History, Traditions and Observance of Muharram
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. On the first day of Muharram, the Islamic New Year is observed by Muslims. The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year. Hence it is a little different from the Gregorian […]
The sacred month Muharram
September 29 2016 08:55 PM Muslims must fear Allah and take lessons from what Allah has told us in the Qur’an regarding the Prophets and Messengers of Allah and the previous nations. Allah said (which means): “Indeed in their stories, there is a lesson for men of understanding. It (the […]
Video: When citizens film police Does anything change
CNNMoney takes a look back at citizen video recordings of police, from Rodney King to Eric Garner, and now Keith Lamont Scott. With cameras in everybody’s pockets, will behavior change?
Verse That Linked Rape To Chastity Removed From Mormon Youth Book
Source: The Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post A controversial verse from the Book of Mormon that describes rape as the loss of chastity has been […]
New UNHCR centre to pace up Afghan refugees return
September 29, 2016 Said Alam Khan PESHAWAR – The UNHCR has formally inaugurated its second Voluntary Repatriation Centre (VRC) at Azakhel in Nowshera district on Wednesday to facilitate safe and dignified return of Afghan refugees. The opening of new centre would enable UNHCR to facilitate return of up to […]
Iraq’s ”Peace Valley”- World’s largest cementery
y Reuters /Iraq Filed on September 28, 2016 (Reuters) The pace of daily burials rose to 150-200. The rate was 80-120 a day previously The world’s largest cemetery, in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf, is expanding at double its usual rate as they bury their dead from the war against […]
Video: Why the Federal Reserve isn’t political
Donald Trump says the Fed is playing politics. But as Christine Romans explains, the Central Bank was designed specifically to be independent from the branches of government.
Italy: Liguria approves ‘anti-mosque’ laws limiting construction of religious buildings
Critics argues laws are anti-constitutional and unfairly target Muslims in Italy. By Ludovica Iaccino September 29, 2016 12:37 BST , Updated 6 hr ago The Italian region of Liguria has passed a controversial set of regulations that restrict the freedom to construct new religious buildings in its territory. The laws do not specifically limit the […]
Canada: Hamilton City Council offers support to Muslim community
City Council offers support to Muslim community Ken Mann September 28, 2016 07:44 pm, http://www.64toronto.com Hamilton’s mayor says an “attack against any one of us is an attack against us all”. Fred Eisenberger’s motion of solidarity with the city’s Muslim community has been approved unanimously by City Council. The move […]
Samsung in US ‘exploding washing machines’ probe
Source: BBC Samsung has confirmed it is in talks with US consumer watchdogs after a lawsuit against the firm over “exploding” washing machines. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warned […]
Russia plans to ban ‘baby boxes’ for unwanted infants
Source: BBC Russia is moving towards banning “baby boxes” – the hatches introduced in many countries where desperate mothers can safely abandon an unwanted infant. But there has been sharp […]
Trump’s fortune drops $800m in one year
Source: BBC “Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich,” Donald Trump once said, but according to Forbes magazine he’s much less rich than a year ago. […]
Hoboken station crash: New Jersey train disaster ‘kills one’
Source: BBC At least one person has been killed and dozens injured, some of them critically, after a commuter train crashed into a railway station in the US state of […]
Is the FDA Too Cozy With Drug Companies?
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin A new report look at the “revolving door” between the FDA and drug companies People who work at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as […]
Google, Facebook, Amazon join forces on future of AI
Source: BBC By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter The world’s biggest technology companies are joining forces to consider the future of artificial intelligence. Amazon, Google’s DeepMind, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft will […]
One in 10 children has ‘Aids defence’
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website A 10th of children have a “monkey-like” immune system that stops them developing Aids, a study suggests. The […]
Kashmir attack: India ‘launches strikes against militants’
Source: BBC India’s army says it has carried out “surgical strikes” against suspected militants along the de-facto border with Pakistan in Kashmir. The operation was aimed at preventing attacks being […]
New York City Is Taking Aim At Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post BY Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – New York City kicked off a social media advertising campaign on Monday to combat negative perceptions of Muslims and counteract increasing instances of threats and violence, officials said. Showing an array of photographs of Muslim men and women, […]
Video: Obama: Why I won’t say ‘Islamic terrorism’
Source: CNN By Daniella Diaz, CNN Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama has taken a lot of criticism from political opponents over his rhetoric when it comes to terrorism. But on Wednesday […]