Source: CNN Including Syria, which is a big mistake. Far more than an argument over an obscure shard of territory on the edge of Nowhere-on-Don, the catastrophe now taking place in and around Syria ranks as a fundamental challenge and threat to the current world order. Syria, not Crimea, directly […]
Mariam Karouny/Reuter A general view shows the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal in Lebanon near the Syrian border. Shiite Muslims from the Bekaa Valley town of al-Labwa recently cut off the Sunni Muslim town of Arsal from the rest of Lebanon. (Reuters/Hassan Abdallah ) Conflict in Syria kills […]
85. Whoso hopes to meet Allah, let him be prepared for it, for Allah’s appointed time is certainly coming [29:6] Whoso hopes to meet Allah, let him be prepared for it, for Allah’s appointed time is certainly coming. And He is the All-Hearing, the All-knowing. [18:111] Say, ‘I am only a man like […]
by Luigi Jorio, swissinfo.ch in Faham, Thailand April 2, 2014 – 11:00 Palm trees and a swimming pool, games and outings – this is not a holiday camp, but a […]
By Noam Sheizaf |Published April 2, 2014 Diplomatic process in crisis: Staying away is Kerry’s best move Kerry’s team has been so sensitive to Netanyahu’s political needs that it kept handing the Israeli prime minister political achievements without getting anything in return. This dynamic has been put on hold now, […]
Slate.com: No one has ever accused Saudi Arabia of being the Holland of the Middle East. You know, Holland, the country of unbridled liberalism where they encourage euthanization via legal pot brownie consumption. But, a recent report from Human Rights Watch shows new laws in Saudi Arabia have taken the country a […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb went off shortly before his convoy was due to […]
KUALA LUMPUR — A police investigation may never determine the reason why the Malaysia Airlines jetliner disappeared, and search planes scouring the Indian Ocean for any sign of its wreckage […]
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Apr. 02 2014 Few regions in the Muslim world have seen as much warfare in modern times as Afghanistan. Foreign interventions and invasions have been an almost constant threat to […]
84. Thou, O man, art verily labouring towards thy Lord, a hard labouring [84:7] Thou, O man, art verily labouring towards thy Lord, a hard labouring; then thou art going to meet Him. [94:8] So when thou art free, strive hard, [94:9] And to thy Lord do thou attend whole-heartedly. [4:126] And who is better […]
BY Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service Friday, 28 March 2014 14:18 Police officers stand guard at the entrance to the new Azraq Syrian refugee camp, which is under construction east of Amman, Jordan, March 25. Azraq Refugee Camp will open April 30, according to a U.N. official.- CNS photo/Muhammad Hamed, […]
A leading Islamic scholar, and a winner of the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies, has slammed orientalists in the West for spreading false information about the religion. Muhammad Mustafa Azmi, who specializes in Hadith studies, said: “Their false and misleading works are now called research but have no […]
Extremist voices and groups have hijacked Islam and misappropriated the right to speak on its behalf, according to Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani. In his address at the inaugural session of the 25th Session of the Arab Summit held in Kuwait recently, he stressed that […]
RAMALLAH/BRUSSELS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed a request to join several UN agencies on Tuesday, in a move that could derail a US push to revive faltering peace talks with Israel. “The Palestinian leadership has unanimously approved a decision to seek membership of 15 UN agencies and international treaties, […]
People leave the Deir Rafat Catholic Convent whose walls were sprayed with a graffiti (right) reading in Hebrew ‘Jesus monkey, Maria cow, Tag price’ Tuesday near the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem (AFP photo) DEIR RAFAT CONVENT, Israel — The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem condemned Tuesday an […]
Epigraph: Surely every hour that follows is better for thee (Muhammad) than the one that precedes. (Al Quran 93:5) Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sharif Khan received the life time achievement award, […]
Source: pakobserver.net Tuesday, April 01, 2014 – Recent attacks on Hindu temples and killings of Ahmadis in interior Sindh must ring bells for Sindhi nationalists. The Province which has so far been a peaceful part of Pakistan for minorities, is now slowly falling into the hands exclusivists. Sindh has been known for its […]
AFP | Mar 31, 2014 | 22:56 Updated: Mar 31, 2014 | inrOCCUPIED JERUSALEM — US Secretary of State John Kerry flew in Monday to Tel Aviv on his latest mission to salvage peace talks after the Palestinians rejected an Israeli proposal for extending negotiations US peace efforts are teetering […]
Source: Dawn.com By ADAM PLOWRIGHT and ANNIE BANERJI AYODHYA: Some recoil at his name, while others still refuse to acknowledge his popularity. India’s Muslims have watched the rise of election front-runner Narendra Modi […]