SAO PAULO // In a rundown Sao Paulo street, squeezed between a graffiti-covered sports bar and a dilapidated unisex hairdressers, lies a little haven of Islamic tranquillity. Here, while Brazil is rushing to be ready in time for next month’s Fifa World Cup, staff at the Federation of Muslim Associations in […]
Thedailybeast.com: This week, the world’s eyes turned toward Nigeria. While the news that hundreds of young woman had been kidnapped from their schools by the terrorist group Boko Haram was slow to gain our attention, over the last ten days, that changed. Everybody from world leaders to Kardashians have joined the social media outcry. […]
Lifespan.com: There is certainly nothing wrong with wanting routine in your life and having control over your plans and goals. However, there is a thin line between being in control and taking everything so seriously that you become boring. People tend to associate with lively individuals who bring out the […]
Non-Muslim Writers About the Holy Quran compiled by Zia H Shah, MD Source: alislam.org/apps A’ouzo billahi min-aash-shaitan-ir-rajeem…(I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed…) Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem (In the […]
ET: A number of Muslim states are facing varying degrees of insurgencies and violent attacks against state institutions, officials and ordinary people. The leading examples are Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen and Somalia. The Iraq government faces a militant challenge in Anbar province where extremist and al Qaeda-type groups have […]
Source. Danielpipes.org Germany, as reported by the Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach in November 2012: 56 percent: striving for political influence 60 percent: revenge and retaliation 64 percent: violence 68 percent: intolerance toward other faiths 70 percent: fanaticism and radicalism 83 percent: discrimination against women. More: Additional Reading Book Review: Islam Without Extremes […]
International Islamic congregation concludes in Bhopal Press Trust of India | Bhopal December 16, 2013 Last Updated at 16:12 IST Read more on: Bhopal | Delhi | India | Law | National News | New Delhi The 66th Aalmi Tablighi Ijtema, an international Islamic congregation, today ended at Eitkheri with a mass prayer for the well-being of the community and peace and […]
Source: TOI LONDON: Humans are actually hybrids, who emerged as an offspring of a male pig and a female chimpanzee, according to one of the world’s leading geneticist. Turning the theory of human ancestry on its head, Dr Eugene McCarthy — one of the world’s leading authorities on hybridization in animals from the University of Georgia has suggested that humans […]
By Don Ingwerson A rising tide of public opinion shows health, more than almost any other aspect of life, to be significant to a successful life. More than 2,000 Americans […]
Seminar to examine Islam, Christianity Robyn Bardgett Friday, November 01, 2013 9:45 A Relationship: A 10-day seminar will examine the history behind Islam and Christianity. *Photo supplied A 10-day seminar examining the relationship between Islam and Christianity will begin next Friday, November 8. The seminar, hosted by the Warwick Seventh-day […]
guardian: My nephew remarked recently that in his GCSE computer science class there was just one girl among 29 boys. When I asked him why he thought that was, he replied that he saw nothing unusual – in his opinion computer science was simply a subject “for boys”. This, […]
source: http://www.examiner.co.uk: Lord Tariq Ahmad, a Government Whip and spokesman on Universities and Science, was invited by Mr Fatih Ul-Haq of the South Huddersfield Ahmadiyya Muslim Association to the Ahmadiyya Mosque in Fitzwilliam Street. Lord Ahmad (third from left) on his visit to Huddersfield A Government minister visited a […]
Mailonline: Alastair Campbell’s job with dictator was ‘set up by Tony Blair’ US government documents have revealed the extent of links between the former PM and lobbying group which employs his former spin doctor One entry appears to indicate that Mr Blair secured a contract with a public relations firm, […]
Mailonline: Alastair Campbell’s job with dictator was ‘set up by Tony Blair’ US government documents have revealed the extent of links between the former PM and lobbying group which employs his former spin doctor One entry appears to indicate that Mr Blair secured a contract with a public relations firm, […]
Source: The Economist: THIS week Muslims from all over the world are in Saudi Arabia for the haj. The Koran says that all Islam’s followers who are physically and financially able should make the annual pilgrimage—one of five pillars of Islam—once in their lifetime. Pilgrims travel to Mecca to carry out […]
Time: If you’re an American and you’re not having fun, it just might be your own fault. Our long national expedition is entering its 238th year, and from the start, it was clear that this would be a bracing place to live. There would be plenty of food, plenty of […]
Epigraph: And as to those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to be water until, when he comes up to […]
Alislam: Government Angreizi aur Jihad is an Urdu booklet written in 1900 by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad(as), the Promised Messiah and the Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jama’at. In this […]
qasimrashid.com: In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.” “Nonsense” said the first. “There […]
startribune.com: by Fouzia Saeed: Citizens of peaceful countries cannot continue to live in fear, seeing the space for their daily activities steadily reduced. The Boston Marathon bombing has created the potential for generating worldwide support to deal with the menace of terrorism. Many militants call themselves jihadis and crusaders of […]