Story Summary Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday defended his country’s controversial nuclear programme while on a tour of west Africa, calling it peaceful and arguing that Tehran has no […]
Story Summary The Seychelles have granted a year’s asylum to the son-in-law of Tunisia’s deposed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, officials said late Monday. In December he travelled briefly […]
by Taylor Luck | Apr 15, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Authorities have seized several Jihadi Salafists along the Kingdom’s shared border with Syria, a local security source said on Monday. Border patrols seized a group of eight Jordanians allegedly attempting to cross into Syria late Saturday to join […]
JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A specially equipped German military aircraft picked up more than 30 severely injured Syrian refugees from Amman on Monday to fly them to Germany for treatment, […]
Collected by Abdul Alim:The Mummy, The Holy Qur’an and a French Surgeon Maurice Bucaille Maurice Bucaille Author of The Bible, Qur’an and Science From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: […]
National Mirror: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Nigeria, hold its 2nd Northern region Jalsa Tarbiyyat conference on moral training, from today till Sunday 14th April, 2013, at the Abuja Central Mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat (AMJ), Nigeria, at Plot 579, Independence Avenue (behind Honda Place), Central Area, Abuja. The theme of this year’s conference is, […]
Huff Post: Michaela Haas There is no hope for a female pope, but there might be one for a female Buddhist leader. When Pope Francis washed the feet of two young women during Easter, this provoked the criticism of conservative Catholics who pointed out that the liturgies only allow men’s […]
“Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you may […]
(CNN) — Two bombs struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people and injuring at least 28. The explosions sent smoke billowing into the air […]
SOURCE: SALON by Joe Darger Lately, the debate about gay marriage has led to many conversations about what makes a marriage and who can have one. It’s an interesting question […]
By Jillian Keenan| Source: Slate Recently, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council reintroduced a tired refrain: Legalized gay marriage could lead to other legal forms of marriage disaster, such […]
TEHRAN — The selection of the Afghan city, Ghazni, as the Capital of Islamic Culture was celebrated during a ceremony in Kabul on Saturday. A number of officials from member […]
The Associated Press, Lebanese-Syrian border – AL ARABIYA Hezbollah-backed fighters are taking an ever more active role in the ongoing Syrian conflict along the border with Lebanon. They claim their […]
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2013 – Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to reach more than 5 percent on average in 2013-2015 as a result of high commodity prices worldwide and strong consumer spending on the continent, ensuring that the region remains amongst the fastest growing in the world — […]
(Reuters) – The pace of growth in New York state manufacturing slowed more than expected in April as new orders tumbled, the latest data to suggest the economylost some steam heading into the second quarter, data from the New York Federal Reserve showed on Monday. The New York Fed’s “Empire […]
Source: The New York Times By SAMIR NAJI al HASAN MOQBEL Published: April 14, 2013 41 Comments ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed […]
Lutf Blog: US Diplomatic Cables, now declassified (or released) via wiki leaks, give an interesting insight into the Spring and Summer of 1974. United States has always enjoyed great influence in Pakistani establishment and certain details present in the diplomatic correspondence of that time show a government under threat. It appears […]
Daily Times: COMMENT: High context low trust culture —Yasser Latif Hamdani In the 1,400 years of Islam’s history, the great faith has sustained onslaughts both from within and without, without its glory dimming even slightly Congratulations are in order for the Khatm-e-Nabuwat Lawyers Forum, which comprises two and a half rotund lawyers […]
Huff Post: by Maurici Garrido. Religious traditions are often criticized for providing untestable elements in their books of wisdom. Among these elements, the soul’s existence is one of the most debated in talks between science and religion. But is the concept of the soul really so vague and does it […]
Mta.tv: Youtube: Press Point-6: published on Apr 14, 2013: http://www.alislam.org A live interactive programme exploring news stories from around the world relating to Islam. This episode discusses in detail the circumstances that can […]