Dr Mahathir: Religious clerics dividing Muslims
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 […]
Aga Khan Award for Architecture – Islamic Cemetery Altach, Austria
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 – […]
The U.S. Opts for Ineffective Sanctions on Russia
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 […]
eDigest: K.K. Aziz: Murder He Wrote
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 […]
Muslim presence in Europe: “Talking to, not about, Islam”
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 […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 108. Commandment to observe Prayer in prescribed form
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 […]
At Meeting, Fed Likely to Again Cut Bond Buying
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 […]
Norway to restage 1914 ‘human zoo’ that exhibited Africans as inmates
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 […]
Israeli bulldozers demolish mosque, 3 houses near Nablus
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 […]
Is Islam Only About What’s Permitted or Prohibited?
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 […]
Employment Why working in tourism is no holiday for the Swiss
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 […]
By foot or budget airline, Muslims flock to Makkah
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 […]
Israel risks becoming ‘apartheid’ state: Kerry
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 […]
Pakistan can produce cost-effective energy from geothermal resources: Expert
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 […]
Pakistan can produce cost-effective energy from geothermal resources: Expert
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 […]
Qur’an lesson for the day: 107. Commandment to observe Prayer
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 […]
”Islamic Republic of Pakistan” Should be renamed as “People’s Republic of Pakistan”
By Shah A Siddiqui It is a shame for Pakistanis to keep the name of the country on the ground of “Islam” and also there is no need to apron string the ‘Islamic’ with the country’s name. Simple “Pakistan” or “People’s Republic of Pakistan” is very appropriate according to the […]
Obama: US will defend the Philippines
CBS-ABN News: by RG Cruz — MANILA (UPDATE) – US President Barack Obama steered clear of China on Monday night as he said that the United States’ commitment to defend the Philippines is iron-clad. This, after the US leader failed to categorically say during an earlier joint press conference with President Benigno […]
Rowan Williams, Former Archbishop Of Canterbury, Calls Britain ‘A Post-Christian Country’
Epigraph: Is he, then, who knows that what has been revealed to thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is the truth, like one who is blind? But only those gifted with […]
Jordanian lauds services at Two Holy Mosques
MADINAH: YUSUF MUHAMMAD Published — Monday 28 April 2014 Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims of different nationalities arrive in the Kingdom to perform Umrah and visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. Arab News met Jordanian pilgrim Abdul Rahman Mahmoud, 50, on Saturday while he was taking a stroll in the […]