Dhul Hijjah: A Blessed 10-Day Prelude to Eid
Source: onislam.net It is indeed God’s benevolence upon His slaves that, not long after the holy month of Ramadan bids them adieu for a whole year, a similar ten-day period full […]
Washington, D.C: Islamic Heritage Honored
Source: thehoya.com This October, Washington, D.C., is celebrating its eighth Islamic Heritage Month. “It helps Americans as a whole to know that Muslims have been a part of American society since the conception of America,” America’s Islamic Heritage Museum President and Curator Amir Muhammad said. “Throughout America, people acknowledge and celebrate […]
If God Really Cares, Let Him Send Me a Miracle!
Source: onislam.net God sent miracles to Prophets in the past including Prophet Muhammad in order to strengthen the faith of those in doubt and establish His message firmly. Yet, such miracles […]
Thomas Jefferson Studied Qur’an, Advocated Full Rights For Muslims
By Jonathan Vankin Recently, a self-styled “pastor” in Florida sparked a worldwide controversy by threatening to burn copies of the Qur’an, the Islamic holy book. But he was far from […]
Thomas Jefferson Studied Qur'an, Advocated Full Rights For Muslims
By Jonathan Vankin, Recently, a self-styled “pastor” in Florida sparked a worldwide controversy by threatening to burn copies of the Qur’an, the Islamic holy book. But he was far from […]
Cardiff: Free course explores life and importance of the Prophet Muhammad
Source: cardiff.ac.uk A free Cardiff University course will go out into the city’s Muslim community to explore the importance of the Prophet Muhammad through history. ‘Introduction to Muhammad: His life and […]
The Muslims are Coming!
We learnt that any time you read a quote that sounded violent or sexist, people guessed it was from the Koran. Most of those quotes were from the Bible. NY […]
Organ Donation by a Muslim Professor sparks debate
Khabar South Asia: ……. The donation of the body of a prominent Indian Muslim Professor to a medical college has triggered a controversy in India, with many Muslim clerics claiming […]
Higgs boson scientists win Nobel prize in Physics
Source: BBC Two scientists have won the Nobel prize in physics for their work on the theory of the Higgs boson. Peter Higgs, from the UK, and Francois Englert from […]
We need the old Pakistan
Where I spent my time with Christians, Parsis and Hindus without any issues. MORE on: http://e.jang.com.pk/pic.asp?npic=10-08-2013/Lahore/images/11_04.gif
Testing Limits: Diocese Opens Door to Communion for the Remarried
Source: Spiegel International By Birger Menke The archdiocese of Freiburg recently signalled a willingness to allow remarried divorcées to receive communion. While far from revolutionary, the move reflects a desire to change […]
EU Immigration: Only the Rich Are Welcome
Source: Spiegel International Hundreds of poverty-stricken refugees are drowning in the Mediterranean, while at the same time, many European Union member states issue residence permits to wealthy Chinese, Arabs and […]
Billions in Debt, Detroit Faces Millions in Bills for Bankruptcy
DETROIT — This city is learning that it is expensive to go broke. Even as it wrestles with the $18 billion of debt that has overwhelmed it, Detroit has already been billed more than $19.1 million by firms hired to sort through that debt, search for ways to restructure it, […]
eDigest: Plain Water will Tell you the Story
Epigraph: Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were a closed-up mass, then We opened them out? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not then […]
Ten things you may not know about the Higgs boson
Source: symmetry By: Kathryn Jepsen 1. Peter Higgs’ best-known paper on the new particle was initially rejected. But this was a blessing in disguise, since it led Higgs to add a […]
Higgs boson: Pakistan’s (Salam’s) contribution to a major breakthrough and the Nobel just Awarded
ET: KARACHI: Few Pakistanis know what the Higgs boson is and even fewer realise that some of the earliest theoretical groundwork that led to this discovery was laid by Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate, Dr Abdus Salam. The Higgs boson is a subatomic particle whose existence was confirmed by the European Organisation […]
Higgs boson: Pakistan’s (Salam's) contribution to a major breakthrough and the Nobel just Awarded
ET: KARACHI: Few Pakistanis know what the Higgs boson is and even fewer realise that some of the earliest theoretical groundwork that led to this discovery was laid by Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate, Dr Abdus Salam. The Higgs boson is a subatomic particle whose existence was confirmed by the European Organisation […]
Religious tension in Pakistan as Muslims dig up Hindu grave
(Reuters) – A crowd of Islamic fundamentalists dug up the grave of a Hindu man in Pakistan, police said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing religious tension in the increasingly unstable province of Sindh. Shouting “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is greatest”, the crowd dug out the body and dragged […]
World Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Delivers Concluding Address in Australia and calls for Peaceful Jihad
Alislam e-gazette press release: Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad calls for a peaceful Jihad The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa addressed a congregation of more than 4,000 at […]
The Roots of the US Government Shutdown
Source: Stratfor: By George Friedman In general, Stratfor deals with U.S. domestic politics only to the extent that it affects international affairs. Certainly, this topic has been argued and analyzed extensively. Nevertheless, the shutdown of the American government is a topic that must be understood from our point of view, […]