Eat Well : Healthy eating tips for Ramadan
By INDRA BALARATNAM – May 8, 2018 THE holy month of Ramadan is the time for Muslims to practise restraint both physically and spiritually. From a food aspect, this is […]
US withdrawal from Iran deal will create new conflicts, presidential spox Kalın says
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL The United States’ decision to unilaterally withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal will only create more instability and conflicts, presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said late Tuesday. “The multilateral deal will continue with other signatories,” Kalın said in a tweet after Trump’s announcement, saying the decision […]
Rouhani says Iran conditionally will stay in nuclear deal
May 8, 2018 President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran will conditionally stay in the JCPOA with other signatories, stressing that Iran has always complied with its commitments to the nuclear deal, […]
Iran nuclear deal: Trump pulls US out in break with Europe allies
US President Donald Trump says he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran. Calling it “decaying and rotten”, he said the deal was “an embarrassment” […]
Secret witness testifies against US pastor Andrew Brunson
Source: CT The US president added: ‘They call him a Spy, but I am more a Spy than he is. Hopefully he will be allowed to come home to his beautiful family where he belongs!’The US administration later warned Turkey that it was considering punitive ‘consequences’ if the country does […]
Donald Trump’s decision on the Iran nuclear deal could have a disastrous ripple effect on the fight against terrorism
Trump may see this as a way to diminish Obama’s legacy, but in Saudi Arabia the Iran deal is not a matter of internal politics but existential security – it’s crucial he […]
What do Ramadan Mubarak and Ramadan Kareem mean, are the greetings different and when can you say them?
Greeting options What do Ramadan Mubarak and Ramadan Kareem mean, are the greetings different and when can you say them? During Ramadan their are two greetings that can be used […]
Why Hold the Peace Symposium
One may ask: Why hold a Peace Symposium? Al Hakam reported on the 15th Peace Symposium of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in the very first issue that came out on 23 March 2018. […]
Divinity of Jesus a.s. – How to assess the Divinity of Jesus a.s.?
Farhan Iqbal, Canada Most Christians today believe that God is one being in three persons. This is a fundamental bone of contention between Muslims and Christians. This contention largely surrounds […]
Revealed: Trump team hired spy firm for ‘dirty ops’ on Iran arms deal
Israeli agency told to find incriminating material on Obama diplomats who negotiated deal with Tehran Mark Townsend and Julian Borger in Washington Sat 5 May 2018 Donald Trump promised the […]
US spied on over 500 million domestic phone records in 2017, official report says
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Reuters Photo The National Security Agency (NSA) collected over 534 million U.S. phone records in 2017, according to a government report released late Friday. […]
Young British Muslims are becoming much more liberal – but they aren’t less religious as a result
Source: Independent Muslims, especially second generation Muslims, seem to be finding ways to reconcile British culture with religion. It’s only natural that, when Islamic thought has adapted to the context […]
It’s not clear if Trump and Netanyahu want a war with Iran – but they may fall into one all the same
Disastrous US interventions in the Middle East made Iran a powerful enemy – Trump shouldn’t make the same mistake with the nuclear deal Patrick Cockburn @indyworld It’s not clear if Trump […]
25 INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN MUSLIMS
25 INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN MUSLIMS By Daniel Burke and Madeleine Stix, CNN.com 4/5/2018 We asked American Muslims to name the most influential people in their fields. Here’s what they said Who speaks for American Muslims? The short answer is, no one. No individual or group can claim to speak for this country’s nearly 3.5 million Muslims, a diverse […]
CNN: Who speaks for American Muslims?
Who speaks for American Muslims? The short answer is, no one. No individual or group can claim to speak for this country’s nearly 3.5 million Muslims, a diverse and dynamic […]
Edward Said’s Orientalism: Forty years later
Forty years after the publication of Edward Said’s seminal work, Orientalism lives on in other shapes and forms. by Hamid Dabashi 3 May 2018 Orientalism was the right book at […]
Islamophobia prompts Muslims to engage in US democracy: report
Anti-Muslim measures have backfired, causing the US Muslim population to protest and run for office in higher numbers. by Dalia Hatuqa Islamophobic attacks are on the rise in the […]
The number of refugees admitted to the U.S. has fallen, especially among Muslims
By Phillip Connor and Jens Manuel Krogstad Syrian refugee Baraa Haj Khalaf receives a kiss from her mother, Fattoum Haj Khalaf, in February 2017 shortly after the family had arrived […]
Utah: 16,000 years old horse unearthed in Utah
Paleontologists recently determined that a skeleton discovered during a landscaping project belonged to a horse from the Pleistocene Era. NYTimes 03/05/2018An illustration of Haringtonhippus francisci, an extinct horse species that was found in North America during the last ice age. Rick Hunter, a Utah paleontologist, said the horse, whose skeleton […]
Pope to Chile abuse victims: I was part of the problem
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — The three whistleblowers in Chile’s sex abuse scandal urged Pope Francis on Wednesday to transform his apology for having discredited them […]