Source: The Economist: A new study reveals what Islam means in different countries ISLAMIC law, in many eyes, has overtones of rigid puritanism. Yet some of its staunchest backers are also strong supporters of religious pluralism, reports the Pew Research Centre, a think-tank, in a survey of 38,000 Muslims conducted in 39 […]
Source: ET LONDON: Prince Harry has reportedly revealed the sex of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child, saying it will be a boy and that he is excited about welcoming his first nephew. And while Prince Williams and Duchess of Cambridge, whose maiden name is Kate Middleton, have made no […]
Source> BBC.Com. Arn Chorn-Pond was a child in Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge came to power in 1975. Born into a family of artists and musicians, he was sent to a children’s labour camp where he escaped death by playing his flute for the camp guards. His brother and sister […]
Source: BBC.Com She has the sweetest face. Beate Zschaepe smiles gently at the camera as she twirls for the video the police made for their files. She is dressed in a girlish pink top as she performs the required choreography shortly after giving herself up. It is a face of […]
by Martin Robbins (Guardian) Sam Harris is about as consistent as Glenn Greenwald is concise, which made their exchange of multi-thousand word cowpats last month particularly grueling reading. That’s a shame, […]
AP | May 04, 2013 | 23:30 SOURCE: JORDAN TIMES TORONTO — A bid by Qatar to relocate the United Nations’ civil aviation agency from Montreal to the tiny emirate has angered Canada, where politicians from all sides vowed Friday to band together to fight the proposed move. The International […]
Epigraph: “Say ye: ‘We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us, and what was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob and his children, and what was given […]
Huff Post: Throughout my entire life, I have always been surrounded by others who share my Muslim faith: my very large Indian family, my friends from Connecticut, the thriving Muslim population at Georgetown and around Washington, D.C. For this reason, the biggest challenge for me while studying abroad in Rio […]
The Digital Spy arabnews Tuesday 7 May 2013 ONDON: A police dog has eaten a crime suspect’s hamster. Police officers were searching the home of Muza Khan in Oldham for drugs when the incident occurred. The sniffer dog knocked over the rodent’s cage, before devouring the animal, the Digital Spy […]
EILEEN NG | AP ARABNEWS Monday 6 May 2013 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia’s long-governing coalition won national elections Sunday to extend its 56 years of unbroken rule, fending off the […]
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN ARABNEWS Monday 6 May 2013 Saudi Arabia released yesterday 166 former Al-Qaeda members and repentant militants after they underwent a long-term state-sponsored counseling program (Munasaha) aimed at reintegrating them into society, said Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman of the Ministry of Interior. The rehabilitation program and release […]
ET: DHAKA: At least 22 people were killed as Bangladeshi police fought pitch battles with tens of thousands of hardline protesters in the capital Dhaka, police and medical officials said Monday. Dhaka police spokesman Masudur Rahman said police used sound grenades, water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse at […]
May 3, 2013 – 13:10 There is a ‘window of opportunity’ for Israel and the Palestinians to get back to the negotiating table, said Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter after […]
May 6, 2013 – swissinfo.ch The United Nations has gathered testimony that suggests that rebels have used the nerve gas sarin in the Syrian conflict, Swiss prosecutor Carla Del Ponte […]
NITICentral: Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community on Sunday announced that it would boycott the general elections on May 11 to protest discrimination against its members. “No Ahmadi will vote on May 11 to register his or her protest on the discrimination against Ahmadis,” said Saleemuddin, the spokesman for the Jamaat Ahmadiya […]
Source: The Daily Times COMMENT : The anatomy of a press release — By Yasser Latif Hamdani Jinnah was repeatedly pressured on the Ahmadi issue; he repeatedly shot it down publicly […]
By Saeed Qureshi In his press conference on April 30 President Obama reaffirmed his resolve to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp by repatriating the left over detainees to their respective countries or to other destinations. The President’s press conference was in response to the grave situation propped up following […]
“Ahmadis are Muslims, If They Say They are Muslims and No One, Not Even the Sovereign Legislature, has the Right to Say Otherwise.” – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, 05 May 1944. […]
The Jakarta Globe An Ahmadiyah community in Tasikmalaya, West Java, was left in shambles on Sunday after hundreds of Islamic hard-line group members destroyed homes in their village. Asep Taufik […]
Sugata Mitra (born 12 February 1952) is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, England. He is best known for his “Hole in the […]