Friday Sermon: Allah burdens not any soul beyond its capacity May 29th, 2009 Huzur cited verse 287 of Surah Al Baqarah. The translation reads: ‘Allah burdens not any soul beyond its capacity. It shall have the reward it earns, and it shall get the punishment it incurs. Our Lord, do […]
Friday Sermon: Good and Evil March 11th, 2016 ‘O ye who believe! follow not the footsteps of Satan, and whoso follows the footsteps of Satan should know that he surely enjoins immorality and manifest evil. And but for the grace of Allah and His mercy upon you, not one of […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP Hospital staff of Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) stand outside the MSF clinic in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 22 July 2017. (EPA Photo) Medecins Sans Frontiers in Afghanistan on Saturday reopened a small medical clinic in northern Kunduz province where nearly two years ago a US airstrike destroyed […]
Jul 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL President Donald Trump decided to end the CIA’s “covert” programme to train and arm certain rebel groups considered moderate and operating in Syria to overthrow the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. No reasons were offered for this decision that was first reported by […]
Palestinian president says he is freezing relations with Israel By Reuters – Jul 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians gather to perform Friday prayer at Ras El Amud neighbourhood after Israel restricted entrance of Palestinians under 50 years old to Al Aqsa Mosque Compound and assembled metal detector gates in […]
When you really looked into it, the British ‘interfered’ with the US election just as much as Russians allegedly did. So where’s the big fuss about that? Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices Thursday 13 July 2017 14:30 BST It might seem a long way to travel for a day of Gallic pomp. […]
Source: Muslim Heritage By Sairah Yassir-Deane During the Cheltenham Science Festival from 6 – 11 June 2017, a panel on “The Story of Math” took place. Professors Mona Siddiqui, Mohamed […]
Charities claim failure to blacklist Saudi-led coalition over bombings in which children were killed or injured would establish ‘dangerous precedent’ Children attend class at a bomb-damaged school in the port city of Hodeidah. There were 23 attacks against schools and hospitals in Yemen in 2016. Photograph: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images […]
Diplomats in Middle East say issues cannot easily be resolved partly because they are personal as well as political Qatari takes a photo during the inaugural signing of a wall bearing a portrait of Qatar’s emir, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. Photograph: STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images Randeep Ramesh Friday 21 July 2017 […]
Children’s book illustrator Ehsan Abdollahi says Kafkaesque reasons given for refusal Ehsan Abdollahi has got no right of appeal to contest denial of a visa for Britain. Photograph: Handout Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent Friday 21 July 2017 An acclaimed Iranian illustrator has been denied a visa to […]
Our emotional attachment to the EU allows memories of backpacking holidays and friendships and new family links to obscure a cold analysis of the broader national interest Sean O’Grady @_seanogrady Sean O’Grady @_seanogrady A fond memory of beach holidays in Europe shouldn’t be a reason to make economic decisions Shutterstock Leaving […]
Source of interview: NPR Source of book review: Amazon Book written by James Forman Jr. Professor Yale Law School In recent years, America’s criminal justice system has become the subject of an […]
Islam is taken to mean Sunni Islam – in contrast to Shia, Ahmadi or other interpretations of the faith – leading to crackdowns against minority sects in recent years. Just last month during Ramadan, authorities in Depok, West Java shuttered an Ahmadi mosque to prevent adherents from worshipping there. Source: https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/07/indonesian-religious-ministry-propose-tougher-blasphemy-laws/#uqmDGHUUTZh8E9MD.97 | By Max Walden […]
London, July 22http://tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/british-sikh-judge-promoted-to-uk-court-of-appeal/440528.html A British Sikh has become the first Indian-origin judge to be promoted to one the senior-most posts in the UK judicial system. Sir Rabinder Singh is one of seven new judges to occupy the seven-member UK Court of Appeal after new judicial appointments were unveiled by the […]
Source: https://www.newsmaker.com.au/news/328112/muslimsforenvironment-aim-to-plant-10000-trees-across-23-sites-nationwide-on-nationaltreeday#.WXN7tRWGPIU #MuslimsForEnvironment aim to plant 10,000 trees across 23 sites nationwide on #NationalTreeDay Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, Australia (45 Hollinsworth Road, Marsden Park, NSW 2765) Contact:Aqeel Ibraheem (Mob: 0433 449 762) Mirza Ramzan […]
Source: Huffington Post Jokes about religion should be left to the professionals, according to a comprehensive new study of religion and humor. Nearly four in five Norwegians said in […]
Source: The New York Times By ISMAIL EINASHE Sulaika Abokor, a Somali-born elementary-school teacher in London, dreams of “a road trip from Seattle to California.” The 34-year-old was planning a vacation […]
Source: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST By Viola Zhou Observers question whether interpretations of dogma can conform with the nation’s needs China has asked its officially sanctioned Catholic body to interpret the […]
Source: The Atlantic I didn’t associate Massachusetts beaches with burqinis—or with Muslims, for that matter. But my family and I were on vacation, and there was a woman in the […]
Source: CNN By Aaron David Miller CNN)Recent terror at the Temple Mount, or Haram al-Sharif, in the Old City of Jerusalem painfully demonstrates why the status quo between Israelis and Palestinians […]