Aug 25 (Reuters) – – The pace of growth in the U.S. services sector fell for a second straight month in August, dropping to its lowest level since May, a survey showed on Monday. Financial data firm Markit said its preliminary services Purchasing Managers Index fell to 58.5 in August, […]
Religion News Service | By Josephine McKenna Posted: 08/24/2014 8:14 pm EDT VATICAN CITY (RNS) China has reacted cautiously to a bid by Pope Francis to open new dialogue with Beijing, […]
Religion News Service | By Josephine McKenna Posted: 08/22/2014 7:43 pm EDT Our Source: The Huffington Post VATICAN CITY (RNS) One of the most powerful men in the Vatican, charged with […]
Open Letter to my Iraq Christian Brothers and to the so-called Bagdadi caliphate There is a unique distinction in the great religion that has been established by the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad: this distinction lies in its very name. “Islam” means “Peace” indicating the structure on which this religion is […]
Guardian: Two weeks ago, nine of us from the London Palestine Action networktravelled to the village of Shenstone in Staffordshire and occupied the roof of an Israeli-owned drone engine factory. We closed […]
Indian Express: Farahnaz Ispahani is a Pakistani politician affiliated with the Pakistan People’s Party who advocates minority and women’s rights. Her forthcoming book is on Pakistan’s religious minorities. In India recently to deliver a series of talks on Pakistan, she spoke to Gayatri Rangachari Shah: The title of your forthcoming […]
austin.twcnews.com: An empty room isn’t always bad thing. To the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, it’s a sign they’re part of Round Rock. “It’s gotten to that point now to where it’s like, ‘Oh, open house. We already know these guys,’” Usama Malik, the Round Rock mosque was barred from participating in a […]
the following article first published ten years in June 2004 pertains to Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the legendary leader and founder of Al Qaeda in Iraq. The name of this mysterious jihadist organization was later renamed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and in 2013 it became the Islamic State of […]
Summary by Charles Krauthammer, The Daily Star Baghdad called President Barack Obama’s bluff and he came through. With the support of U.S. airstrikes, Iraqi and Kurdish forces have retaken the Mosul dam. In following through, Obama demonstrated three things: the effectiveness of even limited U.S. power, the vulnerability of the […]
MARIA ZAIN Every human being comes into this world by decree of Allah, and with him or her, carries a life journey that has been pre-ordained, written and endorsed by […]
KANO, Nigeria: Boko Haram’s leader said a northeast town seized by the insurgents earlier this month has been placed under an Islamic caliphate, in a video obtained by AFP on […]
Source: The New York Times By LAURIE GOODSTEIN AUG. 23, 2014 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — He was a familiar figure to the skinny shoeshine boys who work along the oceanfront promenade here. Wearing black track pants and a baseball cap pulled low over his balding head, they say, he would stroll […]
Arabic a revealed language and the mother of all languages ABSTRACT OF COLLECTION OF THESE ARTICLES AND BOOKS Evidence that there is a mother of all the 6000 known human languages […]
By Didier Burkhalter and Peter Maurer 150 years ago to the day, the first Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces […]
Tell me: Do you know who God is? Or what should a God be like? Who is God? God is He beside Whom there is none worthy of worship – […]
BBC News: Cameroonian Albert Ebosse has died after being hit by an object thrown by spectators following a game in Algeria. Ebosse, who was 24, was declared dead after being taken to hospital in Tizi Ouzou, east of the capital Algiers. READ MORE…
BBC News: An armed militia alliance in Libya has captured Tripoli’s international airport after a battle lasting nearly a month. Islamist-affiliated forces from Misrata and other cities took over the airport from the Zintan militia, which has held it for three years. Libya’s new parliament, largely opposed to the Islamists, […]
BBC News: The UK is close to identifying a suspected jihadist who is believed to have beheaded a journalist, ambassador to the US Peter Westmacott has said. READ MORE…
Pakistani Ruler’s conflicting National and Business interests By Sabena Siddiqi The Sharif’s business interests in India have resulted in extra-ordinary negative repercussions for Pakistan’s security. Businessmen close to them are also pursuing Indian businesses with gusto not caring about fair or foul. There are various business ventures being initiated by PML-N, […]
The Truth Message – Part – 2: The Lost Tribes of Israel It is a historical fact that the Israelites were divided into 12 tribes of which two were in the country where Jesus taught his Gospel and was put on the cross and the other 10 were scattered in […]