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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 […]
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Immanent Frame: by Jean-Michel Landry —- The recent media buzz stirred up by a sad story captures well the sense of uneasiness pervading Quebec since the ruling Parti Québécois (PQ) began working to implement a bill known as the “Charter of Quebec Values,” which would ban state employees from wearing […]
Russia Today: Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday urged the black community to unite along religious lines in order to liberate themselves, declaring the need for its own courts in light of the failure of the US judicial system. Speaking in Detroit to approximately 18,000 people, the Nation of Islam leader […]
yourlocalguardian.co.uk: Faith groups from all over the world got together inMorden to denounce religious persecution at an event on Friday. The Baitul Futuh Mosque in London Road hosted dignitaries from Indonesia […]
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 […]
Global Post: The children of Makoko, a waterfront slum in Lagos, Nigeria, might have the world’s most futuristic school. It’s just been shortlisted for the Design of the Year 2014 award by London’s Design Museum and it’s easy to see why. The Makoko Floating School is a minimalist, open-air structure that combines the adaptive insights of […]
WSJ: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono leaves office this year, and already assessments of his legacy are ramping up. He has most often been described as, among other things, a force for religious moderation in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority democracy. The reality is different, however. He has presided over […]
Michael Schumacher has been in a state of induced coma for close to seven weeks after a tragic skiing accident. Doctors have reportedly run out of options to revive him. Any hopes of reviving F1 legend Michael Schumacher from his state of induced coma seems to have ended. Doctors attending […]
STORY SUMMARY February 25, 2014 12:22 By Brooke Anderson Keeping kids close to home normally means peace of mind for parents. Not so these days in Lebanon, where increasingly frequent […]
Pluralism was once the hallmark of the Arab world, so the exodus of Christians from the Middle East is painful to one Islamic scholar ‘It is a tragedy and a blow to the basic pride of Arab Islamic civilisation’ Tarif Khalidi is a big, bearded bear of a man, the […]
By Tufail Ahmad New Indian Express During the 1930s through the forties, Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the toast of Muslim politics in India, but it was Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of independent India, who had a substantive vision for human progress. Azad’s real name was Abul […]
National Editorial THE NATIONAL February 24, 2014 Updated: February 24, 2014 18:11:00 It is difficult to form a clear picture of the dynamics of the Syrian conflict on the ground, especially when it comes to the different jihadi groups that are fighting the regime and, more recently, each other. […]
Religious News Service | by Lauren Markoe Posted: 02/20/2014 4:54 pm EST Updated: 02/20/2014 5:59 pm EST WASHINGTON (RNS) Some of the brightest pro-business minds in the nation prodded the Dalai Lama on Thursday (Feb. 20) to offer a warm endorsement of capitalism. But during an appearance by the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism at […]
The largest global economies have pledged to install policies that will add $2 trillion to the world economy over the next five years. The G20 — the world’s 19 richest nations and the European Union — said the reforms aim to lift collective GDP by more than 2%. The group […]
Source: CNN Money By Maya Itah For starters, it admits highly ambitious students, pits them against each other with little attempt to level the financial playing field, and releases them into a market that can’t absorb them. You know law schools are deeply troubled when you ask a dean what […]
Epigraph: Do they not then look at the camel, how it is created? And at the heaven, how it is raised high? And at the mountains, how they are set […]
Epigraph: Do they not then look at the camel, how it is created? (Al Quran 88:18) Opinion by Joel Baden, special to CNN (CNN) – It’s been a rough 2014 for […]
Credit: TheXpressTribune By AFP Published: February 24, 2014 MIRAMSHAH: Unidentified gunmen on Monday killed a senior commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) who had a government bounty on his head, officials and family […]