Christian Times: Russia’s recent air strikes against ISIS in Syria have been praised as a “holy battle” by the Russian Orthodox Church. Russia launched its second day of air strikes in Syria today, while western leaders struggled to know how to react to Putin’s insistence that President Bashar al-Assad must […]
Global Post: WASHINGTON — Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon seeking the Republican presidential nomination, drew fire last month when he said he would not “advocate” for a Muslim president, but it turns out that most Republicans agree with him. In a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Sept. 23-30, 75 percent of Republican voters […]
Trudeau, Mulcair go on the offensive over niqab issue in 2nd French-language debate NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau went on the offensive over the issue of […]
Source: CTV The recent decision to ban all female staff from wearing the full face veil aims to put an end to student complaints of “poor communication” in class, the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Atif Rashid; Freelance writer, community events organiser, speaker on religious platforms and aspiring journalist. What the world owes to Islam and its Prophet The principles, values and […]
Commandment – Say, ‘If you love Allah, follow me [follow the Holy Prophet (PBUH)] [3:32] Say, ‘If you love Allah, follow me: then will Allah love you and forgive you your faults. And Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.’ [4:70] And whoso obeys Allah and this Messenger of His shall be among those on […]
Commandment – Whatsoever the Messenger gives you, take it; and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain from that [59:8] Whatever Allah has given to His Messenger as spoils from the people of the towns is for Allah and for the Messenger and for the near of kin and the orphans […]
Huff Post: by Christian Chiakulas — That’s right, I am a Christian, and I don’t believe that Jesus was God. I don’t believe Mary was a virgin, or that God exists as a “trinity.” I certainly do not believe Jesus died for my sins or those of anybody else, and […]
Commandment – And obey the Messenger of Allah [4:66] But no, by thy Lord, they are not believers until they make thee judge in all that is in dispute between them and then find not in their hearts any demur concerning that which thou decidest and submit with full […]
Evening Standard: comment — An e-mail I received recently began: “30,000 Muslims in London pledge allegiance to the caliphate”. Well, it certainly got my attention, but the caliph in question was not that rather humourless chap in Syria but Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the softly spoken leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Woolly mammoth bones uncovered in Lima Township By Daniel Bethencourt, Detroit Free Press5:51 p.m. EDT October 2, 2015 Bones to be cleaned and researched (Photo: Courtesy of the University of Michigan) After a full day of digging through a soybean field near Chelsea, researchers at the University of Michigan confirmed […]
Oct 01,2015 – BY RAMI G. KHOURI JORDAN TIMES The bizarre, often make-believe, world of the United States’ fight against dangerous terrorist organisations and militants has suffered a bad few weeks, and there are no signs of things getting better soon. This is a critical moment in that tug-of-war […]
By JT – Oct 02,2015 -JORDAN TIMES Israeli forces arrest a Palestinian woman in the Old City of Jerusalem on Wednesday (AP photo by Mahmoud Illean) AMMAN — Jordan on Thursday condemned the continued closure of Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by the Israeli forces and its detaining of worshippers. […]
This is disgusting and it is time for us to say stop it’: Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi blasts Tories’ niqab ban COLLEEN DE NEVE / CALGARY HERALDCalgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Jason Kenney, federal minister of National Defence and minister for Multiculturalism, in Calgary on July 24, 2015. Twitter National Post […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and of infinite value. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:33) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief […]
Bahamas: Watch helpful dolphin retrieve woman’s iPhone from bottom of Atlantic Ocean By Alfred Joyner October 1, 2015 12:23 BST, IBTimes.co.uk An incredible video has been released showing a helpful dolphin retrieving an iPhone that a woman had dropped in the Atlantic Ocean and returning it to her. Teressa Cee, […]
No one is to be stoned to death according to the Holy Quran. But, here is a brief glimpse from the Bible: Exodus 21:28 “If a bull gores a man […]
REFUGEE CRISIS Defence minister: bunkers could house 50,000 migrants By swissinfo.ch and agencies OCT 2, 2015 – 09:16 Defence Minister Ueli Maurer in the civil protection bunker in Worb (Keystone) Switzerland could accommodate 50,000 people at short notice if the number of migrants in Switzerland were to dramatically increase, says Defence […]
Middle East Russia in Syria: CIA-backed ‘moderate’ rebels struck by fresh air strikes as Iranian troops ‘pour into conflict’ Russian Foreign Minister insists Moscow sees ‘eye-to-eye’ with US-led coalition in wanting to combat Isis militants David usborne US Editor Thursday 1 October 2015 20:29 BST 73 comments In this image made from video provided by […]