Honour of the Holy Prophet (saw) and Blasphemy law: A Sermon by Khalifa of Islam
Source: Alislam.org: Hudhur said currently a hotly debated topic in the press and the electronic media is that of the blasphemy law of Pakistan. [Referred to in Urdu as ‘Namoos […]
Book Review: EXTREMIST: A Response to Geert Wilders & Terrorists Everywhere
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy, A Nobel for Karen Armstrong will bring the Christians and the Muslims closer and Karen […]
Was World War I a religious crusade? An interview with Philip Jenkins
RNS: In the land of religious history, Philip Jenkins towers like a giant. Among the many works written by the distinguished professor of history at Baylor University, his history of […]
EU Elections 2014: Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam, anti-Europe Freedom Party Snubbed in Netherlands
International Business Times: A Dutch preliminary poll has indicated that the far-right, anti-Islam and Eurosceptic Freedom Party of Geert Wilders has seen its support dropping significantly in the European elections. […]
Religion at work under spotlight
NZ Herald: Employers find it okay to employ Buddhists and Hindus but are wary of hiring Muslims, an AUT study has found. The research for a book entitled Work and Worship by […]
Queensland rejects push to make Muslim women remove burqas
Epigraph: And say to the believing women that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts, and that they disclose not their natural and artificial beauty except that which […]
Europe’s own ‘tea party’ risk
Source_ CNN A backlash against austerity, unemployment, immigration and loss of national power to European institutions could pushanti-EU parties to win about 25% of the 751 seats. In some of the 28 countries, they could even secure the biggest share of the vote. More:
The scary return of a radical, far-right Europe and what it means
Global Post: HENIN-BEAUMONT, France — This former coal-mining town of 26,000 languishing in the economic badlands along the border with Belgium is about as far as you can get from […]
eDigest: Is Richard Dawkins leading people to Jesus or Muhammad?
Epigraph: And most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Surely, conjecture avails nothing against truth. Indeed, Allah is well aware of what they do. And this Qur’an is not such […]
Humanity First steps in to help flood affected people in Balkan Region.
By Zubair Khan MUCH of Serbia, Bosnia and eastern Croatia are under water. Flood maps marking the affected areas make it look as though a vast inland sea has suddenly appeared across the region. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated. In Serbia some 300,000 do not have access […]
Religion and the First World War: From Godlessness to Ruthlessness?
From Economic Issues May 6, 2014 – 8:43am AS the anniversary of the first world war draws closer, we will be hearing more and more arguments about the causes, both […]
Prostate cancer ‘may be a sexually transmitted disease’
By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online Continue reading the main story Related Stories Sixth of cancers due to infection Half of prostate cancer misdiagnosed Prostate cancer may be a […]
Is Richard Dawkins leading people to Jesus or Muhammad?
Epigraph: And most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Surely, conjecture avails nothing against truth. Indeed, Allah is well aware of what they do. And this Quran is not such […]
Hopes are Alive
Source: Balkan Insight: The only signs of hope have been seen in the responses of ordinary people, who have banded together in an attempt to ensure each other’s survival. Their parents may have been on different sides in wartime, but young people from Tuzla went out to the villages to […]
View From Abroad: Islam in a post-religious Britain
Dawn: IF you were to read only the tabloid press in the UK, you could be excused for thinking that an Islamic takeover was imminent. From Sharia courts to the […]
Bosnia Floods Claim Lives, Force Thousands From Homes
Source: Balkan Insight: The death toll from the floods in Bosnia continues to rise as several towns remain under water following the torrential rain of the past few days. Photo AP/ Amel Emric So far 14 bodies had been recovered in Doboj, northern Bosnia, as flood waters receded. Three other […]
Worst countries for religious freedom
Dawn: The reports of a Sudanese woman being sentenced to death for apostasy and 100 lashes for adultery have received worldwide condemnation. Her case is indicative of a worldwide rise in persecutions […]
The 67 Richest Are as Wealthy as the World’s Poorest 3.5 Billion
sanders.senate.gov: Oxfam International, a poverty fighting organization, made news at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year with its report that the world’s 85 richest people own assets with […]
Image of PM’s aide kicking protester stokes anger over Turkey mine fire
Source: CNN Yusuf Yerkel, an aide to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, kicks a person who is being wrestled to the ground by two police officers during protests in Soma, Turkey, on Wednesday, May 14. Hundreds have taken to the streets across the country since nearly 300 miners […]