Source: ET The Arab Spring unleashed in 2011 seems to be continuing. The removal of Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi through a military intervention marks a new phase of public mobilisation in Egypt and is a step in the wrong direction. Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on state television announced that the […]
Source: ET I was to give you “far sadder stuff” from my trip to Quetta with the HRCP, in continuation of my piece of last week, wasn’t I? Well, a most sad event, yet another killing of yet more innocent Hazaras took place mid-week just as I was marshalling my thoughts […]
Story Summary Syria’s food situation will worsen in 2014: U.N. report Four million Syrians, or a fifth of the population, are unable to produce or buy enough food for their […]
July 5, 2013 – 09:20 By Alexander Dziadosz SWISSINFO.CH CAIRO (Reuters) – Some 200,000 people died in a decade of civil war in Algeria after uniformed officers rejected a popular vote for Islamists, an example some in Cairo darkly cite after the army ousted Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood president on Wednesday. […]
MAKKAH: AHMAD WAHAJ SIDDIQUI ARABNEWS Friday 5 July 2013 Sermons, the distribution of Holy Qur’ans, more cleaning staff and strict security are some of the services available at the two […]
A Washington man caught a record-breaking fish that could be centuries old. By Geetika Rudra | ABC News Blogs Henry Liebman, a real estate developer from Seattle, caught the shortracker […]
Salon com: I swore off makeup and covered my hair, arms and legs for nine months. It was frightening — and liberating By Lauren Shields The idea for my modesty experiment began when I worked in New York City as a receptionist for a company at Fifth Avenue and 52nd […]
Stratfor Analysis Summary Egypt’s Tamarod movement succeeded in its attempt to pressure the Egyptian military to expel former President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood-led government from office. Now the […]
The Anglo-American press reports on an internal NATO study (dated June 2013), which takes stock of Syrian public opinion [1]. The study shows that 70% of Syrians support President Bashar […]
Ahamdiyya Muslims are building mosques around the world. By Grace of Allah Germany is moving ahead with the construction of 100 mosques, a scheme given by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (RA) Khalifatul Masih the IV. […]
HUffington Post: Maria Mayo Religion in America on July 4, 1776 Posted: 07/04/2013 7:26 am When the Declaration of Independence was drafted on July 4, 1776, religious practice in the 13 colonies of the United States was colorful and varied. The quest for independence — as well as loyalist […]
Source: Press Release Muslims from across Britain headed to Manchester on 30th June 2013 to participate in a 6.3 mile charity walk for peace. The walk was organised to raise money […]
By: Jessica McDiarmid News reporter, Published on Thu Jul 04 2013 The Toronto Star A Toronto fundraiser that encourages people to give to a food bank during Ramadan is spreading across the country. Toronto lawyer Ziyaad Mia launchedGive 30 last year, deciding to divert daily coffee money he saved during […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kermit Zarley Personal information Full name Kermit Millard Zarley, Jr. Born September 29, 1941 (age 71) Seattle, Washington Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) Nationality United States Residence Scottsdale, Arizona Career College University of Houston Turned professional 1963 Former tour(s) PGA Tour Champions Tour Professional wins […]
The Jakarta Post: Lusiman Senen is the kind of son any parents would boast about. He is the school’s soccer star and is also active in student organizations as well […]
Source: BBC What is now a dry, harsh mountain desert in south-west Wyoming was once a lush subtropical landscape with lakes, volcanoes and an abundance of wildlife. In “The Lost […]
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with Him, […]
Haaretz: Israeli archaeologists have found ruins they believe are the site of one of the two Roman legions based in the country between 120 and 300 C.E. Israel Antiquities Authority […]
Huff Post: Surveys have frequently shown that the number of religiously unaffiliated Americans — including but not limited to atheists, agnostics and people who are spiritual but not religious — are increasing, with there being about one in five people who now claim no religion. A new survey from the Pew Research Center has […]