Muslims to help tidy up Rowley Regis churchyard
YOUNG Muslims have volunteered to help tidy up an overgrown Rowley Regis churchyard. Members of the Halesowen-based Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association answered a plea for help in the News from […]
Unity and Pluralism by Muslim Council of Britain – Unless Ahmadi
The billing is “British Muslims Sign Historic Intra-Faith Unity Statement: Intra-Faith Unity Statement Aims to Provide Common Ground Between Muslims of All Traditions.” Tonight at an event, special guests of […]
10-year-old girl converts Filipino maid to Islam
The gentle persuasion of a 10-year-old girl here has resulted in the conversion of a Filipino maid to Islam, a local newspaper reported recently. The maid became a Muslim in the office of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs in Badea, Riyadh. The newspaper quoted members of the family saying that […]
New book features Kiswa as top Islamic symbol
JEDDAH: FOUZIA KHAN Published — Thursday 10 July 2014 The Kiswa, or covering of the Kaaba, has been featured as one of the most important symbols of Islamic society in […]
The true Gaza back-story that the Israelis aren’t telling this week A future Palestine state will have no borders and be an enclave within Israel, surrounded on all sides by Israeli-held territory
by Robert Fisk, The Independent OK, so by this afternoon, the exchange rate of death in two days was 40-0 in favour of Israel. But now for the Gaza story you won’t be hearing from anyone else in the next few hours. It’s about land. The Israelis of Sederot are […]
Scientists discover that atheists might not exist, and that’s not a joke
Source: Science 20 By Nury Vittachi | July 6th 2014 08:03 PM | 171 comments WHILE MILITANT ATHEISTS like Richard Dawkins may be convinced God doesn’t exist, God, if he is around, may […]
Israelis Pay Condolences To Family Of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, Murdered Palestinian Teen
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz Over 350 Israelis made their way to a mourning tent in Jerusalem on Tuesday to pay their condolences to the family of Mohammad Abu […]
eDigest: Dalai Lama to Myanmar, Sri Lanka Buddhists: Stop violence against Muslims
Epigraph: Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. Buddha Lead […]
The NSA and FBI Spied on Prominent Muslim Americans, Leaked Documents Show
Source: Time Magazine By Melissa Hellmann Among those under surveillance were a former intelligence policy adviser in the Department of Homeland Security, and the head of the largest Muslim civil rights […]
Israeli military steps up Gaza Strip airstrikes on second day of offensive
Foxnews.com: The Israeli military said early Wednesday that it had struck dozens of sites linked to the Islamic militant group Hamas on the second day of an offensive aimed at stopping rocket attacks aimed at key cities across Israel. The army said it attacked more than 160 sites in Gaza […]
Ramazan: Burning Away All Sins
Independent.com: I woke up at 3:50 a.m. today. I did some prayers, ate a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats, and did some prayers again. I will not eat any […]
Hardline Buddhists want Pope Francis to apologize
AP: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Buddhist group accused of instigating recent attacks on Muslims in Sri Lanka says Pope Francis must apologize to Buddhists for atrocities allegedly committed […]
For Indonesia’s Constituency, the Presidential Election Is Trivialized Into a Piety Pageant
By Johannes Nugroho on 07:50 am Jun 02, 2014 The currently raging tight race between Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto for Indonesia’s presidency has regrettably degenerated into a smear campaign to establish better religious credentials by both sides. By setting one against the other as the better more pious Muslim, […]
Unofficial results show Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo leading Prabowo Subianto in presidential vote
By Greg Jennett in Jakarta, staff Jakarta governor Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo appears to be on track to become Indonesia’s seventh president, after more than 180 million voters cast their ballots […]
Unofficial results show Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo leading Prabowo Subianto in presidential vote
By Greg Jennett in Jakarta, staff Jakarta governor Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo appears to be on track to become Indonesia’s seventh president, after more than 180 million voters cast their ballots […]
Britain follows US in banning powerless electronic devices from flights
theguardian: by Ben Quinn — Airline passengers entering and leaving the UK on potentially any routes, including transatlantic ones and those connecting with mainland Europe, will be expected to be show that electronic devices in their hand luggage can be powered up, British authorities announced Tuesday in a tightening of […]
Brazil loss was a shocker of epic proportions
by John Powers If Pele’s countrymen still are smarting from that loss to Uruguay in Rio 64 years ago, how long will they mourn this one? Germany 7, Brazil 1 […]
A Muslim citizen’s US passport gets him everywhere but home
By Basim Usmani | July 09, 2014 When Mayor Walsh deemed June Immigrant Heritage Month, I wanted to celebrate. But instead Homeland Security was busy detaining me at the Lewiston-Queenston […]
Creationist Cartoon Shown In Georgia Biology Class Equates Evolution With Satan
http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&width=480&height=275&playList=518307760 The Huffington Post | By Rebecca Klein A cartoon that suggests evolution is a work of Satan and creation is a work of Christ has angered parents and students […]
Xi says US-China confrontation would be ‘disaster’
Source: BBC Confrontation with the US would be a “disaster”, Chinese President Xi Jinping has said as he called for mutual respect between the two nations. Mr Xi’s comments came […]