By Muhammad Yunus, for New Age Islam Co-author (Jointly with Ashfaque Ullah Syed), Essential Message of Islam, Amana Publications, USA, 2009 There is a common knowledge that some of the […]
http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/HPLEmbedPlayer/?segmentId=55d23a4b02a76069c7000a35&autoPlay=false In his new film, “Learning to Drive, ” Academy Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley plays a soft-spoken Sikh taxi driver, Darwan, who gives driving lessons to a work-obsessed Manhattanite, […]
Epigraph: He is Allah, and there is no God beside Him, the Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the Gracious, the Merciful. He is Allah, and there […]
(RNS) Rebuffing a campaign among Jewish organizations to scuttle the Iran nuclear deal, 340 rabbis sent a letter to Congress Monday (Aug. 17) supporting the agreement and rejecting the notion that most American Jews oppose […]
President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife passes away Posted by: Reetu Sharma Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 12:54 [IST] Share this on your social network: FacebookTwitterGoogle+ Comments (1) Mail New Delhi, Aug 18: President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife, Suvra Mukherjee, who was admitted to the Army Hospital (Research and Referral), passed away on Tuesday at […]
561. Commandment – So be not slack and sue not for peace; for you will certainly have the upper hand. And Allah is with you, and He will not deprive you of the reward of your actions [47:36] So be not slack and sue not for peace; for you will certainly have the upper hand. And […]
Canadian company’s plans to build giant lift that is 20km high – and takes astronauts straight into the stratosphere Toronto independent.co.uk/science A Canadian company has designed a 20km-high tower that would carry astronauts up into space in a giant lift. The plans for a “space elevator” have been approved by […]
PTI Chief’s Wife, Reham Khan Redefines the Role of Pakistani Woman By Our Correspondent: August 16, 2015 Reham Khan KARACHI: Women should portray themselves as brave and courageous in society, stressed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s wife, Reham Khan, at the ninth International Conference on Women Leadership on Friday. […]
Source: BBC The scale of the deadly bomb blast in Bangkok on Monday means it is unlikely to be motivated by domestic politics, writes analyst Pavin Chachavalpongpun. Here are some […]
EMRE GÖNEN Published A dinghy overcrowded with Syrian refugees approaches a beach on the Greek island of Kos after crossing a part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece. The Syrian refugee crisis is spreading not just among its neighbors but toward Europe, especially Greece. Therefore, a global […]
By Daniel Chirot is professor of Russian and Eurasian studies at the University of Washington Aug 17,2015 – JORDAN TIMES: In 1877, the great French novelist Victor Hugo wrote: “Invading armies […]
By AFP – Aug 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants queue during a food distribution organised by the local organisation ‘Kos solidarity’ outside the abandoned Captain Elias Hotel, where hundreds of migrants have found temporary shelter, on Monday (AFP photo) KOS, Greece — Five nights ago, Nada and her children braved […]
This is a story from Basra, Iraq. Author unknown: Once upon a time there lived in Basra a ‘Master’. His ‘servant’ used to go daily to the Market to purchase fresh vegetables. The ‘Master’ was kind and did not make a fuss when the ‘servant’ took his […]
559. Commandment – O ye who believe! when you meet those who disbelieve, advancing in force, turn not your backs to them [8:16] O ye who believe! when you meet those who disbelieve, advancing in force, turn not your backs to them. [8:17] And whoso turns his back to them on such a day, […]
558. Commandment – And fight them until there is no persecution and religion is wholly for Allah. But if they desist, then surely Allah is Watchful of what they do [8:40] And fight them until there is no persecution and religion is wholly for Allah. But if they desist, then […]
556. Commandment – Say, if your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and your kinsfolk, and the wealth you have acquired, and the trade whose dullness you fear, and the dwellings which you love are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Source: Rabwah.net Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of West Bengal, India came under attack by local Muslim extremists which resulted in 10 people being seriously injured On 7th August 2015, a mob of local muslim extremists forcefully invaded the home of a local Ahmadi Muslim yielding knives, bricks and metal rods and attacked the residents. Ten people including women were […]
560. Commandment – Slacken not, nor grieve; and you shall certainly have the upper hand, if you are believers [3:140] Slacken not, nor grieve; and you shall certainly have the upper hand, if you are believers. [3:147] And many a Prophet there has been beside whom fought numerous companies of their followers. […]
August 17, 2015 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Today, Egypt’s al-Sisi imposed strict anti-terrorism laws. The laws establish special courts and […]