After attempting to enter a men’s volleyball game, a 25-year old British-Iranian woman has been jailed for more than two months in the notorious Evin prison. Mon, September 15, 2014…clarionproject.com Imprisoned British-Iranian Ghoncheh Ghavami ISIS Releases New Agitprop Video, Goes Underground A British-Iranian woman, arrested more than two months ago […]
By Saeed Qureshi How can justice be delivered in a country where murderers and rapists go home after payment of blood money or reconciliation with the aggrieved party? This reconciliation is imposed more often than not on the victimized party by threats or intimidation. In other instances a payment as […]
Epigraph: But his mind induced him (Kane) to kill his brother (Able), so he killed him and became one of the losers. Then Allah sent a raven which scratched in […]
Epigraph: But his mind induced him (Kane) to kill his brother (Able), so he killed him and became one of the losers. Then Allah sent a raven which scratched in […]
Source: thenorthernecho.co.uk The comments come as fears grow for the safety of a second Brit, Manchester taxi driver Alan Henning, who was captured after travelling to the war-torn region with […]
Source: theadvertisergroup.co.uk Members of the Muslim community in Stevenage were joined by the town’s MP, council leader and deputy mayor to celebrate two Eid festivals recently. The Stevenage branch of the […]
Source: National, UAE Cameroonian football team converts to Islam Twenty-three young African footballers converted to Islam at the end of a two-month training camp in Dubai. The men, all in […]
Source: The Huffington Post Interviewer: David Freeman david.freeman@huffingtonpost.com Things are looking up for Neil deGrasse Tyson—way up. As the director of the Hayden Planetarium and the author of several popular books on space, Tyson is already one of the nation’s best-known scientists. And now his already-high profile is set for a big boost with […]
Religion News Service | By JOSEPHINE MCKENNA Posted: 09/18/2014 8:25 am EDT VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis made headlines this week when he officiated at the weddings of 20 couples, including some […]
Religion News Service | By JOSEPHINE MCKENNA Posted: 09/18/2014 8:25 am EDT VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis made headlines this week when he officiated at the weddings of 20 couples, including some […]
Source: BBC India and China have signed 12 agreements in Delhi, one of which will see China investing $20bn (£12.2bn) in India’s infrastructure over five years. At a news conference […]
Source: BBC India and China have signed 12 agreements in Delhi, one of which will see China investing $20bn (£12.2bn) in India’s infrastructure over five years. At a news conference […]
By Asim Khan Updated about an hour ago KARACHI: Dean of Islamic Studies Faculty at the University of Karachi Dr Shakeel Auj was shot dead by unknown assailants on Thursday. […]
Voting got under way across Scotland at 07:00 on Thursday Continue reading the main story in BBCScotland Decides In pictures: Scotland decides Councils braced for huge turnout Guide to Scotland […]
City Am: by Sarah Spickernell September 18, 2014, 10:50am The Islamic Bank of Britain was set up in 2004 (Source: Reuters) Given what we’ve learned about the caliphates over recent months […]
Knowledge is Amusing…Did you know this….? [1] FORTNIGHT comes from ‘Fourteen Nights’ (Two Weeks). [2] POP MUSIC is ‘Popular Music’ shortened. [3] MOPED is the short term for ‘Motorized Pedalling’. [4] BUS is the short term for ‘Omnibus’ that means everybody. [5] DRAWING ROOM was actually a ‘withdrawing room’ where […]
BBC News: People in Scotland have begun voting on whether the country should stay in the UK or become an independent nation. Voters will answer “Yes” or “No” to the referendum question: “Should Scotland be an independent country?” With 4,285,323 people – 97% of the electorate – registered to vote, […]
BBC News: The Ebola outbreak could have a catastrophic impact on the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Bank says. The organisation says the economic impact of the virus could “grow eight-fold” in the “already fragile states”. However, it says the cost can be limited if the […]
How to praise kids: It’s a hot topic for many parents and educators. A lot of the conversation around it has stemmed from studies by Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford who has been researching this specific topic for many years. Mind Shift: by Katrina Shwartz — “My research shows […]
The Times of Israel: LONDON — British Jews need to become as comfortable listening to genuine criticism of Israel as they are at discussing rising levels of anti-Semitism, and not […]