Viewpoint: What if women ruled the world?
BBC: Not so long ago, the idea that women might rule the world seemed slightly ridiculous – like something out of science fiction. But in an essay to mark International […]
RVC Bodley: A Biographer of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
The Messenger; the Life of Mohammed [Hardcover] Bodley R.V.C. (Author) 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review) Available from these sellers. 5 used from $6.99 1 collectible from $14.79 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Ronald Victor Courtenay Bodley Born March 1892 Died May 26, 1970 Allegiance United Kingdom Service/branch British Army Rank Colonel Battles/wars World War I Awards […]
Holland Calls to Label Products from ‘Settlements’
The Dutch decision comes one week after the EU formally recommended that its 27 member states “prevent” Israeli activity in Judea and Samaria through an economic boycott of Jewish communities […]
“Is the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Community the Promised Messiah?” Why the Debate was Cancelled
Source: AMSA: London: On the 7th of March 2013, the London Metropolitan Islamic Society (ISOC) and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association (AMSA) had planned to host a debate on the topic […]
This time Picking pope like ‘visiting the dentist’
Source: The Local A German cardinal on Thursday said the upcoming papal conclave to pick the next head of the Catholic Church would be as pleasant as a visit to the dentist. More:
Berlusconi gets year sentence over published wiretap
Rome (CNN) — Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to a year in prison by a Milan court on Thursday over the publication of an illegally obtained […]
IMF to add AUD and CAD as reserve currencies; which one’s next?
Russian TV: IMF confirmed that the AUD and CAD will appear as reserve currency within three months. This emphasizes the spiraling demand for additional reserve currencies and the New Zealand […]
End blasphemy laws threatening minorities: U.N. faith expert
(Reuters) – Countries should repeal all laws punishing blasphemy and people who leave a faith, the United Nations’ top expert on freedom of religion said on Wednesday, thrusting himself into […]
Catholicism’s future
Source: The Economist: FATHER Brendan Hoban is a priest in a remote Irish village who is also active in the national and international Catholic scene. In the midst of this busy life, he told me, he often reflects on something he heard from a professor when he was in seminary 40 years ago. “Irish […]
Sephardic Jews invited back to Spain after 500 years
By Gerry HaddenPRI’s The World More than 500 years ago, tens of thousands of Jews fled Spain because of persecution. Now their descendants are being invited to return. Before the infamous Spanish Inquisition of the 15th Century, some 300,000 Jews lived in Spain. It was one of the largest communities […]
Centuries After 1492 Expulsion, Spain Welcomes Back Sephardic Jews, But What About Muslims?
International Business Times: ………….. Moroccan journalist Ahmed Bensalh Es-salhi wrote an op-ed in Correo Diplomático, in which he lamented that the “decision to grant Spanish citizenship to the grandchildren of […]
Far-right Dutch Politician Finds Islam
OnIslam & News Agencies Tuesday, 05 March 2013 00:00 “I have all faith in Allah to support me and to guide me through these moments,” Doorn said. AMSTERDAM – A […]
UK: Poor car-owning households spend more than a quarter of income on motoring
Nearly a million households are spending more than a quarter of their income running a car, research has found. The RAC Foundation has used data from ONS, the Government’s statistical […]
UK: Food watchdog to ask shoppers how much horse is ‘acceptable’
The Government’s food watchdog will ask UK consumers how much horse or other species of animal would be “acceptable” to find in their food products. In the wake of the […]
“Dirty Dozens” group blacklists 12 cardinals for pope
Source: CNN Rome (CNN) — A group representing survivors of sexual abuse by priests on Wednesday named a “Dirty Dozen” list of cardinals it said would be the worst candidates for pope based on their handling of child sex abuse claims. Their presence on the list is based “on their […]
German fake bishop infiltrates Vatican
Source: The Local: Berlin’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese has condemned a German charlatan for masquerading as a bishop and sneaking into the Vatican to fraternize with cardinals as they prepare to choose a new pope. More:
Can Atheists and Muslims Support Freedom of Conscience Together?
Religion and Politics: By Qasim Rashid and Chris Stedman | Thomas Jefferson once wrote: “But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or […]
Former far-right Dutch politician converts to Islam
Source: onislam. AMSTERDAM – A leading member in far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ party has reverted to Islam after an extensive study about the Islamic religion and Muslims. “I can understand people are skeptic, especially that it is unexpected for many of them,” Arnoud Van Doorn told Al-Jazeera English […]
Whispers of Love
Source: Huff Post, Brad Gooch. When Dick Davis, the preeminent translator of Persian poetry of our time, was a boy in Portsmouth, England, in the 1950s, he found on his parents’ bookshelf a copy of Edward FitzGerald’s swooning Victorian translations of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Its presence was not so […]
From Baghdad to Tripoli: Cultural connections open diplomatic doors
by Rachid Khachana in Doha, swissinfo.ch Mar 4, 2013 While serving in diplomatic posts across the Arab world, the current Swiss ambassador to Qatar found that speaking the local language […]