Islam: a real threat or just the latest US scapegoat?
UCA News: By Brian Regal is a fellow of the Kean University (N.J.) Center for History, Politics and Policy. A historian recalls that earlier scapegoats were Catholics Historians have a […]
eDigest: Original Sin Takes a New Extraterrestrial Twist
Epigraph: He who follows the right way follows it only for the good of his own soul: and he who goes astray, goes astray only to his own loss. And […]
JAYALALITHA CITES VIRTUES OF PROPHET OF ISLAM AT IFTAR PARTY: THE HINDU
Jayalalithaa lays stress on Islam’s virtues Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa at an Iftar party in Chennai on Monday. Photo: K.Pichumani The Hindu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa at an Iftar party in Chennai on Monday. Photo: K.Pichumani TOPICS India Tamil Nadu religion and belief islam […]
NEW THINKING OF ISLAM: Two circles.net
A new way of thinking about Islam TwoCircles.net By Usama Khalidi, A new Islam is rising in America largely under the media’s radar, which is routinely and profitably focused on the more competitively conservative, and violent, Islam of the Boko Haram of Nigeria, the Taliban of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and […]
Atheism gets its own TV channel in the US
Telegraph: It is a fact of American life that even though far fewer than half the adult population attend church on a weekly basis, atheism remains an outright taboo in many corners of the country. As we discovered on a reporting trip to Virginia earlier, non-belief is something that many Americans […]
Bubonic plague case triggers lockdown of Chinese city
Russia Today: The 30,000 residents of Yumen in China have been cut off from the rest of the country to prevent the potential spread of bubonic plague. Lockdown was declared in the city after a man died of the disease and 151 people have been put in quarantine. The city […]
Israel maybe guilty of war crimes – UN Human Rights Chief
Russia Today: Israel maybe committing war crimes in Gaza, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says. Speaking in Geneva, Navi Pillay said house demolitions and the killing of children […]
Qur’an lesson for today: When you hear the Signs of Allah being denied and mocked at, sit not with them until they engage in a talk other than that
184. When you hear the Signs of Allah being denied and mocked at, sit not with them until they engage in a talk other than that [4:141] And He has already revealed to you in the Book that, when you hear the Signs of Allah being denied and mocked at, […]
Qur'an lesson for today: When you hear the Signs of Allah being denied and mocked at, sit not with them until they engage in a talk other than that
184. When you hear the Signs of Allah being denied and mocked at, sit not with them until they engage in a talk other than that [4:141] And He has already revealed to you in the Book that, when you hear the Signs of Allah being denied and mocked at, […]
Should Germany ban the burqa?
Photo: DPA Opponents of such a ban here say it would heavily infringe on personal, cultural and religious freedoms and only serve to inflame tensions. Advocates insist the burqa has no place in progressive, pluralistic German society. In Frankfurt am Main, a city of 700,000 residents, including a large Muslim […]
Gaza 2014: Old Israel in a New Middle East
PNN/Gaza By Mosab Qashoo. The military operations undertaken by both Israel and Gaza bear many resemblances to what occurred in 2008 and 2012. Military might is still just as disproportionate […]
Jordan renews support for Gaza, condemnation of Israeli assault
by Khaled Neimat | Petra | Jul 22, 2014 | 23:27 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday discussed with the Japanese Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign […]
Creationist Ken Ham Says Aliens Will Go To Hell So Let’s Stop Looking For Them
Epigraph: He who follows the right way follows it only for the good of his own soul: and he who goes astray, goes astray only to his own loss. And […]
Creationist Ken Ham Says Aliens Will Go To Hell So Let's Stop Looking For Them
Epigraph: He who follows the right way follows it only for the good of his own soul: and he who goes astray, goes astray only to his own loss. And […]
The Boomerang Effect: Sanctions on Russia Hit German Economy Hard
By Matthias Schepp and Cornelia Schmergal The United States and Europe last week announced the imposition of stronger sanctions against Russia in response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. German industry may be among the losers. It wasn’t that long ago that Kremlin officials could hardly avoid laughing when asked […]
A mark of solidarity with Mosul Christians
Summary The exodus of Christians from the jihadist-controlled city of Mosul has stirred controversy in Christian and Muslim communities alike in Lebanon, with social media having big role in the backlash. Through mosques’ loudspeakers, the radical Sunni group gave Christians in Mosul the choice to either convert to Islam, pay […]
India: ‘forcing’ Muslim worker to break Ramzan fast”
Source: TOI MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena MPs’ stir against the management of Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi, the Maharashtra government’s guesthouse, has taken an ugly turn. Reports that Sena MPs, in a fit of collective rage, forced a staff member, who belonged to the minority community, to eat a roti, […]
India: ‘forcing’ Muslim worker to break Ramzan fast"
Source: TOI MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena MPs’ stir against the management of Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi, the Maharashtra government’s guesthouse, has taken an ugly turn. Reports that Sena MPs, in a fit of collective rage, forced a staff member, who belonged to the minority community, to eat a roti, […]
Queen’s horse Estimate fails drugs test
Source: CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II cheered Estimate on to success at the Gold Cup in 2013 but now her her five-year old filly is in the dock. Buckingham Palace confirmed to CNN Tuesday Estimate had tested positive for banned substance morphine. The Monarch was present at Ascot […]
Queen's horse Estimate fails drugs test
Source: CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II cheered Estimate on to success at the Gold Cup in 2013 but now her her five-year old filly is in the dock. Buckingham Palace confirmed to CNN Tuesday Estimate had tested positive for banned substance morphine. The Monarch was present at Ascot […]