Summary BY RAMI G. KHOURI Millions of primary and secondary school-age youth have never entered a school, and millions more are in danger of dropping out. It shows that more than 21 million children and young adolescents across the Arab world are either out of school or at risk of […]
Jonathan Merritt | Apr 21, 2015 | Source: Religion News Service Alana Raybon was baptized as a child in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She attended youth activities and Vacation Bible School […]
Call for Indian Muslim Women to Seek Non-Shariah Rights Shabnam Hashmi, a human rights activist at the National Integration Council, argues that women in India’s Muslim minority should seek equal […]
Source: newctzen.com | By Ragan M. Conteh The Ahmadiyya Muslim Senior Secondary School at Rokupr Town in the Kambia District was recently gutted down by a mysterious fire accident that destroyed half of […]
Source: halesowennews.co.uk | by Sarah Cousin A MUSLIM organisation used its annual peace symposium in Halesowen to call for a united front against extremism. Around 250 people of different faiths gathered at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association’s Long Lane mosque on Sunday. Civic dignitaries, politicians, faith leaders, charity workers and neighbours were among those […]
Source: halesowennews.co.uk | by Sarah Cousin A MUSLIM organisation used its annual peace symposium in Halesowen to call for a united front against extremism. Around 250 people of different faiths gathered at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association’s Long Lane mosque on Sunday. Civic dignitaries, politicians, faith leaders, charity workers and neighbours were among those […]
The Saudi-led coalition’s campaign has lasted almost a month A Saudi Arabia-led coalition has ended its bombing campaign against rebels in Yemen, Saudi state television has said. The coalition’s Decisive Storm campaign had achieved its military goals, the report said. A new operation would be called Restoring Hope, focusing […]
Italian investigators reveal new details about the dirty business of people smuggling – including discussions on where best to invest their money 9 23 0 0 32 Email Mohammed Ali Malek (C, rear), one of two survivors of Saturday’s migrant boat disaster, later arrested on suspicion of people trafficking, is […]
Source: CNN Money China’s largest cities can feel like endless, sprawling landscapes of construction sites, tower cranes and crowded streets. But are these mega-cities even bigger than we thought? OECD […]
Michael Sattler (1495 – 20 May 1527) was a monk who left the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation to become one of the early leaders of the Anabaptist movement. He was particularly influential for his role in developing the Schleitheim Confession. Title page of the Schleitheimer Confession (1527), bearing Sattler’s name. Sattler was born in approximately 1490 in Staufen, Germany.[1] He […]
Epigraph: And their saying, ‘We did kill the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah;’ whereas they slew him not, nor crucified him, but he was made to […]
by Lakhdar Brahimi Summary Over the past four years, Syria has been the scene of terrible suffering and savagery. The war has claimed more than 200,000 lives and devastated Syria’s social and economic fabric. The international community has been unable – and, to some extent, unwilling – to stop the […]
444. Commandment – O ye who believe! you also should invoke blessings on him and salute him with the salutation of peace [33:57] Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet. O ye who believe! you also should invoke blessings on him and salute him with the salutation of peace. [37:80] ‘Peace be upon Noah among the […]
Dr. Milena Rampoldi, the translator of ‘Female Sovereigns in Islamic States’ from Turkish to English, tells the tales of the great women in Islamic history. From Maldives to India, Rampoldi […]
In accordance with Islamic law and tradition, Muhammad is not depicted in each of these films, and the same goes for his first four caliphs Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and […]
An improvised bomb exploded near a U.N. vehicle traveling near the northeastern Somali city of Garowe on Monday morning, killing six people — including four aid workers for the international children’s agency UNICEF. Somalia’s President called it “an attack against the future of our country.” The attack follows a separate […]
The Tunisian captain of a boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday, killing hundreds of migrants, has been charged with reckless multiple homicide, Italian officials say. He has also been charged along with a Syrian member of the crew with favouring illegal immigration. The two were among 27 survivors who […]
The Tunisian captain of a boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday, killing hundreds of migrants, has been charged with reckless multiple homicide, Italian officials say. He has also been charged along with a Syrian member of the crew with favouring illegal immigration. The two were among 27 survivors who […]
A car bomb has exploded outside a popular restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The BBC’s Moalimu Mohammed in Mogadishu says 11 people have been confirmed dead in the explosion and others have been seriously injured. Banooda restaurant is in front of the Central Hotel, which is often frequented by […]
The Huffington Post | By Carol Kuruvilla The Shroud of Turin is back. Believers and skeptics alike have another chance to see the controversial Christian relic, which went on display […]