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 […]
By ALI KHEDERY AUG. 15, 2014 NEW YORK TIMES “THE country is in your hands,” whispered Iraq’s president, Fuad Masum, on Aug. 11 as he charged the newly designated prime […]
Source: Artlyst A new Museum to showcase the cultural and scientific contributions of Muslim civilizations is to open in Toronto Canada in September.The Aga Khan Museum will be dedicated to […]
Source: Independent It is a French woman’s duty to wear a bikini on a beach, says the former minister for families, Nadine Morano. Ms Morano, 51, has provoked a political […]
The Autobiography is a spiritual conversion narrative that outlines Malcolm X’s philosophy of black pride, black nationalism, and pan-Africanism. After the death of his subject, Haley authored the book’s epilogue, […]
Born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm X was a prominent black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and […]
by Daniel George TNN CHENNAI: The Indian consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has introduced several high-tech measures for the 1,36,000 Haj pilgrims from India, including 3,330 from Tamil Nadu. Chief among them is an Internet-based, user-friendly smartphone application to address the issue of missing pilgrims, consul general of India B […]
Israel’s military says it has carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip in response to fresh rocket fire, hours before a ceasefire was set to expire. A child is reported to have died, and eyewitnesses say thousands of Gazans have been heading for UN shelters. Talks in Cairo to […]
The Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV), which represents more than 150,000 Muslims, has boycotted a scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Tony Abbott after he urged the Muslim community to join “Team Australia”. READ MORE…
Source: Spiegel 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? More:
ibrahim Kalın 19 August 2014, Tuesday The coverage of Turkey by European and American media outlets is becoming increasingly hysterical, and is far from the established rules of critical and objective journalism. Since the Gezi protests broke out in June 2013, Western journalists have faced a barrage of criticism. When […]
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014 Stratfor By George Friedman Russia and Ukraine continue to confront each other along their border. Iraq has splintered, leading to unabated internal warfare. And the situation in Gaza remains dire. These events should be enough to constitute the sum total of our global crises, but they’re […]
[22:78] O ye who believe! bow down and prostrate yourselves in Prayer, and worship your Lord, and do good deeds that you may prosper. [2:185] The prescribed fasting is for a fixed number of days, but whoso among you is sick or is on a journey shall fast the same […]
NBA: India touted as league’s ‘next great frontier’ The NBA has big hopes for developing basketball in India, the world’s second-most populous country. NBA Photos / NBAE/GETTY IMAGES Toronto native Sim Bhullar, left, the first person of Indian descent to sign an NBA contract, and Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The economic recovery may be continuing, but small business owners aren’t ready to put the rose-colored glasses back on. According to an exclusive CNNMoney-Manta survey released Tuesday, 28% of small business owners said the economy is the “biggest challenge” they’re currently facing, topping issues like sales, regulations […]