Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence
Economist: Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence. By Jonathan Sacks. Hodder & Stoughton; 305 pages; £20. To be published in America in October by Schocken; $28.95. THE Western world […]
Homo naledi: New species of human ancestor discovered in South Africa
http://player.theplatform.com/p/2E2eJC/nbcNewsOffsite?guid=f_fossils_150910 By David McKenzie and Hamilton Wende, CNN Updated 6:49 AM ET, Thu September 10, 2015 | Video below source: CNN Rising Star Cave, South Africa (CNN) When an amateur caver […]
Built By Immigrants, U.S. Catholic Churches Bolstered By Them Once Again
Source: NPR Nearly a century ago, immigrants from Germany and Ireland founded St. Helena Church in a working-class neighborhood in north Philadelphia. Immigrants, and their children, still fill the pews […]
Paradise beneath her feet: Why Muslim Women Matter? Microfinancing
Paradise beneath her feet: Why Muslim Women Matter By Dr. Moin Qazi, Nagpur, India A mother is a school. Empower her and you empower a great nation. —Hafez Ibrahim, Egyptian […]
Hungary must look to its own history for migrant guidance
By Robert Fisk, for the Independent Once, the country was quite happy to send those it disliked to Germany… Funny what a weather-vane the Second World War becomes in the hands of politicians and journalists. Europe faces the biggest refugee crisis since the 1939-1945 conflict, we are solemnly told. And […]
582. Commandment – And create not disorder in the earth after it has been set in order
582. Commandment – And create not disorder in the earth after it has been set in order [7:57] And create not disorder in the earth after it has been set in order, and call upon Him in fear and hope. Surely, the mercy of Allah is nigh unto those who do […]
581. Commandment – And if two parties of believers fight against each other, make peace between them
581. Commandment – And if two parties of believers fight against each other, make peace between them 581. Commandment – And if two parties of believers fight against each other, make peace between them [49:10] And if two parties of believers fight against each other, make peace between them; then if after that one […]
Pakistan’s Second Amendment is Root Cause of Sectarianism
By Kashif N. Chaudhry; Physician, writer and human rights activist Huff Post: Religious clerics in Pakistan celebrate September 7th as a day of victory for Islam and Pakistan. Officially dubbed the […]
Saudi Arabia Bans National Geographic Cover Featuring Pope Francis
FP: Pope Francis has won praise around the world for advancing a more humble, tolerant version of Catholicism, but there’s one country that he evidently hasn’t won over. Saudi Arabia […]
Advent of the Messiah in the Latter Days by Holy Prophet (sa)
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) ADVENT OF THE MESSIAH IN THE LATTER DAYS Allah’s Apostlesa came to us all of a sudden as we were busy in a discussion. He said: […]
Billboards aim to reclaim Islam’s message
The Argus Observer: by Steven Savoia — A billboard proclaims the teachings of Islam near the Massachusetts Avenue Exit of I-93 north in Boston. Dozens of billboards with Muslim themes […]
Pakistan: Pork meat sold near Lahore Railway station
Besides pork, horse, donkey, other types of meat sold here http://www.express.pk/story/388366/ اہورریلوے اسٹیشن کے قریب سے کئی من سورکا گوشت برآمد، ملزم گرفتار ویب ڈیسک بدھ 2 ستمبر 2015 کارروائی کے دوران ایک شخص کو حراست میں بھی لے لیا گیا ہے۔ فوٹو: فائل لاہور: پنجاب فوڈ اتھارٹی نے ریلوے اسٹیشن کے قریب کارروائی […]
Kansas jury says Jewish center killer should be executed
Epigraph: Anyone who kills an innocent person, it will be as if he or she has triggered a genocide. (Al Quran 5:33) KANSAS CITY, Kan., Sept 8 (Reuters) – A […]
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s Support for Iran Deal
By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson After careful consideration I am in full support of the historical nuclear weapons agreement between the United States, China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany and Iran. […]
My digital and mental struggle with Islamophobes
By Atif Rashid, UK I’m on an almost daily battle with Islamophobes whether online or in my mind trying to figure out why these people have so much hatred against Islam. […]
Asylum’s Dark Side: The Deadly Business of Human Smuggling
Asylum’s Dark Side: The Deadly Business of Human Smuggling REUTERS Every day, thousands of refugees entrust their lives to human smugglers as they make their way to Europe — and many of them die en route. The smugglers, meanwhile, are making handsome profits, and aren’t particularly concerned about safety. By […]
Lessons from Malaysia
Sep 07,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Malaysia’s efforts to modernise were not easy; they met resistance and obstacles, but with determination and the cooperation of all segments of society, including ethnic groups that were at loggerheads almost half a century ago, this Southeast Asian country managed to achieve great successes. The country’s […]
Finding a Second Home for Ten Million Homeless Syrians
Epigraph: “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.” (Exodus 22:21) Image of Drowned Syrian, Aylan Kurdi, 3, Brings Migrant Crisis Into Focus Lead article […]
Which countries are taking in Syrian refugees?
By Batsheva Sobelman, Los Angeles Time Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, now in its fifth year, more than 4 million refugees have fled the country while […]
Russia: We’ll Keep Arming Syria
Source: The Daily Beast Russia’s foreign ministry pushed back Monday at the U.S. warning that the Kremlin was escalating the conflict in Syria, arguing that its policy to support President Bashar al-Assad’s government in the fight against extremists has been longstanding. “We have always supplied equipment to them for their […]