Indepedent: Council officials in Birmingham are investigating claims that a trust running the city’s first-ever Islamic school spent £1 million of public money funding a new school in Pakistan. The […]
theguardian: by Ally Fogg — Shocking evidence of the effects of austerity in Britain is being met with a silence that suggests a dangerous indifference While homelessness across all ages is rising, youth homelessness in particular is soaring When is poverty at its most dangerous? It is not, as you […]
Huff Post: by Philip Pullella —- (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global […]
The two sisters in Rohtak on Monday. ( Source: Express photo by : Gajendra Yadav) Written by Sumegha Gulati | Kharkhauda | Posted: December 2, 2014 4:13 am | Updated: December 2, 2014 10:57 am As a TV reporter — the seventh since morning — approached the Rohtak sisters for […]
Kindly click on the images to zoom them, Jazakallah. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam & missionary-in-charge of the Baitul ul Jaam’e Mosque, Glen Ellyn Cell Phone: 909-636-8332 | Email: Shamshadanasir@gmail.com
Behind the La Grotta bar, Italy comes to an end. But a narrow road continues onward across the border into France, hugging a cliff above the sea. It is a […]
By SPIEGEL Staff Hundreds of young German Islamists have traveled to Syria to fight with the terrorist group Islamic State. SPIEGEL explored the extremist scene in Germany and the fascination with jihad in order to find answers about what drives people to join the murderous cult. Whenever Ismail Cetinkaya runs […]
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih IV fourth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community This is the transcript of a question and answer session held by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad(ru), Khalifatul Masih IV, on 30 September, 1983 in West Ferry, Australia.) Question: How do you see the future of […]
By Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V (aba) Source: THE REVIEW OF RELIGION, October, 2014 Translated by Amer Safir After reciting Tashhahud, Ta’awwuz, and Surah-Al Fatihah, the Worldwide […]
By Urs Geiser Voters have dismissed a proposal to reduce Switzerland’s ecological footprint by introducing strict immigration rules and family planning measures. Three out of four voters rejected the Ecopop initiative. Just under 26% of voters came out in favour according to final results on Sunday. Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga […]
by Angus Mackkinnon AFP The Pope calls on Muslim political, religious and intellectual leaders worldwide to ‘clearly’ speak out in condemnation of those who kill in the name of Islam […]
One of the more remarkable documents found in the Osama bin Laden compound included a letter to the Islamic State group of Iraq and Syria cautioning Abu Musab al-Zarqawi over his group’s extreme violence. The insurgency in Fallujah and Tal Afar had alarmed the al-Qaida leadership in Pakistan as to […]
Saibal Dasgupta,TNN | Dec 1, 2014, 09.45 PM IST BEIJING: The restive Xinjiang region in western China has banned prayer meetings and other religious practices in government buildings, schools and business offices. It has also imposed steep fines on the use of mobile phones and Internet to disseminate messages that […]
Source: CBC From ISIS beheadings, to the kidnapping of 200 girls in Nigeria, the news brings us a steady diet of horrifying images of violence inspired by religion. In her […]
Nearly 30 per cent of migrants travelled to Germany under EU free movement rules, compared to seven per cent who moved to UK, study reveals. Germany, not the United Kingdom, is the main destination of free movement within the European Union, an international economic organisation has found. Nearly 30 per […]
Source: The Telegraph Arabic names and 1970s names on the rise while the royals prove out of favour’ The name Mohammed has become the most popular boys’ name in […]
Source: Asia Times. Belarus – has signed up to NATO. A new Berlin wall, this time US-built – from the Baltics to the Black Sea now runs through Kiev. Were Ukraine to become a NATO member in an albeit remote future, the shatter belt buffer zone would disappear. This means […]
Source: Asia Times: The US State Department has declared that Modi, as India’s head of state, receives sovereign immunity from US lawsuits, even if they allege human rights violations he committed as an individual while Chief Minister of Gujarat. Attorneys for the victims beg to differ, and a US Superior […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT What’s in a name? Let’s start with the Persian Gulf. Or the Arabian Gulf. Or just the Arab Gulf. I’m indebted to reader (and surgeon) Ross Farhadieh for complaining to me last week about my use of “The Gulf” – bland, dull and historically anaemic […]