TOMB SEARCHERS : Basel team shed light on Egyptian burials
swissinfo.ch and agencies April 29, 2014 – 12:25 Egyptologists from the University of Basel have identified the burial site of the children and other family members of two pharaohs in […]
A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The Turkish holocaust begins
“About 50,000 Armenian refugees were flooding down the road… It was an amazing and tragic sight,” British Army medical officer Alan Glenn wrote years after he saw the survivors of […]
Turkey, Armenia must let bygones be bygones
HARUN YAHYA Published — Thursday 1 May 2014 Last week Turkish Prime Minister Recep Teyyip Erdogan expressed sorrow over the incidents involving Armenians that took place in April 24, 1915 during the Ottoman rule. This was the first time in the history of the Republic of Turkey that any top […]
Jordan opens Syria camp for 130,000
ASSOCIATED PRESS ARABNEWS.COM Published — Thursday 1 May 2014 AMMAN: A UN official says Jordan is opening a new, sprawling tent city to accommodate tens of thousands more Syrian refugees who are expected to flee fighting as their nation’s civil war continues unabated. Helene Daubelcour says Jordanian officials will open […]
Syria’s refugees impose troubling political choices
May 01, 2014 12:10 AM By David Ignatius The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY Ask Yousef Bargash when he might go home to his village of Mahaja in southern Syria and he turns his palms skyward in supplication. Getting refugees such as Bargash back home from camps and squatters’ apartments in […]
Israeli businesswoman dreams of return to Gaza
It’s been almost a decade since Sophia Trotoush-Argaman was forced to abandon her Gaza handbag factory, but still the city remains on her label. The former fashion photographer and journalist started her company as a hobby while at home with a newborn. Now she sells thousands of the bespoke bags […]
Book Review: A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power by Jimmy Carter
Epigraph: Surely, men who submit themselves to God and women who submit themselves to Him, and believing men and believing women, and obedient men and obedient women and truthful men and truthful women, […]
Book Review: A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
Epigraph: Surely, men who submit themselves to God and women who submit themselves to Him, and believing men and believing women, and obedient men and obedient women and truthful men and truthful women, […]
Sonbol’s sacred Cairo
Gamal Nkrumah was enthralled by the exhibition of internationally acclaimed photographer Sherif Sonbol’s exhibition “Cairo: The crossroads of faith” Prince Taz Palace, constructed in 1352 AD on the occasion of […]
پسینہ خشک ہونے سے قبل
راشد احمد بلوچ ۔ ربوہ دنیا کی معلوم دس ہزار سالہ تاریخ میں اسلام وہ پہلا مذہب تھا جس نے انسانی زندگی کے ہر شعبہ میں رہنما اصول وضع کئے۔کھانے پینے کے آداب سے لیکر ایک حسین اور متوازن معاشرہ کی بنیاد تک ہمیں ہر ہر شعبہ میں رہنما اور […]
Coptic hopes and fears
For many Copts the worst is over, but there is little guarantee that the best is yet to come, writes Dina Ezzat At a foul and taamiya restaurant at the […]
Outrage grows as kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls ‘sold as wives to jihadists’
KANO: Protesters will hold a “million-woman march” in the Nigerian capital on Wednesday over the government’s failure to rescue scores of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists two weeks ago. Angry Nigerian parents lashed out at the government on Tuesday as a local leader claimed the hostages had been sold […]
[Urdu Artcile] Naseehato’n ka Guldasta (17) by Imam Shamshad A. Nasir
Kindly click on the images to zoom them. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam of the Baitul Hameed Mosque, Chino, California. Imam Nasir currently serves as […]
Today, it is more difficult to be a Muslim in France
Source: MWN Taroudant, Morocco – Samir Nasri, a French international football player who plays for the English club Manchester City, expressed his concerns over growing racism against Muslims in France, his second home. In an interview with the Telegraph on April 25, Samir Nasri, 26, denounced the rise of racism against Muslims in […]
Burning man grabs politician during live TV debate in India
By Arshiya Khullar, updated 10:09 AM EDT, Wed April 30, 2014 (CNN) — A man in India set himself on fire and then grabbed a politician during a live television debate this week in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, authorities said. Police said Durgesh Kumar Singh came out of the crowd Monday […]
Canadian Islamic Charity listed as terrorist organization
Ottawa has put IRFAN-Canada on a blacklist and RCMP has launched a terrorist financing probe, but group calls accusations against it “vague and unsupported.” Share on Facebook Tweet Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo Yavar Hameed, an Ottawa lawyer for IRFAN-Canada, said Ottawa’s allegations against the group appeared […]
Saudi Fatwa: Going through red light is a capital sin
Riadh, S. Arabia. Express News, Lahore, Pakistan 30/04/2014 According to a Pakistani Urdu newspaper The Grand Mufti of S. Arabia Abdul Aziz al-Shaikh issued a fatwa (religious edict) that driving through the traffic red light is a capital sin and is prohibited by religious law. The Grand Mufti said in […]
eDigest: Obama: Malaysia cannot succeed unless equal opportunity given to non-Muslims
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 surely grasped a strong handle which knows no breaking. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 2:257) President Barack Husain […]
Ministry looking to allow Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
Deputy religious affairs minister says he ‘expects’ government to adopt new directives breaking longstanding taboo The Times of Israel: The Religious Affairs Ministry is crafting new regulations that would allow […]
Friday sermon scripted, controlled by Egyptian Gov: The Christian Monitor
Islam, scripted: Egypt reins in Friday sermons at mosque The Friday sermon is perhaps Egypt’s most influential forum. In a bid to stifle every potential avenue of dissent, the military government is exerting control over the pulpit. By Christa Case Bryant, Staff writer / April 28, 2014 In this April […]