By Huda Islam Expert Question What’s the Difference Between Shia and Sunni Muslims? Answer Both Sunni and Shia Muslims share the most fundamental Islamic beliefs and articles of faith. The differences between these two main sub-groups within Islam initially stemmed not from spiritual differences, but political ones. Over the […]
Some academics argue the Safavid Shahs gave Iranian Shiism a rule-fixation and abandonment of spirituality it has never lost An Iranian man sits in front of holy scroll. Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters Gareth Smyth for Tehran Bureau Thursday 29 September 2016 The crowning of Ismail as king of Iran in […]
Source: The Daily Beast Today, remembering things—how to spell words, your partner’s cellphone number, birthdays and anniversaries—is fundamentally unnecessary. Who needs to remember details when all of human knowledge is available to you at the touch of a button? The cause of the recent decline of simply ‘knowing stuff’ is […]
Source: The Daily Beast The Pentagon gave a controversial UK PR firm over half a billion dollars to run a top secret propaganda program in Iraq, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal. Bell Pottinger’s output included short TV segments made in the style of Arabic news networks and fake insurgent […]
Source: The Local A family’s much-loved cat who went missing from her home in the north-eastern Swiss city of St Gallen more than a year ago has been found 600 kilometres away in Bonn, Germany. More:
Source: TOI A member of Egyptian parliament, Elhamy Agina, has reportedly said that universities should performvirginity tests on female students. “Any girl who enters university, we have to check her medical examination to prove that she is a Miss,” Agina told Egypt’s Youm 7 newspapers, according to Egyptian Streets, […]
Politics behind border panic in Punjab after cross-LoC strikes Pawan Sharma, Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Updated: Oct 02, 2016 10:30 IST So far, the tussle is confined to 16 assembly segments, from Abohar in Fazilka to Bhoa in Pathankot, in the six districts along Punjab’s 553-km border with Pakistan. (HT […]
Source: TOI Former Pakistan nationals who are now Indian citizens are upbeat over theArmy‘s successful strikes on terror camps across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. “Pakistan was my mother country , but it is now infested with terrorist groups and camps. I am happy with the surgical […]
In Forged, Ehrman reveals: The Apostle Peter was illiterate, and therefore could not have written two letters (1 & 2 Peter) credited to him in the Bible. Six of the […]
Source: New York Times By SAMANTHA STARK, ALEXANDRA GARCIA, PAMELA DRUCKERMAN and MANUAL CINEMA STUDIOS | Oct. 2, 2016 | 16:21 As a teenager, saved thousands of lives by forging […]
By Stephen Collinson, Jeremy Diamond and Karl de Vries, CNN Washington (CNN) Hillary Clinton’s campaign Saturday night seized on a New York Times report about Donald Trump’s 1995 tax records, […]
Oct 02, 2016 – Shafqat Ali With Agency Inputs | Indian films have been banned in cinemas across Pakistan as tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi over recent scuffles in the disputed Kashmir region spilled into the world of Bollywood. “It is deeply regrettable that a film trade body, the […]
Oct 02, 2016 – Abhaya Srivastava | They left India for Saudi Arabia with big dreams, but have returned with only harrowing tales after an oil price slump threw the economy into turmoil, leaving thousands of poor migrant labourers stranded. The workers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Philippines were […]
AFP | Published — Sunday 2 October 2016 This file photo taken on September 7, 2016 shows Israeli children play outside their home in the wildcat Amona settlement, northeast of the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the Israeli occupied West Bank. (AFP) Jerusalem: Israel has approved the construction of […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 2 October 2016 MADINAH: Saudi Oger dismissed 1,300 employees working at the King Fahd Holy Qur’an Printing Complex when the company’s initial contract was terminated. But now, according to local media reports, the company has won a new contract to operate the complex for […]
Oct 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Musa Keilani For Arabs, Peres, who passed away last week, did not leave a legacy as a man of peace. In the case of the Palestinians, he was the first Israeli official to endorse building settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Being guided by the […]
Protesters call for turning off lights to show rejection of agreement By Suzanna Goussous – Oct 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Protesters demonstrate against the gas deal with Israel in downtown Amman on Friday (Photo by Osama Aqarbeh) AMMAN — Activists across the Kingdom have organised protests and marches […]
Bulgaria’s parliament banned the wearing of face veils on Friday in a bid to boost security in the wake of Islamist militant attacks in Europe. The new “burqa ban” law, which had been driven by the nationalist Patriotic Front coalition, comes after France, the Netherlands and Belgium banned the wearing […]
Source: BBC A tax evasion amnesty in India has prompted tens of thousands of people to declare more than $9.5bn (£7.3bn) in undeclared income and assets. Finance minister Arun Jaitley […]
Source: BBC Thai health officials have confirmed two cases of microcephaly, a severe birth defect linked to the Zika virus. It is the first time in South East Asia that the disease has been linked to the condition, which causes abnormally small brains and heads. Several countries in the region […]