http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2014/09/02/newday-labott-u-s-somalia-operation.cnn Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) — A suspected U.S. drone strike targeted senior leaders of Al-Shabaab in southern Somalia, but it’s not clear if the leader of the Islamic militant group […]
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2014/09/02/newday-labott-u-s-somalia-operation.cnn Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) — A suspected U.S. drone strike targeted senior leaders of Al-Shabaab in southern Somalia, but it’s not clear if the leader of the Islamic militant group […]
by Andrew Johnson, The Independent One of Islam’s most revered holy sites – the tomb of the Prophet Mohamed – could be destroyed and his body removed to an anonymous grave under plans which threaten to spark discord across the Muslim world. The controversial proposals are part of a […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent So a bit more of Palestine has slidden down the plughole. A thousand more acres of Palestinian land stolen by the Israeli government – for “appropriation” is theft, is it not? – and the world has made the usual excuses. The Americans found it “counter-productive” […]
Epigraph: First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or […]
Source: BBC By Charlotte Pritchard Alana Saarinen loves playing golf and the piano, listening to music and hanging out with friends. In those respects, she’s like many teenagers around the […]
Saudi Arabia scientist wins US physics award Dr. Ibtesam Saeed Badhrees RIYADH: RASHID HASSAN Published — Wednesday 20 August 2014 Arab News Dr. Ibtesam Saeed Badhrees, a leading woman research scientist in experimental particle physics at the National Center for Nanotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Riyadh, […]
Saudi Arabia scientist wins US physics award Dr. Ibtesam Saeed Badhrees RIYADH: RASHID HASSAN Published — Wednesday 20 August 2014 Arab News Dr. Ibtesam Saeed Badhrees, a leading woman research scientist in experimental particle physics at the National Center for Nanotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Riyadh, […]
Religion News Service | By Lauren Markoe Posted: 09/01/2014 8:30 am EDT (RNS) Concerned for the safety of U.S. citizens soon headed to Mecca, 27 Muslim-American groups are asking the State Department […]
Al Monitor: No sooner did the war on the Gaza Strip disappear from the headlines, all the old headlines appeared. More Israeli confiscation of West Bank land reminds the Palestinians of the root of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: land. SUMMARY⎙ PRINTIsrael’s largest land grab in 30 years on the heels of the Gaza war […]
Al Monitor: No sooner did the war on the Gaza Strip disappear from the headlines, all the old headlines appeared. More Israeli confiscation of West Bank land reminds the Palestinians of the root of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: land. SUMMARY⎙ PRINTIsrael’s largest land grab in 30 years on the heels of the Gaza war […]
The Independent: The rise of Isis has raised the threat of terror in the UK and led to a summer of negative headlines about Islam – even pushing leading British […]
Huff Post: (RNS) Concerned for the safety of U.S. citizens soon headed to Mecca, 27 Muslim-American groups are asking the State Department to better protect them from violence that has plagued those who have made the pilgrimage in the past. A letter from the group sent Tuesday (Aug. 26) to […]
Der Spiegel Islamist Influx: Several Radicalized Ex-German Soldiers in Iraq Germany on Sunday presented the list of weapons it plans to send to the Kurds in northern Iraq. Some of them, though, may end up being used against former German soldiers. SPIEGEL has learned that 20 ex-Bundeswehr troops have joined […]
By Lubaaba Amatullah When asking people about the first English Qur’an, the response is frequently a reference to the 1930 translation by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall. Less frequently an excited voice […]
Studies show that waiting for things makes us happier According to new studies published in the journal Psychological Science, the secret to happiness is waiting for the thing or item […]
News24: It is said that there are 6909 different languages including dialects. Apparently over 2000 of these languages are spoken by less than 1000 people. Hundreds of languages are disappearing […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The first Ahmadi in Marshall Islands accepted Islam some 25 years ago, when Hafiz Jibrael, the first Missionary […]
Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk ‘Our motto is love for all, hatred for none, and we want to have dialogue with the people of Northern Ireland’ One of the most unnerving aspects of the […]
Summary by David Ignatius, The Daily Star, Lebanon Riyadh will be a crucial, if quixotic, ally as the United States seeks to mobilize Sunni Muslims against the terrorist ISIS. For a generation, Americans and Saudis have worried that the kingdom was a potential tinderbox, with Muslim and secular extremists vying […]