The ski school that defied the Taliban
By Rebecca KesbyBBC World Service Continue reading the main story In today’s Magazine The untold story of the Maidan massacre The plane-builder of South Sudan The bull whose semen is […]
Why we need to follow the Sunnah?
THERESA CORBIN Published — Friday 13 February 2015 Last update 12 February 2015 11:10 pm WHEN converting to Islam, the questions about one’s new faith seem endless. “How often do I pray, Where can I pray? When do I fast? When can I make up fasts missed? How much Zakat […]
Allah Almighty encourages believers to forgive, overlook
HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 13 February 2015 ANGER and hatred are without doubt the most influential emotions that prevent some people from being able to forgive one another. If there is also an element of justification to that anger, then it is even harder for someone to overcome […]
Yemen ‘collapsing before our eyes’: Ban tells Security Council
AFP | Feb 12, 2015 | Jordan Times UNITED NATIONS — Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appealed to the UN Security Council Thursday for action to halt Yemen’s slide towards anarchy, warning it was “collapsing before our eyes”. The UN chief was reporting to the 15-member council following his visit to […]
Two of US shooting victims are Jordanians
by Laila Azzeh | Feb 12, 2015 | Jordan Times A makeshift memorial is on display, Wednesday, at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in remembrance of Deah Barakat, Yusur and Razan Abu Salha, who were killed on Tuesday (AP photo) AMMAN — […]
Thousands attend funeral for Muslim students shot in North Carolina
Around 5,500 mourners pay tribute to Deah Barakat, Yusor Mohammed Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, gunned down in their apartment At least 3,000 people attended a candlelit vigil Nicky Woolf […]
Kobane: Assessing the devastation
Kurdish militia fighters took back control of the town from the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) on 26 January. Hundreds of Kurds died in the fighting and more than 1,000 IS fighters perished, activists say. An initial assessment of the satellite pictures by the UN’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (Unosat) […]
Indonesia: Female Students Barred From Graduating If They Fail Virginity Test
Indonesia: Female Students Barred From Graduating If They Fail Virginity Test The Indonesian city of Jember is introducing compulsory virginity tests for high school girls Indonesia: Female Students Barred From Graduating If They Fail Virginity Test Ludovica Iaccino By Ludovica Iaccino February 10, 2015 The Indonesian […]
Scientist: ‘Try to contact aliens’
By Pallab Ghosh, Science correspondent, BBC News Continue reading the main story in BBC Related Stories Alien hunters: An array of hope Alien hunters: What if ET ever phones our home? […]
Mustafa Mattan shot dead through Fort McMurray apartment door. Mustafa Mattan was answering a knock at his door on Monday night when he was shot
By Andrea Huncar, CBC News Posted: Feb 12, 2015 4:44 AM MT Last Updated: Feb 12, 2015 8:17 AM MT A man who moved from Ottawa to Fort McMurray less than a month ago was shot dead in his Alberta apartment on Monday, his family told CBC News. Mustafa Mattan, […]
IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER ROUHANI
11 FEBRUARY 2015 | ANALYSIS | BY ASSOC PROF RODGER SHANAHAN In this Lowy Institute Analysis Rodger Shanahan examines changes in Iranian foreign policy under President Rouhani. He argues that while the Iranian President has changed the tone of Iranian foreign policy, changing the substance will prove much more difficult. […]
How Canada’s rejected flags reflect the nation’s religious life
Toronto Star: With the maple leaf flag celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend, the Star visited Library and Archives Canada to take a peek at the flag submissions that didn’t […]
Three young Muslims’ killings; hate crime or not?
World Bulletin / News Desk Police say a dispute over a parking space spurred the murder Tuesday of three North Carolina college students, but the Muslim father of two of […]
Supreme Court upholds hijab ban in Russian region’s schools
RT: Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled to uphold the ban of Muslim headgear in schools introduced last fall by authorities in the Republic of Mordovia. Wednesday’s verdict by the Supreme […]
Promoting #Peace: Ahmadiyya Muslims hold Peace symposium at Hanworth Park Mosque
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community spread message of peace through the event titled ‘Muhammad, the messenger of peace’. Source: getwestlondon.co.uk A message of peace saw people from all religious walks of life attend […]
The Case Against the Case Against the Crusades
BY ROSS DOUTHAT, THE NEW YORK TIMES FEBRUARY 10, 2015 In my Sunday column on the controversy surrounding President Obama’s National Prayer Breakfast speech, I tried to explain what I saw as the problems with the president’s “high horse” references to Western Christian sins without letting the column get sucked […]
Funerals set today for 3 Muslims killed in N.C.
Source: USA Today Three Muslim students, who were honored by thousands in a candlelight vigil at Chapel Hill, N.C., will be buried Thursday in Raleigh as authorities try to determine […]
Leaders in Ukraine Talks Announce Cease-Fire Agreement
Source: NY Times: MINSK, Belarus — A renewed cease-fire and an overall agreement to end the war in Ukraine was announced here on Thursday by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France after marathon overnight bargaining that nearly collapsed at the very end. The cease-fire is scheduled to begin […]
Chapel Hill murders: Is Stephen Hicks a terrorist?
The Telegraph: by Padraig Reidy — Is slaughter made more or less awful if we more strictly categorise the perpetrator Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. Craig Hicks has been charged with their murder Stephen Hicks, the man charged with the murder of young […]
Lynching as Racial Terrorism
The New York Times — It is important to remember that the hangings, burnings and dismemberments of black American men, women and children that were relatively common in this country between the Civil War and World War II were often public events. They were sometimes advertised in newspapers and drew […]