By Veronica DeVore www.swissinfo.ch AUG 11, 2015 – 11:00 Politbox and regional partner RSI spoke to young people in Ticino about their views on asylum seekers (Copyright 2015. All rights reserved.) Closing borders and providing space in private homes are both ideas that have been raised for how […]
Aug 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby A flurry of recent bilateral and multilateral discussions involving Americans, Russians, Saudis and others have provoked speculation that there may be a renewed push for negotiations to end the conflict in Syria. I can only hope the speculation is not mere wishful thinking, […]
By Abeer Numan – Aug 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES In this photo taken last Tuesday, a Syrian refugee boy carries his younger brother back to their tent at a makeshift settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, some 80km northeast of Amman (AP photo by Muhammed Muheisen) AMMAN […]
554. Commandment – Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites [9:73] O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites. And be severe to them. Their abode is Hell, and an evil destination it is. [66:10] O Prophet! strive hard against the disbelievers and the hypocrites; and be strict against them. Their […]
http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/HPLEmbedPlayer/?segmentId=55b2c87502a760275e000600&autoPlay=false Award-winning actress and producer Salma Hayek joins a special #WMN to discuss her animated feature film “Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet,” based on Gibran’s best-selling poetry book of the same […]
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — But spiritual “distress” tends to have the opposite effect. Religious and spiritual belief is linked to a positive effect on cancer patients’ physical, mental and social well-being, according to a study published in health journal Cancer. A meta-analysis of published studies, which included data on more than 44,000 […]
pressreleaserocket.net: Britain’s biggest and oldest established annual Islamic convention, expected to be attended by 30,000 participants this year, will pledge to re-double efforts to defy extremism and press forward an agenda […]
Source: The Independent Soon I’ll be joining 30,000 other Muslims in London to embrace real Islamic values By Waqar Ahmedi I’ve made up my mind. I’ll soon be packing my […]
Islam is part of the West now, live with it posted by Harry J. Bentham Tous les arts ont produit des merveilles: l’art de gouverner n’a produit que des monstres. Most arts have produced miracles, while the art of government has produced nothing but monsters. Louis Antoine de Saint-Just One […]
August 8, 2015, 9:34 am by S Venkat Narayan Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, August 5: India is planning to grant citizenship to migrants who fled religious persecution in neighbouring Muslim countries Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, the local media reported today. There is a proposal under Prime […]
Epigraph: “So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.” Deuteronomy 10:19 Holocaust Survivors Condemn Israel for ‘Gaza Massacre,’ Call […]
US consulate in Turkey targeted as wave of attacks kills 9 Yesim DikmenSeyhmus Cakan| Reuters ISTANBUL/DIYABAKIR: Two women shot at the U.S. consulate inIstanbul Monday and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankaralaunched a crackdown on ISIS, Kurdish […]
New Dehli, Aug 10: Securing the Indo-Pak border is top priority for India today. India will deploy an additional 5,000 soldiers to man the troubled border of India and Pakistan. […]
Meet ISIS’ Cleaners; Indians are Not Good Enough to Fight Despite the Islamic State’s claim to accept all Muslims, ISIS’s Indian recruits are regarded as too frail to fight. Sun, August 9, 2015 The glamor portrayed in the Islamic State’s propaganda is not matched by the reality on the ground. […]
Those with the greatest faith said they had better physical health, greater ability to carry on doing everyday tasks and fewer physical symptoms of cancer Religion and spirituality were a […]
Nuns of a New Generation Forge Their Own Path Source: NY Times Mechanical bulls, rock-climbing walls, bounce houses, go-karts: Before becoming a nun, Sister Virginia Joy helped insure them all. […]
547. Commandment – Take your precautions; then either go forth in separate parties or go forth all together [4:72] O ye who believe! take your precautions; then either go forth in separate parties or go forth all together. [34:12] Saying, ‘Make thou full-length coats of mail, and make the rings of a […]
549. Commandment – O Prophet, urge the believers to fight [8:66] O Prophet, urge the believers to fight. If there be of you twenty who are steadfast, they shall overcome two hundred; and if there be a hundred of you, they shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because […]
550. Commandment – Only defensive wars are permitted [22:40] Permission to fight is given to those against whom war is made, because they have been wronged — and Allah indeed has power to help them — [2:191] And fight in the cause of Allah against those who fight against you, but do not […]
552. Commandment – And if they break their oaths after their covenant, and attack your religion, then fight these leaders of disbelief — surely, they have no regard for their oaths — that they may desist [9:12] And if they break their oaths after their covenant, and attack your religion, then fight these leaders of […]