440. Commandment – And when you ask them (the wives of the Prophet) for anything, ask them from behind a curtain. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts [33:54] O ye who believe! enter not the houses of the Prophet unless leave is granted to you for a meal […]
DEANA NASSAR The Qur’an says: “We have sent down the Book to you which manifests the truth about all things and as guidance and mercy and good news for […]
A.S. HALAWANI Published — Friday 17 April 2015 When you pass away, do not worry about your dead body as fellow Muslims will take good care of it; they will take off your clothes, wash your body up, and wrap it in a clean white shroud; they will take […]
The Daily Star The release of a report this week on conditions in the Middle East is unlikely to gain much attention from global media outlets – probably because the words “extremism” or “ISIS” aren’t in the title. But the announcement by UNICEF and UNESCO that 21 million children in […]
By Islah Bakhat APR 17, 2015 – 11:00 1959: A year after the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown, Samir (still a little boy, the second from the right) and his family picnic outside Baghdad with some friends. An image from a revolutionary era (Dschoint Ventschr) In Iraqi Odyssey, film director Samir […]
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Dawn: LARKANA: The Aug 11, 1947 speech of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, in which he spelled out rights of minorities and called for an end to faith-based discrimination, is being incorporated in the curriculum on the directives of Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari. This was stated by senior […]
In a Muslim-majority country, state control of religious expression tightens. Technically, freedom of religion is enshrined in the constitution of Tajikistan. But in reality, religious practice–at least for members of […]
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439. Commandment – And it behoves you not to cause inconvenience to the Messenger of Allah, nor that you should ever marry his wives after him [33:54] O ye who believe! enter not the houses of the Prophet unless leave is granted to you for a meal without waiting for its appointed time. […]
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Fareed Zakaria| The Daily Star At the heart of the concerns surrounding the deal with Iran is a simple question: Is Iran rational? The answer for many critics of the deal is self-evident. The Iranians are “apocalyptic,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has often said, warning that you can’t “bet […]
| The Daily Star Joschka Fischer The “new” Middle East is now on daily display. Unlike the old Middle East, whose fate was determined by the dominant Western powers (the United Kingdom and France after World War I, and the United States from the 1940s until recently), the new one […]
Source: ET With strong military possibilities, China has won the right to operate Pakistan’s Gwadar port for a period of 40 years. This move will give China access to Gulf countries, and […]
Agence France Presse BEIRUT: More than 12 million children in the Middle East are not being educated despite advances in efforts to expand schooling, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said […]
436. Commandment – As to elderly women, who have no desire for marriage — there is no blame on them if they lay aside their outer clothing without displaying their beauty [24:61] As to elderly women, who have no desire for marriage — there is no blame on them if […]
437. Commandment – Lawful women for a Prophet (O Prophet, We have made lawful to thee) [33:51] O Prophet, We have made lawful to thee thy wives whom thou hast paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesses from among those whom Allah has given thee as gains […]
Source: BBC The Turkish president has sharply criticised Pope Francis for describing the mass killing of Armenians under Ottoman rule in WW1 as “genocide”. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he condemned […]