Epigraph:
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:5-10)
Mahmoud Abbas: President of the State of Palestine
Lead post collected by Rafiq A. Tschannen, Associate Chief Editor of the Muslim Times
Abbas, Talking to Israeli Students About Peace, Finds a Receptive Audience
Source: New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNERFEB RAMALLAH, West Bank — A decade ago, after the suicide bombings of the second Palestinian uprising, Israelis mostly came to Ramallah and the…
Abbas says Israeli pullout over 5 years if NATO deploys
Abbas, in an interview published by the paper on Sunday, shifted from his insistence on a three-year time frame for Israel’s withdrawal from occupied territories under any future peace…
George Herbert: the man who converted me from atheism
theguardian: by Miranda Threlfall-Holmes — I blame George Herbert for me becoming a Christian. I first encountered Herbert’s poems at the very beginning of the lower sixth, when they were a set…
Mixing religion with politics is Muslim world’s problem, says Al Murr
(Wam) / 19 February 2014 FNC Speaker Al Murr and delegation visits Iranian Shura Council, invites Ali Larijani to visit UAE. Mohammed Al Murr meets Iranian President Dr Hassan Rohani…
One-a-Day Commandments of the Holy Quran – 45. Yield not to any one among them who is sinful or ungrateful.?
45. Yield not to any one among them who is sinful or ungrateful. [76:25] So wait patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, and yield not to any one among them who…
‘Significant Escalation’: Tensions Flare in German-Israeli Relations By Ralf Neukirch
By Ralf Neukirch SPIEGEL.DE REUTERS The West Bank Jewish settlement Givat Zeev near Jerusalem in 2011: Angela Merkel believes settlements are a decisive barrier to the peace process. German-Israeli relations…
Is Al Qaeda Aiding Bashar Al-Assad?
Moderate rebels say the Syrian president is secretly working with a rogue al-Qaeda group in the country’s brutal civil war. But are Sunni jihadists really in bed with the Assad…
5 Reasons to Be Religiously Literate
Huff Post: by Andrew Shwartz, M Div. — There’s a big move by millennials — and Americans in general — to move away from religion. Religion, it seems, is nothing…
Waiting for Kerry’s framework agreement
Story Summary by Rami G. Khouri Daily Star Lebanon With perhaps just weeks to go before the United States unveils its framework accord that it hopes will prod Palestinians and…
Syria: Supporters of both sides angry after latest truce
STORY SUMMARY by Erika Solomon Daily Star Lebanon Pictures of rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar Assad laughing and shaking hands after a local cease-fire have sparked outrage on…
Israel blocks hospital transfers over use of ‘State of Palestine’
By Maher Abukhater February 12, 2014, 3:15 p.m. RAMALLAH, West Bank – The presence of three words on a letterhead – “State of Palestine” – is keeping Palestinian patients from…
Journalists who broke NSA story in Guardian receive George Polk Awards
Source: The Guardian, UK • Ewen MacAskill, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras honoured • Polk curator: repercussions of NSA ‘will be with us for years’ The three journalists who broke…
UK: Bradford Ahmadi Muslims help in flooded community
Source: thetelegraphandargus.co.uk A Keighley doctor has led a rescue mission by young Yorkshire Muslims to a flood-hit village in Somerset. Dr Aziz Hafiz and fellow volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim community travelled to…
Ghana: Dr. Wahab Adam, Ameer & Missionary in charge Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana, returns home
Source: ghanaweb.com | vibeghana.com The Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, Maulvi Dr Wahab A. Adam, returned home last Thursday night from London after undertaking special duties…
eDigest: Muslims sue satirical paper for blasphemy, MP for hate speech
Epigraph: Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:149) …
Hollande pays tribute to Muslim soldiers at Paris mosque
AMMONNEWS – French President Francois Hollande has visited the Grand Mosque of Paris to pay respect to Muslim fighters who died fighting for France between 1914 and 1918. Hollande inaugurated…
At Newark Airport, the Lights Are On, and They’re Watching You
Visitors to Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport may notice the bright, clean lighting that now blankets the cavernous interior, courtesy of 171 recently installed LED fixtures. But they…
Christian threats force Muslim convoy to turn back in CAR exodus Peacekeepers prevent crammed cars from leaving Bangui for fear of attack, and evidence emerges of village massacre
David Smith, Africa correspondent theguardian.com, Friday 14 February 2014 18.03 GMT A convoy of more than 100 vehicles carrying Muslims trying to flee Bangui. Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP Thousands of Muslims…
Twenty-First Century Islam: A Lived, Dynamic, and Nurturing Religion
patheos.com: By Asma Afsaruddin The future of Islam lies in the resolution of its fractious present. There are multiple conversations underway among Muslims today, both in the heartlands (Middle East, South-…
US under fire in global press freedom report
Daily Times: PARIS: Conflicts continued to weigh heavily on the media last year but press freedom was also under increasing threat from abuses by democracies like the United States, Reporters…
Israeli government: International Criminal Court threat ‘potentially very significant’
Middle East Monitor: A senior legal official at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has warned that “the challenge of the International Criminal Court”, should the Palestinians join, “is potentially a very…
A close call in space tonight: Asteroid zips by Earth
By Dana Ford (CNN) — Only in space would 2 million miles be considered a close call. An asteroid with an estimated diameter of three football fields zoomed by Earth late…
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