Gaza’s strategic position—the key to controlling access to Sinai, to Palestine and the wider Middle East—has made it an enviable prize for thousands of years. Jean-Pierre Filiu explains why during […]
President Barack Obama spoke Wednesday on the execution of American journalist James Foley at the hands of Islamic State militants, warning the group that they have “no place in the […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Macy’s must pay a $650,000 fine to settle complaints that it’s staffers wrongfully accused minority shoppers of stealing. New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman started to investigate Macy’s, which has 42 stores in New York State, in February 2013 after receiving complaints about racial profiling. “The office […]
Caliphate of Fear: The Curse of the Islamic State By SPIEGEL Staff 2014/08/19 REUTERS Images of Yazidis fleeing parts of Iraq and Syria have shocked the world and the battle against the jihadists with the Islamic State has united Americans, Europeans, Kurds and Iranians. Can the Islamists be stopped? In […]
TOKYO – A 111-year-old retired educator from Japan who enjoys poetry has been recognized as the world’s oldest living man. Sakari Momoi received a certificate from Guinness World Records on […]
Source: The Star OTTAWA—Khurram Syed Sher smiled outside the courthouse Tuesday after being reminded he had been acquitted a few moments earlier on terrorism charges by a Superior Court Justice […]
Huff Post: by Karl Wilder — When I was a little boy, I was taught to love Jesus. Jesus would save me from sin and guarantee my place in heaven. Early on my mother’s husband “Bob” gave me a picture of Jesus with a wooden frame. At the time I […]
The Indian Express — ISLAMABAD: Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan has threatened to storm Prime Minister House if Nawaz Sharif refuses to step down by this evening, as thousands of anti-government protesters entered the heavily fortified ‘Red Zone’ and set up camp in front of the Parliament House. “If Nawaz […]
211. And eschew open sins as well as secret ones [6:121] And eschew open sins as well as secret ones. Surely, those who earn sin will be rewarded for that which they have earned. [7:34] Say, ‘My Lord has only forbidden foul deeds, whether open or secret, and sin and […]
Source: examiner.com Amidst the continued unrest in the Middle East and many other parts of the world, a group of Muslims came together for a three-day convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to spread […]
“As Muslims we are told that cleanliness is an integral part of our Faith. Giving up just one hour can make a huge difference.” Source: examiner.co.uk Members from the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Report prepared & compiled by:- M.Yaseen Khan, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, Wolverhampton Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Wolverhampton, Midlands organised historical Eid Party on 17th August, 2014, Sunday, at Bait-ul-Ata Mosque and […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher, Health editor, BBC News website Breastfeeding can halve the risk of post-natal depression, according to a large study of 14,000 new mothers. However, there is a large increase in the risk of depression in women planning to breastfeed who are then unable to do so. The […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Asif Arif: Elève-avocat au Barreau de Paris, chargé d’enseignement à l’Université de Paris Dauphine et Directeur du site internet Cultures & Croyances. Auteur, aux éditions l’Harmattan, du […]
By Veronica DeVore A just-released report from the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey shows that hundreds of portable anti-aircraft weapons are currently in the hands of rebel groups in Syria and […]
Islamic militants losing ground in Iraq under fire from US forces have threatened to launch terrorist attacks on American soil in revenge. A video posted online by the Islamic State (Isis) warned that Americans will be attacked “in any place” if air strikes continue to hit its fighters. READ MORE… […]
By: Mohammed Abboud Published Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Female doctors in the Iraqi city of Mosul are witnessing the practices of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) firsthand, since they have to maintain a closer contact with them compared to school teachers and government employees who opted to […]
RIYADH, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheik Abdulaziz Al al-Sheik, the highest religious authority in the country, said on Tuesday the militant groups Islamic State and al Qaeda were “enemy number one of Islam” and not in any way part of the faith. Although the mufti and […]
theguardian.com: A propaganda video circulated on Tuesday showed a masked Isis fighter beheading a kneeling man dressed in an orange jumpsuit who is purported to be James Wright Foley, a photojournalist who went missing in Syria in 2012. The masked executioner spoke in English, with what sounded like a British […]
Published Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Fighting in the Gaza Strip continued for a second day after the collapse of truce talks, as Israeli forces killed a woman and a toddler in an assassination attempt targeting a Hamas military leader. Charging that Israel had “opened a gateway to hell,” Hamas’s armed […]