US, Arab partners launch first strikes on IS in Syria
• US aircraft and cruise missiles attack targets in Syria • Allies include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Bahrain and Qatar • Raqqa city and Iraq-Syria border among areas hit • […]
John Kerry’s rhetoric on Isis insults our intelligence and conceals the reality of the situation in Syria
Anyone who has studied Syria knows the moderate opposition doesn’t exist by Robert Fisk, The Independent John Kerry is becoming more and more like William McGonagall, the “worst poet in the world” whose horror at the 1879 Tay Bridge railway disaster yielded the imperishable observation that it “will be remember’d […]
Portraits of influential senior women in Britain
theguardian: by Nancy Honey and Hattie Garlick — American photographer Nancy Honey travelled the country to compile a remarkable portfolio of portraits of 100 in fluential women over 55. Her project shows how much women’s lives have changed – and also how much there still is to do. Here are […]
Emma Watson latest celeb to use star power to help women
Epigraph: But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow […]
Americans Feel Religion’s Influence Is Declining… But They Wish It Wouldn’t
Religion News Service | By Cathy Lynn Grossman (RNS) More Americans today say religion’s influence is losing ground just when they want it to play a stronger role in public life […]
Americans Feel Religion's Influence Is Declining… But They Wish It Wouldn't
Religion News Service | By Cathy Lynn Grossman (RNS) More Americans today say religion’s influence is losing ground just when they want it to play a stronger role in public life […]
Idolizing Bollywood’s Bad Boy – Salman Khan
Idolizing Bollywood’s Bad Boy The Actor Salman Khan is Focus of ‘Being Bhaijaan’ Documentary By SNIGDHA POONAMSEPT. 18, 2014, NYTimes 2014/09/19 Photo A still from the documentary ‘‘Being Bhaijaan’’ with Shan Ghosh, left, and Balram Gehani. Credit PSBT, India and Hit and Run Films NEW DELHI — The actor Salman […]
200,000 flee in biggest displacement of Syrian conflict, monitor says
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/international/2014/09/21/kurdish-refugees-head-to-turkey.cnn By Ben Brumfield, Josh Levs and Gul Tuysuz, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — The sudden, massive flood of refugees fleeing the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is unlike any […]
Austria Seeks Standardized German Translation of the Quran to Stem Islamic Extremism and the Muslim Times Offers Help
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We (Allah) have sent down to Our servant (Muhammad), then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers beside Allah, if you are truthful. (Al Quran 2:24) Hofburg Palace is a palace located in Vienna, Austria, that has […]
Muhammad, Israel’s most popular baby name, omitted from official list
Source: The Times of Isreal Arab names ignored in Population and Immigration Authority yearly statement, despite significant share in population Muhammad, not Yosef, topped the list of most popular name […]
UK opens first clinic for child victims of female genital mutilation
Source: Reuters Britain’s first specialist clinic for child victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) opened in London on Monday as part of a push to eradicate the illegal ritual in […]
My Muslim friend doesn’t deserve your racist wrath
Source: The Canberra Times: By Jenna Price Columnist for The Canberra Times. I work with a child genius. She went from school to university, scored first-class honours and a full […]
My Muslim friend doesn't deserve your racist wrath
Source: The Canberra Times: By Jenna Price Columnist for The Canberra Times. I work with a child genius. She went from school to university, scored first-class honours and a full […]
Pope to Albania’s faith leaders: religion is source of peace
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met with leaders of the different religious communities in Albania on Sunday afternoon, insisting once again that no-one can use the name of God to commit […]
Pope to Albania's faith leaders: religion is source of peace
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met with leaders of the different religious communities in Albania on Sunday afternoon, insisting once again that no-one can use the name of God to commit […]
[Urdu Video] Rah-e-Huda: Question & Answers About Islam Ahmadiyya with Maulana Mubashir Ahmad Kahlon & Ata-ul Momin Zahid Saheb
Source: vimeo.com Urdu Rahe Huda 20th September 2014 – Ask Questions about Islam Ahmadiyya from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Vimeo.
MAULANA DOST MUHAMMAD SHAHID (RH) – HISTORIAN OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY
Source: mysticscientist.wordpress.com Mawlānā Dost Muhammad Shāhid (rh) was the official historian of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He wrote the 5 volume history of the Community known as “Tārīkh-e-Ahmadiyya”(History of Ahmadiyya). He was […]
Peter Thiel: ‘Luck Is An Atheistic Word For God’
Businessinsider: Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Facebook’s first investor, has a lot of unique views on education, leadership, and death. In 1998, Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal and four years later sold up for $1.5 billion. He went on to be Facebook’s first investor, buying a 10% share (his advice […]
Austria seeks standardized Koran to stem Islamic extremism
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We have sent down to Our servant, then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers beside Allah, […]
As in Vietnam, the U.S. has underestimated its foe
Summary BY DAVID IGNATIUS, THE DAILY STAR, LEBANON The U.S. has made the same mistake in evaluating fighters from ISIS that it did in Vietnam – by underestimating the enemy’s will, according to James Clapper, the director of national intelligence. Clapper’s comments came in a telephone interview Wednesday, in which […]