Nov 11,2015 – Last updated at Nov 11,2015 JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud US Secretary of State John Kerry is often perceived as one of the “good ones” — a less hawkish top American official who does not simply promote and defend his country’s military adventurism, but reaches out to […]
We invited our maid’s family for a Diwali dinner and this is what we learnt By Nithya Shanti Published: November 11, 2015 blogs.tribune.com.pk 3 CommentsPrintEmail On our way back home my mom commented that she had always been invited by Madina for festivals like Eid and the marriage of their daughter. PHOTO: […]
Humanist Vs Islamic Perspectives on Science and the Modern World Yasmin Khan By Yasmin Khan, 6 November 2015 Two important figures came head-to-head at Conway Hall, to discuss Islamic versus Humanist perspectives on science and the modern world. Jim Al-Khalili made the final public appearance of his term as president […]
Epigraph: So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:10) By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor Happy and a prosperous Diwali to all our Hindu, Sikh and Jain […]
Source: The Telegraph Hindus celebrate the ‘festival of lights’ this week, with Diwali Day on November 11. We look at the story behind the celebration, and the UK’s best events […]
Source: Huffington Post By Anantanand Rambachan; Professor of Religion, Saint Olaf College. Latest book,”A Hindu Theology of Liberation.” The word “Diwali” means an arrangement or a row of lights. Traditionally, Diwali […]
Newsweek: CONSERVATIVE MUSLIMS ACCUSE THE MINORITY COMMUNITY OF CAUSING LAST MONTH’S EARTHQUAKE. Conservative Muslims in Pakistan’s northwest are blaming the animist Kalash for a powerful earthquake that flattened entire villages in October, claiming their immoral ways provoked Allah’s wrath, in the latest attack on a diminishing tribe fighting to keep […]
wandsworthguardian.co.uk: Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) have joined with thousands of other young Muslims around the country to raise £400,000 on Remembrance Sunday. The fundraising came as part of the ‘Mercy 4 Mankind’ initiative, and included 130 volunteers from Wimbledon and Wandsworth selling poppies at 25 stations […]
Steve Jobs’ Last Words I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have […]
A traveling exhibit that celebrates Muslims in Albania who saved most of the country’s Jewish citizens and refugees during the Second World War is currently in Winnipeg. Besa: A Code […]
Mississauga News By Nouman Khalil The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada has kicked off its fifth annual Muslims for Remembrance Day campaign to remember and show support for the sacrifices of […]
The federal government is considering using ships and commercial and military aircraft to transport 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of December, it was revealed Monday. At a […]
Source: Washington Post By Matt Zapotosky November 10 at 3:58 PM The way authorities tell it, the Richmond area white supremacists got together at one of their homes in September […]
Kasparov became chairman of the United Civil Front and then headed The Other Russia, a coalition opposing President Vladimir Putin. Despite being the group’s presidential candidate, he felt compelled to resign in 2007. His campaign appearances were being disrupted, he was being attacked by paid thugs and was detained and […]
Source: The Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The same financial difficulties that face houses of worship across the country have stalled a 10-year effort by New Hampshire’s small Muslim […]
Source: Central Florida Future ORLANDO Visiting Pastor Bobby Brooks tells the story of David and Goliath to a congregation of University of Central Florida students. Worshipers quickly flip to the 1 […]
Source: The Washington Post KABUL — A new Taliban splinter faction claimed Sunday that it was ready to engage in peace talks with the government and that it would allow […]
Source: BBC For many years, the Taliban banned music and the education of girls in Afghanistan – and although many women still find themselves restricted, one 17-year-old has become the […]
Source: Time Missouri football just earned one of the biggest wins in sports history. On Monday Timothy Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri,resigned after weeks of student protest regarding […]
“When I Picture My Future, I See Nothing” Barriers to Education for Syrian Refugee Children in Turkey Languages Available In العربية English Türkçe SEPTEMBER 2014. Syrian Kurdish refugees look out from the back of a truck as they enter Turkey from the town of Kobane (Ayn al-Arab), Syria, and […]