Breaking News: Another Malaysian Airplane?
Source: NY Times: MOSCOW — Malaysia Airlines reported Thursday it had lost contact with a flight bound from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over Ukraine. More:
Israeli onslaught shatters western belief that Arabs are source of violence
Source: Mondoweiss By Leila Abu-Orf on July 16, 2014 Last week I saw that my white American uncle posted something on Facebook. It was an article from some obscure far right-wing news source and it was called “Support the Civilized Man: Defeat the Jihadists.” Lo and behold, the article was a […]
eDigest: The Message: Mohammed: Messenger of God (A movie)
Epigraph: If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with […]
5 Things About Islam You Should Know
Before we begin, let’s get one thing straight: Muslim and Arab are two different things. Arab is an ethnic group and as such Arabs can be Christian, Jewish, atheist, Muslim or any other religion. Islam is a religion. People often forget that the largest Muslim country in the world is […]
Toronto terror plot: Chiheb Esseghaier Trained by al-Qaeda
Toronto terror plot: FBI wiretap reveals suspect was trained by man in touch with Al Qaeda Chiheb Esseghaier lived with and was trained by “Al-Masul, who allegedly was “in direct contact” with terror leader known as “the Doctor,” Ayman Al-Zawahiri. The Toronto Star, 2014/07/16 Chris Young / THE CANADIAN PRESS […]
The Military Reality of Israel’s Operation in Gaza Sets In
Geopolitical Diary STRATFOR Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Hamas and affiliate militant factions out of the Gaza Strip are so far rejecting an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire, having launched far more than 100 rockets since the cease-fire proposal. In exposing Israel’s inability to stem the rocket flow, Hamas is trying to claim a […]
The Military Reality of Israel's Operation in Gaza Sets In
Geopolitical Diary STRATFOR Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Hamas and affiliate militant factions out of the Gaza Strip are so far rejecting an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire, having launched far more than 100 rockets since the cease-fire proposal. In exposing Israel’s inability to stem the rocket flow, Hamas is trying to claim a […]
Syria conflict exclusive: Western aid going to help territory held by Isis militants
Western governments are sending millions of pounds of aid to areas held by the radical Islamic group Isis in northern Syria, The Independent can reveal. The aid, which is paid […]
Ghana’s Muslims and the rest of them
If you grew up in Ghana before the 80s, you would know that there is only one Islam – the one that your fellow Ghanaian Muslims practise. You would not […]
Ghana's Muslims and the rest of them
If you grew up in Ghana before the 80s, you would know that there is only one Islam – the one that your fellow Ghanaian Muslims practise. You would not […]
NASA: ‘Close’ to finding life on planets
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2014/07/16/nr-intv-charles-bolden-finding-life-in-space.cnn NASA expects to find life in space in the next 20 years, says NASA administrator and former Astronaut Charles Bolden. Additional Reading The Quran and Extraterrestrial Life
NASA: 'Close' to finding life on planets
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2014/07/16/nr-intv-charles-bolden-finding-life-in-space.cnn NASA expects to find life in space in the next 20 years, says NASA administrator and former Astronaut Charles Bolden. Additional Reading The Quran and Extraterrestrial Life
Big Break-Fast Comes to Britain’s Biggest Mosque
LONDON, July 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden opens doors to wider community for a taste of Islam PHOTO OPP AT: The Baitul Futuh Mosque, 181 London […]
Big Break-Fast Comes to Britain's Biggest Mosque
LONDON, July 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden opens doors to wider community for a taste of Islam PHOTO OPP AT: The Baitul Futuh Mosque, 181 London […]
Science and Religion: Two Books
Huff Post: In my previous blog, I talked about how religious believers often feel as though they are faced with a lose-lose decision — science or religion. The Bible, for example, seems to speak of a fairly quick and recent creation by very specific divine interventions — the creation of […]
British far-right group ‘invades’ UK mosque, demands it remove ‘sexist’ signs
Aljazeera: The far-right group Britain First posted a video (link is external) showing several members of its ‘Kent battalion’ entering the Crayford Mosque and confronting an elderly man about signs […]
British far-right group 'invades' UK mosque, demands it remove 'sexist' signs
Aljazeera: The far-right group Britain First posted a video (link is external) showing several members of its ‘Kent battalion’ entering the Crayford Mosque and confronting an elderly man about signs […]
Majority votes cannot deny human rights: UN questions to Ireland reflect Atheist Ireland briefing in Geneva
Jane Donnelly and I, representing Atheist Ireland, briefed the UN Human Rights Committee this week in Geneva about religious discrimination in Ireland, particularly in the education system. The issues we […]
The Message: Mohammed: Messenger of God (A movie)
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A good place for the non-Muslims to start learning about the Holy Prophet Muhammad is a […]
Court: Netherlands liable for 300 Bosnian Muslim deaths
MIKE CORDER | AP Published — Thursday 17 July 2014 THE HAGUE, Netherlands: A court on Wednesday ordered the Netherlands to compensate the families of more than 300 Bosnian Muslims […]