Guardian: Contrary to Nick Cohen’s assertion that “civilisation came from the battering that religion took from the Enlightenment”, the initial spin-off of the latter was the horror of the French Revolution. A more positive development of the time was England’s free press, praised by Voltaire. In fact, Christianity has a […]
http://kashifmd.com: Mullahs (clergy) from all sects have been opposing the Ahmadi Muslims since the inception of the community by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) in 1889. Many leading clerics of United India called for a complete boycott of Ahmadis and incited attacks on them. They boasted that Ahmadiyyat would die in a […]
Source: Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani As a Congressman, Jinnah viewed with suspicion the creation of the All India Muslim League in 1906 and was trenchantly opposed to the […]
Source: Dawn.Com PRAGUE: Czech President Milos Zeman, known for his fiery anti-migrant comments, said on Sunday that it was almost impossible to integrate the Muslim community into European society. “The experience of Western European countries which have ghettos and excluded localities shows that the integration of the Muslim community is […]
By Reuters – Jan 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel bristled on Sunday at the lifting of international sanctions on Iran and vowed to flag up any violations of its archfoe’s nuclear restrictions while drawing on US defence aid to prepare for a possible military face-off in […]
. View photo A general view taken from a helicopter shows the Baghdad clock tower in Harthiya Sqaure in the west of the Iraqi capital on September 10, 2014 (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski) Baghdad (AFP) – US and local authorities are searching for three American citizens who were reportedly kidnapped in […]
Jan 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Nidhal Guessoum The Muslim world’s past contributions to science and education were extraordinary. The Islamic “golden age” — during which scholarship and learning flourished across the Muslim world — lasted many centuries and included the establishment of the world’s first universities. Today, however, Muslim-majority countries […]
Jan 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The sight of hungry, emaciated Syrians drew attention to the fact that the warring parties in this Arab country resort to starvation as a weapon of war. The UN Security Council acted against this, at last, recently adopting a resolution calling on all […]
Analysis: Iran has escaped years of isolation and the threat of war without sustaining much damage Patrick Cockburn @indyworld Sunday 17 January 2016 21:03 BST The war in Syria may end up weakening Iran’s regional rivals more than Iran itself Reuters Iran is politically and economically stronger because of the agreement […]
The world’s richest are getting richer while the wealth of the poorest is being spread more thinly Jon Stone @joncstone Sunday 17 January 2016 Slums in Colombia, one of the world’s most unequal countries Rex features Wealth inequality has grown to the stage where 62 of the world’s richest people […]
Source: CBC Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Peterborough, Ont., today, where he spoke at a mosque that was damaged by arson last November. He toured Masjid al-Salaam, the city’s […]
Source: Nottingham Post Dr Irfan Malik, general secretary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in Nottingham, on why Muslim communities should work together. The Ahmadiyya (or Ahmadi) Muslim community was declared […]
Source: Deseret News For Nikki Williams, having a second child was a high-stakes gamble. Eliza, her first, was born with metachromatic leukodystrophy, a genetic disorder that deteriorated her ability to […]
Source: BBC It’s rare in life to have your cake and eat it. But are low-calorie sweeteners the guilt-free way to be naughty? Nobody is going to claim that regularly […]
Source: BBC Controversial dates Buddhism is largely based on the teachings and philosophy of one man, the Buddha, and his spiritual journey. But tracing a timeline of events for the […]
Source: AlJazeera Karachi, Pakistan – On the evening of April 24, 2015, Sabeen Mahmud, the director of The Second Floor, a beloved cafe and communal space in Karachi, was shot and […]
Voices As a strange development in an age when developers have probably destroyed as many old Beirut houses as the civil war did Robert Fisk @indyvoices All pictures copyright: Tom Young Tom Young Just when you thought the heritage of the Middle East was being destroyed, here’s a tale to prove […]
Source: Al Jazeera Pakistani police have arrested the imam of a mosque for inciting violence after a 15-year-old boy, who was told by the religious leader that he was a […]
Studies actually show immigrants seem less likely to commit crime than native populations, despite tending to have lower incomes and live in deprived areas Ian Birrell @ianbirrell Police use pepper spray to control supporters of Pegida, Hogesa (Hooligans against Salafists) and other right-wing populist groups as they protest against the […]
The writer is travelling through the region by bicycle – trying to understand what lies beyond the bloody headlines The writer on the top of the Prokletije range on the Albania-Montenegro border. All photographs: Rebecca Lowe Rebecca Lowe Friday 15 January 2016 11.58 GMTLast modified on Saturday 16 January 201612.36 GMT […]