Colleges see interest fade in Christian groups
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 […]
A new Taliban breakaway group claims support for peace and women’s rights
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 […]
Afghanistan’s first female conductor
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 […]
Missouri President Toppled By the Power of the Student Athlete
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”
“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 […]
Bank Scandals Increase Interest in Islamic Banking
Bank Scandals Increase Interest in Islamic Banking October 26, 2015 8:33 AM SINGAPORE—A stream of major bank scandals has increased interest in “ethical finance,” which could benefit the Islamic banking sector. Supporters argue the growing area of Islamic finance is more ethical because banks and businesses must undergo scrutiny to […]
Muslim Majority Senegal Condemns ‘Excessive’ Islam, Urges Imams To Promote ‘Tolerant’ Form
Muslim Majority Senegal Condemns ‘Excessive’ Islam, Urges Imams To Promote ‘Tolerant’ Form By Morgan Winsor @MorganWinsorIBT on November 10 2015 Senegalese followers of the Mouride sect of Islam line up to enter the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Touba, during an annual pilgrimage on March 7, 2007. Reuters/Daniel […]
5 Promises to My Future Daughter
Source: Hufington Post By Qasim Rashid; Visiting Fellow, Harvard University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies Dear daughter, Next month I’ll become a father for the first time to […]
641. Commandment – Do not take interest when you borrow money
Commandment – Do not take interest when you borrow money [2:279] O ye who believe! fear Allah and relinquish what remains of interest, if you are believers.
Dialogue: Humanist vs Islamic perspectives on science and the modern world
Source: The Guardian By Yasmin Khan, who is the producer of Sindbad Sci-Fi. Follow her on Twitter @Ya5min_BL Jim Al-Khalili, physicist and Ziauddin Sardar, chair of the Muslim Institute, talk science, […]
Opening Soon: Germans Race to Capture the Iranian Market
By Alexander Smoltczyk Ahead of the planned lifting of Western sanctions against Iran, businessmen from around the world are visiting the country, and as one group from Germany discovered, there […]
Muslim-Majority City Council Elected in Michigan
Muslim-Majority City Council Elected in Michigan Hamtramck is believed to be first U.S. city with the distinction; 4 of 6 seats filled by Muslims The city of Hamtramck, Mich., was once mainly Polish and Catholic. Now, by some estimates, its Muslim population has surpassed 50%, and the city council will […]
IMMIGRATION QUOTAS: Swiss ambivalence towards immigration approach
IMMIGRATION QUOTAS Swiss ambivalence towards immigration approach By swissinfo.ch and agencies NOV 8, 2015 – 13:15 Swiss voters are coming to terms with their 2014 vote to reimpose curbs on immigration for foreigners like this Spanish construction worker at the UN’s European headquarters in Geneva. (Keystone) A growing number of […]
Nearly half of current jobs could be lost to machines
SWITCHING ON Nearly half of current jobs could be lost to machines NOV 9, 2015 – 19:12 While self-scan machines at checkouts are becoming more common, some people prefer to […]
The African breadbasket
Nov 09,2015 – JORDAN TIMES On the first World Food Day in 1945, people around the world celebrated the creation of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and the launch of the first coordinated global action to combat hunger. This year, on the 70th World Food Day, countries are […]
UN must make good on its resolution to protect women against wartime violence
Guardian: It has been 15 years since the UN security council passed resolution 1325, which aimed to end violence and abuse against women during war, and to bring women’s voices into peace talks. But there is little to show for it. Government forces, rebel groups and even peacekeepers are still […]
Young Ahmadiyya Muslims take part in 10k run to raise thousands for charity
The Asian Image: Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association were in Manchester’s Heaton Park to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. They took part in a 10k run to raise more than £400,000 for UK charities. The event is part of the ‘Mercy for Mankind’ series of […]
Liberian teenager awarded kids peace prize
Yahoo.com: The Hague (AFP) – A Liberian teenager was Monday awarded the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize for his “tireless campaigning” to end violence against minors. Seventeen-year-old Abraham Keita was […]
3rd Annual Holy Quran & Science Symposium, November 14
Bait-uz-Zafar Mosque 118-15 McLaughlin Avenue, Queens, NY Saturday November 14th, 2015 10AM-5PM 9:00 AM Breakfast 10:00 AM Session 1: The Quran on science & religion: Partners, not rivals Moderators: Moulana […]
640. Commandment – O ye who believe! when you borrow one from another for a fixed period, then write it down
Commandment – O ye who believe! when you borrow one from another for a fixed period, then write it down [2:283] O ye who believe! when you borrow one from another for a fixed period, then write it down. And let a scribe write it in your presence faithfully; and no scribe should […]