It happened 41 years ago today, September 7, 1974: Muslim unity. And then it disappeared. And despite the sectarian violence, fatwas of infidelity, and state sanctioned terrorism, the myth of Muslim unity pervades the Muslim “Ummah.” I call it a myth because in every spectrum where it truly matters, Muslim […]
heraldsun.com.au: A VICIOUS attack has rocked members of a Langwarrin Muslim community centre. Police are appealing for witnesses after a man entered the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Association centre on September […]
Source: Newsweek Pakistan AS PART OF COW PROTECTION PUSH, GUJARAT GOVERNMENT HAS ERECTED BILLBOARDS CLAIMING TO SHOW THE QURAN DISCOURAGES CONSUMPTION OF BEEF. By Punit Paranjpe—AFP A Muslim leader in India warned Wednesday of communal unrest after a state government claimed the Quran discourages eating beef, the latest contentious effort to […]
Source: The Independent Two teachers at an Islamic school in Birmingham have been jailed for 12 months for “brutally” beating a young boy with a stick. The 10-year-old victim was repeatedly beaten for offences such as “talking in class” or “failing to read the Koran accurately” at Sparkbrook Islamic Centre […]
Huff Post: by Idrija Bose — An elderly Sikh-American man was brutally attacked and allegedly called a “terrorist” and “Bin Laden” in Chicago on Tuesday, Sikh advocacy groups report. The incident occurred just days before the 14th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Charges have yet to be filed, but police are […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told his administration to prepare for a “significant scaling up” of Syrian refugee admissions, under which the U.S. will take in at least 10,000 Syrians next […]
Moin Qazi’s Delightful Rendering of Khutbat e Madras Muhammad: The Prophet for Eternity- Lectures of Syed Sulaiman Nadvi (Khutbat e Madras) Translated by Moin Qazi Notion Press Muthu Kalathy Street, […]
Hyper-Polyglot, Greek Translator Speaks 32 Languages Greece native Ioannis Ikonomou learned English at age five, German at seven and Italian at barely 10. He hasn’t stopped since, and is currently mastering Albanian. Christoph B. Schiltz (2014-09-18) Share : Just a sampling of Ikonomou’s many greetings BRUSSELS — Inside a gray […]
Surprised that Syrian refugees have smartphones? Sorry to break this to you, but you’re an idiot You don’t need to be a white westerner to own a relatively cheap piece of technology James O’Malley “Hey, those people fleeing war in Syria aren’t poor at all! Look, they all have smartphones!” […]
Refugee crisis: Thank God for Germany taking responsibility – the rest of Europe appears to have forgotten the age-old lessons of history Thousands of years of our history can be traced via the movements of refugees. Often, they have been welcomed, and the societies receiving them enriched. Yet the same […]
583. Commandment – You shall not shed your blood or turn your people out of your homes [2:85] And remember the time when We took a covenant from you: ‘You shall not shed your blood or turn your people out of your homes;’ then you confirmed it; and you have been witness to it. […]
This Normal Life: Magic, demons and Judaism: what to do with troubling texts? Source: Jerusalem Post By Dr. Robin Stamler is a magic buff It’s not magic tricks that interest […]
…………….. In its new policy statement released Tuesday, the CPS says it does “not recommend the routine circumcision of every newborn male.” While that basic advice has not changed since […]
Source: The National Post TORONTO — A Richmond Hill, Ont., high school teacher connected to a series of anti-Islam tweets and a blog post discussing his desire to impose atheism […]
All India | Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: September 09, 2015 18:48 IST http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2-women-allegedly-raped-rescued-from-saudi-diplomats-gurgaon-home-1215651 GURGAON: They escaped the April earthquake in their country Nepal but found hell in the sprawling home of a Saudi Arabian diplomat in Gurgaon near Delhi. Two women rescued on Monday from the diplomat’s fifth floor apartment in […]
Tribune: ISLAMABAD: The federal government is considering legislation to ban sectarianism and any attempt to finance sectarian hatred. Takfir, meaning one Muslim declaring another Muslim Kafir (apostate), will be considered a […]
Economist: Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence. By Jonathan Sacks. Hodder & Stoughton; 305 pages; £20. To be published in America in October by Schocken; $28.95. THE Western world […]
http://player.theplatform.com/p/2E2eJC/nbcNewsOffsite?guid=f_fossils_150910 By David McKenzie and Hamilton Wende, CNN Updated 6:49 AM ET, Thu September 10, 2015 | Video below source: CNN Rising Star Cave, South Africa (CNN) When an amateur caver […]