Petra-born archaeologist wants to restore spirituality, simplicity of new world wonder by Saeb Rawashdeh | Feb 19, 2015 | 16:31 A sketch of a projected eco-village that archaeologist Shaaban Nyazi plans to establish in Petra, 235km south of Amman (Photo courtesy of Shaaban Nyazi) AMMAN — In a bid to […]
What Stephen Hawking has to say about humanity’s ‘biggest failing’ Posted 13 hours ago by Nick Clark (edited by i100 staff) in people Stephen Hawking has said that aggression is the human race’s biggest failing and it “threatens to destroy us all”, urging people to be more empathetic. Speaking at the Science Museum […]
Source: Arab News JERUSALEM: For someone who was educated in the United States, speaks fluent American-accented English and worked as a management consultant in Boston, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sure knows how to rub his closest ally up the wrong way. In surprisingly critical and unvarnished comments on Wednesday, […]
Source: NY Times The deal, reached at an emergency meeting of eurozone finance ministers here, paves the way for Greece to unlock further financial aid from a 240 billion euro, or $273 billion, bailout deal, provided the country meets certain commitments laid out by its creditors. More:
Islam and Social Justice (Part 1/2) February 20, 2015 4:31 pm by: ali Category: Jewels of Islam Leave a comment A+ / A- By Dr. Ali Al-Halawani The famous slogan of the Jan. 25th Revolution (Egypt, 2011) was – and still is –`Iish, Hurriyyah, `Adalah Ijtima`iyyah(literally, Bread, Freedom, and Social […]
26 Sep 2014 09:22 GMT+02:00 A foundation fronted by Conservative Party politician Aamir Sheikh wants to build a Muslim art centre on the current site of the Munch Museum in Tøyen, Oslo after the museum moves to Bjørvika in 2019. Aamir Sheikh unveiled his plans which included building a small […]
Burkhalter and John Kerry at a meeting last year. Photo: Sebastien Bozon/AFP Burkhalter: anti-terror measures a ‘priority’ Published: 20 Feb 2015 12:24 GMT+01:00 Combating violent extremism is a “priority” in Switzerland, Swiss foreign minister and former president Didier Burkhalter has said, telling a counter-terrorism summit in Washington this week that […]
By SPIEGEL Staff DPA Banks across Europe, including the European Central Bank, are preparing for the possibility of Greece leaving the euro zone. With Athens and Brussels still at odds, such an eventuality seems more realistic than ever. But how disruptive would a Grexit really be? On Wednesday of this […]
385. Commandment – And they (the women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in equity [2:229] And the divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for three courses; and it is not lawful for them that they conceal what Allah has created in their wombs, if they believe in […]
Huffington Post: A federal Judge has turned down former Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s Niqab Ban in Citizenship Oath ceremony. …… If wearing the veil was a faith-oriented right, every Muslim […]
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is taking issue with Stephen Harper’s rationale for the decision to defend a federal ban on the wearing of face coverings at citizenship ceremonies. Earlier this […]
Source: Time By Michael Scherer @michaelscherer Feb. 19, 2015 Rather than ignore his critics, the President takes them on The newest front in the American war against the Islamic State of […]
Source:alislam.org More than 18,000 households from over 90 countries have already installed it. You too can now install the free Muslim Television Ahmadiyya App version 2.0 developed by Alislam team on your Samsung Smart TV and enjoy great quality content produced by MTA international in all available languages including MTA […]
Written by Zia H. Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I read today with great concern, the news, Florida pastor Terry Jones burns copies of Koran outside church. […]
At the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., the President delivers remarks at the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, February 18, 2015.
Feb 17 (Reuters) – Morocco is to create a sharia board of Islamic scholars to oversee the country’s fledgling Islamic finance industry, according to a royal decree. It is the […]
Washington (CNN)They’re carrying out sporadic terror attacks on police, have threatened attacks on government buildings and reject government authority. A new intelligence assessment, circulated by the Department of Homeland Security […]
OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM Swiss ‘secondo cinema’ shines in Hollywood By Ariane Gigon FEB 20, 2015 – 08:00 Talkhon Hamzavi was born in Tehran in 1979 and arrived in Switzerland aged seven (Keystone) Swiss-Iranian film director Talkhon Hamzavi has been nominated for an Oscar for her coming-of-age social drama about a young […]
BY HAYA MUHAMMAD EID Source: OnIslam.net Published — Friday 20 February 2015 The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once said, “Who from my Ummah (universal nation) would learn five qualities to act upon or teach to those who would (in turn) act upon them?” Abu Hurairah said, “I, O […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Friday 20 February 2015 ARABNEWS.COM Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has instructed authorities to open the newly expanded areas of the Grand Mosque in Makkah for use by the growing number of Umrah pilgrims and worshippers. “King Salman has approved the […]