Chomsky: Paris attacks show hypocrisy of West’s outrage
Source: CNN (CNN) After the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, which killed 12 people including the editor and four other cartoonists, and the murder of four Jews at a kosher supermarket […]
Florida boy’s circumcision is legal fight for parents, rallying cry for procedure’s opponents .
Source: Herald BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – An estranged Florida couple’s fight over whether to circumcise their son has become a rallying cry for those who denounce the procedure as barbaric. The dispute between the one-time Palm Beach County couple has sparked a prolonged court battle, protests and the rapt attention […]
The world’s deadliest sniper: As a gripping film of his life is released, how one ruthless marksman claimed 255 victims – then died by the bullet himself
Chris Kyle was the most successful sniper in American military history He claimed 255 lives during four tours of Iraq before retiring in 2009 His life is the subject of […]
Muslim solutions to Terrorism in Paris
Source: The Arab Daily News By Mike Ghouse Outrage, condemnation, candle light vigils and revenge talk is all good, but the need is practical solutions beyond condemnations. Obviously the burden squarely falls on Muslims; we have to grudgingly admit that almost all acts of terror are committed by men claiming […]
What is the Punishment for Blasphemy in Islam?
Source: Review of Religions, September 2011 Introduction Blasphemy, derived from the Latin Blasphemia, is generally defined as the exhibition of irreverent behaviour or language towards God, religion or anything held sacred. […]
Pakistan, Islam and economics: putting things into perspective
The two nation theory was not as much an ideology as it was a lawyer’s argument to get his client — in this case the Muslim people of the subcontinent — a better deal in power sharing This article is partially in response to Muhammad Taqi’s column, ‘Pakistan, Islam and […]
Can true Muslims only be either militants or hypocrites?’,
Unreal Islam The word “takfīr” (pronounced “tuck – feer”) is one of the most fearsome words in the Islamic lexicon. Deriving from the same root as “kāfir” – infidel – it refers to the act of declaring someone who is nominally a Muslim to be an infidel. And, of course, […]
The convenient myth of radicalisation
Middle East Eye: by Cj Werleman — War, occupation and Western atrocities are the breeding ground for terrorist attacks, not Islamic scripture Why is it standard procedure for the media to focus on the religiosity of the terrorist, rather than his political grievances, in any analysis of a terrorist attack? […]
Pope Francis’s comments praised by the Worldwide Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: Press release Pope Francis’s comments to respect the religious sentiments of others praised by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad; he also said that the Muslims should respond to new caricatures […]
The Messiah and the Mahdi – One and the Same Person
By Luqman Ahmed Contrary to the beliefs of mainstream modern Sunni & Shia school of thought in Islam, the Ahmadi Muslims believe that the prophecies about the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi in Islam were fulfilled by one person. Most Sunnis & Shias of today believe that they will be […]
356. Commandment – To look after orphan relatives
356. Commandment – To look after orphan relatives [90:15] Or feeding in a day of hunger [90:16] An orphan near of kin, [90:17] Or a poor man lying in the dust. [76:9] And they feed, for love of Him, the poor, the orphan, and the prisoner, [69:35] ‘And he did […]
357. Commandment – To look after orphan and poor
357. Commandment – To look after orphan and poor [51:20] And in their wealth was a share for one who asked for help and for one who could not. [90:15] Or feeding in a day of hunger [90:16] An orphan near of kin, [90:17] Or a poor man lying in […]
UK terror fears: My jihadist son returned from Syria mentally scarred – now he is being ignored
ZACK ADESINA , VIVEK CHAUDHARY Monday 19 January 2015 The mother of a young British jihadist who fought with Isis in Syria has spoken of her despair at being left without support since his return home – warning that Britain is at risk of Paris-style attacks because of the Government’s […]
Alarm over rising rate of Saudi spinsterhood
The number of unmarried Saudi women over 30 reached 33.45 percent in the last 10 years, or 1.52 million of the total population of 4.57 million women, local media reported […]
Wrongdoers fear scrutiny
The Daily Star The uproar from the U.S. and Israel over the International Criminal Court’s announcement that it will investigate possible war crimes by the Jewish state during its offensive […]
PREVENTATIVE MEASURES : Asylum applications reviewed for terror ties
The Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) is reviewing asylum applications as a measure to prevent potential terrorists from entering Switzerland, checking into applicants‘ backgrounds for signs of jihadist activities. “Asylum applications from people from certain countries are sent to the FIS for review,” Martin Reichlin, spokesperson for the Federal Migration Office, […]
With so many people tweeting before they think, the telegraph can teach us some valuable lessons. – A telegraph cable transmitted information at only eight words a minute, which helped avoid the sort of mindless communication we see so much today
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT After listening to my take on the Middle East – and my usual rant about the internet – the pupils of St Brendan’s College in Killarney in Ireland have given me a most appropriate gift: a three-and-a-half-inch chunk of the telegraph cable that Isambard Kingdom […]
Inequality is threatening to tear our democracy apart, yet the Government is only encouraging it – The rich think they can play by their own rules, and I hate it
YASMIN ALIBHAI BROWN THE INDEPENDENT Sunday 18 January 2015 In the Eighties I wrote articles on ghastly yuppies, effervescing with expensive champagne and inflated egos. One of them poured his bubbly over my blouse when I tried to interview him. How they all laughed. In the Nineties I met incredibly […]
Duke University reverses decision on Muslim call to prayer
Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir Duke University’s sudden decision to cancel the Muslim call to prayer, adhan, from the chapel bell tower came as a blow to many Muslims who saw the university’s original gesture to allow the moderately amplified chant as a sign of pluralism. It was especially a […]