The Ugly Nationalist Politics of Human Origins
Source: The Daily Beast By Candida Moss The world was abuzz this week over a new human ancestor species found in South Africa. It is just the latest in a race […]
The women taking on Isis: on the ground with Iraq’s female fighters
theguardian: by Sarah Moroz — After their families were disappeared, tortured and murdered by Islamic State militants last year, young Yazidi women have armed themselves. Photographer Alfred Yaghobzadeh joins them A survivalist coalition … Yazidi fighters at their lookout point in Sinjar, Iraq, only two kilometres from the Isis […]
Influential Pro-Israel Group Suffers Stinging Political Defeat
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISSEPT. 10, 2015 WASHINGTON — Officials at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee knew the odds were against them in the fight to block President Obama’s nuclear […]
At least 65 Dead in Grand Mosque in Mecca from Falling Crane
At Least 65 Dead in Grand Mosque in Mecca from Falling Crane by Reuters RIYADH — At least 65 people were killed when a crane crashed in Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense authority said, in an accident that came just weeks before Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage. […]
Canadian elections – web history catches candidates
Conservative candidate shares advice on drunk women, latent homosexuality and “being a man” courtesy: pressprogress.ca Looking for an MP who understands the characters of drunk women, can spot signs of latent homosexuality and knows what “being a man” is all about? The Conservative Party of Canada could have just the […]
Marriage and Annulment: When Will the Catholic Church Leave the Catholics Alone?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Many in the contemporary world think of marriage and divorce as a personal matter between the husband […]
9/11 anniversary – nature pays beautiful tribute with a rainbow
9/11 anniversary: Nature pays beautiful tribute as rainbow appears at World Trade Centre Posted by: Jagriti Kumari Published: Friday, September 11, 2015, 14:32 [IST] Mail New York, Sept 11: A beautiful rainbow appeared at the iconic World Trade Centre shattered by the terrorists on September 11, 2001. The rainbow appeared […]
September 11: Our Response 14 Years Later
Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like among kindreds; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you […]
The Myth of Muslim Unity
It happened 41 years ago today, September 7, 1974: Muslim unity. And then it disappeared. And despite the sectarian violence, fatwas of infidelity, and state sanctioned terrorism, the myth of Muslim unity pervades the Muslim “Ummah.” I call it a myth because in every spectrum where it truly matters, Muslim […]
Vicious attack at Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Association centre in Langwarrin
heraldsun.com.au: A VICIOUS attack has rocked members of a Langwarrin Muslim community centre. Police are appealing for witnesses after a man entered the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Association centre on September […]
INDIAN MUSLIM LEADER WARNS OF UNREST OVER ‘FAKE’ QURANIC TEXT
Source: Newsweek Pakistan AS PART OF COW PROTECTION PUSH, GUJARAT GOVERNMENT HAS ERECTED BILLBOARDS CLAIMING TO SHOW THE QURAN DISCOURAGES CONSUMPTION OF BEEF. By Punit Paranjpe—AFP A Muslim leader in India warned Wednesday of communal unrest after a state government claimed the Quran discourages eating beef, the latest contentious effort to […]
Islamic centre teachers jailed for a year for beating 10-year-old
Source: The Independent Two teachers at an Islamic school in Birmingham have been jailed for 12 months for “brutally” beating a young boy with a stick. The 10-year-old victim was repeatedly beaten for offences such as “talking in class” or “failing to read the Koran accurately” at Sparkbrook Islamic Centre […]
Inderjit Singh Mukker, Chicago-Area Sikh, Allegedly Attacked And Called ‘Terrorist,’ ‘Bin Laden’
Huff Post: by Idrija Bose — An elderly Sikh-American man was brutally attacked and allegedly called a “terrorist” and “Bin Laden” in Chicago on Tuesday, Sikh advocacy groups report. The incident occurred just days before the 14th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Charges have yet to be filed, but police are […]
Obama Instructs Government To Prepare For At Least 10,000 Syrian Refugees Next Fiscal Year
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told his administration to prepare for a “significant scaling up” of Syrian refugee admissions, under which the U.S. will take in at least 10,000 Syrians next […]
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 […]