Islam

My Faith: Rep. Keith Ellison, from Catholic to Muslim

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=living/2011/09/01/my-faith-congressman-ellison.cnn September 1st, 2011 10:24 AM ET Courtesy: CNN By Chris Welch, CNN Minneapolis, Minnesota (CNN) –Prior to 2006, few people even knew that then-Minnesota state legislator Keith Ellison was a Muslim. Because of his English name, he said, no one thought to ask. But five years ago, when he ran […]

Eid Al Adha to begin November 6

AMMAN (JORDAN TIMES) – Sunday, November 6, will be the first day of Eid Al Adha, as Friday, October 28, has been announced as the first day of Dhul Hijja, Chief Islamic Justice Ahmad Hilayel said on Thursday. The main Hajj ritual, Arafa Day, will thus fall on Saturday, November […]

Crony Capitalism Comes Home

October 26, 2011 Crony Capitalism Comes Home By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Whenever I write about Occupy Wall Street, some readers ask me if the protesters really are half-naked Communists aiming to bring down the American economic system when they’re not doing drugs or having sex in public. The answer is […]

Apostasy and UN Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a document to help and support mankind. And all those countries who have signed this declaration are duty-bound, morally and legally, to abide to all articles, clauses and regulations stipulated in this declaration. The very first article of this declaration speaks that ‘all […]

Islam and Dignity for the Dead

(By: Laiq Ahmed Atif) “Relate of your dead only that which is good, and refrain from speaking ill of them.”  Death is an integral part of life and death is as real as life. Nothing is so certain as the fact that for all of us there will come a […]