The Changing Global Religious Landscape
Source: Pew Research Center Babies born to Muslims will begin to outnumber Christian births by 2035; people with no religion face a birth dearth More babies were born to Christian […]
Being a Night Owl Is Linked to Depression
Source: Time BY Amanda MacMillan / Health.com People who prefer to sleep late in the morning and stay up late at night have a higher-than-average risk of depression—a link that may […]
Deadly Explosions at Two Egyptian Churches on Palm Sunday Kill At Least 43
Source: Time BY Hamza Hendawi / AP (Tanta, EGYPT) — Bombs exploded at two Coptic churches in different cities in northern Egypt as worshippers were celebrating Palm Sunday, killing at least […]
Sen. John McCain on Syrian Airstrikes: ‘We Should Have Cratered the Runways’
Source: Time BY Jennifer Calfas Sen. John McCain said Sunday that the United States should have done more during its missile strike on a Syrian airbase — criticizing the Trump administration […]
Far-right party claims to be one of few ‘guarantors of Jewish life’ in Germany
Source: The Local Two Jewish boys in Hamburg. Photo: DPA. The leader of the far-right AfD has defended her party after several anti-Semitic scandals among its members, saying that in fact they are one of the few forces that will guarantee Jewish life in Germany. President of the World Jewish […]
Shocking video emerges of Stuttgart police beating man over unstubbed cigarette
Source: The Local Four police officers are being investigated by Stuttgart prosecutors after a video was posted online showing them attacking a man for refusing to stub out a cigarette. Prosecutors confirmed on Wednesday that two of the officers had already been taken off the beat and had been assigned […]
Ahmadiyya Reception to Khalifa of Islam on his arrival in Frankfurt Germany
See the reception sceens on arrival of Supreme head in Ahmadiyya Head Quarters Baitus Sabuh Frankfurt am Main -Germany: LINK
HEAD OF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMUNITY ARRIVES IN GERMANY.
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad to inaugurate new Mosques during current tour. The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrived at the Baitus Subuh Mosque in Frankfurt on 8 April 2017. The Khalifa (Caliph) travelled from London by road and after crossing into mainland […]
Palm Sunday in Egypt: 27 killed in blasts in, near Coptic churches
Epigraph The holy Quran establishes sacredness of life in this verse: We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a […]
It is pretty shameful !
Source: Daily Mail The Kremlin launched a furious attack on Boris Johnson yesterday after he cancelled a Moscow summit on the Syrian war. Russia accused the Foreign Secretary of ‘making up absurd excuses’ after he made way for Donald Trump to lead the diplomatic drive. And at home, opponents dubbed […]
US aircraft carrier-led strike group headed toward Korean Peninsula
Source: CNN A US aircraft carrier-led strike group is headed toward the Western Pacific Ocean near the Korean Peninsula, a US defense official confirmed to CNN.The move of the Vinson strike group is in response to recent North Korean provocations, the official said.Adm. Harry Harris, the commander of US Pacific […]
India’s Emerging Modern Madrasas
“I know you think we all become terrorists if we go to a madrasa… Maybe you can explain to people that’s not true.” By Moin Qazi http://thediplomat.com/2017/03/indias-emerging-modern-madrasas/ As the evening prayer ends, hundreds of boys rush out of mosques in droves, mats slung over their shoulders. On opposite sides of […]
Old News: just to recall: Gas finds in east Mediterranean may change strategic balance
By Yolande KnellBBC News, Jerusalem 13 May 2013 From the sectionMiddle East These are external links and will open in a new window Image captionThe Tamar drilling platform sits 25km off the coast of Israel For decades, it seemed that most countries of the Levant, east of the Mediterranean Sea, […]
Indian girl found in jungle was not living with monkeys, officials say
Contrary to initial claims girl’s rapid improvement indicates she was recently abandoned by her carers The young girl treated at a Bahraich hospital in northern India. Photograph: KK Productions/AP Michael Safi in Dehli @safimichael Saturday 8 April 2017 The discovery of a girl reportedly living with monkeys in the […]
Could Britain have sold sarin chemicals to Assad’s regime?
Source: The Guardian Campaigners point out that substances used to manufacture the nerve agent were exported to Damascus in the 80s Syrian chemical weapons being removed from the country on a Danish cargo ship in 2014. Photograph: Petros Karadjias/AP By Jamie Doward Evidence that the sarin nerve agent was used in […]
Majorities of Americans concerned about violence against Jews, Muslims
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) For the first time, a majority of Americans has voiced concern about violence against Jews, polling by the Anti-Defamation League shows.While […]
Book Review: Cairo of yesteryear can still be found
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON APRIL 7, 2017 Source: Arab News by Lisa Kaaki For many years, “Cairo City of Sand,” an enlightened stroll across the illusive layers of Cairo, exquisitely […]
‘I feel so guilty’: Muslim women discuss removing their hijab at work
Source: The Guardian Mona Mahmood, Jess Gormley, Dan Susman and Iman Amrani, theguardian.com Following the ruling by the European court of justice to allow employers to ban religious symbols in […]
Multi-million dollar gift by the Aga Khan: North America’s largest Islamic-inspired garden in Alberta, Canada
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON APRIL 8, 2017 Source: Edmonton Journal by Juris Graney Aga Khan drops multi-million dollar gift on University of Alberta North America’s largest — and possibly the […]
WHAT TO DO IF A NUCLEAR DISASTER IS IMMINENT!
This guide is for families preparing for imminent terrorist or strategic nuclear attacks with expected blast destruction followed by widespread radioactive fallout downwind. (If attack NOT imminent, then first go […]