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 […]
Report by Mirza Mashood Interfaith meetings are always good – they promote better understanding & remove many misconceptions against each other. -Imam shamshad An interfaith program held in west Chicago […]
Source: Salon BY RAYMOND WILLIAM BAKER American propaganda exaggerates the power and moral depravity of the Islamic enemy, in the service of our empire Excerpted from “One Islam, Many Muslim Worlds: […]
Refugees in Italy: most are avoiding Switzerland — for now. Photo: AFP Swiss brace for refugee trickle to turn into flood Published: 23 Sep 2015 10:15 GMT+02:00 SOURCE: http://www.thelocal.ch/20150923/swiss-brace-for-refugee-trickle-to-turn-into-flood Border guards in crisp blue uniforms rush onto the train as it grinds to a halt, quickly rounding up around a dozen […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:33) (CNN) Preliminary information indicates 10 people were killed and more than 20 others injured […]
Egypt Targets Mosques and Preachers to Tackle Islamism Egypt’s government has been installing surveillance cameras in all mosques and monitoring libraries and preachers to crush the Muslim Brotherhood. BY ELLIOT FRIEDLAND Tue, September 22, 2015, Egypt has been stepping up efforts across the country to curb extremism and prevent radicalization through […]
HELPING HAND Swiss donations for Syrian crisis swell to CHF20 million SEP 30, 2015 – 11:00 Migrants, many from Syria, make their way into Serbia en route to Western Europe (Keystone) The Swiss public has donated CHF20 million ($20.5 million) inside a month towards helping the victims of war-torn countries. […]
Sep 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES The Iraqi delegation to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights that arrived in Geneva Tuesday for the consideration of Iraq’s fourth periodic report on the extent of the country’s adherence to the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights took […]
By JORDAN TIMES – Oct 01,2015 – AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday co-chaired a joint meeting on human rights, peace, security and the role of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in this regard. At the meeting, […]
Americas Niqab row: Canada’s government challenges ruling Zunera Ishaq can wear veil while taking oath of citizenship Stephen Harper’s ruling Conservative party, prone to linking all things Islamic to ‘security’ fears, is going to the Supreme Court to stop the Pakistani-born teacher keeping her niqab on while receiving citizenship. Robert Fisk reports on a […]
Commandment – And obey Allah and the Messenger that you be shown mercy [3:133] And obey Allah and the Messenger that you be shown mercy. [8:21] O ye who believe! obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not turn away from him while you hear him speak. [3:33] Say, ‘Obey […]