(Reuters) – Growth in the U.S. services sector braked in December and new orders for manufactured goods fell for a fourth straight month in November, signs the economy lost some momentum in the fourth quarter. But with domestic demand picking up, against the backdrop of lower gasoline prices and firming […]
BBC News: Politicians and celebrities in Germany have joined a media campaign against Pegida, a group protesting against what it sees as the “Islamisation” of Europe. Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and retired footballer Oliver Bierhoff are among 80 figures to back a petition in German newspaper Bild. It comes after […]
Jalsa Salana USA West Coast 2014: Watch in Youtube by clicking on links below Friday December 26 2014 – Opening Session Presided by Naseem Mahdi, Naib Ameer and Missionary Incharge […]
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. […]
Source: Russia Times Decades of excavation of an old abandoned building adjacent to an ancient museum in Jerusalem’s Old City have revealed what could be remains of the palace where […]
ET: Social media is once again flooded with outrage at ‘Dr’ Aamir Liaquat – our nation’s foremost televangelist. During an episode of his morning show Subh-e-Pakistan, aired on Geo TV on December 22, one of Liaquat’s guests, Syed Arif Shah Owaisi, used inflammatory language to accuse the Ahmadi community of being responsible for terrorism […]
Kashifmd.com: Bigotry of any sort – whether based on race, gender, religion or ethnic background – is like cancer. It must be condemned in its start before it metastasizes and takes root in society. At this point, it is usually too late to cure the disease, which rapidly progresses to […]
Huff Post: Turkey is getting a brand new church for the first time in nearly a century. The $1.5 million Virgin Mary Syriac church will be built in the Istanbul […]
Mirror: by Chris Hughes — Surrounded by his gunmen Mullah Fazlullah ridicules western life, branding democracy a “lie” and “forbidden” saying: “Democracy is Kuffr and Haram.“We only obey Sharia.”And in a chilling sign-off he warns that he and his men are plotting a “spectacular” terror attack, adding: “We will do […]
by Khetam Malkawi | Jan 05, 2015 | 23:47 JORDAN TIMES UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres speaks at an event during a previous visit to Jordan (Photo courtesy of UNHCR) AMMAN — UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres is due to visit Jordan on Thursday to mobolise […]
Coptic Christian men whose relatives were abducted in Libya leave the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday. (AP) Agence France Presse Published — Tuesday 6 January 2015 Last update 5 January 2015 10:49 pm | | A A http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.c27d2d163408c0fe087fbfe1c687ce2b.en.html#_=1420535384122&count=horizontal&counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F685091&id=twitter-widget-1&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fmiddle-east%2Fnews%2F685091&size=m&text=Copts%20held%20in%20Libya%20by%20people%20smugglers%20freed%20%7C%20Arab%20News%3A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F685091%23.VKumUs6vE5s.twitter&via=Arab_News https://apis.google.com/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=medium&hl=en-US&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F685091&gsrc=3p&ic=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en.X-IwcXRmeCQ.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DEQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Ft%3Dzcms%2Frs%3DAGLTcCPH1gfqBQVq8H5mPfSCX_aPgsPLwQ#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh&id=I0_1420535382127&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com&pfname=&rpctoken=29778477 http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?action=like&app_id=172525162793917&channel=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F7r8gQb8MIqE.js%3Fversion%3D41%23cb%3Df27458376e9f9b8%26domain%3Dwww.arabnews.com%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.arabnews.com%252Ff35cad73d681dfa%26relation%3Dparent.parent&font=arial&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F685091&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&ref=.VKumUrSXZ8Q.like&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false&width=90 LATEST STORIES IN MIDDLE-EAST Arab News Old regime’s […]
REITERATING ISLAMIC CLAIM: Iyad Madani, secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, visits Qubbat Al-Sakhra or Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa compound, Islam’s third holiest site, in the old city of Jerusalem. (AFP) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published — Tuesday 6 January 2015 Last update 6 January 2015 4:05 […]
Dawn.com — “No matter who it is, no one can speak against religion. The country has been a victim of terrorism for a long time. It is a sin for us to even pass laws here which go against the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).” ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on […]
It is a book review of Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders by Denise A. Spellberg (Knopf) Reviewed by Abbas Milani, who is s the director of Iranian Studies at Stanford […]
Source: PEW Forum Read the latest comprehensive survey on Muslim American attitudes conducted April 14-July 22, 2011: Muslim Americans: No Signs of Growth in Alienation or Support for Extremism The […]
Foreigners fighting Islamic State in Syria: who and why? Reuters By Benedetta Argentieri DERIK, Syria (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – While illegally crossing the Iraqi-Syrian border, Canadian Peter Douglas was adamant that his incursion was for humanitarian reasons – to help the people of Syria. Douglas is one of a growing […]
Source: USA Today For a dinosaur, celebrity status is usually achieved by being big, belligerent or both. The big headliners of 2014 were a dinosaur as massive as a 747 […]
Choosing to wear a veil in Britian Reuters Young and old, many Muslim women living in Britain choose to wear a veil or headscarf as a sign of their faith. […]
More Evidence Supporting the House of Debt August 8, 2014 By Atif Mian and Amir Sufi Economists of all stripes are baffled by continued economic weakness in the United States. The easiest way to see the weakness is to compare where we are in terms of GDP today relative to […]
“The Astonishing Story of the Prophet” Muhammad, may peace be on him, will be presented in Montréal on January 11, 2015. For RSVP and details click here. This presentation was […]