High time for academics to raise their voices in protest
Mar 27,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Seven hundred and thirty Israeli academics have signed a petition calling on their government to “take urgent measures to prevent starvation in […]
Videos: How could God guide evolution?
Epigraph God’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and He causes death; and He has power over all things. He is the First and […]
The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi
Source: New Yorker By Rozina Ali; January 5, 2017 couple of years ago, when Coldplay’s Chris Martin was going through a divorce from the actress Gwyneth Paltrow and feeling down, a […]
Why Intelligent Design Movement is Not only Bad Science, But Also Bad Theology
Epigraph: لَّا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصَارَ ۖ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ Eyes cannot reach God but He reaches the human consciousness. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware. (Al Quran 6:103) هُوَ […]
The Ismaili View of Mi‘raj: Prophet Muhammad’s Neoplatonic Ascent
The Prophet’s Spiritual Journey through the Hierarchy of Existence KHAYAL ʿALY AND ISMAILI GNOSIS FEB 05, 2024 ∙ “You must have also heard about the Mi‘raj (the celestial ascent) of […]
Do Ismailis Have to Fast in Ramadan? Zahiri & Batini Fasting in Ismaili History
Esoteric Haqiqi Fasting is obligatory all-year; the Ramadan Zahiri Fasting is optional ISMAILI GNOSIS MAR 06, 2024 In contemporary Ismaili Muslim practice, the obligatory religious duties (wajibat) for all Ismaili Muslims […]
Seeking forgiveness: 5 key lessons from the Promised Messiah
Jalees Ahmad, Al Hakam There is a profound reason why Allah introduces Himself as the Gracious and Merciful in the Holy Quran. Likewise, there’s a divine purpose behind sending noble Prophets […]
Jordanian anti-riot police use batons to push back protesters near Israeli embassy
Demonstrators carry flags during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, outside Al Kalouti mosque near the […]
Julian Assange’s temporary reprieve means Australia must now work aggressively to ensure his release
Greg Barns There is only political upside for Albanese in picking up the phone to Biden, not waiting for an appeal to wend its way through the UK courtsTue 26 […]
Turkish-Muslim association attacked in southern France
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL MAR 26, 2024 PKK terrorist sympathizers confront riot police, Brussels, Belgium, March 25, 2024. (AA Photo) An association affiliated with Turkish-Muslim umbrella group DITIB in France reported […]
Land thefts reinforce Palestinian attachment to their country
BARIA ALAMUDDIN March 25, 2024 Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former Middle East adviser, Jared Kushner, characterized the Gaza carnage as “a little bit of an unfortunate situation.” Yet, as a solution Kushner proposed that Israel should “move the people out and then clean it up” — remarking that “Gaza’s waterfront […]
UAE’s treasury sukuk auction hits $2.13bn: Finance Ministry
An oversubscription rate of 7.1 times was announced, according to the UAE news agency WAM. Shutterstock ARAB NEWS March 26, 202416:26 RIYADH: The UAE’s treasury sukuk auction received bids totaling […]
Complicit in genocide: Where Israel gets its weapons from
Mar 26,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. Mothers have been the […]
Videos: Salvation: Christian or Muslim?
Epigraph: Whoever has done a good deed will have it ten times to his credit, but whoever has done a bad deed will be repaid only with its equivalent––they will […]
‘Muslim world fighting ideology of terrorists behind Russia attack’
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW MAR 25, 2024 – DAILY SABAH In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivers his address in Moscow, the […]
Netanyahu cancels diplomats’ visit to Washington in protest over UN ceasefire vote
Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu. (File/AFP) Updated 2 min 3 sec ago AP March 25, 2024 TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a planned visit to Washington by […]
‘Never-ending humiliation’: Recalling horrors in Libya’s migration centres
Rescued in the middle of the Mediterranean, two men describe their experience being trafficked. By Nora Adin Fares Published On 24 Mar 2024 Mediterranean Sea – Malik* has been beaten, sold and […]
Will genocide and famine in Gaza shift the West?
CHRIS DOYLE March 25, 2024 Two terms have entered the lexicon in dealing with Palestine this year, both of which should chill all but the most heartless — genocide and […]
UN Security Council for first time demands ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Gaza
The resolution, put forward by the 10 elected council members, is backed by Russia and China and the 22-nation Arab Group at the United Nations. (AFP) Updated 7 sec ago […]
Quran: Allah is the Creator of All Things, So Worship Him Only
Epigraph The Creator of the heavens and earth! How could He have children when He has no spouse, when He created all things, and has full knowledge of all things? […]