Simplicity is a Virtue: 84 Square Feet House
Epigraph: Know that the life of this world is only a sport and a pastime, and an adornment, and a source of boasting among yourselves, and of rivalry in multiplying riches and children. This life […]
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Zia H Shah
He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
The pagan roots of Easter
Source: The Guardian From Ishtar to Eostre, the roots of the resurrection story go deep. We should embrace the pagan symbolism of Easter By Heather McDougall, theguardian.com, Saturday 3 April 2010 09.00 […]
Singapore Airshow: Can China dominate aircraft manufacturing?
Continue reading the main story in BBC Aerospace and Defence Boeing gets $4.6bn China plane order Australia: Second airport for Sydney Easyjet pledges 2,500 jobs at Luton Boeing 787 design […]
Ali Dayan Hasan: The Wrong Kind of Pakistani
Guernica: by Ali Dayan Hasan — On the invention of “the liberal extremist” and the attempted assassination of a friend. He’s just the wrong kind of Pakistani—the kind that is killed nowadays. On March 28 in Lahore, my friend of almost thirty years, Raza Rumi, journalist and much else, survived […]
Exclusive – U.S. force in Afghanistan may be cut to less than 10,000 troops
April 22, 2014 – 00:28 By Missy Ryan and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan may drop well below 10,000 – the minimum demanded […]
Palestinians mull handing territory ‘keys’ back to Israel
AFP ARABNEWS.COM Published — Tuesday 22 April 2014 JERUSALEM: Palestinian negotiators have warned they may pass responsibility for their territory back to occupying power Israel if peace talks remain stalled, a senior Palestinian official said Sunday. The official said the Palestinians told US peace envoy Martin Indyk on Friday that […]
Syria calls presidential election for June 3
DAMASCUS — Syria said Monday it will hold a presidential election expected to return President Bashar Assad to office on June 3, despite a civil war that has killed tens of thousands. Underlining the ongoing violence, mortar fire hit near the parliament building shortly before the election was announced, killing […]
Jordan: Deputies call for denouncing US congressmen’s breaking into Al Aqsa
AMMAN — Fifteen deputies on Monday requested that Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour and the parliaments of Arab and Muslim countries denounce two US congressmen’s participation in breaking into Al Aqsa Mosque. Deputy Khalil Atiyeh submitted a petition to Lower House Speaker Atef Tarawneh in this regard. US congressmen Bill Johnson […]
Boston Marathon’s Muslim Runners To Play A Critical Role In Shattering Stereotypes
Huff Post: by Omar Sacirbey — (RNS) Ask Jalon Fowler, a 38-year-old IT specialist for John Hancock Financial Services, what advice she would give to two Muslim friends who will each be running their first Boston Marathon, and this Muslim convert is happy to opine. “Go easy; stay relaxed,” Fowler […]
Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter’s life story is a warning to us about racism and revenge
theguardian: by Geoffry Robertson — In 1976, I was a junior lawyer on Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter’s retrial defence team. His story has a significance that should outlive his death. It all began with the riots in Watts and Harlem in the early 1960s, which left 13 black children killed by […]
Nutrition and Health for South Asians: Prevention is Better than Cure
Book written by Suhail A. Khan Introduction of the Book The quality of life begins with the quality of the foods that sustains it. Health includes not merely the absence of disease. Healthy living is a matter of conscious choice. Our diet determines in large part how we look, how […]
[Video] Documentary about Dr. John Alexander Dowie – Islam Ahmadiyya
Source: ernakulamjamaatnews.blogspot.in The video is in Malayalam For our English audience: Ahmadiyya Muslims view this prophecy of the battle of Armageddon as a spiritual battle or struggle in the present age between […]
Malaysia: Harassed Ahmadiyyas may seek sanctuary in the West
Source: freemalaysiatoday.com The recent raid on their community centre by Jais and possible civil suits has left them little choice but to consider leaving Malaysia. SELAYANG: The Ahmadiyya community in Kampung […]
INDONESIA: HATRED FOR SALE – Organized persecution of Shiites launched
Source: thejakartapost.com More than 1,000 people attended an anti-Shia declaration on Sunday at the Al Fajr mosque in the West Java capital of Bandung, in what appeared to be the first […]
(PROMO) Inspiring foretaste of Jalsa Germany 2014 – Islam Ahmadiyya
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[Urdu Video] Rah-e-Huda 12th April 2014 – Ask Questions About Islam Ahmadiyya
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A New Muslim Renaissance is Here
Source: The Time Magazine By Rabia Chaudry, who is an attorney and the founder and president of the Safe Nation Collaborative. History is witness to a time past when the Islamic civilization produced globally unparallelled architecture, literature, science, philosophy, theological discourse, and cultural influences – influences so strong it made European […]
eDigest: Why Blasphemy Laws Are Actually Anti-Islamic
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We have sent down to Our servant (Muhammad), then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers beside […]
From ‘goof’ to maths genius thanks to a blow to the head
Source: The Telegraph By Rosa Prince, New York Jason Padgett is one of the world’s few ‘sudden savants’ – able to draw elaborate geometric fractals following a brain injury which changed his […]
David Cameron accused of fostering division in ‘Christian’ UK
Guardian: More than 50 prominent public figures including novelist, diplomats, Nobel prize winners and playwrights have accused David Cameron of fostering divisions in the UK by repeatedly referring to Britain […]