107. Commandment to observe Prayer [14:32] Say to My servants who have believed, that they should observe Prayer and spend out of what We have given them, secretly and openly, before there comes a day wherein there will be neither bargaining nor friendship. [2:111] And observe Prayer and pay the […]
By Shah A Siddiqui It is a shame for Pakistanis to keep the name of the country on the ground of “Islam” and also there is no need to apron string the ‘Islamic’ with the country’s name. Simple “Pakistan” or “People’s Republic of Pakistan” is very appropriate according to the […]
CBS-ABN News: by RG Cruz — MANILA (UPDATE) – US President Barack Obama steered clear of China on Monday night as he said that the United States’ commitment to defend the Philippines is iron-clad. This, after the US leader failed to categorically say during an earlier joint press conference with President Benigno […]
MADINAH: YUSUF MUHAMMAD Published — Monday 28 April 2014 Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims of different nationalities arrive in the Kingdom to perform Umrah and visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. Arab News met Jordanian pilgrim Abdul Rahman Mahmoud, 50, on Saturday while he was taking a stroll in the […]
KHAN AL-SUBUL, Syria: Under the leadership of a young, battle-hardened rebel commander, the men entrusted with the first American missiles to be delivered to the Syrian war are engaged in an ambitious effort to forge a new, professional army. Abdullah Awda, 28, says he and his recently formed Harakat Hazm […]
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our […]
Courtesy: Ansar Raza: Missionary Vaughan Jama`at Source: Pak Tea House July 26th, 2013 | 149 Comments This is an insightful and intelligently argued article sent to us by Miss Mahnoor Khan. She makes a very pertinent point that the present Muslim mindset and for that matter to some extent even extremism, are outcomes […]
The Hindu: by Yasser Latif Hamdani — The doublespeak among Pakistan’s middle class is pushing the country backwards. But there is still hope The founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah never claimed that all Muslims were a nation. He said that only for Muslims in undivided India who he felt constituted a […]
STORY SUMMARY by David Ignatius Iraq appears to be slipping back into civil war, and Sheikh Zaydan al-Jabiri, one of the political leaders of the Sunni insurgent group known as the Tribal Revolutionaries, seems confident that his side is winning. Make no mistake: Brutal sectarian war has come again to […]
UCAnews.com: by Katharina R. Lestari — Muslim council demands sect adheres to mainstream teachings Followers of a minority Muslim sect in Indonesia are continuing daily prayers in their West Java mosque despite a call for a ban from the district’s Indonesian Ulema Council. Syaiful Uyun, an Ahmadiya cleric at the […]
BBC News — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged equal opportunities and rights for men and women, and condemned sexual discrimination. In a speech marking Women’s Day, Mr Rouhani criticised “those who consider women’s presence society as a threat” and said Iran still had “a long way to go” to […]
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called the mass killing of Jews in the Holocaust “the most heinous crime” against humanity in the modern era. Mr. Abbas’ statement was published Sunday by […]
Story Summary At the last elections, in 2010, it was clear that what the people of Iraq wanted did not really matter, and that with Iran’s backing, Nouri al-Maliki was sure to be re-elected. Having endured so much over the last 11 years, with hundreds of thousands dead and a […]
ABS.CBN news — MANILA — The signing of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation (EDC) between the United States and the Philippines has been scheduled on Monday morning, ahead of the arrival of US President Barack Obama. Prime Berunia, information officer of the Department of National Defense, said the agreement will be […]
theguardian: by Suzanne Goldenberg — It’s big and bumpy with a gooey interior and a powerful smell of decay – but it could help keep millions of people from hunger. Researchers say jackfruit – a large ungainly fruit grown across south and south-east Asia – could be a replacement for […]
Daily Times: The recent discourse regarding terrorism and terrorists has taken a turn from combatant to non-combatant stakeholders and it has left the citizens of Pakistan bewildered about whether they are the democratic citizens of Pakistan or the denizens of an alien land In recent times, a lot has been […]
Source: BBC A baby Java mouse-deer – one of the smallest hoofed animals in the world – has been born at a zoo in southern Spain. The newborn deer is […]
Source: flickr.com From left to right: Back row: 1. Master Ghulam Muhammad of Sialkot 2. Sayyid Hamid Shah 3. Mir Nasir Nawab 4. Munshi Taj Din 5. Hakim Fazl Ilahi of […]
Source: thejakartapost.com Ahmadis in Ciamis, West Java, are observing their religious activities as usual at the Nur Khilafat Mosque, despite a call from the local Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) for them to cease worshipping in a bid to maintain security and order. “Everything is normal and secure as of now. Hopefully, […]