A senior officer of Bashar al-Assad’s regime talks to Robert Fisk about his army’s brutal struggle with Isis, in a dirty war whose challenges include widespread atrocities ROBERT FISK DAMASCUS Wednesday 29 October 2014 Phones were ringing through the army headquarters in central Damascus and a veteran of Syria’s 1982 […]
Source: The daily Beast. No piece of cloth throughout history has sparked more controversy as the veil. Many Muslim women are forced to wear it daily. The hijab has a spectrum, of course, from its most radical embodiments, the niqab, which covers the entire face, to loose fitting headscarves. Saudi […]
Source: The daily Beast. bostonglobe.com Kaci Hickox is a woman of her word. After vowing to defy Maine’s voluntary quarantine for health workers who treated Ebola patients by Thursday, she and her boyfriend left their home to go for a bicycle ride. The two were followed by state police; however […]
Source. The daily Beast. Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty On Thursday, protesters in Burkina Faso set fire to the nation’s parliament building, the city hall of the capital Ouagadougou, and the ruling party’s headquarters. Protesters are angry over plans to extend term limits so that the current president, Blaise Compaore, can extend his […]
Scientists have discovered genetic links that could put them closer to finding better treatments for a range of diseases, including multiple sclerosis, juvenile diabetes, lupus and arthritis. Their genetic research […]
RT The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem has been closed to all worshipers for the first time since 1967. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called the closure a ‘declaration of war.’ Both […]
Source: berwicknews.starcommunity.com.au A NARRE WARREN-based Ahmadiyya Muslim has expressed his agony after learning of the fatal shooting of his younger brother in Pakistan this month. Latif Alam Butt, 62, was shot […]
Epigraph: “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum….” Noam Chomsky, The Common Good […]
Dubai: Muslim countries need to concentrate on efforts to rediscover Islamic principles and promote regional cooperation in order to successfully overcome economic challenges. This was stated by Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry Mustapa Mohamed during a panel discussion at the 10th World Islamic Economic Forum in Dubai. Calling […]
276. Commandment to make over the trusts to those entitled to them [4:59] Verily, Allah commands you to make over the trusts to those entitled to them, and that, when you judge between men, you judge with justice. And surely excellent is that with which Allah admonishes you! Allah is […]
277. Commandment – if thou fearest treachery from a people, throw back to them their covenant with equity [8:59] And if thou fearest treachery from a people, throw back to them their covenant with equity. Surely, Allah loves not the treacherous.
Courtesy Amjad Tariq Sydney 278. Commandment to be not thou a disputer for the faithless [4:106] We have surely sent down to thee the Book comprising the truth, that thou mayest judge between men by that which Allah has taught thee. And be not thou a disputer for the faithless; […]
275. Commandment to not prove false to your trusts [8:28] O ye who believe! prove not false to Allah and the Messenger, nor prove false to your trusts knowingly. [70:33] And those who are watchful of their trusts and their covenants, [12:53] Joseph said, ‘I asked for that enquiry to […]
Source: Neue Presse According to very famous and well circulated newspaper of Frankfurt Germany, Mr Zafarullah Khan has been honoured to be included in the Executive Council of SPD (Social Democrats currently sharing government with CDU) of his area in Frankfurt. He has already been elected as head of […]
Herald Scotland: DAVID Cameron has pressed his Pakistani counterpart over the case of a mentally ill Scot shot in the country while in a maximum security prison. DAVID Cameron has pressed his Pakistani counterpart over the case of a mentally ill Scot shot in the country while in a maximum […]
Guardian: A self-styled, secular, modernist party called Nidaa Tounes won against the Islamist Ennahda party in the Tunisian election this week. For many, the subsequent headline – “Secularist party wins Tunisia elections” – will seem more impressive than the fact Tunisia just completed its second genuinely competitive, peaceful elections since […]
LONDON, October 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Western Europe’s largest mosque to host historic symposium A worldwide Islamic Caliph (Khalifa) is to deliver a keynote address at the 11th National Peace […]
Huff Post: Popeular Science Pope Francis has views on science … that are not as revolutionary as you might believe.Photo by Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images On Monday, Pope Francis was speaking […]
Huff Post: ROME (RNS) Just in time for Halloween and against an unspecified “steady increase” of demonic possession, Pope Francis thanked exorcists for showing the church’s “love for those possessed” by the devil. About 300 exorcists from around the world attended a convention in Rome last weekend (Oct. 25-26) and […]
Bound for Syria: German Kurds Join Fight against Islamic State By Jörg Diehl and Fidelius Schmid DPA Kurds in Düsseldorf, Germany, demonstrate against Islamic State and show their support for besieged Kobani. Young Kurds from Germany are joining PKK’s fight against Islamic State in Syria. Security officials are concerned that tensions […]