The End of the Secular Republic
Source: The Atlantic India’s and Turkey’s leaders are turning buildings into battlegrounds for nationalists. In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has acted on his yearlong quest to restore the historic […]
China Seeks to Use Access to Covid-19 Vaccines for Diplomacy
Source: WSJ Beijing’s top officials and its drugmakers have offered Brazil, Indonesia, Pakistan, Russia and the Philippines priority in receiving doses and other deals TAIPEI—With China closing in on a […]
Did Mother Mary Bodily Go to Heaven At the End of Her Earthly Life?
Pope Francis offers Mass in Gyumri, Armenia June 25, 2016. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA. Aug. 15, 2020 Courtney Mares Catholic News Agency VATICAN CITY — On the Solemnity of the Assumption […]
From the Facebook of Rana Jaber, Beirut:
Rana Jaber 5h · My friend Donato wrote this message in support of Lebanon and a tribute to all his Lebanese friends, love you Donato Colucci This is what he wrote: I spent days to think about a comment to support this fundraising initiative organised by Hala Jaber and Rana Jaber. I […]
A little known fact: How Sir Zafrullah Khan gave a Pakistani Passport to the Moroccan Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Zafarullah Khan overnight issued Pakistani Passport for Ahmed Balafrej Morocco’s First Foreign Minister to address General Assembly from Pakistan’s Platform Promoted posts: We are all living in the Womb […]
Lebanon president fails to rule out peace with Israel
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has cast doubt over his position on making peace with Israel after he failed to rule out the possibility during an exclusive interview August 17, 2020 […]
Saudi Arabia ends loan and oil supply to Pakistan over its criticism of OIC on Kashmir
August 10, 2020 Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman is welcomed by Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan ahead of their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on February 17, […]
Political Thought in Contemporary Shi‘a Islam: Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din
August 16, 2020 at 9:00 am | Book Author(s) : Farah Kawtharani Published Date : November 2019 Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan Hardcover : 256 pages ISBN-13 : 978-3030280567 Omar Ahmed […]
Another contribution of Aga Khan
Celebrated Philanthropist and Leader of the Shia Ismailia community, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, has contributed 250,000 euros to the Global Response to COVID-19 Conference. This conference was held […]
Aga Khan development fund to buy Seacom cable for $603m
29 July 2020 | Alan Burkitt-Gray An international development agency run by the Aga Khan has applied for regulatory permission to buy 100% of Seacom, the subsea cable that links […]
Pope Francis’ critics are dividing the church and families—including mine.
Mike LewisAugust 13, 2020 Pope Francis is seen silhouette as he arrives to meet New Zealand’s Governor-General Jerry Mateparae during a private audience at the Vatican May 15. (CNS photo/Gabriel […]
Novavax Launches Covid-19 Vaccine Efficacy Trial In South Africa
Source: Yahoo Finance Late-stage biotech Novavax ( NVAX) has announced the beginning of a Phase 2b clinical trial in South Africa to evaluate the efficacy of NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine […]
‘Highest temperature on Earth’ as Death Valley, US hits 54.4C
Epigraph: The sun and the moon run their courses according to a fixed reckoning. And the stemless plants and the trees humbly submit to His will. And the heaven He […]
In ‘The Second Mountain,’ David Brooks Chronicles His Journey Toward Faith
Book: The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, by David Brooks Source: New York Times Book review by Mark Epstein, who is a psychiatrist in New York City. […]
Covid vaccine tracker: when will we have a coronavirus vaccine?
Source: The Guardian By Niko Kommenda and Frank Hulley-Jones Researchers around the world are racing to develop a vaccine against Covid-19, with more than 170 candidate vaccines now tracked by the World Health Organization […]
What does Islam say about climate change and climate action?
Muslims already have an environmentalist framework to follow. It is set in Islam. by Ibrahim Ozdemir 12 Aug 2020 Large areas in the Middle East are expected to become uninhabitable due to frequent heatwaves in the next few decades. File photo, September 2015, Mecca, Saudi Arabia [Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP Photo] […]
MN faith leaders gather in support of Muslim community following attack
A Twin Cities imam was assaulted earlier this month. DECLAN DESMOND ISAIAHMN, Twitter Minnesota religious and political leaders are making a show of support for the state’s Muslim community following an attack on a local imam. On Friday, a group of speakers gathered outside the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington. Among […]
More than 170,000 people with coronavirus have died in the US
More than 170,000 people with coronavirus have died in the US, a Johns Hopkins University count shows https://t.co/QTg3pvYDtT pic.twitter.com/WPyGXPRJJB — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 17, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The best […]
Al-Mujeeb: the Answerer of Prayers
Source: The Muslim Sunrise WRITTEN BY FAZAL MASOOD MALIK & FARHAN KHOKAR An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 hit the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga in the early hours of May […]
UAE minister says UAE-Israel agreement not directed at Iran
Short Url https://arab.news/rz5zp The UAE summoned the Chargé d’Affairs at the Iranian embassy in Abu Dhabi The official was handed a “strongly worded memo” over threatening statements made by Iran’s President […]