By Harvey Stein The Jewish Daily FORWARD Published March 04, 2013. Menachem Froman, Backed Coexistence With Muslim Fundamentalists, Dies at 68 Rabbi Menachem Froman, who died Monday at age 68, […]
In their recommendations, the groups asked the President to scrap existing regulations which they said were discriminatory, such as the Blasphemy Law, the joint ministerial decree regulating the building of […]
Source: The Times of India Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Oct 2, 2012, 12.00AM IST In Islam, blasphemy is a subject of intellectual discussion rather than a subject of physical punishment. This concept […]
HRW: Feburary 28, 2013: Glossary Ahmadiyah An Islamic religious revivalist movement, founded in Qadian, Punjab, originating with the teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908). In Arabic, Ahmadiyah means “followers of Ahmad” and adherents are sometimes called “Ahmadis.” It began its presence in the Indonesian Sumatra Island in 1925. It was […]
The News: by Harris Khalique: In medieval Europe, heretics were burnt alive, rebels were quartered and their body parts were sent to the remote corners of the country, those who believed that the earth revolved around the sun were admonished and threatened. The Christian church held sway over kings, queens […]
Mar 7, 2013 – 18:42 By Mark Hosenball and Daniel Trotta WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment against a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden on Thursday that charged him with conspiracy to kill Americans, after U.S. government sources said he was arrested overseas and brought to New […]
Epigraph: “Indeed, we have granted thee (Muhammad) a clear victory, That Allah may cover up for thee thy shortcomings, past and future, and that He may complete His favor upon […]
OF THE 99 beautiful names of Allah, it is Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim that we use most frequently in our prayers and du’aa. Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim are both derived from the same Arabic root word, rahma, meaning “mercy, compassion.” Pickthall translates Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim as “the Beneficent, the Merciful,” and Yusuf Ali […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: wluml.org Source: PI Online “A controversy erupted this week in Saudi Arabia when some scholars suggested that the top religious organization in the Kingdom, […]
Source: Hiffinton Post Hugo Chavez had a friend in Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who apparently held the Venezuelan leader in such high regard that he believes he will “return on […]
…… not the prime minister’s biological children, but they all were the creation of his spirit, students of his views and pupils of his government’s policies. These Israeli skinheads are […]
Source: the revealer – a daily review of religion and media By Saba Imtiaz The Akram family’s house looks like any other in Nawabshah, a city in Pakistan’s Sindh province. […]
Source: Asis Times: By Richard Javad Heydarian After eight months of diplomatic hiatus, Iran and the “P5+1” powers – the United States, China, Russia, France, the United Kingdom and Germany – were finally able to return to the negotiating table. In Kazakhstan at the end of last month, to the […]
Two Indonesian women, who came to work in Saudi Arabia as domestic helpers, have become millionaires after inheriting millions of riyals from their late Saudi husbands. The Saudi men initially employed them as domestic helpers but later married them. One of the women living in Riyadh received SR 5 million […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Thursday 7 March 2013 The International Media Organization, an affiliate of the Makkah-based Muslim World League, has announced plans to establish a television channel and […]
by Hana Namrouqa JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Mosque and church goers will leave on Friday with tree saplings to plant in their gardens under a campaign to raise awareness about […]
CAIRO — Arab League ministers decided on Wednesday to let member nations arm Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar Assad, and invited an opposition coalition to take the League seat formerly […]
By RICK GLADSTONE and ALAN COWELL New York Times Syria’s civil war entangled the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the disputed Golan Heights area between Syria and Israel on Wednesday, when 30 armed fighters for the insurgency detained a group of 20 peacekeepers investigating a damaged observation post, the United […]
Source: the revealer “His last gesture was that he pointed to me that he had been shot in the back,” Aijaz recalls. “We barely managed to give him a spoonful of water and dragged him into a car. He took his last breath before we reached the hospital.” By Saba […]
The Jakarta Post, Indonesia’s recent participation in the Mustermesse Basel (Muba) trade fair in Switzerland has received a “Gold Certificate” award for its innovative and entertaining pavilion. The award was […]