Dawn: POST-Peshawar the need to rethink our national security policy and terminate the state’s patronage of jihadists has been under focus. Also under spotlight has been the state’s capacity deficit that partly explains the gap between law and its implementation (obsession with military courts being a misconceived response to this […]
Daily News Egypt: Nader Soliman, founder and head of the Christian Youth Movement, is calling for President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to be awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, Soliman told Daily News Egypt Wednesday. Soliman supported his request to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, who give out the award, […]
Turkey enters Syria to remove precious Suleyman Shah tomb Hundreds of Turkish forces in armoured vehicles have entered war-torn northern Syria to evacuate troops guarding a historic tomb, demolishing it and moving the remains to a different site. The remains of Suleyman Shah, who died in the 13th Century, […]
The Daily Star The latest episode in the long-running U.N.-produced soap opera “peacemaking in Syria” emerged this week when envoy Staffan de Mistura informed the Security Council about the regime’s readiness to halt its attacks in Aleppo. However, the offer coincided with regime offensives in Aleppo as well as southern […]
387. Commandment – Men shall have a share of that which they have earned, and women a share of that which they have earned [4:33] And covet not that whereby Allah has made some of you excel others. Men shall have a share of that which they have earned, and […]
News courtesy: Shahid Parvez Badruddin Saheb, Sec. Dawat-il-Allah, Bangalore For the 2nd year in a row the Book Stall of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Bangalore has been awarded the Best […]
Source:ET The outcome of last week’s three-day counter-extremism summit in Washington would be judged by the follow-up actions stemming from the exchange of ideas at the forum. The one idea that should be fundamental to any action plan was articulated by US President Barack Obama, who made it clear that […]
The Nationalist Solution Source: New York Times The struggle against Islamic extremism has been crippled by a failure of historical awareness and cultural understanding. From the very beginning, we have […]
Source: ET “We consider the freedom to have, to retain, and to adopt, a religion or belief, is a personal choice of a citizen.“My government will ensure that there is complete freedom of faith and that everyone has the undeniable right to retain or adopt the religion of his or […]
386. Commandment – Men are guardians over women because Allah has made some of them excel others, and because they (men) spend of their wealth [4:35] Men are guardians over women because Allah has made some of them excel others, and because they (men) spend of their wealth. So virtuous […]
Source: Salon.com By GARETT REPPENHAGEN I spent nights in Iraq lying prone and looking through a 12-power sniper scope. You only see a limited view between the reticles. That’s why it’s […]
the News: ISLAMABAD: HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) is a subsidiary of London-based HSBC Holdings Plc, a British multinational banking and financial services company which is the world’s second largest banking entity. According to The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), 130 journalists “from 45 countries have unearthed secret bank account […]
Source: Dawn by Pervez Hoodbhoy SHIKARPUR on Jan 30, Peshawar on Feb 13, Rawalpindi on Feb 18. In less than three weeks, suicide bombers have targeted three imambargahs packed with worshippers. Outside of Syria and Iraq, Pakistan is the world’s deadliest country for Shia Muslims. Hazara are fleeing Balochistan, and […]
BY HARUN YAHYA, ARABNEWS.COM OUR world is unraveling. From east to west, from south to north, no part of the world can escape unscathed the destructive storm that sweeps across […]
USE NEW MEDIA: Sheikh Saleh Bin-Humaid delivers the Friday sermon at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (SPA) MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 21 February 2015 Last update 21 February 2015 12:06 am Imam and Khateeb at the Grand Mosque Sheikh Saleh Bin-Humaid called on the believers to employ the […]
Petra-born archaeologist wants to restore spirituality, simplicity of new world wonder by Saeb Rawashdeh | Feb 19, 2015 | 16:31 A sketch of a projected eco-village that archaeologist Shaaban Nyazi plans to establish in Petra, 235km south of Amman (Photo courtesy of Shaaban Nyazi) AMMAN — In a bid to […]
Islam and Social Justice (Part 1/2) February 20, 2015 4:31 pm by: ali Category: Jewels of Islam Leave a comment A+ / A- By Dr. Ali Al-Halawani The famous slogan of the Jan. 25th Revolution (Egypt, 2011) was – and still is –`Iish, Hurriyyah, `Adalah Ijtima`iyyah(literally, Bread, Freedom, and Social […]
385. Commandment – And they (the women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in equity [2:229] And the divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for three courses; and it is not lawful for them that they conceal what Allah has created in their wombs, if they believe in […]
BY HAYA MUHAMMAD EID Source: OnIslam.net Published — Friday 20 February 2015 The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once said, “Who from my Ummah (universal nation) would learn five qualities to act upon or teach to those who would (in turn) act upon them?” Abu Hurairah said, “I, O […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Friday 20 February 2015 ARABNEWS.COM Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has instructed authorities to open the newly expanded areas of the Grand Mosque in Makkah for use by the growing number of Umrah pilgrims and worshippers. “King Salman has approved the […]