Pull out of JCPOA serious mistake for security of U.S.: Matthew Bunn
By Javad Heirannia May 8, 2018 TEHRAN – Matthew Bunn, a specialist in nuclear security at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, believes that “There is still a chance […]
Rouhani says Iran conditionally will stay in nuclear deal
May 8, 2018 President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran will conditionally stay in the JCPOA with other signatories, stressing that Iran has always complied with its commitments to the nuclear deal, […]
Iran nuclear deal: Trump pulls US out in break with Europe allies
US President Donald Trump says he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran. Calling it “decaying and rotten”, he said the deal was “an embarrassment” […]
Dubai to open ‘Quran Park’ showcasing miracles of Islam
Source: AL ARABIYA Dubai is set to open a “Quran Park” that will display plants mentioned in the holy book, as well as the miracles mentioned in the Islamic scripts. […]
Facebook accused of introducing extremists to one another through ‘suggested friends’ feature
Source: The Telegraph By Martin Evans, crime correspondent 5 MAY 2018 • 10:13PM Facebook has helped introduce thousands of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) extremists to one another, […]
Jakarta court rejects attempt by Hizb ut-Tahrir to reverse its ban
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Lamb State court in Indonesian capital upholds decision last year to outlaw Islamic group Indonesian Muslims take part in a protest against a law that […]
Crisis in Myanmar’s Kachin means jungle treks to escape war
Source: Associated Press By MIN KYI THEIN MYITKYINA, Myanmar (AP) — As the Myanmar army’s bombs started falling near her home in Kachin state, Nlam Numrang Doi and her neighbors […]
Islamist terrorism wanes in Pakistan, but religious fervor threatens national unity
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — By voting last week to revoke an honor bestowed on the first Pakistani to receive a Nobel Prize in science, Pakistan’s National […]
India child gang rape trial moved out of of Kashmir
Source: BBC News India’s top court has ruled that the trial of eight men accused of the rape, torture and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl must be moved out […]
How a child rape became a religious flashpoint for India
Source: BBC News India’s top court has moved the trial in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl out of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The BBC’s […]
PM Orban vows to preserve Hungary’s Christian culture
Source: Reuters BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Viktor Orban said on Monday the main task of his new government will be to preserve Hungary’s security and Christian culture, sticking to his nationalist […]
Erdogan slams French personalities over statement on Quran
Source: Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reacted angrily to a group of some 300 well-known French personalities who urged prominent Muslims to denounce anti-Jewish […]
In historic votes, Lutherans elect two African-American women bishops
Source: RNS By Mark A. Kellner The Rev. Patricia A. Davenport speaks after being elected bishop of the ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod during its assembly at Franconia Mennonite Church in Telford, […]
A Genetic Test Could Help Predict the Right Antidepressant For You
Source: Time Depression is a complicated condition, and so are the people it affects. It’s often difficult — and can take months or even years — to find the right drugs to treat the heterogeneous mood disorder. But for decades, doctors have been treating depression essentially by prescribing a drug and […]
Hitting Women – That’s Messed Up – Nouman Ali Khan
I believe every ayah is a perfect gift from Allah. So protecting the integrity of an ayah about hitting women is very important. A new episode of “That’s Messed Up” […]
Domestic Violence: New York AG Eric Schneiderman resigns over assault allegations
Washington (CNN) New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned, following a report on allegations of assault by multiple women in The New Yorker. “It’s been my great honor and […]
Should Christians celebrate the birthday of Karl Marx?
Source: CT Last week marked the 200th birthday of Karl Marx, born on the 5th of May 1818. It was an event marked in a positive way by amongst others, the Economist, the Financial Times, the New York Times (whose headline read ‘Happy Birthday Karl Marx, you were right’), and the Guardian […]
Secret witness testifies against US pastor Andrew Brunson
Source: CT The US president added: ‘They call him a Spy, but I am more a Spy than he is. Hopefully he will be allowed to come home to his beautiful family where he belongs!’The US administration later warned Turkey that it was considering punitive ‘consequences’ if the country does […]
Shisha banned in Ramadan tents during Iftar in Dubai
Web Report /Dubai Filed on May 8, 2018 Ramadan tents were usually not segregated into smoking and non-smoking sections due to the additional cost. Dubai Municipality has banned shisha or […]
From the Ismaili Community: What Does Mawlana Hazar Imam Do with the Religious Dues (Zakat/Dasond) given by the Community?
Posted on March 8, 2018 by Ismaili Gnostic EDITORS’ NOTE: This post is originally from the The Essential Ismaili website, which will be taken offline in May 2018. This article […]