Source: Times of Israel Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect in Israel, Muhammad Sharif Odeh, expresses dismay at comments made by Anat Berko on Channel 10 news last night, which the Likud MK wondered aloud why the Kbabir neighborhood in Haifa was spared the fires that swept parts of the […]
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Published November 22, 2016 Painter and decorative artist Tünzale Memmedzade wrote Quranic verses on silk. Nov. 2016. (AA Photo) Azerbaijani painter and decorative artist Tünzale Memmedzade has transcribed the Quran onto transparent silk pages. Memmedzade, a 33-year-old artist, used 50 meters of transparent black silk, […]
Nov 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL At a press conference held on the sidelines of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Peru last week, US President Barack Obama showed gloom and doom about the Syrian situation and gave the distinct impression that Washington was and is helpless about doing […]
Nov 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Mahmoud N. Zidan While driving the other Friday, I could not help but notice the hustle and bustle of olive pickers: the combined joy of their gathering together, eating out under an olive tree, chitchatting, joking and occasionally singing, all of which interspersed with shouts […]
ISLAMABAD: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1245194/qamar-javed-bajwa-appointed-new-army-chief/ An intense guessing game on the replacement of army chief General Raheel Sharif came to an end Saturday when Lieutenant General Qamar Javed Bajwa was appointed as the new Chief […]
In chaotic cities such as Bangalore, companies do whatever it takes to get packages to customers — including delivery by foot, bicycle and even boat. thestar.com, By SARITHA RAIBloomberg, Sat., Nov. 26, 2016 BANGALORE, INDIA—Abdul Saleem heaves a 25-kilogram bag crammed with foot massagers, jeans, kitchen tools and sports shoes onto […]
By Zubair Khan. Source:kashmirlife.net Dr Syed Basharat Ahmad Shah, who stems for a respectable Kashmiri Family (Indian Side) and now citizen of Germany as well a member of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community got unique honour to receive the “LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” for his outstanding accomplishments in the field of […]
Source: American Thinker By Raymond Ibrahim Last month, when the battle for Mosul began, Islamic State “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reportedly promised four extra Houris (supernatural, celestial women designed for sexual purposes) – atop the other 72 promised by the prophet Muhammad – to all jihadis who die (are “martyred”) […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Common media representations and political rhetoric would have us believe that the roughly 1.7 billion Muslims on the globe are a homogenous, monolithic group. And this couldn’t be further from the truth. In the latest episode of “The Secret Life […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Elyse Wanshel Associate Editor, Trends, The Huffington Post Chalk it up to spreading hope. Messages of love, compassion and support scrawled on the sidewalk of a mosque in Virginia is making folks on Twitter cry happy tears. On Sunday, members of the Mubarak Mosque in Chantilly, Virginia were […]
Source: Huffington Post Pope Francis on Monday extended indefinitely to all Roman Catholic priests the power to forgive abortion, a right previously reserved for bishops or special confessors in most parts of the world. Francis, who has made a more inclusive and forgiving Roman Catholic Church a characteristic of his […]
Source: The Guardian Appearing on that most revered of presidential forums (also called YouTube), Donald Trump released a video this week describing his plans to “make America great again for everyone, and I mean everyone”. I’ve learned not to believe Trump’s magnanimous act, but others really want to. Henry Kissinger […]
Source: The New York Times By ADAM NOSSITER CHASSIEU, France — A patriotic sea of supporters, waving red, white and blue flags, greeted the newly ascendant presidential hopeful François Fillon this week at a soulless conference center in this suburb of Lyon. Mr. Fillon described radical Islam as a “totalitarianism […]
Source: Time By Feliz Solomon Burmese authorities are carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya Muslim minority in the country’s western Arakan state, a senior U.N. official said, as the military continues to sweep the area for what it has labeled Islamic militants. The BBC reports that John […]
Source: Time BY Jeffrey Collins (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — A judge has ruled that Dylann Roof is competent to stand trial for the killing of nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church. Judge Richard Gergel made the ruling Friday after a two-day hearing behind closed doors earlier this week. The hearing […]
Source: Time HAVANA (AP) — Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90. Castro’s reign over the island-nation 90 miles from Florida was […]
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom 25 November 2016 Humpback whales often leap out of the water, a behaviour known as “breaching”, and slap the water with their fins or tails. […]
By Haras Rafiq and Magnus Roar Bech. Haras Rafiq is the CEO of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank based in the UK. Magnus Roar Bech is Quilliam’s communications officer. The […]
Source: BBC It’s frightful, how many of us there are! Planet Earth has a human population of 7.5 billion. In the year 2100, there will be 11 billion of us. How will the planet be able to feed all of these people?Facing this human wave, the media is for the […]
Source: BBC The election commission in Wisconsin has received a request for a recount of the votes in the state narrowly won by Donald Trump more than two weeks ago. The request was filed by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. She has also pledged to file for vote recounts in Michigan […]