PM Modi to visit Facebook HQ in San Francisco, says Mark Zuckerberg Chidanand Rajghatta,TNN | Sep 13, 2015, 01.09 PM IST READ MORE PM Modi In US|PM Modi|Narendra Modi|MENLO PARK|Mark Zuckerberg PM Modi thanks Zuckerburg for inviting him to visit Facebook HQ in San Francisco WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting […]
Source: Time Hassan Rouhani has tweeted similar well wishes before Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani tweeted out best wishes to Jews all over the world for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New […]
Arab News Published — Friday 4 September 2015 Since Haj is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most people, the importance of early and adequate preparation cannot be over-emphasized. The following guidelines (this is the second of a three-part series) are intended to get you started in the right direction. […]
A collapsed crane and emergency services vehicles are seen near the Grand Mosque in Makkah, on Friday. (AP) Siraj Wahab & Mohammed Rasooldeen Published — Saturday 12 September 2015 MAKKAH: Eighty-seven people died and 201 were injured when a crane collapsed inside the Grand Mosque in Makkah amid […]
Professor Mansour Almazroui GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN Published — Sunday 13 September 2015 RIYADH: A prominent Saudi scientist said that stormy winds knocked down the tower crane that crashed through the roof of the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Friday. Professor Mansour Almazroui, director of the Center of Excellence for […]
Source: Jerusalem Post UNITED NATIONS – The Palestinian flag will fly at United Nations headquarters after the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a Palestinian resolution, infuriating Israel with a move that […]
Epigraph: I asked the Messenger of Allah: “Who is the most excellent among the Muslims?” He said, “One from whose tongue and hands the other Muslims are secure.” [Al-Bukhari] Addressing […]
ISIS lady recruiter: What was the extent of indoctrination? Posted by: Vicky Nanjappa Updated: Saturday, September 12, 2015, 8:22 [IST] Mail Investigations that are being conducted following the arrest of a lady alleged to be an ISIS recruiter will look to unravel a major recruitment drive for the terrorist outfit. […]
Epigraph: I asked the Messenger of Allah: “Who is the most excellent among the Muslims?” He said, “One from whose tongue and hands the other Muslims are secure.” [Al-Bukhari] Source: […]
theguardian: by Sarah Moroz — After their families were disappeared, tortured and murdered by Islamic State militants last year, young Yazidi women have armed themselves. Photographer Alfred Yaghobzadeh joins them A survivalist coalition … Yazidi fighters at their lookout point in Sinjar, Iraq, only two kilometres from the Isis […]
At Least 65 Dead in Grand Mosque in Mecca from Falling Crane by Reuters RIYADH — At least 65 people were killed when a crane crashed in Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense authority said, in an accident that came just weeks before Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage. […]
It happened 41 years ago today, September 7, 1974: Muslim unity. And then it disappeared. And despite the sectarian violence, fatwas of infidelity, and state sanctioned terrorism, the myth of Muslim unity pervades the Muslim “Ummah.” I call it a myth because in every spectrum where it truly matters, Muslim […]
Source: Newsweek Pakistan AS PART OF COW PROTECTION PUSH, GUJARAT GOVERNMENT HAS ERECTED BILLBOARDS CLAIMING TO SHOW THE QURAN DISCOURAGES CONSUMPTION OF BEEF. By Punit Paranjpe—AFP A Muslim leader in India warned Wednesday of communal unrest after a state government claimed the Quran discourages eating beef, the latest contentious effort to […]
Moin Qazi’s Delightful Rendering of Khutbat e Madras Muhammad: The Prophet for Eternity- Lectures of Syed Sulaiman Nadvi (Khutbat e Madras) Translated by Moin Qazi Notion Press Muthu Kalathy Street, […]
Surprised that Syrian refugees have smartphones? Sorry to break this to you, but you’re an idiot You don’t need to be a white westerner to own a relatively cheap piece of technology James O’Malley “Hey, those people fleeing war in Syria aren’t poor at all! Look, they all have smartphones!” […]
583. Commandment – You shall not shed your blood or turn your people out of your homes [2:85] And remember the time when We took a covenant from you: ‘You shall not shed your blood or turn your people out of your homes;’ then you confirmed it; and you have been witness to it. […]
This Normal Life: Magic, demons and Judaism: what to do with troubling texts? Source: Jerusalem Post By Dr. Robin Stamler is a magic buff It’s not magic tricks that interest […]
All India | Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: September 09, 2015 18:48 IST http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2-women-allegedly-raped-rescued-from-saudi-diplomats-gurgaon-home-1215651 GURGAON: They escaped the April earthquake in their country Nepal but found hell in the sprawling home of a Saudi Arabian diplomat in Gurgaon near Delhi. Two women rescued on Monday from the diplomat’s fifth floor apartment in […]
Tribune: ISLAMABAD: The federal government is considering legislation to ban sectarianism and any attempt to finance sectarian hatred. Takfir, meaning one Muslim declaring another Muslim Kafir (apostate), will be considered a […]
Paradise beneath her feet: Why Muslim Women Matter By Dr. Moin Qazi, Nagpur, India A mother is a school. Empower her and you empower a great nation. —Hafez Ibrahim, Egyptian […]