theguardian: by Andrew Brown — ‘Innes Bowen’s book Medina in Birmingham, Najaf in Brent lays out the inner structures and dynamics of Islam in Britain.’ Innes Bowen is a Radio 4 producer on current affairs who has spent much of the last eight years doing some serious journalism in her […]
The Telegraph: Russia is facing a “full-blown economic crisis”, a former finance minister has warned, as the country is forced to take emergency financial measures. The economy has been battered by a wave of sanctions as a result of tensions over Ukraine, geopolitical uncertainty, and falling oil prices. Alexei Kudrin, […]
Liberal America: by Tiffany Willis — The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights has filed a criminal complaint against U.S. torture program architects and members of the Bush Administration. The organization has accused CIA director George Tenet and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of war crimes and they’ve called for a German prosecutor to conduct an immediate investigation. This move […]
Brisbane Times: A Longreach restaurant that placed a sign reading “Sorry No Muslims” outside its front doors has caused consternation on social media. Local Helen Day posted pictures of the chalkboard outside the Eagle’s Nest Bar and Grill on its Facebook review page last Friday. “Just a bit surprised to […]
BBC News: Veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi has been confirmed as winner of Tunisia’s first free presidential poll. He secured 55.68% of the vote in Sunday’s run-off, defeating caretaker president Moncef Marzouki (44.32%), the head of the electoral commission said. Mr Marzouki, a 67-year-old former exile, earlier refused to admit […]
BBC News: At least 26 people have been killed in bombings in two major cities in northern Nigeria, emergency workers and witnesses say. The first blast at bus rank in Gombe killed at least 20 while another six died in an explosion at a market in Bauchi, they added. Militant […]
BBC News: Spending cuts imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may have contributed to the rapid spread of Ebola in three West African states, UK-based researchers say. It had led to “under-funded, insufficiently staffed, and poorly prepared health systems” in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, they said. READ MORE… […]
এ, টি, চৌধুরী আল্লাহ্ তা’লা যুগে যুগে তাঁর প্রেরিত পুরুষদেরকে পাঠিয়েছেন বিশ্ব সংসারে পথহারা মানুষকে পথের সন্ধান দিতে। আল্লাহ্ তা’লার প্রতিনিধি হয়ে এযাবৎ যত নবী রসূল এই ধরাধামে অবতীর্ণ হয়েছেন তাঁরা সবাই ছিলেন দরিদ্র,নির্যাতিত, সর্বহারা শ্রেণীর মানুষ। খ্রীষ্টানরা সুলায়মান (আ:) কে করহম ঝড়ষড়সড়হ বা রাজা সলোমন বলে থাকে। কিন্তু […]
ভুমিকা হিন্দু এবং মুসলমান পাক-ভারত-বাংলা উপমহাদেশের দু’টি প্রধান ধর্মীয় সম্প্রদায়। এই দুটি সম্প্রদায় যদি পরস্পর ঝগড়া বিবাদ না করে শান্তিতে সহ অবস্থান করে তাহলে এই উপমহাদেশে ধর্মীয় কারণে অশান্তির আগুন প্রজ্জ্বলিত হওয়ার সম্ভাবনা নেই বল্লেই চলে। আহামদী জামা’তের প্রতিষ্ঠাতা ১৯০৮ সনে,তাঁর তিরোধানের মাত্র দুদিন পুর্বে পয়গামে সোলেহ্ বা শান্তির বার্তা […]
Oil prices have plunged so rapidly that financial markets are treating them less as an opportunity than a danger, like a falling knife. Currency rates are gyrating, oil-producing countries like Russia, Venezuela and Iran are hurting, and sectors of the bond market are threatened. But unless you’re directly involved in […]
Source: Dawn HE gut-wrenching massacre in Peshawar’s Army Public School has left Pakistanaghast and sickened. All political leaders have called for unity against terrorism. But this is no watershed event that can bridge the deep divides within. In another few days this episode of 134 dead children will become one like any other. […]
Epigraph: Say, ‘Bring forward your proof if you are truthful.’ (Al Quran 27:65) Veena Malik and the modern witch-hunt of Pakistani blasphemy laws Source: The Telegraph Pakistan’s blasphemy laws […]
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It wasn’t the final atrocity Pervez Hoodbhoy Updated 2 days ago The author teaches physics in Lahore and Islamabad. http://www.dawn.com/news/1151930/it-wasnt-the-final-atrocity THE gut-wrenching massacre in Peshawar’s Army Public School has left Pakistan aghast and sickened. All political leaders have called for unity against terrorism. But this is no watershed event that […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Juergen Todenhoefer’s journey was a tough one: dangerous, but also eye-opening. The author TRAVELED deep into ISIS territory — the area they now call their “caliphate” — visiting Raqqa and Deir Ezzor in Syria, as well as Mosul in Iraq. Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, was taken by ISIS […]
‘Visiting Madinah is a dream of every Muslim’ MADINAH: YUSUF MOHAMMED Published — Monday 22 December 2014 Last update 21 December 2014 11:57 pm The Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah is bustling with pilgrims and visitors of different nationalities all year round. Everyone is delighted to make their dream […]
MOHAMMAD IRTAZA Published — Friday 19 December 2014 Last update 19 December 2014 2:52 am Violence has no place in Islam. This is the reminder of the Qur’an — “We made a covenant with you, that you shall not shed your blood, nor shall you evict each other from your […]
The Daily Star Judging by the White House’s policy on battling ISIS militants, one might conclude that U.S. officials believe that the Middle East has been afflicted with mass amnesia. If one can remember as far back as World War II, one of the world’s mightiest armies, belonging to Nazi Germany, was defeated by […]
A large majority of citizens is apparently in favour of introducing a nationwide ban on burqas for Moslem women in Switzerland according to an opinion poll. More than 60% of […]
JERUSALEM — Uneasiness inhabits Israel, a shadow beneath the polished surface. In a violent Middle Eastern neighborhood of fracturing states, that is perhaps inevitable, but Israelis are questioning their nation and its future with a particular insistence. As the campaign for March elections begins, this disquiet looks like the precursor […]