5 Reasons Boko Haram is Un-Islamic
The militant Nigerian group’s actions repeatedly go against the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad by Taboola The official name of Boko Haram, the Nigerian group apparently responsible for the kidnapping […]
Indian Elections 2014 results: Narendra Modi heaps humiliating defeat on Congress
Narendra Modi tweeted after his victory looked certain. India has won! भारत की विजय। अच्छे दिन आने वाले हैं। — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 16, 2014 Underlining the humiliation of India’s […]
Turkey mine disaster death toll disputed by furious locals
Officials say death toll from explosion at mine in western Turkey likely to be around 300, but some say more are trapped. The final death toll from Turkey‘s mine disaster will likely be around 300, government officials have said, though furious locals say the authorities are covering up far greater loss […]
Britain’s richest 1% own as much as poorest 55% of population
Guardian: ONS figures reveal growing wealth disparity and north-south divide, with nation’s top 10% owning 44% of household wealth. Britain’s richest 1% have accumulated as much wealth as the poorest 55% of the population put together, according to the latest official analysis of who owns the nation’s £9.5tn of property, pensions and […]
The 67 Richest Are as Wealthy as the World’s Poorest 3.5 Billion
sanders.senate.gov: Oxfam International, a poverty fighting organization, made news at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year with its report that the world’s 85 richest people own assets with […]
Atheists didn’t fail to expel God from schools. They proved they are a religion
theguardian: by Andrew Brown — It’s always amusing for an outsider to see the way in which Americans treat their constitutional documents as a sacred text, and then the knots into which they get tied when said sacred text seems to forbid taking any text as sacred. The separation of […]
Riyadh urged to free Ahmadiyyas held for apostasy
Gulf News: The two were jailed in May 2012, three months after joining the Ahmadiyya Dubai: Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Saudi Arabia to free two citizens held without trial for two years after converting to an offshoot of Islam banned in the kingdom. Sultan Al Anzi, aged 33, […]
Prehistoric Skeleton in Mexico Is Said to Link Modern Native Americans to Siberians
NY Times: Most geneticists agree that Native Americans are descended from Siberians who crossed into America 26,000 to 18,000 years ago via a land bridge over the Bering Strait. But […]
Does Narendra Modi threaten secular and liberal India?
Editor’s note: Sunny Hundal is a British-Asian journalist and blogger who has written about Asian issues for a range of publications including The Guardian and The New Statesman. He’s founder and editor of left-leaning blog, Liberal Conspiracy. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. (CNN) — It appears […]
Of Ahmedis, sects and blasphemy
When university educated Pakistanis who are social media savvy have this need to kill in order to homogenise and fit everyone into their personally preferred lifestyle, religion or sect, it is no wonder we are where we are Understanding has its own benefits and gratification. For years, in various newspaper columns […]
How Syria Could Affect the Future of Humanity
Huff Post: by Lorna Byrne — I keep being shown crowds of children, thousands and thousands of them walking around clinging to each other, bewildered, not understanding how their parents have been killed, how their homes have been destroyed and how their very lives are in danger. I am shown […]
Wilders Urges Voters to Report PvdA Leader Samsom
THE HAGUE, 03/04/14 Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders has called on everyone to make a police report against Labour (PvdA) leader Diederik Samsom for discrimination against Moroccans.Against Wilders himself, 5,000 reports have already been made calling for his prosecution for his plea for less Moroccans. The PVV leader […]
Wilders Urges Voters to Report PvdA Leader Samsom
THE HAGUE, 03/04/14 Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders has called on everyone to make a police report against Labour (PvdA) leader Diederik Samsom for discrimination against Moroccans.Against Wilders himself, 5,000 reports have already been made calling for his prosecution for his plea for less Moroccans. The PVV leader […]
A Christian Sentenced to Death in Sudan for Apostasy and the Muslim Times’ Response
Epigraph: Those who believe, then disbelieve, then again believe, then disbelieve, and then increase in disbelief, Allah will never forgive them nor will He guide them to the way. (Al […]
eDigest: AP Survey On Faith And Science Reveals That Science Is Often Trumped By Religious Belief
Epigraph: It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to […]
Image of PM’s aide kicking protester stokes anger over Turkey mine fire
Source: CNN Yusuf Yerkel, an aide to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, kicks a person who is being wrestled to the ground by two police officers during protests in Soma, Turkey, on Wednesday, May 14. Hundreds have taken to the streets across the country since nearly 300 miners […]
The Daughter of The King of Saudi Arabia?
Source:World Observer on’t be surprised, but the daughter of the King of Saudi Arabia is a beautiful, modern woman, who doesn’t mind going out in public wearing only a scarf on her head and showing a bit of her hair! Adlah bint Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz Al Saoud, is a […]
Qur’an lesson for today: Commandment that if you are in a state of fear, then say your Prayer on foot or riding
122. Commandment that if you are in a state of fear, then say your Prayer on foot or riding; but when you are safe, remember Allah as He has taught you that which you did not know. [2:240] If you are in a state of fear, then say your Prayer […]
Woman faces death in Sudan for apostasy
Telegraph: Christian woman sentenced to death for refusing to convert to Islam after being raised as a Christian. A heavily pregnant Christian woman in Sudan has been sentenced to hang for not being raised as a Muslim. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, was convicted on charges of apostasy, or the abandonment […]
UK: Plane grounded after part of wing falls off mid-flight
Telegraph: More than 60 passengers had to be flown back to London City Airport after part of the plane’s wing fell off shortly after it took off. A plane carrying more than 60 people had to turn back after take-off because part of its wing fell off mid-flight. The pilot […]