A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
Jakarta Globe: Indonesia’s two largest Muslim groups count a third of the country’s population as followers, but appear to be losing ground in shaping the national conversation about Islam. Drowned out by the raucous voices of Islamic political parties and confrontational hardline groups, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah are being […]
Click here to watch one minute video More than 100 thousand Palestinians attended the first Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan. Israeli soldiers storm Al-Aqsa mosque at Taraweeh Prayer West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli occupation forces stormed yesterday at night Al-Aqsa mosque, in Jerusalem’s old city, after more than […]
Immediate improvement was seen in tests measuring depression and hopefulness. A University of Michigan Health System study has found that attending a non-denominational spiritual retreat can help patients with severe heart trouble feel less depressed and more hopeful about the future. Heart patients who participated in a four-day retreat that […]
Source: The New York Times NASHVILLE — Tennessee’s latest woes include high unemployment, continuing foreclosures and a battle over collective-bargaining rights for teachers. But when a Republican representative took the Statehouse floor during a recent hearing, he warned of a new threat to his constituents’ way of life: Islamic law. Read […]
Source: The New York Times To the Editor: Contrary to David Yerushalmi’s claims, America has nothing to fear from Shariah. Islam requires that people must voluntarily abide by Shariah in order for it to be applied. The example of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA — the oldest and longest established […]
Source: The Jakarta Post Two members of British parliament, Siobhain McDonagh and Eric Lubbock, have condemned the recent lenient sentences handed down to 12 men involved in a brutal attack against members of Ahmadiyah sect in Cikeusik, Banten. Siobhain, also the chairwoman of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group for […]
Source: The New York Times Go ahead, picture a religious Jew. Now picture a Muslim cleric. Now an Amish farmer. What do they have in common? Beards. And not neatly trimmed beards, but, in the popular stereotype, long, unruly beards, which connote piety, spiritual intensity and a life so hard […]
Source: The New York Times NAIROBI, Kenya — The Shabab militant Islamist group withdrew on Saturday morning from Mogadishu, the bullet-ridden capital of Somalia, and the entire city is now under government control for the first time in years. Witnesses described truckloads of heavily armed Shabab fighters motoring away under […]
Source: OnIslam & News Agencies Amid fresh arrests, restrictions on fasting and prayers at mosques, Uighur Muslims are suffering under the latest episode of Chinese government crackdown on their ethnic minority in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. “If any religious figure discusses Ramadan during the course of religious activities, or […]
Source: This is local London The brother of a Pakistani man whose name was published on a religious murder list by Muslim fanatics has said he is distraught with worry. Chaudhary Nawaz, from Hillcross Avenue in Morden, said his brother Dr Muhammad Nawaz, a technology college academic in Pakistan, had […]
Source: BBC News The video shows a young woman getting into her car for a spin around town with a friend. Giggling away, they sound excited yet nervous. And all the while, they comment on the reactions of passers-by. So far, the story sounds uneventful. After all, millions of women […]
Source: BBC News An Indian militant group may be linked to last month’s deadly blasts in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay), the country’s home minister has said. Palaniappan Chidambaram said ongoing investigations pointed to the involvement of an “Indian module”. Twenty-six people were killed in the three blasts that […]
Source: New York Times Despite years of great progress in treating AIDS, the number of new infections with the virus that causes it has remained stubbornly around 50,000 a year in the United States for a decade, according to new figures released on Wednesday by federal officials. The American epidemic is […]
Israeli police forces have deployed en masse to limit Palestinian access to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the holy month of Ramadan. Israel deployed over 2,000 of its police forces and border guards around the compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), Press TV reported. Palestinians were heading toward the mosque to […]
Israeli teachers and students have joined anti-regime demonstrators that have once again taken to the streets across Israel to protest the soaring costs of living and education. “Hopefully, what we are saying here, we make the government some sort of a change of mind, that eventually, will make improve the […]
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa on Friday defended the country’s judicial system after a court sentenced Muslim radicals to a few months in jail for killing members of a minority sect. The sentences handed down last month to 12 defendants over a deadly lynch mob attack on members of the Ahmadiyah […]
Source: The New York Times The possible presence of liquid water is certain to revive speculation that Mars is teeming with microbial organisms. The recipe for life, at least as we know it, calls for liquid water, carbon-based molecules and a source for energy. There is plenty of ice on […]
Source: The New York Times LONGHUI COUNTY, China — Many parents and grandparents in this mountainous region of terraced rice and sweet potato fields have long known to grab their babies and find the nearest hiding place whenever family planning officials show up. Too many infants, they say, have been snatched by […]
Source: Calgary Herald Mohammad Sharif is thankful his family can celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in peace. While the Canadian military has ended its commitment in Afghanistan, violence has continued, including two recent, high-profile political assassinations. Sharif said he wouldn’t dare return to Afghanistan, even for a visit. […]
Source: VOA News As the month of Ramadan begins, many millions of Muslims around the world are joining in a collective fast intended to help purify their souls. But for the more than half a million African-American Muslims, many of whom descend from former slaves, Ramadan has a special meaning […]