Male elephants have a sweet side
Presented by Lesley Evans Ogden for BBC Popular culture has painted male African elephants as aggressive, anti-social loners. But are they really the solitary beasts we’ve imagined, or are they just […]
Delhi’s Shahi Imam invites Nawaz, shuns Modi for son’s anointment
Source: Dawn NEW DELHI: Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, on Thursday invited Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for his son’s appointment as the next chief cleric, but excluded Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the guest list, the Times of India reported. Bukhari did however invite […]
Islamic law does not prescribe whipping or incarceration to those who consume pork
Source: Dawn Consuming pork is sinful and forbidden in Islam. However, Islamic law does not prescribe whipping or incarceration to those who consume pork. The religious doctrine may prohibit certain behaviours and consider them sins. This does not make those acts a crime. The Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken […]
Changing times: Ijtihad and other questions Muslims must revisit
Source:Dawn.com By Anwar Iqbal suicide bombing justified? Can women lead prayers? Is there a feminist interpretation of Islam? These are some of the questions Muslims living in the West often face. They attempt to answer these questions as best as they can. And in the process, they are often forced […]
Jihadist caught on German shopping trip
Source: The Local The 24-year-old German, Ismail Issa, will be tried on November 5th for supporting a terrorist group, after being caught when he returned to shop in his homeland last year, The New York Times reported. He was back in his home city of Stuttgart, where he was radicalized […]
Ashura of Muharram, a burdon on Pakistani economy?
Source: LUBP LINK While Deobandi and Wahhabi Islamists due to sectarian reasons and their inherent intolerant and violent nature are opposed to the Muharram-Ashura and Milad rituals, they and their fake liberal comrades also present seemingly rational arguments, e.g., law and order, economic implications, in order to support their demand […]
Evolution, Atheism, Christianity and Islam?
Epigraph: “The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.” Thomas Paine, one of the Founding Fathers of USA Pope Francis joins Pope John Paul II in evading conflict between Evolution and Original […]
India: A Time to Revitalize Indian Islam
By Usama Khalid, October 26, 2014 Should the Muslims of India change with the times, taking cognizance of the big political change in India, in order to ensure their survival? The coming to power of the Hindu chauvinists bodes ill for the traditionalist Muslims, the ones inflexible in their display […]
Suicide in Russia and How Islam Can Help
Suggested Reading: Islam and Psychology Every Thing You Wanted to Know about Alcohol and Addiction From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Suicide Social aspects[show] Suicide crisis[show] Suicide types[show] Epidemiology[show] History[show] In […]
Editorial: Lukman and Jokowi — A Force for Change- for Minorities
By Jakarta Globe on 12:50 am Oct 31, 2014 President Joko Widodo’s decision to retain Lukman Hakim Saifuddin as minister of religious affairs may have been a concession to the minister’s party, as some have argued, but it appears to be paying off in a big way for the people. Lukman has […]
Casting Out Demons: Pope Francis Declares Support for Exorcisms
Livescience.com: Pope Francis recently expressed his approval of a group of exorcists meeting at the Vatican this week. While exorcisms, in which demonic spirits are driven out of a supposedly […]
Rise and fall of societies
Source: Pakistan Observer Evidently, those who followed these rules of right conduct thrived and prospered, and were saved from the tyranny and injustice of the wrong-doers; and on the contrary, those who violated these principles, committing sin and straying from the right path, came to grief, pain and sorrow. These […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 280. Commandment to not call one another by nicknames
280. Commandment to not call one another by nicknames [49:12] O ye who believe! let not one people deride another people, who may be better than they, nor let women deride other women, who may be better than they. And defame not your own people, nor call one another by […]
Can Taliban seize either by force or through infiltration a nuclear warhead at an individual installation and use it to hold the Pakistan — and the world — to ransom?
Source: Pakistan Observer: According to their assessment this also raises the risk that the Pakistani Taliban, even if it cannot seize the commanding heights of state institutions, could seize either by force or through infiltration a nuclear warhead at an individual installation and use it to hold the country — […]
Rise of America’s Secret Military
The U.S. military is fighting more wars on covert battlefields and with armies shrouded in mystery. This board examines the Special Operation Forces, which are deployed on every continent to fight terrorism and intervene in civil wars. Curated By Jacob Wheeler READ MORE HERE: http://learni.st/boards/68500/learnings/604766-special-operations-forces-worldwide Special Operations Forces Worldwide They’re […]
The right to kiss ?
Source:BBC Members of the BJP Youth Group, the ruling political party in India, vandalised a cafe were they say immoral acts were taking place.The event sparked a debate on moral policing in the country and a campaign supporting kissing in public went viral. More than 5,000 people have clicked the […]
Wishful thinking in the U.S. strategy to fight ISIS
David Ignatius| The Daily Star A glimpse of the anxiety sweeping the Arab world surfaced last week when an Arab woman complained during a talk in Amman at the Columbia Global Center for the Middle East. She said my speech’s title about the “crisis” in the region wasn’t accurate. The […]
Why should women change their names on getting married?
Source: BBC My name is Sophie Coulombeau. But a year from now, after the fuss from my wedding has died down, it could be something rather different. For me, to adopt the surname of my partner and relinquish my own would profoundly affect how I think about my own identity. […]
Burkina Faso: Military divided over who rules
Source BBC A split has emerged within Burkina Faso’s armed forces over who is leading the country following the resignation of President Blaise Compaore after 27 years in power. The presidential guard’s second in command, Colonel Isaac Zida, says he has assumed power as head of state. Earlier, army chief […]
So, why is there such an explosion of violence across the Middle East?
What on earth has descended upon the Middle East? BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Why such an epic explosion of violence? It feels strange to ask these questions of Dr Bouthaina Shaaban, one of President Bashar al-Assad’s close advisers and former translator to his father, Hafez. Her office is spotless, […]