By Gaelle Sundelin – Jun 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Haider’s small hands struggle to find the edge of the brown scotch-tape roll. The 12-year old is not putting the final touches to some science project or building a kite. He is taping the window panes of his […]
June 6 — The Ramadan month is here again as it does every year. Every Sunni Muslim knows that fasting is required during the month of Ramadan, it is one of the five pillars of his faith. He knows how to fast, when to break fast and what to do […]
Quran Verses about Ramadan and fasting The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’an, a guidance for the people O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous [2:183] [Fasting for] a […]
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse in Dhaka A Christian was knifed to death after Sunday prayers near a church in northwestBangladesh in an attack claimed by Islamic State. Police said […]
Source: Gulf News Tokyo: A 96-year-old Japanese man has entered the Guinness World Records after becoming the oldest person in the world to receive a university degree, officials said on Sunday. Shigemi Hirata, who lives in Takamatsu, received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and Design from Kyoto University […]
Source: ABC News By CANDACE SMITH Donald Trump, already facing bi-partisan backlash for his comments suggesting a judge of Mexican descent is unfit to preside over a lawsuit filed against Trump University because of “bias,” has gone further, suggesting that a Muslim judge would also not be able to treat […]
Source: ABC News In March, a senior commander with the Islamic State group was driving through northern Syria on orders to lead militants in the fighting there when a drone […]
Source: Aljazeera By Mir Ubaid New York, US – Ahmet Kargi, 40, rolls up his sleeves, revealing a tattoo on his right arm – a white crescent and star inside a […]
Source: Aljazeera Israeli police deployed in large numbers in Jerusalem to secure an annual march marking Israel’s 1967 invasion and subsequent occupation of the Palestinian-dominated eastern half of the city, which […]
Source: Tribune A Muslim group has urged the United States Department of Transportation to take action to address the profiling of Muslims, people of colour, and persons perceived to be […]
Source: BBC … The politics “Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.” “Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn’t choose it, […]
Source: CNN (CNN)Hundreds of firefighters are battling a blaze in Los Angeles County that has forced at least 5,000 people to evacuate their homes, authorities said. Since the inferno started Saturday afternoon it has already torched 516 acres, Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief John Tripp said. As of Sunday […]
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom Will we ever win the “war on cancer”? The latest figures show just how distant a prospect victory is right now. In the US, the […]
Source: Huffington Post The American Dream is alive and well, and according to Michelle Obama, her life is proof. In a commencement speech delivered at City College in New York […]
Muhammad Ali offering ‘salat’ at Nur Mosque Frankfurt, on his left is Imam Fazal Elahi Anwari.
theguardian: by Alia Waheed — Review of case of Mukhtar Mai, who was assaulted at behest of village council before high court acquitted attackers, could end 14-year struggle for justice Mukhtar Mai has become an international campaigner for women’s rights. She was gang-raped in 2002 Photograph: Felix Clay for the […]
He is suggesting what other’s have called: Pascal’s Wager, which is an argument in apologetic philosophy devised by the seventeenth-century French philosopher, mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–62).[1] It posits […]
Mysorean rockets From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Mysorean rockets were an Indian military weapon which were the first iron-cased rockets successfully deployed for military use. They subsequently brought about a revolution in warfare […]
Video: Courtesy of Hamid Rahman, Peace Village(Maple, ON, Canada) Muhammad Ali was offered a star with his name on “Hollywood Walk of Fame” but he refused and said: “I bear […]
Source. The Local The film itself he sees as a perfect analogy for this struggle. “The Life of Brian is against dogmatism. It is against unquestioning obedience to leadership”, traits he sees as characterizing the Catholic Church. “The Catholic Church is sexist, dogmatic and authoritarian.” “[But] Germany recognizes the Vatican […]