Eidee For Rod Cardoza ” The Philosophy of The Teachings of Isam”
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Makkah-Madinah train set to roll by January 2014
ARAB NEWS Friday 24 August 2012 JEDDAH: Construction is under way on the first high-speed passenger railway line between Makkah and Madinah and is expected to be complete by January 2014. Transport […]
The Maulana Who Loved Krishna
Source: Outlook India Hasrat Mohani was not just a maverick when it came to publicly championing the radical thinking of Tilak. He also wrote verses expressing deep love for Krishna, and often went to Mathura to celebrate Janmashtami. He was a true maverick. In 1908 he published an anonymous article […]
Saudi Shia Clerics Demand Interfaith Dialogue Center
Source: Ahlul Bayt News Agency Prominent Saudi clerics issued a statement to demand for launching an interfaith dialogue and also confrontation with religious discrimination. (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Seven Shia clerics from Saudi Arabia released a statement announcing their support for the proposal by Saudi King Abdullah for launching […]
Secretive sect worries even Islamic extremists
EL-ARISH, Egypt — A fringe group so extreme that it worries even Egypt’s Muslim fundamentalists is secretly reviving itself with greater firepower and followers in the country’s volatile Sinai Peninsula. Disciples of the group known as Takfir wil-Hijra, dubbed “Takfiris,” lead secretive, isolated lives where anything and anyone that does […]
Spying on New York Muslims Yields No Leads
Peter Fedynsky August 22, 2012 VOA NEW YORK — A senior New York Police Department official says that spying on the city’s Muslim community has not yielded a single criminal lead. Some Muslim targets of surveillance feel vindicated. Surveillance of the Muslim community by the NYPD’s secret Demographics Unit for […]
Archbishop of Canterbury sends annual greeting to Muslims
22/08/2012 By Lambeth Palace media release The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has sent his annual greetings to Muslim communities for the festival of Eid Al-Fitr on Sunday 19 […]
Muslim community donates to Hal Far Refugee Camp – Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta donates fruit hampers to Hal Far Refugee Camp as part of Muslim celebrations.
The President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta Laiq Ahmed Atif distributed fruit hampers to families and single women living at Hal Far Refugee Camp as part of the Muslim […]
The Future of Religious Minorities in the Muslim World
Imam Mohamed Magid President, Islamic Society of North America HUFFINGTON POST As an imam and as the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), I know all too well the many challenges that American Muslims experience on a daily basis. We struggle for inclusion, for acceptance, and many […]
I’m Not a Muslim, but Ramadan Changed Me
Charlotte DandoInterfaith Activist based in the UK HUFFINGTON POST My apartment is located in between three of the area’s most frequented bars. At 3 a.m. on a Sunday, I can hear the remainder of Saturday night’s revelers as they pass my window; singing, chatting and shouting under the street lights. […]
Criminal charges filed against German rabbi for performing circumcision
A German Rabbi has become the first person to face criminal charges after performing a circumcision. The charges come less than two months after a Cologne court ruled that the […]
Islamic summit questioned: Can they make Amends?
Eight Islamic Sects Meet in Saudi, But Can They Make Amends? Leaders of Islamic countries pose during the official photo taking session of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) summit in Mecca August 14, 2012. Leaders of Muslim countries are expected to suspend Syria’s membership of the OIC at a […]
Sydney sheikh killed in Syria: reports
Leesha McKenny Urban Affairs Reporter The Sydney Morning Herald A POPULAR Sydney sheikh and teacher has been killed by a rocket attack in Syria, his family in Australia has confirmed. […]
Photo: Asiedu Nketia, Vice Prez (Ghana) Celebrate With Muslims
The Vice-President of Ghana, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has urged Muslims to resist the temptation of opportunists who recruit macho-men to cause violence to political opponents. He underscored the need for […]
Eid in Nairobi: Veiled Muslim Women and Boozing Western Intellectuals
by ANDRE VLTCHEK Nairobi, Kenya. I am scared. As I am writing this essay, the Eid-ul-Fitr is approaching; festivities that will mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan are about to start. Some 20 percent of the world population, which is Muslim, is now cooking, doing last-minute […]
In Xinjiang Uygur, in China, 11 million Muslims Celebrate Eid
Source: China Daily During holy month, faithful gave 3 million yuan to nursing homes Muslims in China celebrated the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting, on Sunday. Thousands of […]
Swiss keep religion at a distance
by Clare O’Dea, swissinfo.ch Religion is becoming less important in people’s private lives in Switzerland, even among tax-paying members of the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, two-thirds of whom are […]
Six million foreign pilgrims performed Umrah
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 20 August 2012 Around six million foreign pilgrims have traveled through the Haj Terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah during this year to perform […]
What Catholics Can Learn From The Quran
Huff Post: Kathlene K. Duff. (Kathleen K. Duff serves on the Diocese of Albany’s Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. She is a campus minister at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School […]
American Muslims are celebrating, but they’re nervous as well
Today is the first day of Eid Al-Fitr—a three-day celebration that follows the month of Ramadan during which Muslims fast during the day. Recently several factors made American Muslims nervous and fearful. Eid is a good time for the society to make Muslims feel at home in America. In Western […]