No Place for 'Honour Killing' in Islam -Ahmadiyya Muslim Point of View
PR News Wire: The gruesome murder of 25-year old pregnant Farzana Parveen on 27th May in Pakistan, by some 20 of her own close relations, including her two brothers and […]
eDigest: U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier: Blasphemy Laws and Discrimination in Pakistan Must Go
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Windsurfing for four days from Cuba to a new life in US
Source: BBC 2 June 2014 Last updated at 00:25 BST For decades, Cubans fleeing their island home in search of a new life in the US have crossed the shark-infested waters […]
Learning second language ‘slows brain ageing’
Learning a second language could improve reading and intelligence skills Continue reading the main story Related Stories Bilingualism ‘enriches the brain’ A second language may delay dementia Toddler brain scan […]
Learning second language 'slows brain ageing'
Learning a second language could improve reading and intelligence skills Continue reading the main story Related Stories Bilingualism ‘enriches the brain’ A second language may delay dementia Toddler brain scan […]
Whose Sharia Is It?
Huff Post: by Kecia Ali — Whose sharia is this? It is certainly not mine. I cannot believe that it is God’s. It has been a lousy month for Islamic law. First, there was the kidnapping and sale of Nigerian girls by Boko Haram, which claimed religious acceptability for their […]
Does marriage makes a man dizzy?
Dedicated to ALL Married Couples They say that marriage makes a man dizzy, and it’s true. As soon as I got a wife, I lost my balance at the bank. Men want THREE qualities in their wives: Economist in kitchen, Artist in home & Devil in bed. But they get […]
A vigilante state & society
Dawn: DO you judge a society by how it treats its mighty or its vulnerable? What do you call a state that serves the powerful and not the weak? What distinguishes a civilised society from a jungle if survival of the fittest is the rule in both? What is the […]
A Real National Front: The French Far Right Aims High
By Stefan Simons in Paris spiegel.de After its triumph in European elections on Sunday, the French far-right Front National is hoping to increase its power back home, with Marine Le Pen aiming for the presidency in 2017. With François Hollande’s popularity plummeting, it is not out of the question. Marine […]
U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier: Blasphemy Laws and Discrimination in Pakistan Must Go
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Obama has been disciplined about the use of force
STORY SUMMARY by Fareed Zakaria Criticizing presidents for weakness is a standard trope in Washington because the world is a messy place and, when bad things happen, Washington can be blamed for them. But to determine what America – and Obama – should be doing, we have to first understand […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 135. If you are kept back, then make whatever offering is easily available
135. If you are kept back, then make whatever offering is easily available [2:197] And complete the Hajj and the ‘Umrah for the sake of Allah: but if you are kept back, then make whatever offering is easily available; and do not shave your heads until the offering reaches its […]
Qur'an lesson for today: 135. If you are kept back, then make whatever offering is easily available
135. If you are kept back, then make whatever offering is easily available [2:197] And complete the Hajj and the ‘Umrah for the sake of Allah: but if you are kept back, then make whatever offering is easily available; and do not shave your heads until the offering reaches its […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 137. And whoever among you is sick or has an ailment of the head, should make an expiation either by fasting or almsgiving or a sacrifice
137. And whoever among you is sick or has an ailment of the head, should make an expiation either by fasting or almsgiving or a sacrifice [2:197] And complete the Hajj and the ‘Umrah for the sake of Allah: but if you are kept back, then make whatever offering is […]
Qur'an lesson for today: 137. And whoever among you is sick or has an ailment of the head, should make an expiation either by fasting or almsgiving or a sacrifice
137. And whoever among you is sick or has an ailment of the head, should make an expiation either by fasting or almsgiving or a sacrifice [2:197] And complete the Hajj and the ‘Umrah for the sake of Allah: but if you are kept back, then make whatever offering is […]
Damning reports will show state schools in Birmingham are imposing Islamic practices
Teachers are to be sent on training programmes to help them stop extremism entering the classroom, as damning reports show that some state schools have been imposing Islamic practices and […]
Syria bomber was Florida-born, raised in middle-class family
TORY SUMMARY The man believed to be the first American suicide bomber in Syria was born in Florida and loved to play basketball. The family of Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha, 22, Saturday declined to comment or to open their door as a small group of reporters gathered outside their home in […]
Robert Fisk: Alaa al-Aswany, Egypt’s greatest living novelist, knows Sisi is not a true democrat – but is still hopeful that he can ‘do good’ “I think we must give the Sisi government a chance. People are terrorised”
The private Garden City Club: a broiling Cairo night, lots of dust outside, but the same scuffed old floorboards and art deco interior with photos of British oarsmen on the walls. And there at the dinner table is the giant figure of Alaa al-Aswany, the greatest living Egyptian novelist and […]
Robert Fisk: Alaa al-Aswany, Egypt’s greatest living novelist, knows Sisi is not a true democrat – but is still hopeful that he can ‘do good’ "I think we must give the Sisi government a chance. People are terrorised"
The private Garden City Club: a broiling Cairo night, lots of dust outside, but the same scuffed old floorboards and art deco interior with photos of British oarsmen on the walls. And there at the dinner table is the giant figure of Alaa al-Aswany, the greatest living Egyptian novelist and […]
Robert Fisk on Sisi poll: All hail the Egyptian Emperor – but what about that missing 7%?
NINETY-THREE PER CENT! Let me write that again: 93 per cent! Or 93.3 per cent if you want to be precise. This superb, stunning, incredible – quite literally, one might say – achievement in Egypt’s presidential election, places ex-Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on a pedestal alongside those other imperishable […]