RAMADAN COUNTDOWN A Muslim nonprofit’s fundraiser to rebuild black churches is tantalizingly close to its goal Solidarity in the aftermath of tragedy. (Reuters/Carlo Allegri) SHARE WRITTEN BY Maria Sanchez Diez The fundraising campaign started by a group of Muslim nonprofits to help black churches torched by arsonists has attracted almost […]
Epigraph: So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:9/10) By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor Happy Eid to all our readers, from the whole of our Editorial […]
Published time: 14 Jul, 2015 02:12Edited time: 15 Jul, 2015 07:09 WWW.RT.COM Get short URL RIA Novosti / Said Tsarnaev / RIA Novosti A mobile dating service based on ethnic and religious criteria has been launched in Russia. Described as dating “in eastern traditions,” it could help you […]
Jul 16,2015 – Jordan Times by Daoud Kuttab The Palestinian Israeli conflict might get an unexpected shot in the arm as a result of the recently concluded Iran nuclear agreement. While the P5+1 talks in Vienna focused only on the issue of Iran’s nuclear capability, many are looking at […]
531. Commandment – Ponder over the creation of man [86:6] So let man consider from what he is created. [86:7] He is created from a gushing fluid, [86:8] Which issues forth from between the loins and the breast-bones. [86:9] Surely, He has the power to bring him back to life. […]
Good news from Railways: Vaccum toilets may soon replace dirty ones Posted by: Pallavi Sengupta Published: Friday, July 17, 2015, 13:08 [IST] Share this on your social network: New Delhi, July 17: Forget the stinking toilets at railway stations that formed travelling by time, a part of your […]
He reminds Americans to respect all faiths and beliefs. Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post The Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, also known as Eid ul-Fitr, […]
Review of Religion: Khalifatul Masih V, said: “All the guests, Assalamo Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahe Wa Barakatohu – peace and blessings of Allah be upon you all. First of all, I […]
Firstbook.org: Retired Army Gen. Mike Flynn, a top intelligence official in the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, says in a forthcoming interview on Al Jazeera English that the drone war is creating more terrorists than it is killing. He also asserts that the U.S. invasion of Iraq helped create the Islamic […]
Rizwan Safdar — Published about 17 hours ago, 7-14-15 The poet at his cobbler’s shop. —Photo by author In the small suburban town of Rodala, […]
(CNN)Four Marines were killed Thursday when a gunman attacked two military centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the U.S. Navy said. The suspected shooter, 24-year-old Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, is also dead, the FBI said. “I have directed the FBI to take the lead in the national security investigation of this heinous attack […]
Those fleeing death and war face assaults and beatings from thuggish guards, says Robert Fisk ROBERT FISK Friday 10 July 2015 I came to Greece to cover Europe’s shame – the possible departure of an EU member from the great post-war unification of the continent. But I found Europe’s shame […]
Celebrating Eid with feasting, fashion and a mound of toys Festival at the end of Ramadan is a favorite holiday for a variety of reasons. Share on Facebook COLE BURSTON / TORONTO STAR Order this photo Uzma Jalaluddin in her Eid clothing in her Markham home. By: Uzma Jalaluddin Special to the Star, Published […]
Obama hailed a ‘more hopeful world… an opportunity to move in another direction’ Source: The Independent By Robert Fisk However much Bibi Netanyahu of Israel and the Gulf sultans rage […]
530. Commandment – The provision that Allah sends down from the sky, whereby He quickens the earth after its death, and in the change of the winds, are Signs for a people who try to understand [25:50] That We may thereby give life to a dead land, and give it for drink to Our creation […]
100,000 Christians Flee Persecution in Pakistan Pakistani Christians are fleeing their home country because of violence perpetrated against them both by the state and by Muslim citizens. Wed, July 15, 2015 A Christian man is beaten by police in Pakistan. (Photo: © Reuters) Pakistani Christians are fleeing their home country because […]
Source: Huffington Post “When we share the same values, we all speak the same language — whether that’s English or Java.” An interfaith, girls coding class in London brings Muslim, Jewish and […]
Epigraph: And thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants […]
Basuki Stands Up for Beleaguered Ahmadiyah Community By Lenny Tristia Tambun on 11:03 pm Jul 15, 2015 Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama says the issue of faith is a personal one and that all citizens should be allowed to worship as they want to, in keeping with basic tenets enshrined […]
Source: OnIslam N’DJAMENA, Chad – In a controversial decision, the Chadian police have warned that anyone wearing a full-face veil or niqab will be arrested to curb deteriorating security conditions and suicide attacks. “This attack just confirms that a ban on the full-face veil was justified,” national police spokesman Paul […]