The Christian apostle Paul (Saul of Tarsus) and Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim ruler after the death of Prophet Muhammad, were both great men of faith who etched their influence on their respective religions. In his commentary on Paul, Luke Timothy Johnson, a professor at Emory University, said: “Paul […]
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 4 August 2012 Saudi students at Murray State University in Kentucky have received a license to establish an Islamic center where they can organize cultural and […]
By Matthew Brown, Deseret News WEST VALLEY CITY — On Aug. 19, Mohmmad Jbailat will have fasted for 29 days, a pillar of his Islamic faith and an opportunity to […]
Credit: Asia Times The image the White House used to illustrate United States President Barack Obama’s phone call to Recep Tayyip Erdogan conveyed a simple but blunt message, according to the Turkish press: “Whack Bashar, Erdogan Bey”. However, in helping overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Turkish prime minister is […]
Source: Globe and Mail The Olympic clash of cultures – Muslim tradition versus judo tradition – went to the fundamentalist Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s as female judo fighter Wojdan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani will fight in Friday’s heavyweight match wearing a head scarf or hijab. But the main Imam of […]
Source: Toronto Star Himy Syed has set himself some lofty goals this Ramadan: to break fast at 30 mosques in the GTA over 30 days and not gain any weight in the process. It helps that he gets to most of his destinations by bike. Already, over the course of […]
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom either alone or in community with others […]
Russian TV: A non-binding draft resolution on Syria pushed by several Arab states is about to be put to vote at the UN General Assembly. Russia has already announced that […]
Source: Northumbeland Today – July 21 marked the beginning of the Holiest month for Muslims, the month of Ramadan. The month of Ramadan predates Islam itself. Even prior to the advent of Islam, the month of Ramadan was considered holy, sacred and a source of peace. According to the lunar […]
Source: CBC News, CityTv At 11:50 p.m. on Wednesday, police responded to a weapons call on Colombo Crescent, near Jane Street and Teston Road. Police say that an altercation had occurred, which resulted in two victims — a 22-year-old man and a 27-year-old man —suffering stab wounds. The two men […]
Source: The Jewish Week After sundown on Sunday, at the end of the day-long Tisha b’Av fast that commemorates the destruction of the Holy Temples in ancient Jerusalem, the more […]
by Jennifer Fulwiler – National Catholic Register I remember the first time I found out that one of my friends had an arranged marriage. I was at a work function and struck up a conversation with a coworker in which I asked him how he and his wife met. When […]
RT: US President Barack Obama has signed a secret order allowing the CIA and other American agencies to support rebels seeking to overthrow the Assad regime, a US government source told Reuters. Obama reportedly gave the order, known as an intelligence “finding”, earlier this year. The presidential finding also provides […]
Saman Mohammadi Infowars.com August 1, 2012 Following unofficial reports by Voltaire Network that Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia was assassinated on July 26, analysts pointed to the government of Syria […]
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/31/hell-and-al-qaida-descend-on-syria Tarek Fatah, Toronto Sun Who would have thought a Canadian mother of two would leave her children behind and join the international jihad unfolding in Syria? Meet Thwaiba Kanafani. She left the comforts of her apartment in downtown Toronto, soon to appear in a YouTube video dressed in camouflaged […]
By Diana Rojas. In the year 2000, Islam had about 27, 239 followers in Brazil, according to the census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). In the census, the IBGE did not allocate a specific category to Islam, but instead included it in the category of “other […]
US President Barack Obama has reportedly signed a secret order, authorizing more support for rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. The decree broadly permits the CIA and other US agencies to aid militants in Syria against the country’s army, Reuters quoted informed sources as saying on Wednesday. The […]
Source: Stratfor: By Scott Stewart The unraveling of the al Assad regime in Syria will produce many geopolitical consequences. One potential consequence has garnered a great deal of media attention in recent days: the possibility of the regime losing control of its chemical weapons stockpile. In an interview aired July […]
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When Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip fatally shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, archduke Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, the assassination is seen as the event that […]