Qur’an lesson for today: 202. And Allah sets forth for those who believe the example of the wife of Pharaoh and Hazrat Maryam (Mary – mother of Hazrat Issa (Jesus)

202. And Allah sets forth for those who believe the example of the wife of Pharaoh and Hazrat Maryam [Mary – mother of Hazrat Isaas (Jesus Christ)] [66:12] And Allah sets forth for those who believe the example of the wife of Pharaoh when she said, ‘My Lord! build for […]

The telegenically dead

Aljazeera: by Sarah Kendzior Why Israel and its supporters fear Gaza’s dead. In the beginning, they were the “telegenically killed”. That is what Charles Krauthammer, in his July 17 article in Washington Post stated. To Krauthammer, Palestinians are not people but production values. War does not destroy families: It “produces […]

‘He was killed because of his faith,’ sister of slain doctor says at Muslim sect’s peace conference in Harrisburg

pennlive.com: by Julianne Mattera — Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s 66th annual weekend peace convention, the Jalsa Salana, continues at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. A poster board tells the story of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar, an American cardiologist who was shot dead in Pakistan […]

Bombs away! US to the rescue – but only of certain minorities, not Muslims Obama’s air strikes on Isis in northern Iraq are hypocritical, and a sense of déjà vu is understandable

BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT He wouldn’t bomb Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s bloody caliphate when it was butchering the majority Shia Muslims of Iraq. But Barak Obama is riding to the rescue of the Christian refugees – and the Yazidis – because of “a potential act of genocide”. Bombs away. And […]

Robert Fisk: Jailed in Geneva – the colonel who stood up against Mubarak, but refused to spy for the Swiss His defence of Christian Copts made him a thorn in the side of Egypt’s regime. But when he fled, Colonel Ghanem found himself in an equally dangerous game.

By Robert Fisk, The Independent Note by the Editor: This article dates back to 2012, but as Colonel el-Ghanem appears to be still in jail in Geneva we are pulishing this article today. He is 54 but looks 70 – “like an Indian yogi with a long white beard,” as […]