The NewYork Times: by Anne Barnard and Isabel Kershner — GAZA CITY — After weeks of escalating conflict in Gaza, both sides reported death tolls that made clear Sunday was the deadliest day so far in the war. The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that 87 Palestinians had died, and the […]
Source: New Haven Register By Sohail Husain Have you ever passed by a Muslim woman with a headscarf and wanted to ask her what motivates her to live out her faith? Have you ever thought to strike up a conversation with a Muslim colleague over his views on Muslim extremists […]
Additional Reading and viewing Jesus did not die on the cross! Was Jesus Crucified? Ahmed Deedat vs Dr. Floyd E. Clark Gospel story of Jesus’ resurrection a source of deep rifts […]
Robert Fisk Sunday 20 July 2014 To die is one thing – to be turned into a blob quite another matter. The blob is the weird, mystical “cloud” which weak-kneed […]
Israel must strive for a cease-fire that would allow Gazans to live honorably and prevent another violent round in the near future. Haaretz Editorial | Jul. 19, 2014 | By Zvi Bar’el | Jul. 19, 2014 | 11:25 PM Israel’s ground operation in the Gaza Strip, which is the second […]
Epigraph: The case of those who take helpers besides Allah is like unto the case of the spider, who makes for herself a house; and surely the frailest of all houses is the house of the spider, if they but knew! (Al Quran 29:42) This video, for the Muslim […]
Epigraph: The case of those who take helpers besides Allah is like unto the case of the spider, who makes for herself a house; and surely the frailest of all houses is the house of the spider, if they but knew! (Al Quran 29:42) This video, for the Muslim Times, […]
AFP Published: 16:18 July 17, 2014 Gulf News Bannu, Pakistan: Pakistan’s ongoing military operation may be making headway in clearing militant hideouts, but it has shattered the dream of one […]
Epigraph: Know that the life of this world is only a sport and a pastime, and an adornment, and a source of boasting among yourselves, and of rivalry in multiplying […]
In today’s globalized world, people and cultures are mixing. cities used to host one religion gathering people together, and now many religions are separating the cities in different groups. in […]
Source: NY Times: Note by Editor: An extremely moving and emotional reporting. A must read. The scene was strangely empty. There was no yellow tape, no investigators poring over the giant metal carcass. Four local rebels wearing fatigues and carrying hunting rifles wandered through the ruins, poking around the debris […]
When they came out of their poor peninsula, the early Muslim Arabs when compared with the more sophisticated and advanced Byzantines of Asia Minor and the Eastern Mediterranean, or the Persians to the East, looked like haggard upstarts. But the tribes of Arabia, who were catapulted to a stagnant region by a […]
Source: Balkan Insight: Croatia’s government has given a green light to a new law on the financial reporting of non-profit organizations, which omits the country’s powerful Catholic Church from checks. The draft Law on Financial Transactions and Accountancy of Non-profit Organisations introduces stricter regulations and monitoring for the financial transactions […]
CAIRO — Three years ago there was a hope that a growing movement for democracy might make Arab countries more supportive of the Palestinians, as governments grew more responsive to the people and their demands. But during the latest bloodshed in Gaza, the opposite has occurred, according to supporters of the Palestinians, who […]
In this book Professor Lang gives a very personal account of his search for God when he found out that his inherited religious beliefs could no longer answer his questions. […]
By: May Rostom Fasting in Ramadan can be exhausting and can be accompanied with headaches, low blood sugar level, lethargy, hypotension, and fatigue. Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) used to break his […]
180. And when those who believe in Our Signs come to thee, say: ‘Peace be unto you!qUR’ [6:55] And when those who believe in Our Signs come to thee, say: ‘Peace be unto you! Your Lord has taken it upon Himself to show mercy, so that whoso among you does […]
180. And when those who believe in Our Signs come to thee, say: ‘Peace be unto you!qUR’ [6:55] And when those who believe in Our Signs come to thee, say: ‘Peace be unto you! Your Lord has taken it upon Himself to show mercy, so that whoso among you does […]
By Raymond Ibrahim, CP Op-Ed Contributor July 18, 2014|9:27 am The new “caliphate” of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi-the Islamic State, formerly “ISIS”-recently made clear that it means to follow in the footsteps of the original caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Sadiq (632-634), specifically by directing its jihad against fellow Muslims, in Islamic […]
Salon.com: With Israeli tanks rolling into the Gaza Strip and Hamas fighters firing dozens of rockets into Israel every day, the two sides in the endless Middle East standoff appear to be replaying scenes from a recurring nightmare, with real-world tragic effects. I don’t mean to suggest that the conflict […]