Book Review: Muhammad The Prophet for Eternity
Moin Qazi’s Delightful Rendering of Khutbat e Madras Muhammad: The Prophet for Eternity- Lectures of Syed Sulaiman Nadvi (Khutbat e Madras) Translated by Moin Qazi Notion Press Muthu Kalathy Street, […]
Hyper-Polyglot, Greek Translator Speaks 32 Languages
Hyper-Polyglot, Greek Translator Speaks 32 Languages Greece native Ioannis Ikonomou learned English at age five, German at seven and Italian at barely 10. He hasn’t stopped since, and is currently mastering Albanian. Christoph B. Schiltz (2014-09-18) Share : Just a sampling of Ikonomou’s many greetings BRUSSELS — Inside a gray […]
Surprised that Syrian refugees have smartphones? Sorry to break this to you, but you’re an idiot
Surprised that Syrian refugees have smartphones? Sorry to break this to you, but you’re an idiot You don’t need to be a white westerner to own a relatively cheap piece of technology James O’Malley “Hey, those people fleeing war in Syria aren’t poor at all! Look, they all have smartphones!” […]
Refugee crisis: Thank God for Germany taking responsibility – the rest of Europe appears to have forgotten the age-old lessons of history
Refugee crisis: Thank God for Germany taking responsibility – the rest of Europe appears to have forgotten the age-old lessons of history Thousands of years of our history can be traced via the movements of refugees. Often, they have been welcomed, and the societies receiving them enriched. Yet the same […]
583. Commandment – You shall not shed your blood or turn your people out of your homes
583. Commandment – You shall not shed your blood or turn your people out of your homes [2:85] And remember the time when We took a covenant from you: ‘You shall not shed your blood or turn your people out of your homes;’ then you confirmed it; and you have been witness to it. […]
Magic, demons and Judaism
This Normal Life: Magic, demons and Judaism: what to do with troubling texts? Source: Jerusalem Post By Dr. Robin Stamler is a magic buff It’s not magic tricks that interest […]
Canadian Pediatric Society updates advice on circumcision
…………….. In its new policy statement released Tuesday, the CPS says it does “not recommend the routine circumcision of every newborn male.” While that basic advice has not changed since […]
Ontario high school teacher fired after 10-week investigation into series of anti-Islam tweets
Source: The National Post TORONTO — A Richmond Hill, Ont., high school teacher connected to a series of anti-Islam tweets and a blog post discussing his desire to impose atheism […]
India: Nepalese women allegedly gang-raped by Saudi diplomat
All India | Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: September 09, 2015 18:48 IST http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2-women-allegedly-raped-rescued-from-saudi-diplomats-gurgaon-home-1215651 GURGAON: They escaped the April earthquake in their country Nepal but found hell in the sprawling home of a Saudi Arabian diplomat in Gurgaon near Delhi. Two women rescued on Monday from the diplomat’s fifth floor apartment in […]
Govt of Pakistan mulls criminalization of Muslims declaring one another ‘kafir’
Tribune: ISLAMABAD: The federal government is considering legislation to ban sectarianism and any attempt to finance sectarian hatred. Takfir, meaning one Muslim declaring another Muslim Kafir (apostate), will be considered a […]
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: […]