AFP | Aug 25, 2013 | 23:14 JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities have begun training thousands of additional Sunni tribal militiamen in a major shift of attitude towards the fighters as Baghdad grapples with its worst violence in years. The collection of armed tribal groups known as the Sahwa […]
SYDNEY, Australia: Solving the mystery of how 900-year-old African coins ended up in remote Australia could not only recast the history of foreign contact Down Under, but shed light on […]
• Syria offers UN access to chemical attacks site • US says Syrian offer ‘too late to be credible’ Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday the US military was ready […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS A new residential and administrative city will be developed outside Makkah to accommodate more than 600,000 people. Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal approved the master plan for […]
Epigraph: “When you smile to your brother’s face, it is charity.” The Holy Prophet of Islam, recorded in Sunan al-Tirmidhî By BA Rafiq, UK Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad (Huzur) was the first Khalifa […]
Source: Tribune Author: Shiraz Hassan Pakistan has been a hotbed of terrorism and militancy for almost a decade now. In this period of time, more than 50,000 people have become victims of terrorism with the north western areas being especially vulnerable to militancy and bloodshed. Many Pakistanis see the country’s […]
Source: austin.ynn.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community opened their doors on Saturday in hopes of opening the minds of others who might not understand what members of this mosque believe. When the […]
Source: theamericanmuslim.org Please click on the image to zoom it: Prophet Muhammad (saw)’s Charter of privileges to Christians Things are spiraling out of control in Egypt, especially for its Coptic community, which […]
Source: The Telegraph Calcutta, India Stockholm to Calcutta, Sweden lines up centenary events CHARU SUDAN KASTURI New Delhi, Aug. 24: The Nobel Foundation has invited foreign minister Salman Khurshid to […]
Source: The Guardian Prejudice based on their religious clothing and faith is creating extra barriers for workers in the UK Muneera, a 19-year-old art student from London, wants to set […]
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Press TV: The Israeli army has taken full control of a historic mosque in al-Quds (Jerusalem) to turn it into a synagogue, in what has been considered the latest measures […]
A question apparently being raised in next week’s trial in Cairo of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leaders facing criminal charges is this: Was the Obama administration paying bribes as large as […]
By: Wendy Gillis Toronto Star News reporter, Published on Sun Aug 25 2013 Islamic scholars experience diversity of Muslim practices at U of T summer program Visitors from around the world taking part in a University of Toronto Islamic studies conference visit a gay-friendly, gender-equal mosque. Three dozen men and […]
Smithsonian.com:by Natasha Geiling. Modern archeologists, excavating ancient Egyptian tombs, have often found something unexpected amongst the tombs’ artifacts: pots of honey, thousands of years old, and yet still preserved. Through millennia, the archeologists discover, the food remains unspoiled, an unmistakable testament to the eternal shelf-life of honey. There are a few other […]
theguardian: by Giles Fraser. God is replaced by the self as the ultimate source of meaning. As traditional structures of meaning are wiped away, boredom comes to be regarded as a very personal sort of failing. And in order to avoid it, various distractions are entertained: travel, drink, drugs, the […]
Huff Post: A leaked Lady Gaga song called “Burqa” is causing controversy among the Muslim community for its sexualized lyrics about the body beneath the traditional Islamic garment. HuffPost Live’s Dena Takruri hosted a panel of Muslim women to get their take on the track. Among them was Keziah S. Ridgeway, a fashion […]
by Faarieya: JALSA FROM 7 SEAS AWAY by Faarieya, Pakistan “Therefore remember Me (by praying, glorifying), I will remember you, and be grateful to Me (for My countless Favors on you) and never be ungrateful to Me.” The Holy Quran, Chapter 2 Verse 153 I am an Ahmadi Muslim, […]
Source: Dawn.Com YANGON, Myanmar: Fresh sectarian violence broke out in northwestern Myanmar late Saturday when Buddhist mobs burned down dozens of homes and shops following rumors that a young woman had been sexually assaulted by a Muslim man. There were no reports of injuries. Myanmar’s radical monk Wirathu, whose anti-Muslim […]
Source: Dawn.Com. A phrase in counterterrorism and counter-insurgency studies is “think beyond conventional measures”, but this is not easy to do. This idea has generated some responses in security circles but the terrorism challenge will not go away simply because of isolated responses here and there. At a certain level, […]