Blessed Are the Meek, For They Will Inherit the Twitter
Epigraph: “So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable.” (Al Quran 87:10) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In the Sermon on […]
Thailand: Japanese man with 16 surrogate babies
Interpol seeks clues to Thai ‘baby factory’ Associated Press Thai police display pictures of surrogate babies born to a Japanese man who is at the center of a surrogacy scandal during a press conference at the police headquarters in Chonburi, Thailand. By Jocelyn Gecker and Thanyarat Doksone, The Associated Press […]
A Message of Compassion and Love from the Holy Bible
Epigraph: “And thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants […]
Toronto: GTA top scholars: Meet the brainy bunch
A profile of the top students from around Greater Toronto. Toronto Star 2014/08/23 PHOTO COURTESY OF NATISA JEYAKANTHAN Natisa Jeyakanthan is a top student in the Durham District School Board. By: Kristin Rushowy Education Reporter, Published on Sat Aug 23 2014 Meet the brainy bunch. The top graduating students […]
Missouri police officer on leave over video in which he says: ‘I’m … a killer’
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/us/2014/08/23/ctn-pkg-valencia-suspended-officer-video-comments.cnn By Greg Botelho, CNN updated 5:56 AM EDT, Sat August 23, 2014 (CNN) — A Missouri police officer involved in maintaining security in troubled Ferguson was put on administrative […]
What does Israel want?
The Daily Star, Lebanon Palestinian officials and negotiators who have been shuttling around in Cairo recently have for the most part focused on a demand championed by people in Gaza, namely ending the Israeli blockade. But the latest round of military hostilities between Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza has […]
Qur’an lesson for today: Help one another in righteousness and piety
214. Help one another in righteousness and piety [5:3] O ye who believe! profane not the Signs of Allah, nor the Sacred Month, nor the animals brought as an offering, nor the animals of sacrifice wearing collars, nor those repairing to the Sacred House, seeking grace from their Lord, and […]
Qur’an lesson for today: Repel evil with that which is best
213. Repel evil with that which is best [23:97] Repel evil with that which is best. We are well acquainted with the things they allege. [13:23] And those who persevere in seeking the favour of their Lord, and observe Prayer, and spend out of that with which We have provided […]
A way around military futility in Gaza
by Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star, Lebanon Summary There is neither symmetry nor equivalence in the capabilities or the suffering of Palestinians and Israelis who have battled each other nonstop since 1947-48 . The almost equal number of attacks by each side against the other was not matched by the […]
All this talk of an ‘apocalyptic’ threat is simply childish – Chuck Hagel and Martin Dempsey were pure Hollywood. They only needed Tom Cruise
“Apocalyptic.” “End-of-days strategic vision.” “Beyond anything we have ever seen.” “An imminent threat to every interest we have.” “Beyond just a terrorist group.” “We must prepare for everything.” So are they Martians? Alien invaders from Planet X? Destroyer spacecraft from the movie Independence Day? The word movie is the clue. […]
Air strikes? Talk of God? Barack Obama is following the jihadists’ script after James Foley beheading
The President came the nearest he has come yet to rivalling George W Bush’s gormless reaction to 9/11 by Robert Fisk, The Indepedent The “caliphate” has some pretty tough theatrical producers. They write a bleak and savage script. Our job is now to respond to each line, and they understand […]
Enough Hate for Everyone: Muslims and Jews Are Targets of Bigotry in Europe
LONDON — A few years ago, I was a guest on “Start the Week,” a BBC radio discussion show. Among the other guests was the novelist Eva Figes, a Jewish refugee […]
Thousands of Muslims to gather in the English countryside and pledge allegiance to the Caliph
Press Ahmadiyya: The UK’s longest standing and largest Muslim convention, Jalsa Salana, returns to Hampshire for its 48th edition from Friday the 29th to Sunday the 31st of August 2014. […]
Indian state of Kerala announces alcohol ban
Epigraph: O ye who believe! wine and the game of hazard and idols and divining arrows are only an abomination of Satan’s handiwork. So shun each one of them that you […]
In The U.K., Muslim Women Don The Veil To Declare Faith Amidst Intolerance
Reuters | By Belinda Goldsmith & Olivia Harris Posted: 08/22/2014 10:13 am EDT (Reuters) – When youth worker Sumreen Farooq was abused in a London street, the 18-year-old decided it was […]
“Best” according to Holy Prophet (saw) – 64 Hadith
Compiled by Anees Ahmad “The best of gatherings are those that are most open.” Abu Daud “The best of all charity is that you give it while you are healthy and desirous (of that money), hoping to become wealthy but fearing poverty. Don’t delay until you are about to […]
UK’s ‘most generous town’ revealed by JustGiving
Telegraph: Bedford has been named the most generous town in the UK based on donations given through charity site JustGiving. Big-hearted residents in the Bedfordshire county town have been recognised with […]
Saudi Arabia declares atheists terrorists under new laws targeting citizens who ‘call for secular thought in any form’
Daily Mail: Saudi Arabia has officially identified atheists as terrorists in sweeping new laws that threaten up to 20 years in prison for almost any criticism of the government or Islam. The regulations place secular citizens who commit thought crimes in the same category as violent terrorist groups such as […]
Pakistan Exploits ‘Failed State’ Image, Says U.S. Scholar
Christine Fair, a security affairs professor at Washington’s Georgetown University, has written extensively on Pakistan’s powerful army. Her new book, “Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War,” analyzes the ideological culture of the country’s security establishment. In an interview with RFE/RL correspondent Malali Bashir, Fair said Pakistan’s […]