Source: The Malaysian Insider BY JENNIFER GOMEZAPRIL 27, 2014LATEST UPDATE: APRIL 28, 2014 07:03 AM Malaysia must ensure non-Muslims in the country also have equal opportunites as its Muslim majority if […]
Source: CNN Russia’s seizure of Crimea last month may have unfolded with a lightning quickness, but Vladimir Putin and the West are now engaged in a much slower match of wits on a chessboard stretching across most of eastern Ukraine. Rather than going for checkmate, both sides now seem content […]
Source: CNN Seoul (CNN) — Of the many shocking and wrenching images that have come from the sinking of the Sewol ferry, one that stands out for me depicts the vessel’s captain — head bowed and covered by a hood — standing on dry land admitting he had abandoned ship. […]
Automatic machines to sell Zamzam water Mohammad Sameih Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH – The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz project for Zamzam has invented an automatic machine for the sale of Zamzam bottles to visitors and the public. The machine will dispense bottles within two minutes when a pre-obtained receipt […]
Dr M: Religious clerics dividing Muslims KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — In a scathing post against the ulama (clergy) class, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad accused its members today of disuniting […]
Islamic Cemetery Location: Altach, Austria (Europe) Architect: Bernardo Bader Architects, Dombirn, Austria Client: Altach Municipality, Gottfried Brändle Mayor Completed: 2011 Design: 2008-2011 Site size: Ground floor area: 4’235 m2 – […]
Share The U.S. Opts for Ineffective Sanctions on Russia Geopolitical Weekly Tuesday, April 29, 2014 – 03:05 Print Text Size Stratfor By George Friedman The United States announced new sanctions on seven Russian government officials April 28. A long-used tactic, sanctions can yield unpredictable effects or have no effect at […]
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our Lord, take us out of this town, whose people are oppressors, and make for us some friend from Thyself, and […]
Mustafa Kutlay USAK Center for EU Studies 28 April 2014 In his book, Inventing Europe, Gerard Delanty meticulously discusses how the idea of “Europe” and “Europeanness” has been reinvented throughout […]
108. Commandment to observe Prayer in prescribed form [4:104] And when you have finished the Prayer, remember Allah while standing, and sitting, and lying on your sides. And when you are secure from danger, then observe Prayer in the prescribed form; verily Prayer is enjoined on the believers to be […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is tiptoeing away from its economic stimulus campaign, and so far the broader economy has barely noticed. The Fed’s policy-making committee, which meets on Tuesday and Wednesday, is widely expected to announce another $10 billion cut in its monthly bond purchases, to $45 billion, en […]
Guardian: As part of mammoth celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Norway’s constitution, the government is funding two artists to re-enact a “human zoo”, which will open to the public on […]
maannews.net: NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli bulldozers on Tuesday demolished a mosque and three houses in a Palestinian village south of Nablus, an official said.Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settlement-related activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that over 20 Israeli military vehicles entered Khirbet al-Tawil near the […]
Morocco World News: by Tarik Oumozzane — Islam is a religion that encourages education, the pursuit of knowledge. It is a religion that not only acknowledges the “other,” but also protects his/her rights. Islam is a religion that promotes diversity and forbids all kinds of harassment. Nottingham, England – In these […]
by Jo Fahy, swissinfo.ch April 28, 2014 – 11:00 If you expect to meet Swiss people working in Zermatt’s hotels and restaurants, you might be surprised to be greeted by […]
Helen Rowe, Isabelle Toussaint | AFP ARABNEWS Published — Monday 28 April 2014 PARIS: Once pilgrims came on camels or on foot in their thousands, now millions of Muslims make […]
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry told a group of senior international officials that Israel risks becoming an “apartheid” state if it does not make peace soon, a US news website reported. Kerry made the controversial remarks at a closed-door meeting of the influential Trilateral Commission on Friday, The […]
Epigraph: He sends down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood bears on its surface swelling foam. And from that which they […]
Epigraph: He sends down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood bears on its surface swelling foam. And from that which they […]
107. Commandment to observe Prayer [14:32] Say to My servants who have believed, that they should observe Prayer and spend out of what We have given them, secretly and openly, before there comes a day wherein there will be neither bargaining nor friendship. [2:111] And observe Prayer and pay the […]