FP: by David Rothkope — In the end, Israel lost in large part because despite its massive military and resource and advantages and Palestinian poverty and the comparative weakness of Hamas’s fighters, the Palestinians have one secret weapon that, like the images and narrative of the past conflict, trumps the […]
Source: Reuters and Huffington Post By Derick Snyder and Daniel Flynn MONROVIA/DAKAR, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Health workers in West Africa appealed on Wednesday for urgent help in controlling the world’s worst Ebola outbreak as the death toll climbed to 932 and Liberia shut a major hospital where several staff […]
By Web Desk Published: August 6, 2014 Source: Tribune Express Saudi Arabia has imposed a new law banning Saudi men from marrying women from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad and Burma, Morocco World News reported. The law also imposes restrictive rules on men marrying Moroccan women. Quoting Saudi daily Makkah newspaper, the […]
TAMIM ALMOUSA ARABNEWS.COM As an international student from Saudi Arabia living in the United States, a question I’m frequently asked and find it difficult to answer is, “where do you work?” Or, a more direct way of phrasing that sentence would be, “Where do you get the money you need […]
MANUEL MOGATO | REUTERS Published — Wednesday 6 August 2014 MANILA: A historic peace settlement in the southern Philippines is at risk of breaking down as Muslim rebels accuse the […]
Epigraph: “The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.” Holy Prophet Muhammad Please email or call Dr. Karim Sharif at karimasharif@gmail.com or (646) 379-9204, for further details. Abdus Salam Science Fair at Jalsa Salana USA 2014 Epigraph: “The ink of the scholar is more […]
Some days ago I met a Pakistani “Uncle” in the Bus. So I put my earphones out to salute him, but rather than greet me back he yelled at me and blamed me for listening to music in Ramadan, followed by a pseudo-intellectual lecture on “Islamic norms” (actually he was […]
Source: Youtube.com | theguardian.com A commuter who trapped his leg between a train and the platform has been freed after 50 or so of his fellow passengers pushed the carriage back. […]
U-20 World Cup: Host Canadians blanked in tournament opener Canada gets off to disappointing start with 1-0 loss to Ghana. Chris Young / THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada’s Ashley Lawrence , right, tussles with Ghana’s Fatima Alhasan during first-half action at the Under 20 Women’s World Cup at BMO Field Tuesday […]
MOSCOW — Russia should retaliate against the economic sanctions being imposed on the country over the Kremlin’s Ukraine policy, President Vladimir V. Putin said Tuesday. His was the strongest endorsement yet for calls in Russia to ban everything from major Western accounting firms to overflights by European airlines to frozen […]
197. An example of those who spend in the way of Allah [2:262] The similitude of those who spend their wealth for the cause of Allah is like the similitude of a grain of corn which grows seven ears, in each ear a hundred grains. And Allah multiplies it further […]
Source: On Faith By Qasim Rashid and Dr. Nasim Rehmatullah After slaughtering nearly two thousand Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rebuked the United States “not to ever second guess [him] again […]
Epigraph: 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 […]
Source: Bournemouth Echo BOURNEMOUTH EAST MP Tobias Ellwood is to visit Gaza soon in his role as a new foreign office minister. Mr Ellwood was appointed by David Cameron in […]
BBC Urdu: قاصد کی عمر ابھی ایک سال بھی نہیں مگر وہ اپنے والد کی گود میں آنکھیں بند کیے دنیا مافیہا سے بے خبر لیٹا ہوا تکلیف سے ہولے ہولے کراہ رہا تھا یا شاید اسے سانس لینے میں تکلیف ہو رہی تھی۔ قاصد کے سر کے اگلے حصے […]
Epigraph: And We bestowed on David, Solomon who was an excellent servant. He was always turning to Us. When there were brought before him at eventide steeds of noblest breed […]
Source: BBC Indirect talks between Israeli and Palestinian representatives are taking place in the Egyptian capital Cairo. They come after a four-week conflict in Gaza that has claimed more than […]
The United States needs to “up our game” and do much more to promote business with Africa, President Obama told the Business Forum at the U.S.-Africa Summit. He announced a series of actions ” to take our trade with Africa to the next level.” Following his speech, the president sat […]
A U.S. missionary who contracted Ebola has been evacuated from Liberia aboard a special medical flight. Nancy Writebol was flown out of Monrovia Tuesday and is expected to arrive in the United States later Tuesday. She will be treated at Emory University Hospital in the southeastern U.S. city of Atlanta […]
http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&width=470&height=275&playList=518356480 Foreign Office minister Baroness Warsi has dramatically quit the government, citing the UK’s “morally indefensible” position on the conflict in Gaza. In her resignation letter to the prime minister, David Cameron, Warsi wrote that Britain’s […]