GOD ARE YOU THERE? I GOOGLED YOU.
Source: World Religion News Analysis of Google search data by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz By The New York A NEW YORK TIMES WRITER ANALYZES GOOGLE SEARCH TRENDS RELATED TO RELIGION AND GOD. […]
THOUSANDS ANNOUNCING THEY WILL LEAVE MORMON CHURCH TOMORROW
Source: World Religion News Organizers are banding together a large scale protest against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City tomorrow. These includes formal resignations. […]
Watch the Second Democratic Debate in Under Four Minutes
Source: Time And then there were three. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley debated for two hours during the second […]
Paris Terror Attacks Pressure U.S. ‘Patience’ Strategy for ISIS
Source: Time military campaign against ISIS began in 2014, Pentagon officials have said the U.S. has time on its side. Rather than an invasion, officials have opted for methodical and […]
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas by Sylviane A. Diouf New York: New York University Press, 1998. 254 pp. $55 (paper $18.50) Reviewed by Daniel Pipes Middle East Quarterly December 2000 Slowly, out of the surprisingly full records of slavery, an important fact is coming to light: […]
Paris Attacks: Suicide Bomber Was Blocked From Entering Stade de France (the guard is a Muslim, but no one mentions it!)
A suicide bomber had a ticket to the France-Germany soccer game, but his explosive vest was found during a security check at the gate A man apparently set to detonate his suicide vest tried to enter the France-versus-Germany soccer match at Stade de France, but was turned away by security […]
What Is This Thing Called Jihad or Islamic Holy War?
Source: Huffington Post By Imam Hassan A. Amin, who is an Imam, licensed social worker, former college instructor, Vietnam Era veteran and hospital chaplain It is claimed that various worldwide groups […]
The Buck Stops With George W. Bush
Source: The Atlantic Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld can’t be blamed for the policies the president authorized. Great news for Jeb Bush! Jon Meacham’s new book has just set off […]
The Killer Question Republicans Couldn’t Answer Tuesday Night
Source: Huffington Post Tuesday night’s Republican debate was devoid of flashy moments. Nobody said anything particularly embarrassing. Nobody said anything particularly memorable. Even Donald Trump failed to stand out. But the debate did have one moment that may loom large when the voters cast ballots a year from now. It […]
Phones need ‘bed mode’ to protect sleep
Source: BBC Smartphones, tablets and e-readers should have an automatic “bedtime mode” that stops them disrupting people’s sleep, says a leading doctor. Prof Paul Gringras argued the setting should filter […]
8 Stunning Natural Rock Formations And The Legends That Make Them Sacred
Source: Huffington Post Majestic and unusual rock formations have long evoked strong feelings of awe and wonder. As a result, these strange and beautiful natural structures were often weaved into ancient […]
A Message Of Support For Muslims After Paris Attacks Is Lighting Up The Internet
Source: Huffington Post When Alex Malloy caught a cab in Manhattan just after 11 p.m. on Friday, he did not expect anything out of the ordinary. After he stepped inside, […]
Hilary Contradicts Obama: ISIS Can’t Be Contained, Must Be Defeated
Source: Newsmax Democratic candidates condemned the attacks in Paris as they started their second debate on Saturday, with Hillary Clinton defending her record as Secretary of State. The debate was […]
What if Allama Iqbal had remained an Ahmadi?
Source: The Express Tribune Zafarullah Khan would have been our Iqbal today and Iqbal our Zafarullah Khan. Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafarullah Khan was one of the leading founding fathers of […]
Terrorism Is Not A Religious Act
Huff Post: by Rev Dr. Chuck Currie — “Nous sommes tous des Français aujourd’hui.” Across the world, we watch with sadness the news from Paris. The people of France are hurting and so we are hurting too. Nothing can justify the attacks which occurred today. They are, as President Obama […]
Paris attacks: Omar Ismail Mostefai identified as assailant
Source: BBC One of the seven attackers who killed 129 people and wounded 350 in Paris has been identified, as the French police investigation picks up pace. The attacker was […]
Why a Nagorno-Karabakh Deal May Be Imminent
Analysis STRATFOR.COM NOVEMBER 14, 2015 | 22:31 GMT Print Text Size Soldiers in Nagorno-Karabakh play checkers using a chess set at their post along the line of contact with Azerbaijan on April 21. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) Summary After a decadeslong standoff, Armenia and Azerbaijan may be making diplomatic progress […]
Putin Plan: The Russian President’s Strategy for Syria
By Matthias Schepp in Moscow SPIEGEL.DE DPA President Vladimir Putin has been oddly quiet about the recent crash of a Russian jet in Egypt. A secret strategy paper suggests the Kremlin wants to find a political solution with the West on the issue of Syria. Pressure […]
How to benefit from the Qur’an
How to benefit from Qur’an IBN AL-QAYYIM Published — Friday 13 November 2015 Last update 13 November 2015 2:47 am | | A A http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.e00c464da75b252cb1a028400793cadc.en.html#_=1447577085800&count=horizontal&counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F834591&dnt=false&id=twitter-widget-1&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fislam-perspective%2Fnews%2F834591&size=m&text=How%20to%20benefit%20from%20Qur%E2%80%99an%20%7C%20Arab%20News%3A&type=share&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F834591%23.VkhF-ntbvTY.twitter&via=Arab_News https://apis.google.com/u/0/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=medium&hl=en-US&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F834591&gsrc=3p&ic=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en.-MEibZBkA0g.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Ft%3Dzcms%2Frs%3DAGLTcCN5wAq8ObXDmKVRVqq22e9MdJrBvg#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh&id=I0_1447577084746&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com&pfname=&rpctoken=31644074 If you truly want to benefit from the Qur’an, your heart must be attentive and alert when reciting it or listening to it. Listen […]
Asma bint Abu Bakr: Role model for women
A view of Jannatul Muala, in a corner of which is a small grave indicating the resting place of Asma bint Abu Bakr (may Allah bless her). ABU TARIQ HIJAZI Published — Friday 13 November 2015 From Bilal to Sumayya, the history of Islam is replete with sacrifices rendered by […]