468. Commandment – you enjoin what is good and forbid evil [3:105] And let there be among you a body of men who should invite to goodness, and enjoin equity and forbid evil. And it is they who shall prosper. [3:111] You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; […]
Source: ET PHOTO: AFP QUETTA: After losing one of his two sons to the worst attack against minority Shias in Pakistan’s history, Ali was determined for the other to find a new life abroad. “Go,” he told Iqbal Hussain, who left his job and family behind after losing his brother Muhammad […]
Epigraph: Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:149) […]
BBC: By Nazir Afzal, who was the Chief Crown Prosecutor of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for North West England from 2011-15. Hundreds of people from the UK have travelled to […]
BBC: By Nazir Afzal, who was the Chief Crown Prosecutor of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for North West England from 2011-15. Hundreds of people from the UK have travelled to […]
The Hindu: Noting that free speech is not an absolute right, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that poetic licence does not mean having nationally revered figures like Mahatma Gandhi […]
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Source: NY Times BERKELEY, Calif. — As a child in Hilo, one of the less touristy parts of Hawaii, Jennifer A. Doudna felt out of place. She had blond hair […]
Source: Galway Advertiser Representatives of the major religions will gather in the Maryam Mosque in Ballybrit this Sunday, for an interfaith conference on the theme of Religion, Freedom and Peace. […]
Source: Huffington Post By Bill Schneider; Professor, George Mason University; contributor, Al Jazeera “Losing My Religion” is not just a song by R.E.M. It’s also a fact of American life. That’s the message of a survey of more than 35,000 Americans just released by the Pew Research Center. The key finding: the […]
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah as […]
Source: Huffington Post By Clarence B. Jones; Diversity Visiting Professor, University of San Francisco; and Scholar Writer in Residence, MLK, Jr. Institute, Stanford University “[H]ow many ears must one man have Before […]
467. Commandment – Surely, I am unto you a Messenger, faithful to my trust [26:107] When their brother Noah said to them, ‘Will you not be righteous? [26:108] ‘Surely, I am unto you a Messenger, faithful to my trust. [46:24] He said, ‘The knowledge thereof is only with Allah. And […]
Source ET The butchery also gives the lie to the effectiveness — or otherwise — of the ongoing operation in Karachi that has yet to tackle successfully any of the extremist religious groups, some of which have political affiliations. PHOTO: RASHID AJMERI/EXPRESS Reports of the murder of at least 43 […]
SPIEGEL Migration Debate: ‘One of the Most Serious Dramas of Our Times’ Interview Conducted By Maximilian Popp and Jörg Schindler DPA Syrian refugees arrive in a dinghy on the Greek island of Kos on May 6. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann and human rights activist Elias Bierdel recently met with […]
SPIEGEL Migration Debate: ‘One of the Most Serious Dramas of Our Times’ Interview Conducted By Maximilian Popp and Jörg Schindler DPA Syrian refugees arrive in a dinghy on the Greek island of Kos on May 6. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann and human rights activist Elias Bierdel recently met with […]
ORGANIZING RELIEF: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman with Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, supervisor of King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Work, and other senior officials of the center. (SPA) RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN Published — Thursday 14 May 2015 Last update 14 May 2015 12:13 am The King […]
Reuters | May 14, 2015 | Jordan Times WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama on Wednesday went out of his way to praise two of Saudi Arabia’s top leaders before […]
by JT | May 14, 2015 | 00:03 His Majesty King Abdullah speaks at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday held talks which focused […]
Jordan Times, 15.5.2015 AMMAN — On the sidelines of his working visit to Germany on Wednesday, His Majesty King Abdullah met with several leading intellectual, political and academic figures. At […]