Patrick Cockburn, who led the world in warning of the rise of Isis, wonders if David Cameron has really thought through his plans Britain is set to join the air campaign against Isis in Iraq, but, going by David Cameron’s speech to the UN General Assembly, the Government has no […]
Shawana A. Aziz ARABNEWS.COM In this life people are usually aware of two kinds of journeys; those made to earn a livelihood and those undertaken for pleasure and sightseeing. The Haj however is unique from these journeys, since it is made solely for the purpose of pleasing Allah, the Exalted. […]
Grand Mufti: Avoid politics at Haj . GETTING READY FOR HAJ: With five days to go for the trek to the nearby tent city of Mina at the start of the annual pilgrimage, hundreds of thousands of faithful throng the Grand Mosque in Makkah for prayers on Friday. (AN […]
Summary Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas demanded on Friday an end to Israeli occupation, telling the United Nations that “the hour of independence for Palestine has arrived”. Abbas, however, did not […]
Summary Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas demanded on Friday an end to Israeli occupation, telling the United Nations that “the hour of independence for Palestine has arrived”. Abbas, however, did not […]
Summary This latest deal appears to have been catalyzed by the latest Israeli war on Gaza, which killed thousands of civilians. The previously warring Palestinian sides recognize that their working together is in the best interests of the Palestinian people, that it is harder for the world to wash their […]
Mic.com: by Marcie Bianco — For the bacha posh of Afghanistan, life is an open secret. From the Dari language, bacha posh translates as a female cross-dresser, a girl “dressed like a boy.” It also represents a small community of girls who pass as boys in Afghanistan, a country “that the U.N. says is theworst in the world to […]
theguardian: by Simon Jenkins — This is the moment in any war when peace goes dumb. The cause is just. The enemy is in our sights, and the provocation is extreme. Blood races through tabloid veins. It is white feathers for dissenters. The British government’s evident eagerness to bomb Iraq […]
247. Commandment regarding suppressing anger and pardon men [3:135] Those who spend in prosperity and adversity, and those who suppress anger and pardon men; and Allah loves those who do good; [3:160] And it is by the great mercy of Allah that thou art kind towards them, and if thou […]
247. Commandment regarding suppressing anger and pardon men [3:135] Those who spend in prosperity and adversity, and those who suppress anger and pardon men; and Allah loves those who do good; [3:160] And it is by the great mercy of Allah that thou art kind towards them, and if thou […]
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star The upheaval of ideological forces and reconfiguration of geostrategic conditions across the Middle East took a dramatic turn on Sunday and Monday, with in three principal developments in and around the Arab world: the combined American-Arab Gulf states airstrikes in Syria; the control of […]
O’Connor, the $5.6 billion hedge fund owned by UBS, has been expanding its presence in Asia. It has hired traders from UBS’s proprietary trading desk to work in its Hong Kong and Singapore offices. In August, it hired John Yu, a former analyst at SAC Capital Advisors It is not […]
Epigraph: Surely, the Believers, and the Jews, and the Christians and the Sabians — whichever party from among these truly believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good deeds — […]
Epigraph: Surely, the Believers, and the Jews, and the Christians and the Sabians — whichever party from among these truly believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good deeds — […]
Epigraph: And We have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Historical […]
Washington Post: One passenger described the trip as “an 11-hour long nightmare.” El Al passengers heading to Israel to celebrate the Jewish new year were delayed leaving New York on the eve of Rosh Hashanah when ultra-Orthodox passengers refused to sit near women. Because their beliefs require men and women […]
Dw.De: Pakistani activist Asma Jahangir is one of the five winners of this year’s “alternative Nobel prize.” Jahangir talks to DW about the threats she faces for defending and promoting human rights in the Islamic Republic. Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir is to receive this year’s Right […]
Dw.De: Pakistani activist Asma Jahangir is one of the five winners of this year’s “alternative Nobel prize.” Jahangir talks to DW about the threats she faces for defending and promoting human rights in the Islamic Republic. Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir is to receive this year’s Right […]
Russia Today: Financially stable British-born Muslims who take their security for granted are most at risk of radicalization by terror groups, according to new research. Socially isolated and depressed Muslims […]
Apartheid of Ahmadis in Pakistan: A Talk by Pakistani Jurist Mujeeb-ur-Rahman Event Type: Meeting Location: Wasserstein 2019 West A Tuesday, September 30, 2014 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Calendar: HLS […]