Source: Scidev.net From: David Dickson Conservative traditions, rather than religious belief, seem to be the main barrier to modern science in Muslim countries, says David Dickson. Earlier this month, I […]
The INS Rahav, the Israeli Navy’s 5th Dolphin-class submarine, was inaugurated today by the IDF and Ministry of Defense at a ceremony in Germany Israel’s fifth Dolphin-class submarine, the INS […]
Huff Post: by Michael Rohrer. Believing in God is a personal choice. One should be able to display it or not. Much the same as there are people who don’t feel comfortable with public displays of affection, there are people who don’t feel comfortable participating in public displays of religious […]
Source: NY Times. By JIM YARDLEY SAVAR, Bangladesh — The mother stood at the edge of the wreckage, pressing her lips to photos of her two children — Asma, who had worked in a garment factory on the fourth floor, and Sultan, who worked on the fifth. For five days […]
France24. France will keep its defence budget broadly stable for the next five years, after meeting stiff resistance from lawmakers and the army to proposed cuts, although the flat budget will mean 34,000 job losses by 2019. A five-year blueprint for military strategy published on Monday said, “in total, from […]
Guardian: It was a spat that nobody wanted – neither the Greeks, the Qataris nor, say officials, the two nude statues that sparked the furore. But in a classic clash […]
Epigraph: “The Messiah, son of Mary, was only a Messenger; surely, Messengers like unto him had indeed passed away before him. And his mother was a truthful woman. They both […]
Huff Post: In my last post, I implied that one of the reasons we may wish to perceive religious choices to be solely about methodology — and not substantive theological and ethical concerns — is because it is much more uncomplicated thereby to accept the value of freedom of religion. […]
Source: The Live Sciences Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Date: 11 February 2013 Time: 12:25 PM ET Pope Benedict XVI made headlines today (Feb. 11) when he announced he was stepping down — something no pope has done since the Middle Ages. While that’s big news, the Catholic Church has […]
Jahane-Rumi: Half citizens? The Ahmadiyya community of Pakistan Throughout 2012, members of the Ahmadiyya community of Pakistan from all walks of life were harassed, threatened, and at times killed, with impunity. These attacks were the latest in a wave of violence and maltreatment that stretches back to the early years […]
The News: The Ahmadiyya community sit back and watch while others vote By Bilal Farooqi For more than three decades, they have not dropped a vote down the slit of a ballot box — at least not until renouncing their faith. Ironically, even the man who had so diligently fought […]
According to many media reports, the Islamist mob is backed by the brother of Tahir Ashrafi, chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council. Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int’l Desk […]
By PETER BAUMANN / peterb@laramieboomerang.com • Sunday, April 28, 2013 Source: BOOMERANG Laramie High School senior Emily Simpson poses for a photograph with students of the T.I. Ahmadiyya Basic School […]
BY AFSIN YURDAKUL | APRIL 28, 2013 FOREIGN POLICY SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN SYRIA — On a chilly morning in late March, I met the Free Syrian Army (FSA) Chief of […]
Source: ARABNEWS Colonel Donald S. Rockwell was born in Illinois, United States. He completed his studies in universities of Washington and Columbia where he received many honorary degrees. He was a poet, literary critic as well as editorial director at Radio Personalities. He gained the rank of colonel while participating […]
Hatoon Kadi ARABNEWS Monday 29 April 2013 Yes here I am, the sophisticated Ph.D. student writing about doing without domestic help after the morning marathon of, “kids put on your clothes now! Finish your breakfast and brush your teeth. Whaaat? You haven’t made your bed? Do it now before school!” […]
JEDDAH: Khadijah Habib ARABNEWS Monday 29 April 2013 The Ministry of Haj has warned hotels and other accommodation facilities against seizing passports of pilgrims under any circumstances, cautioning that punitive action will be taken if irregularities are detected. In a phone conversation with Arab News, Muhammad Al-Bijawi, director of the […]
JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah arrived home on Sunday from a working visit to US, where he held talks with US President Barack Obama that focused on […]
April 29, 2013 – 08:41 SWISSINFO BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halki survived a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in central Damascus on Monday, Syrian state media and Hezbollah’s al-Manar television reported. “The terrorist explosion in al-Mezze was an attempt to target the convoy of the prime […]
Source: Mondoweiss Brown University has released a new study: The cost of wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan are estimated at 225,000 lives and up to $4 trillion in U.S. spending, in a new report by scholars with the Eisenhower Research Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies. […]