Source: Stratfor: The key event was the Greek referendum on the European Union’s demand for further austerity in exchange for infusions of cash to save the Greek banking system. The Syriza party had called the vote to strengthen its hand in dealing with the European demands. The Greek government’s view […]
Source: BBC Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have announced the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark. It was first predicted to exist in the 1960s but, much […]
Source: BBC By Anisa Kadri; BBC Asian Network It is coming to the end of Ramadan, when Muslims fast between dawn and sunset for a month. The 18-hour spiritual fasts are […]
Dawn: VIENNA: Iran and six major powers have reached a historic nuclear deal, which will grant Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme, an Iranian diplomat […]
Source: BBC A deal on limiting Iran’s nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions has been reached at talks in Vienna, diplomats say. Under the agreement, access for […]
Journal-Neo.org: Late last year, Germany’s broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) investigated what turned out to be hundreds of trucks a day carrying billions of dollars in supplies, flowing across the Turkish border into […]
Catholic Families Are Strong On Prayer But Weak On Sacraments, According To Study For Religion News Service (RNS) By Cathy Lynn Grossman Posted: 07/11/2015 (RNS) Most of today’s American Catholic parents […]
Amazon Book Review: Book by Jonathan Powell (Author) Should governments talk to terrorists? Do they have any choice? Without doing so, argues author Jonathan Powell in Terrorists at the Table, […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Kashif N. Chaudhry; Physician, writer and human rights activist A one-liner by Indian actor Kamal Haasan caught my eye on social media recently. It read, “I […]
Source: BBC Greece’s parliament has backed a government package of economic reforms aimed at ending the country’s debt crisis and securing a new bailout. In a late-night debate, Prime Minister […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times July 9, 2015 Pope Apologizes For Catholic Church’s ‘Offenses’ Against Indigenous Peoples By Nicole Winfield, Jacobo Garcia […]
smh.com.au: Earlier this week we attended a federal government “consultation” over planned legislative changes that would remove Australian citizenship for dual citizens found guilty of terrorist activities. We attended despite our “engagement fatigue” since many local Muslims are urging no further engagement with the Abbott government on the issue of national […]
Source: RT.com The Pirate Party, which has just three MPs in the Icelandic parliament but is leading in opinion polls, has had its first bill signed into law, decriminalizing “blasphemy.” […]
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
Source: BBC Flowers have been laid in memory of the 52 people killed in the 7 July bombings – 10 years to the hour since suicide bombers began the attacks. Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson were among those who laid wreaths in Hyde Park. A service […]
Muslim organisations in the UK have condemned a move by an anti-Sharia campaign group to host an exhibition featuring cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in London in September. Azad Ali, chair of the Muslim Safety Forum based in London, told Al Jazeera on Friday the proposed “Muhammad Cartoon Exhibit” by UK-based Sharia […]
Religion News Service | By Trevor Grundy Posted: 06/30/2015 1:54 pm EDT CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Headmasters and teachers at Britain’s privately owned and state-run schools have been ordered to be […]
Epigraphs: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our […]
Source: Huffington Post By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush The sermon at the Church St. Paul Thessaloniki ended abruptly one day recently when one of Greece’s most important religious leaders informed the congregation that he was going to vote “yes” on an economic bailout referendum taking place on Sunday. The Metropolitan Anthimos told […]
Excerpt from letter from Abdul Rahim to Fatah Muhammad Syal – This is an excerpt from a letter written by an Indian Post Office clerk, Abdul Rahim, to Fatah Muhammad […]