Angola Officially Bans Islam, Closes Mosques
Source: Morocco World News: After its decision to ban the practice of Islamic religion and the shutting down of its places of worship in the whole country, Angola became the […]
NY Times’ Op-Ed: The New Romantics in the Computer Age
Source: NY Times By David Brooks Just once I’d like to have a college student come up to me and say, “I really wanted to major in accounting, but my parents […]
Pope Francis calls on every Catholic parish in Europe to host one migrant family
Migrant crisis: Journey through Austria to Germany resumes Hundreds of migrants have resumed their journey through Austria to Germany after Hungary’s decision on Friday to let them through. Several trains […]
Bollywood: Sarfarosh to Phantom – Educating Indians About Pakistani Jihad
Sarfarosh to Phantom – Educating Indians About Pakistani Jihad By Tufail Ahmad, 03-09-2015 (A version of this article appeared in Hindi daily, Dainik Jagran on September 2, 2015.) It is in the nature of human beings to live in hope and rosy utopias, which was evident when Indians sat through […]
Canadian cities, provinces make their pitch to help Syrian refugees
CBC: Canada has resettled nearly 2,500 Syrian refugees, but municipal and provincial leaders say more can be done The plight of Syrian refugees and calls for the federal government to […]
The Islamic State Diary: A Chronicle of Life in Libyan Purgatory
SPIEGEL ONLINE For months, the Islamic State visited its reign of terror on the city of Derna, Libya — until it was stopped by an al-Qaida offshoot. Farrah Schennib describes the horrors of daily life under the IS in his diary. Only 300 kilometers (186 miles) separate dream from […]
Free Speech and Civility in America and in Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Sarah Sayeed, Ph.D. Director of Community Partnerships, Interfaith Center of New Growing up Muslim in America, I learned that there were many rules about speech. At home, […]
Migrants stream into Austria, swept west by overwhelmed Hungary
SEP 5, 2015 – 05:00 By Krisztina Than HEGYESHALOM, Hungary (Reuters) – Hundreds of exhausted migrants streamed into Austria on Saturday, reaching the border on buses provided by an overwhelmed Hungarian government that gave up trying to hold back crowds that had set out on foot for western Europe. After […]
Pilgrims continue to pour in from around the world
Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar visits the headquarters of the pilgrim establishment for Arab states in Makkah on Thursday. (AN photo Ahmad Hashad) ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 5 September 2015 JEDDAH: A total of 172,000 pilgrims have arrived via 861 flights from around the world at King Abdulaziz International Airport […]
An open letter to anyone who ever talked down the refugee crisis
Dear David Cameron, Theresa May, Nigel Farage, the Daily Express, protesters in Germany, Katie Hopkins, Philip Hammond, anyone who has ever written a disparaging comment on a Mail Online article, police in Hungary, the governments of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia, the people of […]
Sex, flies and videotape: the secret lives of Harun Yahya
Sex, flies and videotape: the secret lives of Harun Yahya Source: New Humanist Muslim creationist, cult leader, Dawkins’ nemesis, messiah. Halil Ardatracks down the real Harun Yahya – by Halil […]
Video: Egyptian Billionaire’s plan to help refugees: Buy them an island
http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/script/7.0/players/embed.js?videoid=/video/news/2015/09/04/billionaire-refugees-island.cnnmoney Source: CNN Money An Egyptian billionaire is offering to buy an island for people fleeing to Europe from war-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa. Naguib Sawiris, one […]
Angela Merkel the Best Friend of the Syrian Refugees
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. (Matthew 5:7) Merkel the bold Source: Economist ANGELA MERKEL may be the most powerful politician in Europe, but she […]
Migrant Chaos Grows in Hungary
Hundreds begin walking along highway heading for Austria as one person dies in standoff at suburban train station Police attempt to stop migrants as they march along the highway near […]
578. Commandment – Rules and regulations for the division of spoils
578. Commandment – Rules and regulations for the division of spoils [59:8] Whatever Allah has given to His Messenger as spoils from the people of the towns is for Allah and for the Messenger and for the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, that […]
Why Modi-kurtas are so popular? PM Modi explains
Here is the excerpt of the questions put up by students and how PM answered to their queries: Q: Your fashion sense is talked about a lot, how did the idea of promoting Indian clothes come to you? PM: I don’t know why people think I have a fashion designer […]
Syrian refugee crisis ‘a disgrace’ says Mayor Naheed Nenshi
Local organizations working to bring more people to Canada to help relieve pressure and provide shelter The world is watching in horror as the image of a young boy — […]
PM Harper wants to keep refugee crisis focus on big picture
Answer to refugee crisis includes military mission, Harper says Source: CBC By Chris Hall Stephen Harper wants Canadians to see the big picture, the one beyond the photo of Alan […]
Pope Francis: evolution and creation both right
Source: The Guardian It is possible to believe in both evolution and the Catholic church’s teaching on creation, Pope Francis has said, as he cautioned against portraying God as a […]
What role can or should religion play in responding to the pressures of globalization?
Interfaith Seminar: What role can or should religion play in responding to the pressures of globalization? For further information email to Suggested Reading How Islam Taught Medieval Christian Europe Religious […]