A painting of Abraham’s departure by József Molnár. It was with Prophet Abraham that male circumcision started
Lead article written and collected by Falak Rahman, Philippines
Circumcisions to Help Prevent AIDS Are on the Rise
A painting of Abraham’s departure by József Molnár. It was with Prophet Abraham that male circumcision started The NewYork Times: by Donald G. McNeil Jr. – Circumcision for AIDS prevention is increasing rapidly…
HR: Pakistan placed among ‘high risk’ countries
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Pakistan was included in the category of ‘extreme risk’ countries in the annual ‘Human Rights Risk Atlas 2014’ released by a global analytical organisation on Wednesday. Among…
King Bhumibol Adulyadej – life in pictures King Rama XI
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Rare openness: ICRC President warns about Israeli policies
swissinfo.ch and agencies December 4, 2013 – 18:23 Israel’s policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory have come under unusually hard-hitting attack by the President of the International Committee of the…
A second Syrian war against Al-Qaeda lies ahead
December 04, 2013 12:15 AM By David Ignatius The Daily Star Story Summary As Al-Qaeda grows more powerful in Syria – seeking “complete control over the liberated areas,” according to…
Killing of Hezbollah operative bears Israeli fingerprints
Story Summary December 05, 2013 01:08 AM By Rakan al-Fakih, Thomas El-Basha The Daily Star In yet another blow to Hezbollah this year, a senior party commander was assassinated south…
From Catholic to Muslim: Congressman Keith Ellison first Muslim member of Congress
In 2006, U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison was elected to represent Minnesota’s 5th district, becoming the state’s first African American representative and the first Muslim to serve in Congress. To both…
How a Muslim Experienced Agape at Puja
Huff Post: by Aamir Hussain – One aspect of puja that really resonated with me was music. However, I soon discovered that Islam did have a semi-musical tradition in spirituality, and…
Britain eyes new powers to thwart Islamic extremists
The Washington Times: The British government said Wednesday it needs new powers to help combat the spread of violent extremist Islam, including administrative authority to ban groups and restrict the…
Leg bone gives up oldest human DNA
Source: BBC By Paul Rincon: Science editor, BBC News website The discovery of DNA in a 400,000-year-old human thigh bone will open up a new frontier in the study of…
Only Sunni Islam as official religion, Ummo Youth: MSN NEWS
Recognise only Sunni Islam as official religion, says Umno Youth Umno Youth wants the country’s constitutional definition of Islam changed to Sunni Islam, a call that reflects the country’s increasingly…
Netherlands: Blasphemy law will be scrapped
Tuesday 03 December 2013 DutchNews.nl Blasphemy will be removed from the statute books following a majority vote in the upper house of parliament on Tuesday. However, a second motion was…
Rich Kazakhs Revive Polygamy as Women Seek Poverty Escape
By Nariman Gizitdinov – Dec 3, 2013 Given the choice between love and money, Samal, a tall, curly-haired 23-year-old woman from a village in southern Kazakhstan, would take the cash.…
Germany: Ahmadiyya Muslim girls bake for the needy in Syria
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Women of Dietzenbachr Ahmadiyya Muslim community held a baking contest this past Sunday for a good cause . 35 participants competed with their cakes and pies and 1,200 Euros…
History Channel plans Jesus: The Lost Years series that paints Christ as a teenage EXORCIST
Source: capitalbay.com After the unexpected success of History Channel’s miniseries ‘The Bible’ earlier this year, the network has a new show in the works about Jesus’ so-called ‘lost years.’ Deadline.com exclusively…
MUSLIM VIEWS OF THE BIBLE: PAST AND PRESENT
Source: cmcsoxford.org.uk This coming Saturday, December 7th, the Centre is holding a one-day symposium entitled ‘Muslim Views of the Bible: Past and Present’. But why hold a symposium on this topic? What…
USA as a Christian nation
Source: thenewsstar.com The view that the United States never claimed to be a “Christian nation” has become prevalent and expected. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In a previous letter,…
The New Axis of Evil: Saudi Arabia And Israel
Source: LUBP By Richard Walker To the rest of the world they are strange bedfellows, but Saudi Arabia and Israel have a shared agenda to shape the Middle East to…
Ukraine’s Russian gambit all about cash
Source: Asia Times: By Mikhail A Molchanov After Ukraine’s pro-European protesters took to the streets to denounce the government’s backtracking on the European Union Association Agreement, things went south for…
Syrian refugee relief effort Islamicized
Source: Asia Times: GENEVA – As the Syrian crisis is poised to enter into its third year, it is estimated that 25% of the country’s inhabitants have been uprooted, including…
eDigest: A Journey from Christianity to Islam: First Ecumenical Council to Vatican II (325 CE – 1965 CE)
Vatican City: Where the First and the Second Vatican Councils were held Lead article written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A Journey…
Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran
posted by Zia Shah Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD As only the Islamophobes, who hate Islam or those Muslims, who want to enforce Shariah Law, of their imagination,…
GLOBAL FAITHS: Stories of Jesus go beyond the Gospels
November 23, 2013 Goshen News Jesus is central to Christianity, likely more so than Mohammed is to Islam or the Buddha to Buddhism, and this importance of Jesus seems to…
A Brown, Bearded Muslim American Gives Thanks to Gap on Thanksgiving
As this brown, bearded Muslim was getting ready to pick up his Thanksgiving turkey order from a local Boston Market, news broke of racist graffiti in New York city. Dr.…
Roma in Sweden: A nation questions itself
Source: BBC By Tim Mansel News of a secret police register in Sweden containing the names of 4,000 people, most of them Roma, has tarnished the Swedish reputation for tolerance…
The rise and rise of Islamic music – The industry is growing fast despite opposition from conservative Muslims.
by Omar Shahid Omar Shahid is a freelance journalist specialising in religious affairs. He blogs at:omarshahid.co.uk Ten years ago, a young and unassuming British-Azerbaijani, who’d recently had a spiritual…
Germany’s Risky Push to Outlaw Far-Right Party
Source: Spiegel Germany launched a new push to outlaw the NPD party on Tuesday amid doubts whether the legal bid will succeed, and whether a ban would significantly curb the…
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