Credit: Telegraph Security Editor Terrorists could be slipping through the net because of the spy agencies inability to monitor modern communications, the head of MI5 has warned. Jonathan Evans, the […]
Huff Post: Monique Parsons. The Arabic term, often mistranslated as “holy war” or narrowly defined as religiously justified warfare, is at its root actually a synonym for “struggle” or “striving.” “When confronted with the easy path and the right path, it’s choosing the right path over the easy path,” said […]
Al-monitor: Caryle Murphy. “No one can claim monopoly of truth or righteousness in the name of Islamic law (Shariah),” declared the statement, many of whose 2,600 signatories were in their 20s. “We are young citizens who seek to create a … community that follows the example of the prophet, peace […]
Observer: MUSCAT — Islam has played an important role in the rise of Russian civilisation. It is its inherent part and the history of Islamic studies in Russia, termed the […]
The Sahaba mosque in Créteil, a Paris suburb, popular with those converting to Islam, which is a small but growing number – Agnes Dherbeys for The New York Times Source: […]
Huff Post: S. Brent Plate. He is drawn to ritual and tradition, and gleefully syncretizes elements of Hindu, Muslim, and Christian practices. What sticks in his throat most is the absence of ritual, the hindrances to the ceremonies of drawing things to a close and allowing a little cosmos in […]
ScieneDaily: Feb. 1, 2013 — We’ve all heard examples of animal altruism: Dogs caring for orphaned kittens, chimps sharing food or dolphins nudging injured mates to the surface. Now, a study led by the University of Colorado Boulder suggests some plants are altruistic too. The researchers looked at corn, in which […]
Swamy Lakshmi Shankarcharya addressed in Hyderabad on 14th of Oct, 2012 and more recently in Patna. A Vedic Scholar who Finds Islam is religion of peace and guidance to all […]
Health (USNews): Yoni Freedhoff. I’ve heard it said hundreds of times. From patients, from colleagues, and sometimes from the media: “It takes three weeks to form a habit.” But in my experience, both personally and professionally, the notion that true habits—behaviors that persist in the face of major life upheavals […]
Patheos: Paul Louis Metzger. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has developed an initiative titled Muslims for Peace. While persecuted by other Muslim groups as heretical given their claim that Jesus has already returned metaphorically through the founder of their movement, and while Christians may find their peaceable posture inconsistent with Islam as they perceive […]
Huff Post: Krista Larson and Michelle Faul. SEVARE, Mali — Timbuktu, the fabled desert city where retreating Muslim extremists destroyed ancient manuscripts, was a center of Islamic learning hundreds of years before Columbus landed in the Americas. The library held about 30,000 manuscripts of which only about one third had been […]
Ahmadiyya Times: Now, in Frankfurt, Ahmadyya-Muslims have launched a campaign for life, which is to do away with prejudices and demonstrates the peaceful teachings of Islam. Muslims suffer from many prejudices that are associated with animosity against Islam. In almost every Western culture their religion is seen as aggressive, the Muslims themselves […]
Huff Post: Ken Wytsma. I think much the same can be said about justice. At least the conversation is happening. At least awareness is growing. I don’t have the time or energy to weed out everyone else’s mixed motives, let alone my own. I’m simply glad that people who otherwise […]
ScienceDaily: Jan. 27, 2013 — Scientists at ASU are celebrating their recent success on the path to understanding what makes the fiber that spiders spin — weight for weight — at least five times as strong as piano wire. They have found a way to obtain a wide variety of elastic […]
Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says that marches and rallies serve no purpose. The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Fifth Khalifa, has said that […]
Huff Post: Catherine Hochman. Maybe religion is the result of our neurons firing chemical signals at one another. Maybe it is a mistake caused by natural selection. Or maybe it is the by-product of society’s effort to impose authority. On the other hand, maybe not. Has science explained religion […]
Huff Post: Lesley Hazleton. Everyone knows his name. He was, and still is, one of the most influential figures of all time, yet most of us have little real sense […]
A Liberal Democrat MP facing disciplinary action after accusing “the Jews” of atrocities against Palestinians has issued a public apology for causing “unintended offence”. David Ward’s comments – posted on his website ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day – were condemned by party chiefs and sparked a furious backlash. Read more […]