A woman has died after being attacked in Colchester – and police say her full Muslim dress and veil may have been a factor. The woman, who has not yet been identified, was walking on the town’s Salary Brook Trail at 10.40am on Tuesday when she was violently beaten and […]
On a local Iraqi television network, a morning loop of reports about Da’esh — the Arabic equivalent of the acronym ISIS — detailed the horrors of the militant group’s return to Iraq. Each segment contained a litany of allegations: rape, destruction of heritage sites — especially churches — and wanton […]
A brutal attack on a crowd of World Cup watchers at a hotel in northern Kenya has reportedly left at least 48 people dead. One of the survivors told The Daily Beast that the assailants were killing non-Muslims execution-style. Kenyan government officials claimed the attack could be the work of […]
Jakarta. The “war on terror” proclaimed by US President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York has largely been wound down by his successor, […]
Young as they might be, Muslim students from Fort McMurray Islamic School in Canada’s Alberta district have succeeded in impressing the whole community by their special awareness day in which they highlighted Islamic beliefs, achievements and discoveries. “It’s a great event,” Emma Korolew, who attended the event, told Fort McMurray […]
The Team Mission Da’wah from the British Islamic Education and Research Academy (IERA) led a campaign in the Brazilian capital Sao Paolo to spread the teachings of Islam. In a video posted by the Da’wah group on YouTube, a Brazilian young man took the Shahada, the Muslim profession of faith and the […]
The Sri Lankan authorities have imposed a curfew on two southern towns to quell clashes between a hardline Buddhist group and Muslims. The latest violence began after a Buddhist rally in Aluthgama. READ MORE…
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president pledged Saturday to help Iraq fight militants surging through its north if asked, including potentially assisting U.S. forces if it decides on taking military action. READ MORE…
Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s prime minister on Saturday gave security forces the OK to use “all measures” at their disposal to find and free three teenagers believed kidnapped in an area of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The teens have been missing since late Thursday or Friday, having last been […]
The church-run schools in East Jerusalem are considered the best schools in that part of the city — some would say in the entire city. Their Christian administrators are proud of the religious tolerance and openness that typifies their institutions, where a majority of the students are Muslim. But in […]
The al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) announced Friday that a Shariah-based system of governance will be imposed in Mosul and other cities and towns in Iraq that have been overtaken by militants. It is already forbidden in Iraq to enact legislation that is antithetical to Islam, but the imposition of Shariah […]
Islamic clerics have said one of the means of ensuring unity, particularly among Muslims in Nigeria, is by returning to the guidance of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH) as understood and practiced by the pious Muslim predecessors. They have also urged security agents in […]
Over the next four weeks, 32 nations will battle it out on football fields across Brazil during the FIFA 2014 World Cup football tournament – but only two teams will represent the Middle East. Proud props to Algeria and Iran – (and mabruk for a winning outcome!) – but while MENA […]
“Why are there no Muslim philosophers?” Sudipta Kaviraj posed this question to me while I was studying some critical Western texts of philosophy in the fall of 2009 with him. Although this is a complicated question – which I do not take at face value, given that Kaviraj is himself […]
Prime Minister says football tournament and Muslim fasting month of Ramadan present chance to put fighting on hold. The prime minister of the Central African Republic has called for a pause in the country’s devastating violence so that the population can enjoy the football World Cup that starts in Brazil on Thursday. […]
Saudi cleric Sheikh ‘Abd Al-Rahman Al-Barrak says that the popular sport is an “abomination” and goes against many of the foundations of Islam. READ MORE
A world awaits as a nation that nurtured and developed the fine art of our game attempts to stage a tournament to remember, where personal battles and public […]
The Irish Times The country in the world most faithful to the values of the Koran is Ireland according to Hossein Askari, an Iranian-born academic at George Washingon University in the US. The country in the world most faithful to the values of the Koran is Ireland according to an Iranian-born academic […]
pigraph: 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 […]
Source: The Irish Times The country in the world most faithful to the values of the Koran is Ireland according to an Iranian-born academic at George Washingon University in the US. Next are Denmark, Sweden and the UK. In a BBC interview, Hossein Askari, Professor of International Business and International […]