Tribune: A popular Muslim non-governmental organisation (NGO) in India on Thursday distributed scholarships among Muslim and Hindu students. The NGO, Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra, gave out scholarships amounting to INR5 million to students from Class VI to graduation level as well as engineering and medical students from various schools and colleges in […]
Daily Times: The first people to reach the Americas came from Siberia, now in Russia, in a single group around 23,000 years ago, at the height of the last Ice Age, says a new study. After reaching Alaska, they apparently hung out in the north – perhaps for thousands of […]
535. Commandment – You may know the computation of years and the science of reckoning [17:13] And We have made the night and the day two Signs, and the Sign of night We have made dark, and the Sign of day We have made sight giving, that you may seek bounty from […]
By Andreyka Natalegawa on Jul 22, 2015 Residents in Bukit Duri, South Jakarta, hold up a sign saying they refuse to accept any activities carried out by the Ahmadiyah community. (Antara Photo/Akbar Nugroho Gumay) Jakarta. Members of the Ahmadiyah community in Indonesia continue to be discriminated against and religious leaders say a comprehensive, multi-pronged […]
Tourists in Annecy have been told that France banned veils back in 2011. Photo: AFP Swiss tourists warned of French burqa ban Published: 23 Jul 2015 11:11 GMT+02:00 Police in […]
A War Waged From German Soil: US Ramstein Base Key in Drone Attacks DPA The US Air Force base in Ramstein is a central and indispensible element in Barack Obama’s controversial use of drones in the war against terror. New documents are creating pressure for both Washington and the German […]
Pages of Ancient Koran Among Oldest Yet Discovered London (CNN)For years, the two parchment leaves covered in an elegant early form of Arabic script were misbound with leaves of a similar Quran manuscript dating from the late seventh century. Now, with the help of radiocarbon analysis, the two fragments have […]
By Munir Varraich The month of Ramadan ended last week. It had put the entire Muslim world in the “go slow” mode. The normal routine of life was altered with the sighting of the Ramadan moon. Of course that particular event is very special for the religious scholars who enjoy […]
Epigraph: Now, when you meet in war those who are bent on fighting the truth, smite their necks until you overcome them fully, and then tighten their bonds; but thereafter […]
By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer, Wed July 22, 2015 (CNN) The Obama administration is in the “final stages of drafting a plan to safely and responsibly” close the terrorist […]
Jerusalem Post: Community, Haroun Yashayaei, has harshly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an article appearing in a major Iranian newspaper. The piece was published soon after the nuclear deal was struck with world powers last week. “There is no doubt that the Israeli prime minister is so narcissistic that none […]
Guardian: Sir Winston Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square should be removed to a museum. All busts and portraits of the great man in parliament and the prime minister’s residence should be taken down and placed in storage. Why? To discourage his successors from slipping their tiny feet into his shoes. […]
REFUGEE CRISIS Making sense of migration: facts and figures By Duc-Quang Nguyen and Stefania Summermatter JUL 22, 2015 – 11:00 A growing number of asylum seekers are making their way to Europe. In several countries, Switzerland included, there have been calls to close the borders. In this summary, swissinfo.ch […]
DR. ZUHAIR AL-HARTHI ARABNEWS.COM Published — Thursday 23 July 2015 Observing current events leads to the conclusion that instability and breaking our country’s social fabric are part of a systematic project to instil sectarianism in our society. The predators want to set off explosions from within. The […]
Jun 17,2015 – JORDAN TIMES by Michael Jansen The battle between Kurdish militiamen and Daesh over the strategic Syrian border town of Tel Abyan has been a crucial test for both sides; Daesh is certain to try to regain control. The town, across from the Turkish city of Akcakale, is […]
Nepal quake forces ‘living goddess’ to break decades of seclusion By AFP – Jul 22,2015 – JORDAN TIMES 0 0 googleplus0 0 0 Dhana Kumari Bajracharya only ever appeared in public while being carried in an ornate wooden palanquin (AFP photo) PATAN, Nepal — When a massive earthquake struck Nepal in […]
The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion by Rabwah Times In this path-breaking new work, Ali Usman Qasmi, assistant professor at LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) traces the history of the political exclusion of the Ahmadiyya religious minority in Pakistan. According to a recent assessment of state persecution in […]
aleteia.org: by Theresa Branch — Why “I’m spiritual, not religious” doesn’t really work “Spiritual but not religious” is a cliché among many young people, including Christians. “Why,” goes the question, “do I need church when I can pray anywhere?” A 2012 Pew Research Poll reports the appalling numbers. Twenty percent […]
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — In his July 17 Facebook post, Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, spewed unhinged hatred and bigotry against American Muslims. Writing his response to the Chattanooga shooting, Graham used language that can only succeed in radicalizing Americans: We are under […]