HRW: Some of the hundreds of people jailed and awaiting trial on charges of violating Pakistan’s dangerously ambiguous and discriminatory blasphemy law have reason to be cautiously optimistic. Punjab’s provincial judiciary has drawn up a shortlist of 50 cases of alleged blasphemy in which it found the accused have been […]
Interview Conducted by Dieter Bednarz and Klaus Brinkbäumer President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi: “Had the army not intervened, hundreds of thousands if not millions would have died.” In a SPIEGEL interview, […]
FEB 11, 2015 – 01:01 Every year around 45,000 people around the world take their life because they are unemployed. A study by scientists in Zurich also found that the […]
“Extremism has tarnished Islam and the image of Muslims around the world,” said a top official at the King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue (KACND), underlining the importance of dialogue in communities. Abdullah Al-Mutlaq, KACND chairman and member of the Council of Senior Ulema, made his observation at the […]
Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star, Lebanon Summary The stunning situation in Yemen, as the country’s foundations shake and slowly collapse, is an example of the structural weaknesses that plague many countries in the Arab world. If you want to teach someone about why the Arab world continues to lurch from […]
Petra | Feb 10, 2015 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Lower House on Tuesday held a monitoring session during which the government responded to questions by MPs. Answering a question by MP Hassan Obeidat (Construction list), Interior Minister Hussein Majali said around 76,000 Syrian refugees have willingly returned to […]
Source. New age Islam While Muslims rightly resent being called upon to condemn every act of Muslim extremism by arguing why the community should be held accountable for the actions of individual members, the Shirin Dalvi case is about standing up for a fellow Muslim being intimidated by the community’s […]
Source:Stratfor. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, accompanied by French President Francois Hollande, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 6. Then she met with U.S. President Barack Obama on Feb. 9. The primary subject was Ukraine, but the first issue discussed at the news conference following the meeting with Obama […]
First a documentary by National Geographic: Secondly, a lecture on Gospel of Judas by Prof. Bart Ehrman: If Jesus was on a mission to die for the sins of humanity […]
Calgary How did Bob Dhillon become a multi-millionaire? February 5, 2015 · 0 Comments · 493 Total Views · http://www.canindia.com/1g4lk CALGARY Bob Dhillon is one of Canada’s richest South Asian businessmen, his company Mainstreet Equity, has assets in excess of $1.2 billion consisting of 3,725 residential apartment units in Edmonton […]
Amit Choudhary, Feb 10, 2015, for Times of India NEW DELHI: Although their personal law permits men to have four wives, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Muslim’s […]
(Reuters) – Finance officials from the Group of 20 leading economies sketched an uncertain outlook for global growth on Tuesday and vowed to use monetary and fiscal policy if needed to stem any risk of stagnation. The United States urged nations at the G20 meeting not to resort to currency […]
The Huffington Post | By Antonia Blumberg In 1939 there were an estimated 9.5 million Jews living in Europe. Today their numbers have diminished to roughly 1.4 million — just […]
By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS AND NIGEL DUARA From a young age, ‘Islamic State’ hostage Kayla Mueller was propelled by a ‘strong desire to serve’ At an age when most kids are preoccupied with friends and school, Kayla Jean Mueller devoted herself to helping those in need around the world. She volunteered […]
Toronto.ctvnews.ca Oakville man charged after probe into $500K fraud scheme Mohamed “Moe” Tahir, 41, is charged with Fraud over $5,000. (Police) Jesse Noseworthy, Special to CTVNews.ca Published Monday, February 9, 2015 2:27PM EST Police have charged an Oakville man after an investigation into a $500,000 fraud scheme in Vaughan. Police […]
First posted in the Muslim Times by Dr. Abdul Alim Source: New York Times By Peter Manseau, who is the author, most recently, of “One Nation Under Gods: A New American […]
Slate.com: by William Saletan — Some Republicans would rather defend Christianity from all criticism than stand clearly against religious violence. Rick Santorum, speaking here to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit on Jan. 24, 2015, in Des Moines, is among the past and current GOP presidential candidates who have attacked […]
Huff Post: by Todd Green, Ph,D. — Is American Sniper a brilliant, subtle study of the trauma of war and the toll that incessant violence takes on those who participate in it? Or is American Sniper a shallow, flag-waving, war propaganda movie? These questions frame much of the debate over Clint Eastwood’s recent film. […]
A close reading of the New Testament reveals Biblical paradise isn’t all pearly gates and streets of gold Most Westerners are at least vaguely familiar with the popular Christian version […]