Source: NY Times: At least 20,000 fighters have travelled to Syria and Iraq over the course of the recent conflicts in the two countries, according to a recently updated report by the International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence. In response, many countries have passed laws making […]
Source: The Local A group of young Norwegian Muslims plans to create a human ring around Oslo’s synagogue following the Shabat celebration this Saturday, in a gesture they are calling a ’Peace Ring’. More:
Source:ET Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad al-Hakim, asked the Security Council to investigate allegations that the Islamic State (IS) is harvesting organs in order to finance its operations, Al Arabiya News reported. The ambassador stated that bodies with missing kidneys and surgical incisions had been unearthed in shallow graves over […]
Guardian: Muslims in the US and around the world have a responsibility to fight the idea that terrorist groups like Islamic State speak for them, Barack Obama has declared in his most direct remarks yet about any link between Islam and violent extremism. “We are not at war with Islam,” […]
The battle for Pakistan’s survival is being fought right here, on these very catwalks, reports Tim Bale. —AFP London Extra reports from Pakistan By Tim Bale (reporting from Karachi and Lahore for the London Extra) http://www.dawn.com/news/1164428/the-bookstalls-and-catwalks-of-defiance-in-pakistan I boarded an Emirates Airline plane from Dubai to fly to the Pakistani city […]
By Imam Rizwan Khan What is the hypocrisy of atheism? It is to deny the validity of belief, all the while holding one’s own set of beliefs. When atheists hold […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher, Health editor, BBC News website A radical new approach to vaccination seems to completely protect monkeys from HIV, US scientists report. Vaccines normally train the immune system to fight an infection. Instead, researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in California have altered the DNA of monkeys […]
384. Commandment – Wife is a source of peace of mind [7:190] He it is Who has created you from a single soul, and made there from its mate, that he might find comfort in her. And when he knows her, she bears a light burden, and goes about with it. […]
Saudi Artist Ahmed Mater Sues Swiss Watchmaker Swatch For Plagiarism Coline Milliard, Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Ahmed Mater’s Magnetism (2012) is emblematic of the vibrant new art scene emerging from the Gulf. The etching print, which exists in several versions, pictures a black cubic magnet neatly encircled by steel dust—a poetic evocation of […]
AP – JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — Egypt is making an ambitious bid to place itself at the centre of the fight against extremism across the Middle East. Beyond fighting militants in its own Sinai Peninsula, it is trying to organise an international coalition against the Daesh terror group in Libya […]
ISIS Really Wants Power—Not Islam February 18, 2015 by Qasim Rashid Recently The Atlantic published a piece titled, “What ISIS Really Wants.” The lengthy piece makes numerous fallacious claims about ISIS and its relation to Islam and Islamic doctrine. Accordingly, and significantly, it misses the strategy necessary to counter and […]
Source: USA Today David Jackson, February 18, 2015 WASHINGTON — President Obama said Thursday he doesn’t use terms like Islamic extremism because doing so would promote the false idea of […]
The pair are jailed at Hull Crown Court after a “farcical” attempt to cheat UK immigration laws at a ceremony in October. 10:31, UK,Saturday 14 February 2015 Beata Szilagyi and Zubair Khan were jailed for immigration offences Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share by email A […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
AFP , Wednesday 18 Feb 2015 Ahram Online Pope Francis walks as he arrives to lead the weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican February 18, 2015. (Photo: Reuters) Security at the Vatican and across Italy has been stepped up because of a perceived heightened risk of […]
Interview Conducted by Nicola Abé and Juliane von Mittelstaedt AFP In an interview, Israeli prime minister candidate Isaac Herzog says the country’s people are “fed up” with Benjamin Netanyahu’s “politics […]
Qasim RashidLawyer, Speaker, Best-Selling Author of “EXTREMIST” There exist two scenarios where no one can hear you scream. The first is of course, in space because there’s no oxygen. And the second is on Earth, but only if you’re a global Muslim leader condemning ISIS and promoting universal religious […]
Epigraph: Eyes cannot reach Allah but He reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware. (Al Quran 6:104) Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting, is the first day of […]
theguardian: by Robin McKie — Research finds disease now leading cause of death in British women; many are also carers before succumbing themselves An MRI scan of a human brain. Women over 60 are now twice as likely to get dementia as breast cancer. Women are bearing the brunt of the […]
Editor’s pick: Pregnancy, Alcohol and Islam Former skunk user Liaquat Zaman: “It brought me to a very dark place in my life” Continue reading the main story in BBC Related Stories Warning over ‘skunk’ cannabisListen Skunk dangers prompt health fearsWatch Cannabis and psychosis: Your stories Smoking potent cannabis was linked to […]