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Paris backs veil ban, police after ‘unacceptable’ violence
Source: TOI TRAPPES (France): The French government on Tuesday condemned as “unacceptable” weekend violence in a Paris suburb triggered by the country’s ban on full-face veils and strongly defended the controversial law. Two senior members of the government, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and interior minister Manuel Valls, spoke following the […]
Pope gets rapturous welcome in Brazil
Source: TOI RIO DE JANEIRO: Pope Francis got a rapturous welcome from tens of thousands of pilgrims on Monday as he arrived in Brazil on his first foreign trip as pontiff, but violent protests later swept the streets. The 76-year-old Argentine rode in a open-top jeep through the center of […]
The worst fate: Somalia’s ship wrecked hostages
AFP | Jul 22, 2013 | 22:26 Updated: Jul 22, 2013 | 22:26 NAIROBI — On Somalia’s pirate coast, more than 50 sailors are being held for ransom in grim conditions, many abandoned by their ship’s owner whose willingness to pay to free them sank with their boat. Almost all […]
Umrah season given a clean bill of health
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 23 July 2013 The Health Ministry announced on Monday that no cases or other contagious diseases have been detected among pilgrims during this Umrah season. “The […]
Dolphins ‘call each other by name’
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have made for you therein (earth) means of livelihood, and also for all those for whom you do not provide. (Al Quran 15:21) Source: BBC By […]
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Pakistan’s new big threat isn’t terrorism—it’s water
Source: The News via Wasim Sr: KARACHI: In a report released last week by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Pakistan was pinpointed as “one of the most water-stressed countries in the world, not far from being classified, ‘water-scarce’.” As water demand exceeds supply in the South Asian country, […]
Why many French Muslims choose burial abroad
By Hugh Schofield. BBC News, Paris. Every year thousands of bodies are being repatriated from France to the Maghreb, as Muslim families return their loved ones to the soil of […]
Watch whales almost swallow divers
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Royal baby: Kate gives birth to boy
Source: BBC The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy, Kensington Palace has announced. The baby was delivered at 16:24 BST at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, […]
Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out
By Kareem Raheem and Ziad al-Sinjary BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq | Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:51pm EDT (Reuters) – Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday. The deadly raid on […]
Dhaka : Ghulam Azam and the wheels of justice
Source: Daily Star Op Ed By Syed Badrul Ahsan THE wheels of justice do not always turn. But when they turn, they do so with the clear message that the perpetrators of ancient crimes always get their comeuppance at a point in historical time. The judgement delivered in the matter […]
Get the Data: The Pakistan government’s secret document
by Chris Woods The Bureau of Investigative Journalism The Bureau is publishing in full a leaked internal document – titled Details of Attacks by NATO Forces/Predators in FATA – which […]
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Is in Shock Over Egypt
By: Mohammad Abu Rumman for Al-Monitor Posted on July 19. There was a discrepancy between the reaction of the Muslim Brotherhood and that of the government in Jordan regarding the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. The independent Jordanian Al-Ghad daily saw Morsi’s removal, as mentioned in its headlines, as […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims worship freely here, but persecuted elsewhere
Source: jsonline.com Inside the Bait-ul Qadir mosque on Fond du Lac Ave., a small group of men gather before the midday prayer. They speak of the weather and their families, […]
Pakistani Christian Sentenced to Life in Prison Over Accusation of Sending ‘Blasphemous’ Texts
Source: christiannews.net LAHORE, Pakistan – A Christian man was recently sentenced to life in prison by a Pakistani court for allegedly sending blasphemous text messages, even though the prosecution’s evidence was said to be highly questionable. Earlier this month, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mian Shahzad Raza of Pakistan’s Toba Tek Singh district ruled that […]
Horse in McDonald’s: Rider fined after ‘drive-thru’ refusal
Source: BBC A woman has been fined for taking her horse into a McDonald’s restaurant in Greater Manchester. Police said the woman, who has not been named, was in the saddle when she was initially turned away from the drive-through kiosk on Bury New Road. The woman then led the […]
Iraq jailbreaks: Hundreds escape in Taji and Abu Ghraib
Source: BBC Fighting raged for several hours after the jails – Abu Ghraib to the west of the capital and Taji to the north – came under attack. Mortar fire and suicide bombs were used to gain access to the jails, whose inmates include al-Qaeda prisoners. At least 20 members […]
You Say Shalom, I say Salam
Source:Examinor.COM Under the “Meet Your Neighbor, An Interfaith Adventure” program organized by the Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta (FAMA), the Congregation Or Hadash opened their doors to a group of about thirty guests belonging to different local Christian and Muslim denominations to their Sabaath Service in Sandy Springs on July 20. The Ahmadiyya Muslim […]