Source: CNN The question of whether or not Jesus had a wife is back again. More: A painted tile artwork from China at the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Israel, depicts Mary and Jesus. Spanish painting on elk hide in the San Jose Mission Church, Laguna Pueblo, in […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — With tensions simmering over the deadly crisis in Ukraine, Russia has accused the West of seeking regime change in Moscow, prompting renewed comparisons with the Cold War era. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia made the comments at an event Saturday as he attacked Western sanctions […]
Source: AFP Russian president Vladimir Putin. — AFP/File MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Sunday that Russia did not want to isolate itself behind a new Iron Curtain, which he said would be disastrous for the country. Asked if Russia wanted to build new fences, he said, […]
Eavesdropping on Pakistani Official Led to Inquiry Into Former U.S. Diplomat By MATT APUZZO, MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MARK MAZZETTINOV. 20, 2014 NYTimes.com WASHINGTON — American investigators intercepted a conversation this year in which a Pakistani official suggested that his government was receiving American secrets from a prominent former State […]
SIR WILLIAM MUIR ON COMPILATION OF THE HOLY QURAN “Surely, We Ourself have sent down this Exhortation, and we will, most surely, safeguard it.” (Al Hijr 15:10). According to the […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Paul Vale, Paul.Vale@huffingtonpost.com Representing Indiana’s 7th district, Andre Carson is only the second Muslim to be elected to serve in the United States Congress following Minnesotan […]
Medical Xpress: by Marcia Malory — Intermittently restricting food intake could help prevent obesity and associated diseases prevalent in modern society, according to an analysis by Mark P. Mattson of the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore and colleagues. The researchers, who also included the BBC’s Michael Mosley, a proponent […]
the Nation: ATTOCK – A professor of a private college here has been booked on the charges of blasphemy after an enquiry into the matter. During a press conference, Punjab College students alleged that Professor Hafiz Tahir Naeemi who joined this college a month ago used blasphemous words while teaching a […]
rappler.com: VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is expected to take Europe to task over racial and religious intolerance during a visit to the European parliament Tuesday, November 25, as the […]
BBC News: The slaughter of 28 people on a bus in Kenya is a bid to start a religious war, a senior adviser to President Uhuru Kenyatta has told the BBC. Abdikadir Mohammed called on Kenyans of “all faiths and creeds” to stand together against the “heinous crimes”. At dawn […]
BBC News: Tunisians are voting in the country’s first presidential election since the 2011 “Arab Spring” that triggered uprisings across the region. More than 25 candidates are in the race, but incumbent Moncef Marzouki and anti-Islamist leader Beji Caid Essebsi are widely seen as the favourites. The poll forms part […]
Dawn: The concert and ceremony, to be hosted by Queen Latifah, will honour India’s Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s very own and youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace prize, Malala Yousafzai, for the work they have done to promote children’s rights, particularly education. Each year the Nobel Peace Prize Concert gathers […]
The Struggle to Erase Saudi Extremism By JANET BRESLIN SMITH and CARYLE MURPHYNOV. 20, 2014 NYTimes.com Photo Credit Magoz The rise of the Islamic State has once again turned the spotlight on Saudi Arabia, which is accused of supplying the theological foundation of the movement’s brutal ideology, as well as […]
A bookseller conducting a market survey asked a woman : “Which book has helped you most in your life?” The woman replied : “My husband’s cheque book” !! …………… When you are in love, Wonders happen. But once you get married, You Wonder, what has happened. ………….. Philosophy of marriage: At the […]
Source: The Conservative. The Netherlands , where six per cent of the population is now Muslim, is scrapping multiculturalism: The Dutch government says it will abandon the long-standing model of multiculturalism that has encouraged Muslim immigrants create a parallel society within the Netherlands .. A new integration bill, which Dutch […]
Source: The daily Beast. U.S. forces in Afghanistan have been authorized by President Obama to retain counter-terrorism authorities even after their combat mission ends there on December 31. Though U.S. troops were supposed to just train, advise, and assist Afghan forces after 2014, they will now likely be involved in […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Religion not principal source of violence in world, Karen Armstrong argues Former Roman Catholic nun Karen Armstrong, who has spent her life writing about world religions, insists faith not the main cause of violence. View 2 photos zoom Aaron Harris / Special tothe Star Karen Armstrong. By: Jennifer Hunter The […]
By Ahmed Vanya November 20, 2014 at 5:00 am http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4894/beautifying-islam Many people are understandably asking: What is the true nature of Islam? Is it that although there are many peaceful Muslims, Islam itself is not peaceful? Classical Islamic law, developed over the history of Islam, is definitely not peaceful or […]