Employment Why working in tourism is no holiday for the Swiss
by Jo Fahy, swissinfo.ch April 28, 2014 – 11:00 If you expect to meet Swiss people working in Zermatt’s hotels and restaurants, you might be surprised to be greeted by […]
By foot or budget airline, Muslims flock to Makkah
Helen Rowe, Isabelle Toussaint | AFP ARABNEWS Published — Monday 28 April 2014 PARIS: Once pilgrims came on camels or on foot in their thousands, now millions of Muslims make […]
Israel risks becoming ‘apartheid’ state: Kerry
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry told a group of senior international officials that Israel risks becoming an “apartheid” state if it does not make peace soon, a US news website reported. Kerry made the controversial remarks at a closed-door meeting of the influential Trilateral Commission on Friday, The […]
Pakistan can produce cost-effective energy from geothermal resources: Expert
Epigraph: He sends down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood bears on its surface swelling foam. And from that which they […]
Pakistan can produce cost-effective energy from geothermal resources: Expert
Epigraph: He sends down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood bears on its surface swelling foam. And from that which they […]
Qur’an lesson for the day: 107. Commandment to observe Prayer
107. Commandment to observe Prayer [14:32] Say to My servants who have believed, that they should observe Prayer and spend out of what We have given them, secretly and openly, before there comes a day wherein there will be neither bargaining nor friendship. [2:111] And observe Prayer and pay the […]
”Islamic Republic of Pakistan” Should be renamed as “People’s Republic of Pakistan”
By Shah A Siddiqui It is a shame for Pakistanis to keep the name of the country on the ground of “Islam” and also there is no need to apron string the ‘Islamic’ with the country’s name. Simple “Pakistan” or “People’s Republic of Pakistan” is very appropriate according to the […]
Obama: US will defend the Philippines
CBS-ABN News: by RG Cruz — MANILA (UPDATE) – US President Barack Obama steered clear of China on Monday night as he said that the United States’ commitment to defend the Philippines is iron-clad. This, after the US leader failed to categorically say during an earlier joint press conference with President Benigno […]
Rowan Williams, Former Archbishop Of Canterbury, Calls Britain ‘A Post-Christian Country’
Epigraph: Is he, then, who knows that what has been revealed to thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is the truth, like one who is blind? But only those gifted with […]
Jordanian lauds services at Two Holy Mosques
MADINAH: YUSUF MUHAMMAD Published — Monday 28 April 2014 Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims of different nationalities arrive in the Kingdom to perform Umrah and visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. Arab News met Jordanian pilgrim Abdul Rahman Mahmoud, 50, on Saturday while he was taking a stroll in the […]
With US missiles in hand, Syrian rebel unit thinks big
KHAN AL-SUBUL, Syria: Under the leadership of a young, battle-hardened rebel commander, the men entrusted with the first American missiles to be delivered to the Syrian war are engaged in an ambitious effort to forge a new, professional army. Abdullah Awda, 28, says he and his recently formed Harakat Hazm […]
K.K. Aziz: Murder He Wrote
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our […]
The Convenient Omissions From Islamic History
Courtesy: Ansar Raza: Missionary Vaughan Jama`at Source: Pak Tea House July 26th, 2013 | 149 Comments This is an insightful and intelligently argued article sent to us by Miss Mahnoor Khan. She makes a very pertinent point that the present Muslim mindset and for that matter to some extent even extremism, are outcomes […]
eDigest: Circumcision Can Prevent Prostate Cancer, If Performed After the Age of 35
Epigraph: Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. You are to undergo […]
Mandela and Islam in South Africa
interactive.net.in: Lots of Muslim friends accompanied Mandela in his long walk to freedom. Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada, Ismail meer, Yusuf Dadoo, Fatima Meer, Amina Cachaliya, Rahima Moosa, Ibrahim Rasool, Imam Hassan […]
Allama Iqbal Day celebration in Toronto
Allama Iqbal Day celebration in Toronto First International Poetry Recitation to Commemorate Allama Iqbal Day,Poet of the East First international Mushaira to commemorate the birthday of Allama Dr Muhammad Iqbal was held in Toronto on April 27, 2014 at Toronto Plaza Hotel. It was organized by Mr Nafees Zakaria, Consul […]
A People’s History Of Muslims In The United States
Yemen Times: When I teach history related to Islam or Muslims in the United States, I begin by asking students what names they associate with these terms. The list is […]
Ukraine crisis: Britain to host talks over looted assets
Telegraph: The two-day London meeting will be attended by senior government officials, prosecutors and representatives from financial centres and international organisations. Britain will on Tuesday host international talks aimed at recovering Ukrainian assets believed to have been looted under the regime of deposed president Viktor Yanukovych. The international Ukraine Forum […]
UK: Long-term jobless to have to scrub war memorials and historic monuments
Telegraph: Long-term unemployed will have to report daily to local job centres to discuss how to get back to work and may be told to clean war memorials and restore historic monuments. Long-term unemployed people will have to clean war memorials, restore historic monuments and look after animals at city […]
In the cross hairs of the extremists-Yasser Latif Hamdani
The Hindu: by Yasser Latif Hamdani — The doublespeak among Pakistan’s middle class is pushing the country backwards. But there is still hope The founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah never claimed that all Muslims were a nation. He said that only for Muslims in undivided India who he felt constituted a […]