Story Summary July 25, 2013 12:26 AM By Michael Young The Daily Star The Obama administration has time and again approached Syria by taking one step forward and two backward. That is very unlikely since President Barack Obama’s decision to send weapons is more an effort to avoid doing more […]
(Reuters) – A gauge of planned U.S. business spending rose for a third straight month in June, offering a hopeful sign for a pickup in economic growth in the second half of the year. Other data on Thursday showed first-time applications for unemployment benefits increased slightly last week, but the […]
Source: mercurynews.com More than 300 guests gathered during an annual Ramadhan celebration dinner Saturday evening at Baitul Baseer Mosque, under the rolling hills in Milpitas, hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community […]
There is no realistic political infrastructure in place for fair negotiations and neither the time nor conditions are right for revival of the two-state solution By Abdel Bari Atwan | […]
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Annysa Johnson, July 22, 2013 Inside the Bait-ul Qadir mosque on Fond du Lac Ave., a small group of men gathers before the midday prayer. They speak of the weather, their families, the inanities of daily affairs — but also the great mysteries of life and the […]
Source: jsonline.com Inside the Bait-ul Qadir mosque on Fond du Lac Ave., a small group of men gather before the midday prayer. They speak of the weather and their families, […]
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — Hundreds of millions of times a day, thirsty Americans open a can of soda, beer or juice. And every time they do it, they pay a fraction of a penny more because of a shrewd maneuver by Goldman Sachs and other financial players that ultimately costs […]
Cancer is more common than flu in the Iraqi city of Najaf, about 160 km south of Baghdad, one local doctor told RT. After the start of the war rates […]
by Samir Barhoum | Jul 21, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES RAMALLAH — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed that the road to establishing a viable Palestinian state lies in peaceful negotiations, […]
After pondering the terrorist attack on Boston by two alleged Muslims, Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother Dzhokhar, I am writing this article to distance Islam from any act of terror or violence, even if it is done by anyone who claims that his or her act is religiously motivated. When […]
Source: buffalonews.com Fareida H. Yafai doesn’t start to feel the effects until around 4 p.m. daily. Her eyes get heavy, and the thirst and hunger become noticeable. “When you’re busy doing other things, you’re not thinking about not drinking and not eating,” said Yafai. “It doesn’t affect me until that witching […]
Source: expressandstar.com Mosques in the region have urged worshippers to stay away from the event. Government officials held the talks at the Aisha Mosque in Walsall where a homemade bomb was discovered close to the building last month. The congregation at Ahmadiyya Muslim mosques in Wolverhampton, Walsall, Blackheath and Birmingham have […]
Source: huffingtonpost.com Scientists have analyzed page edits in 10 editions of Wikipedia to determine the topics most often fought over by editors of the open encyclopedia. The most debated topics included many religious […]
A new revert blogger, by the name of Marjana, chronicles his experience of keeping fasts in Ramadan. Being a Muslim for the first year I was a little bit afraid before my very first fasting in Ramadan. As I was a person, who had never fast before it was difficult […]
NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — America first learned of the 9/11 hijackings from Solicitor-General Ted Olson, who reported two calls from his wife, well-known CNN commentator Barbara Olson. […]
International Business Times: Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter is so concerned about the NSA spying scandal that he thinks it has essentially resulted in a suspension of American democracy. “America […]
Nancy Kaffer, Stephen Henderson and Matt Helms, Detroit Free Press 4:41 p.m. EDT July 18, 2013 DETROIT — The city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in federal […]
By MIHIR ZAVERI and LISA LEFF Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO—The University of California’s governing board confirmed its first Muslim student member Wednesday, despite some Jewish groups’ claims that she marginalized […]