elizabeth Drescher British psychiatry researchers recently stirred the […]
TED Talk: How great leaders inspire action?
Source: http://www.ted.com Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brother. http://embed.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html
Bollywood North in British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Globe and Mail, Feb 2, 2013 Bhangra dancers and Bollywood celebrities, a blur of sequins and eye-popping golden costumes, crowded the stage at a Vancouver media conference this week, facing a convention-centre ballroom packed with South Asian community leaders along with politicians and their handlers, eager […]
Those promoting sanctions: be proud of yourself! Syria Sugar Consumption Falls 40% as War Shuts Down Sweet Shops
By Maher Chmaytelli & Isis Almeida – 2013-02-02T18:37:52Z …Syria’s sugar consumption fell by as much as 40 percent over the past 12 months as the civil war shut down its confectionery shops, T. Akhras Group Chairman Tarif Akhras said today. Demand for sugar in the Middle Eastern nation fell to […]
Marital Rape: An Unacknowledged Crime!
By Yasmeen Ali They are married. When She says NO. And He forces. It is Marital Rape. Every woman has a right to take a decision about her body, to decide if she wants to exercise birth control, get pregnant and when NOT to have sex. Physical coercion alone is […]
To the barricades, again
Source: The Economist. WITH angry crowds across the nation baying against him, Egypt’s president wagged his finger at the people in a late-night televised speech. He declared a curfew for some cities, he called for support for the police, he deployed the army to the streets. Seemingly as an […]
Army dismisses another Human Rights Watch report
Source: ET HRW report has claimed that the Pakistan government has failed to act against abuses by security and intelligence agencies. PHOTO: FILE RAWALPINDI: A spokesperson of Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR) has termed the Human Rights Watch (HRW) recent report a pack of lies, propaganda driven and totally biased. More: