Huff Post: ISTANBUL (RNS) Turkey’s religious authorities have given the go-ahead for the country’s controversial “Rockin’ Imam” to keep on rocking. Ahmet Muhsin Tuzer, a Muslim prayer leader from the […]
Daily Times: Facing its own Shia problem, Saudi Arabia is now moving to counter this ‘pernicious’ influence by creating Sunni fiefdoms all around the Islamic world. Saudification of Sunni Islam worldwide in any event has been a long-standing project of the Kingdom The situation in Iraq should give pause to […]
ET: MULTAN: Umar Jillani, the nephew of Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Tasadduq Hussain Jillani, was kidnapped from Multan in the early hours of Monday, an intelligence agency confirmed. Umar, who is also an inspector for an intelligence agency, left his house in Garden Town for work when men on two motorcycles forced him […]
ET: MULTAN: Umar Jillani, the nephew of Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Tasadduq Hussain Jillani, was kidnapped from Multan in the early hours of Monday, an intelligence agency confirmed. Umar, who is also an inspector for an intelligence agency, left his house in Garden Town for work when men on two motorcycles forced him […]
HONG KONG (CNNMoney) By Charles Riley @CRrileyCNN June 16, 2014 Russia state-owned gas firm Gazprom says it will cut off supplies to Ukraine after negotiators failed to resolve a payment dispute before […]
Justice Minister Mohammed Al-Eissa (of Saudi Arabia) has denounced international rights groups for attacking the Kingdom’s judiciary, saying laws in this country are based on divine precepts contained in the Holy Qur’an. “Any attack on the judiciary will be considered an attack on the Kingdom’s sovereignty,” he said recently. Speaking […]
Justice Minister Mohammed Al-Eissa (of Saudi Arabia) has denounced international rights groups for attacking the Kingdom’s judiciary, saying laws in this country are based on divine precepts contained in the Holy Qur’an. “Any attack on the judiciary will be considered an attack on the Kingdom’s sovereignty,” he said recently. Speaking […]
P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Monday 16 June 2014 ARABNEWS. COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police clamped a curfew on a coastal resort Sunday after Buddhists attacked Muslims and mosques in the area, leaving several wounded and raising tensions. Muslims have expressed their deep concern over the situation and urged the government […]
June 16, 2014 12:15 AM By Fareed Zakaria The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY It is becoming increasingly likely that Iraq has reached a turning point. The forces hostile to the government have grown stronger, better equipped and more organized. The first answer to the question is: Nouri al-Maliki lost Iraq. […]
How do they get away with these lies? Now Tony Blair tells us that Western “inaction” in Syria has produced the Iraq crisis. But since bombing Syria would have brought to power in Damascus the very Islamists who are now threatening Baghdad, it must therefore be a mercy that Barack […]
June 16, 2014 Sir: Apropos to the column ‘Does PUC condemn sectarian violence’ by Kashif N Chaudhry (Daily Times, June 10, 2014), the writer has criticised the National Conference Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) conducted on June 5 in Islamabad on the importance of dialogue to create inter-faith and inter-sect harmony. […]
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Young as they might be, Muslim students from Fort McMurray Islamic School in Canada’s Alberta district have succeeded in impressing the whole community by their special awareness day in which they highlighted Islamic beliefs, achievements and discoveries. “It’s a great event,” Emma Korolew, who attended the event, told Fort McMurray […]
The Team Mission Da’wah from the British Islamic Education and Research Academy (IERA) led a campaign in the Brazilian capital Sao Paolo to spread the teachings of Islam. In a video posted by the Da’wah group on YouTube, a Brazilian young man took the Shahada, the Muslim profession of faith and the […]
The Sri Lankan authorities have imposed a curfew on two southern towns to quell clashes between a hardline Buddhist group and Muslims. The latest violence began after a Buddhist rally in Aluthgama. READ MORE…
Leslie Jacobs, Fredonia, Ariz. Friday, June 6, 2014 | 2 a.m. When you look at world history, and especially biblical history, you will find that polygamy has been an accepted and honorable way of life. Many beloved prophets of the Old Testament were polygamists, and Abraham was a friend of […]
Source: keighleynews.co.uk KEIGHLEY Ahmadiyya Muslim Association members got a real buzz from their latest meeting. Keith Hebden, from Airedale Beekeeping Association, gave a talk about the pursuit. And his presentation was […]
Khushwant Singh: The final homecoming By Tariq Masood / Creative: Sama Aamir Published: June 15, 2014 Share this article Print this page Email Khushwant Singh’s final posthumous journey to his beloved birthplace Hadali, Pakistan. DESIGN: SAMRA AAMIR It was in the “winter of 1987”, as Khushwant Singh, the acclaimed Indian […]
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