Source: The New York Times By Sarah A. Khan More than 20 years after war upended this breathtakingly beautiful land in the Balkans, a writer explores her faith, and the challenges of history. Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there stood emerald peaks woven with crystalline […]
Source: The New York Times By Fariha Roisin For Muslims, the afterlife guides much of our spirituality. “Die before you die,” the Prophet Muhammad once said. As in: Let that ego go, divorce yourself from your earthly body, seek oneness with God and radiate kindness, humility and compassion. Rabia of […]
Source: Arabian Business By Dr. Mona S. Al Munajjed Zakat is a major tool of Islamic social financing and a foundation for promoting sustainable community development In the month of Ramadan, when more than 1.8 billion Muslims fast and strive to give charity, it seems timely to look at traditions […]
Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded on Wednesday that Britain give up control over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean within […]
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian and U.S. leaders have reassured their nations that they do not seek war. But among ordinary Iranians who already face hardship from tightening […]
Artificial intelligence diagnoses lung cancer Source: BBC By James Gallagher, Health and science correspondent, BBC News Artificial intelligence is better than specialist doctors at diagnosing lung cancer, a US study suggests. […]
REUTERS GENEVA Published 22.05.2019 The intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 is seen in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, July, 4 2017. (Reuters […]
When I was no longer needed as a Mulla in the village, I moved to another region and found a convenient place outside a small town, on a hill. The […]
Christian History • Christianity • Jesus (as) Launching a New Global Research Initiative on Jesus in India 30th March 2019 By Navida Sayed, Arif Khan, Dr Bilal Tahir & Professor […]
May 20, 2019 – By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany spent a record 23 billion euros (20 billion pounds) last year on helping to integrate more than one […]
May 20, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tokyo, Japan, May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo (reuters_tickers) LONDON (Reuters) – Iran urged the United States on Monday to address the Islamic Republic with respect, not threats of war, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump stoked […]
May 22, 2019 The first ever nationwide testing of young Swiss men has found that over 60% have below average sperm count, mobility or morphology. Researchers from the University of […]
Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, was a key architect of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Now he is stoking tensions with Iran. Julian Borger describes […]
Mobs set fire to vehicles in Jakarta after supporters of Prabowo Subianto, who lost the vote, took to the streets Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies @_KateLamb Wed 22 May […]
Most of us can’t imagine the horror of being forced to flee our homes due to war. But food is often the balm that we need to soothe our souls […]
The people who will end up getting hurt are the pro-democracy Iranian activists, and I know because they told me themselves Negar Mortazavi Washington DC The Independent Voices Over the […]
Trevor Noah (born 20 February 1984) is a South African comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is known for hosting The Daily Show, an American satirical news program on Comedy Central. Born in Johannesburg, […]
Sikhism (/ˈsiːkɪzəm/, /ˈsɪkɪzəm/; Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖੀ), or Sikhi[3] Sikkhī, pronounced [ˈsɪkːʰiː], from Sikh, meaning a “disciple”, “seeker,” or “learner”) is a monotheistic religion that originated in the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] It is one of […]
May 21, 2019 By Gayatri Suroyo and Ed Davies JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo comfortably won last month’s presidential poll, an official count showed, but the […]
May 21, 2019 (reuters_tickers) By Krishna N. Das, Zeba Siddiqui and Aftab Ahmed NAYABANS, India (Reuters) – Muslims in Nayabans, an unremarkable village in northern India, say they remember a […]