By Amjad Yamin – Sep 23,2015 -JORDAN TIMES The first time Fareed (not his real name) thought of leaving Daraa, south Syria, was at the end of 2012. His wife worked as an English teacher at a public school in walking distance from home, and they filled their evenings with […]
Saudi prince arrested in LA over alleged sexual assault Reports say Majed Abdulaziz Al Saud held after police swooped on exclusive estate in Beverly Hills after woman seen screaming for help The prince was held and released on bail by the LAPD. Photograph: Alamy Reuters in Los Angeles Friday 25 […]
I’m not doing this, darling’: Robert De Niro walks out of Radio Times interview after taking offence to ‘negative inference’ Republish Reprint Sadaf Ahsan | September 24, 2015 | Last Updated: Sep 24 11:05 AM ET More from Sadaf Ahsan Robert De Niro is known for generally avoiding press and being a reluctant […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they […]
theguardian: Editorial — Ministers should stop boasting about supposed British values. The debate about security in a diverse society needs to be framed in the language of human rights ‘David Cameron has talked about ditching “the passive tolerance of recent years”, and moving towards a “much more active, muscular […]
The mysterious village where girls turn into boys http://twitter.com/BBCNewsMagazine/status/645556794010562560/photo/1 Salinas – Dominic an Republic It sounds like the plot of a “Twilight Zone” episode, an Ursula K. Le Guin story, or the Pulitzer Prize winning 2002 novel “Middlesex”: There’s a place where, when girls hit puberty, they turn […]
CTV: There are few pieces of clothing that have been the subject of as much political debate as the niqab. During the ongoing election campaign, the right to wear one […]
New York City public schools were closed Thursday in observance of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. This was the first time the school system that serves 1.1 million pupils […]
New York, Sept 24: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will have a dinner date with 47 top American CEOs on Thursday, Sept 24. The much awaited dinner meeting is schedule to be held at the Waldorf Astoria, a luxury five-star hotel in New York. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, Ford […]
The Independent Lizzie Dearden Support for a new war with Israel is growing among Palestinians as they lose confidence in politicians and the peace process, a survey has found. The Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research (PSR), an independent think-tank based in Ramallah, said the death of a toddler […]
AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE Novartis offers cheap drugs for developing countries SEP 24, 2015 – 11:29 Patients in Kenya, Ethiopia and Vietnam will be the first beneficiaries of the cheap drugs (Keystone) The Swiss pharma giant Novartis has launched a portfolio of 15 affordable drugs for chronic diseases in low- and middle-income […]
ROADMAP FOR PEACE Swiss want to ‘shake up’ international community over Syria SEP 24, 2015 – 10:54 Syrian refugees arrive at the Jordan-Syria border at Al-Rugban on September 10 after fleeing Islamic State fighters and Syrian regime attacks (Keystone) Switzerland is keen to help inject a new political dynamic in […]
Mecca stampede Live: Nearly 717 Haj pilgrims killed in Mina, 863 injured [ Photos+Video] By Johnlee Varghese September 24, 2015 Bodies are removed after a hajj stampede in Mena, outside Mecca.Reuters File Muslim pilgrims holding umbrellas to shelter from the heat walk on a […]
594. Commandment – O ye who believe! come into submission wholly [2:209] O ye who believe! come into submission wholly and follow not the footsteps of Satan; surely, he is your open enemy. [2:132] When his Lord said to him, ‘Submit,’ he said, ‘I have submitted to the Lord of […]
595. Commandment – Say, ‘I have been commanded to be the first of those who submit [6:15] Say, ‘Shall I take any protector other than Allah, the Maker of the heavens and the earth, Who feeds and is not fed?’ Say, ‘I have been commanded to be the first of […]
Washington Post: Carson, a neurosurgeon seeking the GOP presidential nomination, caused a stir when he declared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he could not support a Muslim becoming president. In a follow-up interview with The Hill, he asserted that he “did not believe Sharia [law] is consistent with the […]
http://thepoint.gm/: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at on Sunday distributed rice, oil, onion and cash worth over D100,000 to 38 disaster affected families in Salikene in the North Bank Region. The support was part of the Jamaat’s humanitarian efforts to affected families hard hit by windstorm and flashflood. The presentation was held in […]
Time: French nationalist politician Marine Le Pen is set to face a trialin October for her past comments likening Muslim public prayers to the Nazi occupation, officials from her party and prosecutors in the eastern city of Lyon said Tuesday. The Lyon prosecutor’s office said Le Pen will be charged […]
Epigraph: And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me, and keep My House clean for those who […]
Telegraph: In his official address to mark the festival of Eid, David Cameron urges British Muslims to think of those “driven from their homes” by Isil and President Assad . David Cameron has urged British Muslims to think of those “maimed, murdered [and] driven from their homes” by Isil […]