Why Kerry Will Fail in Israel-Palestine
by John Glaser, July 19, 2013 Secretary of State John Kerry has now gone to Israel-Palestine six times in five months in an attempt to restart negotiations between the two […]
Jewish, Muslim groups break fast together in Lynnwood
Source: Herald Net LYNNWOOD — Fasting is an act of worship, a historic tradition and a test of obedience and holiness. Fasting deepens one’s connection to God. It encourages charity […]
Congregation at Ahmadiyya Muslim mosques to stay away from Birmingham EDL rally
Source: expressandstar.com Mosques in the region have urged worshippers to stay away from the event. Government officials held the talks at the Aisha Mosque in Walsall where a homemade bomb was discovered close to the building last month. The congregation at Ahmadiyya Muslim mosques in Wolverhampton, Walsall, Blackheath and Birmingham have […]
Islam and China’s Hong Kong: Ethnic Identity, Muslim Networks and the New Silk Road
Source: The Asian Review of Books and Caixin Online It is a book review: Islam and China’s Hong Kong: Ethnic Identity, Muslim Networks and the New Silk Road (Routledge Contemporary China Series) […]
Innovative Pakistani “sect-free’ mosque takes on sectarianism
Source: boston.com ISLAMABAD (AP) — In a country where sectarian violence is spiking, Zahid Iqbal is playing an innovative role in trying to bring peace to Pakistan’s competing Islamic sects by […]
Religion & Wikipedia: The ‘Edit Wars’ Rage On
Source: huffingtonpost.com Scientists have analyzed page edits in 10 editions of Wikipedia to determine the topics most often fought over by editors of the open encyclopedia. The most debated topics included many religious […]
Laughter is the best Medicine-Baby Laughing
Baby laughing at popcorn eating dog! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH_aRLPYm9c
VIEW : Maligning Malala — Gulmina Bilal Ahmad
Source: dailytimes.com.pk As the world encourages, endorses and adopts the effort taken on by Malala, it is sad to note that some of her own are abandoning her On July 12, […]
King David’s Palace Discovered? Archaeologists Find Huge Palace, Storeroom
Huff Post: by Meredith Bennett-Smith. After many years of searching, Israeli archaeologists announced Thursday the discovery of a large palace and storeroom believed to have once belonged to the Biblical monarch King David. “The ruins are the best example to date of the uncovered fortress city of King David,” lead […]
Ahmadi Muslim (Pak Army) among Four martyred In Tirah Valley Fighting against Extremists
Tweet by Rabia Mahmood: An #Ahmadi Qaiser Naveed serving #Pakistan Army martyred at Tirah valley, & a few months back another Mr Sabir in NWA. (V @SaleemudDinAA) – Awaiting official confirmation by Jamaat Ahmadiyya آخری وقت اشاعت: ہفتہ 20 جولائ 2013 , 10:59 GMT 15:59 PST عسکری ذرائع کے مطابق آپریشن […]
Who owns your data when you’re dead?
Source. The Economist: AFTER we die, our bodies are reduced to dust or ash, through burial or cremation. The fate of the digital corpuses we leave behind is rather more complicated. Before the advent of internet-hosted storage and services, your digital remains would have been accessible only to those with […]
The Connection Between Muslim Immigration and Terrorism
Source: The Conservative Papers: Islamic terror attacks occur every single day around the world. Most are barely mentioned by the Western media, and if they are, they are hidden behind other stories which apparently make better headlines. A car bomb here, a beheading there, and a few dozen rapes and […]
Slain Saudi’s family to sign blood money agreement to free Filipino (A unique feature of Islamic law!)
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 20 July 2013 The family of a Saudi national slain by a Filipino worker now on death row is expected to sign a settlement agreement to accept blood money that will free the condemned man. Rodelio “Dondon” Lanuza, who was sentenced to death in 2001 for […]
Saudi Arabian Airlines Defends Discrimination Against Israelis
Source: The conservative papers. The director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines on Friday defended his company’s decision to discriminate against Israeli citizens by refusing to fly them from U.S. airports even when passengers are simply looking to transfer in Saudi Arabia to another country, Al Arabiya reports. Saudi King Abdullah Bowls Earlier […]
Obama’s UN Security Council: Wants Israel Destroyed!
Source: The Conservative Papers. Barack Obama and his merry band of extremists are some of the most out-of-the-mainstream operatives in American politics today and the woman who is our US Security Council to the UN has a long history of essentially calling for the destruction of Israel, our only true ally in […]
Egypt would gain from the Turkish experience
STORY SUMMARY By Ali Ezzatyar The Daily Star In February 2011, when the Egyptian military helped oust President Hosni Mubarak, it was natural to think of the applicability of the Turkish precedent to Egypt. One of former President Mohammad Mursi’s goals was to take power out of the hands of […]
The Holy Quran and Ramadhan: by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (atba) Khalifa of Islam
NOTE: Alislam Team takes full responsibility for any errors or miscommunication in this Synopsis of the Friday Sermon ‘The month of Ramadan is that in which the Qur’an was sent […]
Is Iran altering Syria’s sectarian map?
STORY SUMMARY Rumors have circulated recently that Iran is sponsoring a plan to redraw Syria’s demographic map, including the granting of Syrian nationality to 750,000 Shiites from throughout the Middle East. The Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has declared that the land registry office in Homs has been burned down […]
New FM says Egypt has no intention of waging “jihad” in Syria
Breaking News: New FM says Egypt has no intention of waging “jihad” in Syria Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Jul-20/224421-new-fm-says-egypt-has-no-intention-of-waging-jihad-in-syria.ashx#ixzz2ZZwOT2ZV (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)