Colonel Soheil Hassan is called ‘The Tiger’, and is one of the most-frightening men I have ever met. He is Bashar al-Assad’s favourite soldier and he sits straight in his chair by his field headquarters north of Aleppo. The Tiger writes poetry but is a very ruthless soldier. He expects […]
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 59:25) The Lead articles written by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of […]
The Telegraph: A person’s entire immune system can be rejuvenated by fasting for as little as three days as it triggers the body to start producing new white blood cells, […]
Source: The Telegraph: Religious people are more generous than non-believers when it comes to giving to charity, research claims It preaches help for the poor and loving thy neighbour but […]
Source: The Telegraph: Religious people are more generous than non-believers when it comes to giving to charity, research claims It preaches help for the poor and loving thy neighbour but […]
Courtesy: Dr. Ijaz ur Rehman, UK The Charity walk that many had been eagerly waiting for took place on June 8th, Sunday. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is celebrating its 125th anniversary […]
A group called Breaking the Silence has spent 10 years collecting accounts from Israeli soldiers who served in the Palestinian territories. To mark the milestone, 10 hours’ worth of testimony was read to an audience in Tel Aviv. Here we print some extracts SERGEANT NADAV WEIMAN 2005-08, Nachal Reconnaissance Unit, […]
thoughtcatalog.com: by Em Webster — You were raised in a different country than your parents. You have several nationalities by blood and another by birth. You have more than one passport and you identify with multiple cultures. You speak in numerous languages and you know phrases in many more. You’re […]
Bambang Muryanto and Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta | Headlines | Mon, June 09 2014, 7:35 AM Headlines News Customs investigate perpetrators of crude oil smuggling Commentary: Prabowo: The (unwanted) hope for military power revival Freeport skating on thin ice Preacher Ja’far Umar Thalib whose followers have been linked […]
Couples are increasingly cohabiting without ever taking the decision to commit, as figures show a generational shift away from marriage By James Edgar10:44AM BST 09 Jun 2014 Half of 20-year-olds […]
Couples are increasingly cohabiting without ever taking the decision to commit, as figures show a generational shift away from marriage By James Edgar10:44AM BST 09 Jun 2014 Half of 20-year-olds […]
4th June, 2014 FAO Joint press released by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the World Food Program (WFP) clarified the food security is high in Palestine. […]
swissinfo.ch and agencies June 8, 2014 – 16:35 Switzerland has added Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram to its sanctions list after the UN Security Council did so last month. The Islamic fundamentalists have connections to the terrorist network al-Qaeda. At the request of the Nigerian government, the UN Security Council […]
• Peres’ participation seen undermining Netanyahu’s attempts to isolate the Palestinians NICOLE WINFIELD | AP Published — Monday 9 June 2014 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis waded head-first into Mideast peace-making […]
JEDDAH: AFSHAN AZIZ Published — Monday 9 June 2014 The Syrian war has created one of the biggest refugee crises in modern history, with experts calling it the worst humanitarian situation in a generation. An estimated 9 million Syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of the war in […]
The Telegraph: by Emma Barnett — If we all lived by Kirstie Allsopp’s view of the world, why bother giving girls an education at all, asks Emma Barnett Does she mean it? Really?” “She must just say these things to get a rise.” These are just some of the responses […]
MADINAH: YUSUF MOHAMMED Published — Monday 9 June 2014 The main concern of Egyptian pilgrim Adel Mahmoud, who came to perform Umrah recently, is the disunity of Muslims, and while […]
For the Calgary Herald Something is rotten in the state of Pakistan. Having been born and raised in Canada, there is a sort of remoteness between me and Pakistan, the birthplace of my immigrant parents. Yet, I will forever be sentimentally attached to it. That has made the recent string […]
Dawn: A SMALL-SCALE survey conducted by the online freedom of expression group Bytes for All of hate speech in social media used and frequented by Pakistanis has produced some disturbing, though not unexpected, results. Over 91pc of nearly 600 respondents surveyed claimed to have come across hate speech online and […]
Jakarta Post: Preacher Ja’far Umar Thalib whose followers have been linked to alleged religion-based conflict, told Muslims in a Yogyakarta mosque on Sunday evening to declare war on pluralism. Speaking at a tablig (gathering) entitled Muslims Unite for Developed Indonesia at Masjid Gedhe grand mosque in Kauman, Ja’far lambasted pluralism […]