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Whatever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 57:2)
Hydrogen burning in the center of a massive stars occurs at a temperature of approximately 40 million Kelvin, as compared to 10 million Kelvin in the center of the sun
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A challenge for Dawkins: Where did carbon come from?
Epigraph: Whatever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 57:2) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD This…
Darwinian Evolution: Islam or Christianity?
Source / Courtesy: This popular collection of articles was first made in Google-knol. It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does…
If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins!
Epigraph: And thou (Muhammad) shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are…
Spiritual Mysteries: Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?
Huff Post: by Deepak Chopra — In every spiritual tradition, different as they are, God is taken to be the moral compass for human beings. He may or may not…
Indonesia: Ahmadis, Shiites cast votes in hope for change
Source: thejakartapost.com In Sidoarjo, East Java, the Sampang Shiites also cast their votes near their displacement camp. A number of police and military personnel were deployed to the location for security…
Ahmadiyya Muslim Association to hold a ‘Holy Founder’s Day’ in Burton
Source: burtonmail.co.uk A MUSLIM group will hold a day of outreach activities to create a ‘bond of brotherhood’ in Burton. The town’s branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association will hold a…
Qasmi, “The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan”
Source: clrforum.org Next month, Anthem Press will publish The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan by Ali Usman Qasmi (Lahore University of Management Sciences). The publisher’s description follows. ‘The Ahmadis…
Bill Clinton on Snowden: An ‘imperfect messenger’
Posted by CNN’s Leigh Ann Caldwell (CNN) – Former President Bill Clinton weighed in on Edward Snowden, calling the controversial National Security Agency leaker an “imperfect messenger.” Clinton said Snowden’s…
Up to 20 people stabbed at Pennsylvania high school
(CNN) — A male sophomore went on a stabbing spree at his Pittsburgh-area high school early Wednesday, an emergency management agency spokesman said. At least 20 students at Franklin Regional…
Holy sites in Saudi sacrificed for skyscrapers
Nick Ames , April 9th, 2014 Development in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, is coming at the cost of the loss of some of the most important sites of…
The First Muslim-American Scholar: Bilali Muhammad
An unfortunate misconception among today’s American Muslim community is that Islam has only been present in America for less than 100 years. Many American Muslims are children of immigrants who…
Indonesia’s Islamic parties surprise with strong showing in election
by kanupriya kapoor AND randy fabi Indonesia’s Islamic parties surprise with strong showing in election il JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Islamic political parties are poised to grab a larger-than-expected share…
eDigest: World War I — Drawing parallels from a century ago
Epigraph Permission to fight is given to those against whom war is made, because they have been wronged — and Allah indeed has power to help them — Those who have…
Missing Malaysia plane: Search ‘regains recorder signal’
Source: BBC Teams searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have reacquired signals that could be consistent with “black box” flight recorders. An Australian vessel heard the signals again on…
Oslo may get its first Islamic school
norwaypost.no: This fall, Oslo may get its first Islamic primary school. The AssociationMothers for Muslim Primary School has fought for several years to have their application approved to open up a school…
France says it backs the evacuation of Muslims in Central African Republic ‘as last resort’
Global Post: France said on Tuesday it supported the evacuation of Muslims under threat of reprisals in Central African Republic “as a last resort,” saying that the priority was to save lives despite concerns…
Pakistan: History at the altar of dogma
Source: The Daily Times In Social Studies textbooks it is mentioned that Hindus are extremists and eternal enemies of Islam, whose culture and society is based on injustice and cruelty,…
One-a-Day Commandments of the Holy Quran – 90. Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you?
90. Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you [4:79] Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you be in strongly built towers. And if some good…
Ukraine crisis: Is Russia ready to move into eastern Ukraine?
Source: BBC Ukraine’s interior minister has warned pro-Russian activists who have taken over state buildings in eastern cities to enter talks to find a political solution or face “force”. Arsen…
Italy rescues 4,000 immigrants in the past 48 hours
AFP , Wednesday 9 Apr 2014 AHRAMONLINE Migrants stand on a boat as two Italian navy dinghies and a ship approach to give assistance, in the waters off Capo Passero,…
One-a-Day Commandments of the Holy Quran – Neglect not thy lot in this world?
89. Neglect not thy lot in this world [28:78] ‘And seek, in that which Allah has given thee, the Home of the Hereafter; and neglect not thy lot in this world;…
Prophet’s (saw) day celebrations by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Myanmar
The ahmadiyya muslim jamaat Myanmar celebrated Prophet day on 29 march 2014. Around 700 people attended this event. Political person, monks, some Islamic Organization and journalist also attended. Jamaat Scholars…
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