Ahmadiyya Times: It is entirely unjust to associate Islam with such disorder and hatred… If we look at the history of all religions objectively, overtime followers of every religion moved […]
der Spiegel Two men are waiting for their lunch inside a drafty airport hangar — one is an 80-year-old from Pakistan, the other an 18-year-old Albanian. A throng of people are waiting and the line can take up to an hour, but the young man has run out of patience. […]
Muslims lagged behind because they kept women enslaved, says Aligarh Muslim University, V-C Zameer Uddin Shah The Indian Expre Lt Gen (retd) Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, […]
Carson Calls on IRS to Terminate CAIR’s Tax-Exempt Status Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said CAIR ‘brazenly violated’ IRS rules, noting it is ‘not the first time that CAIR has disrespected U.S. laws.’ BY RYAN MAURO Sun, October 4, 2015 Ben Carson (Photo: CNN Video screenshot) Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is calling […]
Huff Post: by Paul Brandeis Raushenbush — “We know that no religion is immune from forms of individual delusion or ideological extremism. This means that we must be especially attentive to every type of fundamentalism, whether religious or of any other kind.” Two weeks ago I was privileged to report […]
America’s Oligarch Problem: How the Super-Rich Threaten US Democracy An Essay By Markus Feldenkirchen SPIEGEL.DE AFP Poking fun at the über-oligarch: Donald Trump pinatas are displayed in the window of a store in San Francisco’s Mission District. The sky’s the limit when it comes to […]
By Christoph Reuter SPIEGEL.DE REUTERS A man carries a girl in the Douma quarter of Damascus following shelling by regime troops. Iran has long been sending troops and material to help Syrian autocrat Bashar Assad wage war against his own people. But now Tehran is busy establishing a state […]
Looming Doubts : Merkel’s Grip on Refugee Crisis May Be Slipping REUTERS The flow of refugees into Germany is continuing and the government in Berlin has found no way to slow it. Faith in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ability to handle the problem is plunging — especially within her own party. By SPIEGEL […]
2015 Nobel prize in physics: Canadian Arthur B. McDonald shares win with Japan’s Takaaki Kajita Physicists win for discovery showing neutrinos have mass CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2015 5:56 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 06, 2015 7:27 AM ET Arthur McDonald, a professor emeritus at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., is […]
Federal court rejects Ottawa’s bid to suspend niqab ruling SEAN FINE – JUSTICE WRITER OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Oct. 05, 2015 5:32PM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Oct. 06, 2015 7:09AM EDT https://apis.google.com/u/0/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=medium&annotation=bubble&width=&hl=en&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theglobeandmail.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theglobeandmail.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ffederal-court-rejects-governments-bid-to-put-niqab-ruling-on-hold%2Farticle26670106%2F&gsrc=3p&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en.u_d_RDDKHus.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Ft%3Dzcms%2Frs%3DAGLTcCOeT4rZ6zm_SePtvWqiOhnN-d5mzQ#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh%2Conload&id=I0_1444131251951&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theglobeandmail.com&pfname=&rpctoken=38646473 Print / License AA The Conservative government’s bid to stop a Muslim woman from wearing a face veil […]
By Simran Jeet Singh | October 5, 2015 | 6 Comments (RNS) Chris Harper Mercer who gunned down nine students and faculty at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College disdained religion. According to a classmate […]
ARAB NEWS Published — Tuesday 6 October 2015 JEDDAH: There would be trains between Makkah and Jeddah every 10 minutes once the Al-Haramain high-speed railway project is completed. Trains between […]
Oct 05,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – CHRISTOPHER R. HILL The scenes of desperate refugees making their way through a gauntlet of impediments — including hastily unfurled barbed-wire fences, ill-tempered border guards and angry residents — have been horrific, reminiscent of Europe’s darkest decades. They are a stark reminder that Europe can never […]
Oct 05,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby The Oslo Accords and the attendant peace process came into the world with a bang 22 years ago. This past week they exited with a sad whimper. Once the focus of the world’s concern, at this year’s United Nations’ General Assembly opening […]
Voices Syria’s ‘moderates’ have disappeared… and there are no good guys Western confusion reigns while the Russians go for the jugular Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 4 October 2015 20:08 BST Syrian civil defence members mourn the death of their comrade, who was killed during what rebel activists said were air […]
Here’s how Syria became hell on earth Business Insider Armin Rosen © Provided by Business Insider Children walk on the debris of a damaged building at al-Myassar neighborhood of Aleppo. (Thomson Reuters)In 2010, Syria was ranked 111 out of 169 countries on the Human Development Index, just behind South Africa. […]
By Atika Shubert and Bharati Naik, CNN Updated 11:13 PM ET, Mon October 5, 2015 | Video Source: CNN Dohuk, Iraq (CNN) “Hello?” The voice is muffled, crackly, and barely audible, but the caller’s desperation is clear: “Our situation is very bad and cannot get any worse.” On the other end […]
Source: Gulf News By Sarah Algethami, Staff Reporter Dubai: Tim Hortons looks to open at least 100 stores annually in the Middle East in the coming years, according to the […]
Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus is regarded as the founder of microfinance. Satish Kumar / The National Nobel Peace laureate blasts global banking system at Islamic Economy Summit Adam Bouyamourn […]
Sabreena Razaq Hussain I am grateful to be alive after a distressing Hajj experience – and urge all Muslims to protest about the inhumane treatment of pilgrims. Radical change is needed ‘Much of the poor management of the hajj stems from the actual functioning of Saudi Arabia itself.’ Photograph: Ahmad […]