Salon.com: The real terror threat Fox News conveniently ignores Fox News is increasingly fixating on the gruesome workplace beheading last week in Moore, Oklahoma by a recent Muslim convert, suspect Alton Nolen. Perhaps sensing a way to once again fan its patented flames of Islamophobia while simultaneously blaming President Obama for being indifferent to the threat of terrorism, […]
BBC News: UK Prime Minister David Cameron has promised new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that Britain will always be a “strong partner and good friend”. Mr Cameron, on an unannounced visit to Kabul, said British armed forces had paid a “very high price” for their involvement in Afghanistan. Mr Ghani […]
Among the intake of students at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) this semester is a unique group from Angola. These young adults fought tough competition to secure places […]
Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum| The Daily Star The global financial crisis taught the world how profoundly interdependent our economies have become. In today’s crisis of extremism, we must recognize that […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR A French pilgrim who recently converted to Islam and drove 7,000 km in his car with his wife to perform Umrah is now in Makkah as […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Friday 3 October 2014 Saudi authorities are planning to introduce a barcode system for Mina tents to help stranded pilgrims identify their tents with the assistance of Google maps. “A technology has been already developed for this purpose,” said Mohammed Al-Ruwaished, head of the […]
MINA: HANI HAZAIMEH & SIRAJ WAHAB Published — Friday 3 October 2014 In scenes of devotion seen nowhere else on the planet, over two million pilgrims, wrapped in seamless white […]
Gaziantep, Turkey (CNN) — Turkish lawmakers voted Thursday to authorize military force against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, joining a growing international coalition against the Islamist militants as they continued […]
Epigraph: “If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with […]
Source: oregonlive.com | By Harris Zafar President Obama has presented his strategy for dealing with the menace known as ISIS, which has continued to perpetrate some of the most heinous acts imaginable – […]
Source: The Guardian By Henry McDonald in Dublin Tuesday 30 September 2014 Atheists and secular campaigners have welcomed the Irish government’s decision to hold a referendum that may abolish Ireland’s blasphemy laws. […]
Ambika KandasamyOctober 2, 2014 00:30 This Swiss diplomat says it’s time to rethink how we protect people in war. Thousands of Syrian refugees are streaming over the Turkish border this week after their towns were overrun by Islamic State militants. And millions more are enduring a brutally violent civil war, […]
In Jordan also soon the weather will change and get cooler. Not known by some outside of the region is that Jordan can have very cold weather and even snow. The snow usually lasts a few days, but the cold season with occasional rain can last from November to April. […]
248. Commandment to be patient with admirable patience [70:6] So be patient with admirable patience. [52:49] So wait patiently for the judgment of thy Lord; for assuredly thou art before Our eyes; and glorify thy Lord with His praise when thou risest up from sleep; [8:47] And obey Allah and […]
249. Commandment to be patient, surely the promise of Allah is true [30:61] So be thou patient. Surely the promise of Allah is true; and let not those who have no certainty of faith make light of thee. [40:56] So have patience. Surely the promise of Allah is true. And […]
250. Commandment to exhort one another to be steadfast [3:201] O ye who believe! be steadfast and strive to excel in steadfastness and be on your guard and fear Allah that you may prosper. [90:18] Again, he should have been of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance […]
251. Commandment to fulfil the covenant [17:35] And come not near the property of the orphan, except in the best way, until he attains his maturity, and fulfil the covenant; for the covenant shall be questioned about. [5:2] O ye who believe! fulfil your compacts. Lawful are made to you […]
252. Commandment to fulfil the covenant of Allah [16:92] And fulfil the covenant of Allah when you have made; and break not the oaths after making them firm, while you have made Allah your surety. Certainly, Allah knows what you do. [2:41] O children of Israel! remember My favour which […]
253. Commandment to fulfil the oath of allegiance [48:11] Verily, those who swear allegiance to thee indeed swear allegiance to Allah. The hand of Allah is over their hands. So whoever breaks his oath, breaks it to his own loss; and whoever fulfils the covenant that he has made with […]
Why Young Muslim Women Are Speaking Out Against The Islamic State On The Streets Of London By Radhika Sanghani 24 Sep 2014 Young British Muslim women are sick of not being heard. With the regular news updates of the horrors committed by the Islamic State, and stories about British women […]