Huff Post: This article first appeared in Sacred Matters housed at Emory University. Many Western Europeans think of Americans as hopelessly, bafflingly, and dangerously, religious. Many Americans think of Western Europeans as distressingly, inexplicably, and unrelentingly, secular. In 2009, the German sociologist Hans Joas observed that “it is widely accepted that the […]
ABNA.ir — (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Members of the Italian Muslim community have come together to discuss problems facing the religious minority, highlighting Muslim contributions to the Italian economy and complaining about […]
Express Tribune: by Faiza Iqbal — Most people are very quick to point out the flaws and imperfections of Western lifestyle, citing promiscuity, free flowing alcohol, homosexuality, gay marriage and a free mixing of sexes as the main ingredients in its destruction and thus its aberration from Islam. However, I personally […]
Guardian: A Muslim convert who targeted members of the public as part of a campaign for a sharia state in Britain has been given a groundbreaking asbo, police have said. […]
ET: Another book has been bullied into suppression in India, this time, Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An alternative history. Though it is a collection of 25 essays, Doniger’s is not a casual work. It comes from decades of immersion in the subject. She is a scholar of high calibre focused on […]
Credit: TheExpressTribune THATTA: Patron in chief of Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday accused the Taliban of trying to drag the Pakistan back to the “stone-age.” Addressing a gathering in Makli Stadium during […]
Beware of Umme Rubab – Sarwar Zaidi Toronto, Urdu Post Canada February 13, 2014 and Urdu Times February 12, 2014 Urdu Post Canada reports that Umme Rubab 46 has defrauded hundreds of people in Toronto & GTA of large sums of money. Umme Rubab real name is Nuzhat Mahmood. So […]
Syria: The Chaos of War Damascus Will the walls fall? By Anne Barnard Photograph by Andrea Bruce In the rectangular courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque, the heart of Old Damascus, women swathed in black sit and chat on the cream-colored stone floor, polished smooth by the comings and goings of […]
Source: The International News By Hamid Mir Saturday, February 15, 2014 ISLAMABAD: It was for the first time that a Taliban leader participated in the government-TTP negotiations on Friday through a phone call and promised that the Taliban will seriously consider a ceasefire. But sources in the government committee fear that […]
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We (Allah) have sent down to Our servant (Muhammad), then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers beside Allah, if you are truthful. (Al Quran 2:24) Lead post collected by Abdul Alim, Philippines Publisher blames Indian law for Hindu […]
[108:3] So pray to thy Lord, and offer sacrifice. [46:16] And We have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him and his weaning takes thirty months, till, when he attains his full maturity […]
Special report: An immigration crisis on Britain’s doorstep in Calais Armed with nothing more than the hope of building a life in the UK, hundreds of refugees from Syria, Egypt, and other war-torn countries have risked their lives to reach the other side of the Channel CAHAL MILMO CALAIS Saturday 15 […]
SOURCE: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/02/syria-peace-talks-end-deadlock-2014215112455622202.html A Syrian activist group says the death toll in Syria’s three-year-old civil war has reached 140,000 [Reuters] Syria’s government and opposition have agreed on an agenda for a third round of peace talks in Geneva, but there has been no date set for the resumption of negotiations, […]
RIYADH: SHARIF M. TAHA Published — Saturday 15 February 2014 Saudi businesswomen retain SR100 billion in savings, or 75 percent of total bank savings Kingdomwide, a Saudi woman speaker […]
Source: post-gazette.com | ADNAN AHMED | Imam Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Pittsburgh | Wilkinsburg February is the Black’s History Month. This month provides us an opportunity to recognize the contribution of black Americans to American history. […]
Source: keighleynews.co.uk Members of Keighley’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association and Forest of Bradford volunteers exploited a break in the bad weather to plant hundreds of new trees. Helped by adult supervisors, […]
Source: lankaweb.com | by A. Abdul Aziz A number of Muslim states are facing varying degrees of insurgencies and violent attacks against state institutions, officials and ordinary people. The leading examples are Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen and Somalia. The Iraq government faces a militant challenge in Ambar Province where extremist and […]
Source: indcatholicnews.com CSW’s new report on Indonesia, which will be launched on 25 February in the UK Parliament, warns that ‘Religious intolerance is no longer confined to areas such as West […]
Hindus urge Kenya’s President Kenyatta to visit Kisumu Sikh Temple to show support to Sikhs Hindus have urged Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and Vice President William Samoei Ruto to show strong political will to take care of country’s minorities in view of recent Kisumu incidents. Kisumu Singh Sabha Cairo Road, […]
Epigraph: I see my community in the land of Russia, as numerous as the grains of sand. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani Source: Pew Research: Religion & Public Life Project Over […]