JEDDAH: MD Al-Sulami Published — Wednesday 5 February 2014 Last update 5 February 2014 4:55 am The Riyadh criminal court sentenced on Tuesday a Saudi owner of a satellite channel — and a TV presenter himself — to 12 years in jail and banned him from leaving the country […]
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch February 4, 2014 – 10:25 At least 2,000 people have been killed and one million – a quarter of the population – displaced by fighting since […]
by Khaled Neimat | Feb 05, 2014 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan is not being kept in the dark about developments in the US-brokered Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour told deputies on Tuesday. Jordan is a key player in the efforts to ensure a fair agreement is reached, […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s much-awaited talks with the Taleban got off to a shambolic start on Tuesday after government negotiators failed to turn up at an agreed time following days of confusion over who should represent the insurgents. The preliminary peace talks began following a spate of killings, but there is skepticism […]
We all know about Photoshop and the dissimulation of truth. A picture taken recently of an armed Syrian fighter with a rifle in his hand contained an unexplained video-camera in the bottom left hand corner. So the photographer, in the interests of clarity, deleted the intruding camera in favour of […]
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By Laiq Ahmed Atif, Malta Due to the ever-new modes of transportation and means of communication available today, the world is now known as a global village. In this global village human immigration is becoming an increasing phenomenon worldwide. In almost every part of the globe we find people of […]
Global Post: HONG KONG — It’s a favorite pastime: Americans worried about their country’s direction love threatening to move abroad. “That’s it, I’m going to Canada!” they say. Of course, they almost never do. In China, however, that’s now no idle threat, especially for the rich. Amid a widening crackdown on corruption, China’s […]
Huffington Post: What does Mississippi have to say to Vermont? Not much when it comes to the religiosity of their citizens. Every year since 2008 Gallup has conducted interviews and […]
Source: BBC Large numbers of people do not know there is a lot they can do to reduce their exposure to risk Continue reading the main story Related Stories Cancer: […]
Credit: Sarah Boseley, health editor A global drive to tackle the causes of cancer linked to lifestyle, such asalcohol abuse, sugar consumption and obesity, has been urged on Monday by the World Health Organisation […]
Gates to step down as chairman, take on new role at Microsoft as company names Nadella CEO REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft has named Satya Nadella, an executive in charge […]
Source: leicestermercury.co.uk Is it an offence to read the Holy Quran? You would have thought not, but it is – in Pakistan…. that is if you are a member of my community, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Because in Pakistan, increasingly in the grip of extremist and fundamentalist thinking, there is little […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Source: news-leader.com Salman Tariq | St. Louis I applaud Bob Rush for his great response (“Sentences could ensure goals,” Jan. 22) to my previous letter (“New imam building bridges in community,” Jan. 19) and his call for clear condemnation of extremist clerics. He will be pleased to know that I am an […]
DAWN.COM ISLAMABAD: Sources close to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf have confirmed that the ex-army strongman would appear before the special court on February 7 for the treason case hearing, […]
Source: religionnews.com The famous Indian poet Sarojini Naidu famously called ‘The Nightingale of India’ who was also a child prodigy and Indian independence activist, once wrote: “(Islam) was the first religion that […]
Source: meridianbooster.com The message of the Interfaith Symposium was “Love for all, hatred for none” said Rizwana Ahmad, President of the Lloydminster Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association, which took place this past […]
CNN Health: by Ben Tinker — In recent years, sugar – more so than fat – has been receiving the bulk of the blame for our deteriorating health. Most of us know we consume more sugar than we should. Let’s be honest, it’s hard not to. The (new) bad news […]