JINAN BASTAKI | Published — Friday 23 September 2016 GOING deeper into our spiritual state during prayers (salah) requires that we have a presence of heart and are mindful of the words being said during the prayers. Our prayer will feel shorter, yet when we look at how much time […]
| Published — Friday 23 September 2016 ALLAH the Almighty decreed acts of worship and obedience for great wisdom and sublime objectives. No wonder, as they strengthen the faith, purify the soul, correct the attitude and refine the morals. If acts of worship did not achieve these objectives, then the […]
By AP – Sep 25,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this August 13, 2016 file photo, soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces are stacked against a building during a training exercise to prepare for the operation to re-take Mosul from Daesh militants in Baghdad, Iraq […]
CLOUD STORAGE Keeping data safe in a mountain By Carlo Pisani http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:42424898 SEP 23, 2016 – 11:00 If every byte of information on the internet needs a physical location where it’s stored, one of the safest places to keep this data might be inside a Swiss mountain. (Carlo Pisani, swissinfo.ch) […]
Source: BBC A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country’s male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have […]
Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican issued new rules Friday for the process to determine if healings qualify as miracles for sainthood, including safeguards against possible financial abuses. The rules deal with how a panel of medical experts scrutinizes potential miracles. Pope Francis has […]
Source: Economist Every Thursday night, the music of a tanbour, a long-necked stringed instrument, resounds across the wooden floors of a Manhattan room, wrapped with warm Persian rugs. Barefoot men […]
Source: Crux BY John L. Allen Jr. September 25, 2016 EDITOR Towards the end of Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis’s document on the family, the pontiff writes that when priests have to make […]
Source: BBC Our brains are complex organic computers – some believe the most complicated in the Universe. Yet one scientist has managed to create mini brains that mimic how our minds work. Deep in a lab in Cambridge, England, you will find see an extraordinary thing: tiny, exact replicas of […]
Source: BBC By Dave Lee North America technology reporter Messaging app firm Snapchat has announced its first gadget – sunglasses with a built-in camera. The device, which the company is calling […]
Source: http://guardian.ng/features/ahmadiyya-tasks-leaders-on-righteous-deeds/ Ahmadiyya tasks leaders on righteous deeds By Shakirah Adunola | 23 September 2016 | 2:07 am The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at of Nigeria has enjoined the political leaders to turn back to Almighty Allah in their national course and ensure equity and fairness in their dealings […]
Source: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/islamahmadiyya/2016/09/some-advice-for-an-italian-mep/?ref_widget=gr_trending&ref_blog=grails&ref_post=muslim Some Advice for an Italian MEP September 25, 2016 by Qasim Rashid by Aasim Ahmad It was reported by London’s Express that Magdi Allam, an Italian MEP, believes that mosques are Islam’s cancer and that mosques are used to promote and manufacture terrorists. Coming from an Italian MEP, this is a […]
Source: Times of Israel The crackdown is happening at a time when Israel and China arestrengthening their economic and political ties. The two countries recently signed a visa deal, encouraging travel between the two countries. And last week China sent an official to send greetings and support to former President […]
Source: Times of Israel “Mr. Trump acknowledged that Jerusalem has been the eternal capital of the Jewish People for over 3,000 years, and that the United States, under a Trump administration, will finally accept the long-standing Congressional mandate to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel,” […]
Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama said Saturday that the newelevates the often-overlooked impact of black Americans and will help others better understand the breadth of the American story. “This national […]
September 26, 2016 India, News, Top Stories 0 Commentssiasat.com Azim Premji, 71, chairman of Wipro Limited has appeared at number 4 with a net worth of $15 Billion. Last year he was at number 3. Left to Right: Azim Premji, M.A. Yusuff Ali, Yusuf Hamied and Shamsheer Vayalil M.A. Yusuff Ali, 60, MD […]
Source: RNS By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, Jordan (Reuters) — A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on charges […]
Source: BBC By Henry Nicholls 26 September 2016 Reputation: Yuck. Cockroaches are filthy, immortal scavengers that are unaffected by radiation. In a post-apocalyptic world, it will be these dirty little critters that survive. We would be better off without them. Reality: There are almost 5,000 species of cockroaches, of which […]
Source: BBC Russia has criticised the US and UK for using “unacceptable” tone and rhetoric in speeches on Syria at the UN, after being accused of “barbarism”. On Sunday, US […]
Source: Merinews By Naim Naqvi The terror strikes again as a gunman shot dead prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar outside Amman court where he was facing charges for sharing a […]