The World Health Organization estimates 35 million people globally have the virus. More than 1 million people in the US are thought to be infected, with 18% unaware of their infections. HIV infection rate in the US falls by a third in a decade Source: BBC After examining cases from […]
Loonwatch.com: An informative report by Dr James Carr on racism and bigotry against Muslims in Ireland has been published by the University of Limerick. Based on a survey of Irish Muslims on […]
ET: While browsing through channels after iftar yesterday, I realised that my TV screen had been taken over by multiple Ramazan transmissions airing on different (read: every) channel. Although the ‘shows’ have been airing questionable content for some time now, this year they seemed to have taken it up a notch. Previously, such […]
The Economist — OVER the past 24 hours, senior representatives of the Catholic church have delivered some mixed messages about Islam. The leaders of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue issued a statement urging the two faiths to work together to ease human suffering, especially in war zones. “We thank the Almighty for […]
Summary by Rami G. Khouri, Daily Times, Lebanon What does Israel expect to achieve by attacking Gaza with a large land force, following 10 days of attacking the territory from the air and suffering Palestinian counter-attacks by far less effective small rockets? That is because Israelis and Palestinians are waging […]
Traffic accidents Kingdom-wide have caused 508 deaths and 2,890 injuries in a single month, local media said quoting data released by municipality and traffic agencies. There were 39,246 accidents registered in February. Riyadh accounted for almost a quarter of these incidents, said the report, which was jointly drafted by the […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The Gaza death toll hit 342 on Saturday as Israeli warplanes intensified their bombardment and troops pressed a ground assault on the 12th day of a […]
Summary Egyptian soldiers in north Sinai prevented an aid convoy of activists from reaching the Rafah border crossing with the embattled Palestinian Gaza Strip on Saturday, an AFP correspondent said. At least 333 Palestinians and three Israelis have died in the unrest, the third conflict to erupt in and around […]
BBC news — Thousands of people have marched through central London to call for an end to Israel’s ground campaign and air strikes in Gaza. Protesters marched from Downing Street to the Israeli embassy in Kensington. A police blockade stopped them from gaining access. Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly and Hyde […]
Source: The Guardian The NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has urged lawyers, journalists,doctors, accountants, priests and others with a duty to protect confidentiality to upgrade security in the wake of the spy surveillancerevelations. Snowden said […]
Source: The Guardian The NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has urged lawyers, journalists,doctors, accountants, priests and others with a duty to protect confidentiality to upgrade security in the wake of the spy surveillancerevelations. Snowden said […]
With the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan a local mosque sees the beginning of a new missionary, Imam Shamshad Nasir. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a dynamic, reformist […]
Epigraph: But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow […]
Source: gazetteseries.co.uk SOUTH Gloucestershire buses are to feature a new advertising campaign promoting a Muslim group’s British values. The Ahmadiyya Muslim association in Bristol has launched the positive drive to promote […]
By Jane Eisner Published July 14, 2014, issue of July 25, 2014. Jane Eisner’s special report, Across the Green Line, will run in two parts, starting today and continuing tomorrow. Here’s how Ofra began as a Jewish community. Modern history puts the start date as April 1975. Ofra’s inhabitants will […]
Epigraph: But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow […]
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By Mona Siddiqui8:00AM BST 19 Jul 2014 Even those who assume to know something about sharia – Islamic law – are reticent to make claims about Islamic finance, so complex is this area of law. So when the phrase “sharia-compliant” first emerged in Western financial sectors in the early Nineties, […]
By Mona Siddiqui8:00AM BST 19 Jul 2014 Even those who assume to know something about sharia – Islamic law – are reticent to make claims about Islamic finance, so complex is this area of law. So when the phrase “sharia-compliant” first emerged in Western financial sectors in the early Nineties, […]
By LAUREN LUMSDEN PUBLISHED: 20:38 GMT, 18 July 2014 A Brooklyn-based women’s clothing line run by two Orthodox Jews has come under fire for sharing a picture to Instagram of a popular Muslim fashion blogger wearing one of their designs. Mimu Maxi, a boutique specializing in modest-yet-stylish clothing, received dozens […]