Herald Scotland: DAVID Cameron has pressed his Pakistani counterpart over the case of a mentally ill Scot shot in the country while in a maximum security prison. DAVID Cameron has pressed his Pakistani counterpart over the case of a mentally ill Scot shot in the country while in a maximum […]
Guardian: A self-styled, secular, modernist party called Nidaa Tounes won against the Islamist Ennahda party in the Tunisian election this week. For many, the subsequent headline – “Secularist party wins Tunisia elections” – will seem more impressive than the fact Tunisia just completed its second genuinely competitive, peaceful elections since […]
LONDON, October 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Western Europe’s largest mosque to host historic symposium A worldwide Islamic Caliph (Khalifa) is to deliver a keynote address at the 11th National Peace […]
Huff Post: Popeular Science Pope Francis has views on science … that are not as revolutionary as you might believe.Photo by Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images On Monday, Pope Francis was speaking […]
Huff Post: ROME (RNS) Just in time for Halloween and against an unspecified “steady increase” of demonic possession, Pope Francis thanked exorcists for showing the church’s “love for those possessed” by the devil. About 300 exorcists from around the world attended a convention in Rome last weekend (Oct. 25-26) and […]
Bound for Syria: German Kurds Join Fight against Islamic State By Jörg Diehl and Fidelius Schmid DPA Kurds in Düsseldorf, Germany, demonstrate against Islamic State and show their support for besieged Kobani. Young Kurds from Germany are joining PKK’s fight against Islamic State in Syria. Security officials are concerned that tensions […]
The government has pledged an additional CHF40 million ($42.2 million) for the victims of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq as well as for efforts to contain the spread of […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Syria almost lost its second city to the jihadists of Isis and Jabhat al-Nusra last night when hundreds of fighters stormed into the provincial capital, Idlib, captured the newly installed governor’s office and began beheading Syrian army officers. By the time government troops recaptured the […]
Source: Spiegel DPA Kurds in Düsseldorf, Germany, demonstrate against Islamic State and show their support for besieged Kobani. Young Kurds from Germany are joining PKK’s fight against Islamic State in Syria. Security officials are concerned that tensions between Salafists and Kurds in Germany could rise once they return home. More:
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to shutter its bond-buying program, closing one controversial chapter in its crisis response even as it struggles to manage a full return to normal monetary policy. The Fed is likely to announce at the end of a two-day meeting that […]
Epigraph: And most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Surely, conjecture avails nothing against truth. Indeed, Allah is well aware of what they do. (Al Quran 10:37) Pope Francis Thanks […]
Source: The Guardian The largest mosque in Western Europe will host politics, faith and civic leaders at a peace symposium next month. More than 800 guests are expected to descend on Morden’s Baitul Futuh Mosque for the National Peace Symposium, which aims to promote a deeper understanding of Islam. More:
Written by Dr. Lutf ur Rehman, Nashville, TN (USA) Allah says in the Holy Quran, “We have set you on a clear path (Shariah) in the matter of religion, so […]
Fatah Time to take on jihadist agenda 90 By Tarek Fatah, Toronto Sun First posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 07:00 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 07:07 PM EDT A mural on the side of a mosque on Gerrard St. E. (Craig Robertson/Toronto Sun files) At times, […]
Source: Pakistan Observer. It wasn’t one of those pleasant visits as I went to the 9/11 memorial and museum in New York Last week: At the place where the Twin Towers stood, there were now two water fountains and as I heard the sound of water flowing it reminded me […]
Source: ET DUBAI: A Dubai court jailed a Pakistani for 15 years for smuggling heroin in bags containing copies of Holy Quran, prayer mats and other religious paraphernalia, a report said Wednesday. The 30-year-old man, identified only by his initials MT, was convicted of possessing 24 kilogrammes of heroin that was […]