Some Mexican Catholics now find God in Islam
The Herald: by William Schaefer MEXICO CITY — For almost five centuries Catholicism has been the dominant religion in Mexico. In 1970, Catholics comprised 96.7 percent of Mexico’s population. By […]
How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From Each Other
Business Insider: by Walter Hickey — Everyone knows that Americans don’t exactly agree on pronunciations. Regional accents are a major part of what makes American English so interesting as a dialect. Joshua Katz, a Ph. D student in statistics at North Carolina State University, just published a group of awesome visualizations of […]
UK floods: A helicopter journey along the flooded Thames
11 February 2014 Last updated at 23:12 GMT As flood relief efforts continue across the Thames Valley, the news helicopter crew took a trip along the river to see which […]
The Bloody History Of Saint Valentine: The Martyred Roman Priest Who Officiated Marriages
The real history of Valentine’s Day is not comprised of roses, chocolates and pretty cards. Instead, crime, imprisonment and execution are at the genesis of our modern day love fest, dating back to the man whose martyrdom may have inspired the holiday. There were reportedly three early Christian saints named […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community starts Tabligh Activity in Croatia
By Zubair Khan Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany has also been entrusted almost two dozen neighbouring countries to spread the message of real Islam. All the activities in these countries are administered and monitored by Amir of Germany through national shoba tabligh. In Balkan area Croatia is also included in the entrusted countries. By […]
Will Saudi Arabia Destroy Islam’s Greatest Heritage?
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Crawley: Ahmadiyya Muslim leader says suspected British suicide bomber Abdul Waheed Majid was a “role model” to younger Muslims
Source: crawleynews.co.uk THE man suspected of carrying out a suicide bombing in Syria last week “attempted to disrupt” a Crawley Muslim group’s peace initiatives and was a “role model” to younger […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, UK, hosts “Conference of World Religions”
Source: examiner.com | Shahina Bashir As unrest and violence cover much of the world today, it is a welcome gesture shown by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of bringing together faith leaders to address the issue […]
eDigest: Is There Coercion in Islam and Christianity?
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 surely grasped a strong handle which knows no breaking. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 2:257) Lead post written and collected […]
Why Jerusalem renters are wary of the Messiah’s arrival
Many Jerusalem residents believe not only that the Messiah will return, but that his arrival is imminent – so imminent they have taken legal precautions to ensure they can return to Jerusalem immediately upon his return. In apartment contracts around the city, there are clauses stipulating what will happen to the apartment […]
Kerry’s plan will liquidate the Palestinian cause
Nadia Saad Al-Din www.middleeastmonitor.com Thursday, 13 February 2014 It is obvious that ‘agreements’ such as that proposed by John Kerry will not provide a just and comprehensive basis for peace The US administration does not possess a clear plan to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict; […]
Rand Paul announces suit against Obama administration over NSA
(CNN) – Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday he’s suing President Barack Obama and top national security officials over the government’s sweeping electronic surveillance program made public by intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. […]
Historic Conference of World Religions Held at Guildhall, London
Epigraph: Those who believe and do good deeds — the Gracious God will create love in their hearts. So We have made it (the Qur’an) easy in thy tongue that […]
Only a regional accord can help stabilize Syria
February 13, 2014 By David Ignatius STORY SUMMARY The Syria tragedy embodies a deeper intellectual failure. What is missing in Syria is an animating strategic framework that could power a U.S.-led coalition. Instead, we have a conflict driven by sectarian hatred between Sunnis and Shiites, which in […]
Syrian opposition presents plan for post-war Syria
STORY SUMMARY The Syrian opposition called on Wednesday for a transitional governing body to be set up that would oversee a total cease-fire under U.N. monitoring, and be empowered to […]
Twenty Most Influential Women in Science in the Islamic World
Muslim-Science.Com’s List of Twenty Most Influential Women in Science in the Islamic World Submitted by admin on January 13, 2014 – 6:51 amNo Comment By: Maheen Hasan, Editor – Muslim-Science.Com Muslim-Science.Com has the pleasure of presenting to you, the first ever List of ‘Top-20 Most Influential Women in Science in […]
Are we alone in the Universe?
Source: BBC Discovering planets outside our Solar System has raised hopes that we may one day contact alien lifeforms. But will this ever happen? “Two possibilities exist: either we are […]
I Left ‘America’ for Its Hatred of Muslims… This Is My Story
Huff Post: by Kashif N. Chaudhry — I was born in 1982, in the beautiful American city of San Jose, California. A proud patriotic Muslim American, my dad would decorate our house with lights every Fourth of July. Fast forward to the year 2001, when I got admitted to one […]
The essence of Harper government is personal cruelty:
The essence of Harper government is personal cruelty: Mallick The hallmark of Stephen Harper’s Conservative government is that it takes everything personally. Heather Mallick, Toronto Star, Feb 11, 2014 FRED CHARTRAND / THE CANADIAN PRESS Stephen Harper and his Conservatives are like porcupines in that they shoot out quills that […]