Kannur Zonal Ansar Ijithima was held on 16th June 2013 at Thahir Masjid Payangadi. Ijithima was inaugurated by P.P.Nazimudheen Sahib, Subai Nazim under the presidentialship of T Muzaffar AHmad Sahib, […]
The Jakarta Post: The Supreme Court has accepted a judicial review filed by hard-line group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) abolishing a presidential decree that prevented local administrations from prohibiting […]
Source: indiatimes.com DEHRADUN: When the IAF flew it first sortie to save pilgrims trapped by the raging waters of the Alaknanda in Kedarnath, at the cockpit was Wing Commander S M Yunus. Commanding officer of the 152 Helicopter Unit based at Sarsawa Air Force Station, Yunus (who had joined IAF in […]
NY Times: “Civilized society is perpetually threatened with disintegration,” wrote Sigmund Freud in “Civilization and Its Discontents.” So it is with the sectarian violence that tears at the Middle East today. The strife that pits Sunnis against Shiites is a product of sustained internal and external pressures that have manipulated […]
Source: yahoo.com Patna, July 7 (IANS): Two Buddhist monks (one a Tibetan and the other Myanmarese) were injured this morning in a string of bombings at Bihar’s 1,500-year old Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya […]
(Reuters) – Anti-Muslim attacks and insults have risen steadily in France in recent years as some politicians and media increasingly present Islam as a problem for French society, a Muslim rights group […]
Alhaji Maulvi Muhammad Yusuf Yawson, Acting Ameer of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, said moral training and civic education were important components for national development. He said they helped the youth to become patriotic, respectful, abide by the rule of law, uphold human dignity and traditional values and preserve national assets. […]
July 7, 2013 – 09:11 By Peter Apps WASHINGTON (Reuters) – From his home in the English town of Leicester, former business administrator Elliot Higgins trawls through sometimes hundreds of online videos a day from Syria’s civil war. His research, begun after he took redundancy late last year, has made […]
It’s the longest river in the world and runs through Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt, but instead of the being the great uniter, the Nile has […]
ISTANBUL/BEIRUT — Syria’s fractious opposition elected a new leader on Saturday but rebel groups were reported to be fighting among themselves in a sign of growing divisions on the ground between factions trying to topple President Bashar Assad. The Syrian National Coalition chose Ahmad Jarba as its president after a […]
ISLAMICINFORMATIONCENTRE.CO.UK Friday 5 July 2013 ARABNEWS THE month of Ramadan is a month of grace and blessing. Upon arrival of this blessed month, Allah Most High causes His blessings and forgiveness to descend upon the one who gives this month its rights. Ramadan is the month in which Allah Most […]
• Ultraconservative group objects to ElBaradei appointment • Death toll in violence since June 30 hits 75 • Mursi supporters plan bigger protests HAMZA HENDAWI | AP ARABNEWS Saturday 6 […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS STAFF Sunday 7 July 2013 The SR 62 billion new Makkah public transport system, including a metro with four lines and 88 stations […]
Russia Today: Four tanker cars of petroleum exploded in the east Canadian province of Quebec after a train derailed, destroying some buildings nearby and leaving at least one dead. A security zone has been imposed with about 2,000 evacuated from their homes. The blast and heavy fire occurred shortly after […]
Global Post: ISTANBUL, Turkey — The toppling of an elected Muslim Brotherhood president in Egypt, and a subsequent crackdown on its leaders and ranks by the armed forces, is sending a shiver through […]
Huff Post: by Todd Pitman. MEIKHTILA, Myanmar — Their bones are scattered in blackened patches of earth across a hillside overlooking the wrecked Islamic boarding school they once called home. Smashed fragments of skulls rest atop the dirt. A shattered jaw cradles half a set of teeth. And among the […]
He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsy was deposed by a military coup just one year after being sworn in as president. The Egyptian protesters who took to the streets by the millions over the past several days to demand Morsy’s resignation were jubilant […]
Source: NY Times: A Boeing 777 operated by the Korean airline Asiana crashed Saturday afternoon while landing at San Francisco International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. More:
Source: The Economist ON the face of things, this week’s events in Egypt have validated a theory about Islam and society that seemed contrarian when it was first floated. In 1992 a French analyst of the Muslim world, Olivier Roy, published a book entitled “L’échec de l’Islam politique“—translated into English […]