Syrian Christians long to return to Maloula
April 17, 2014 08:40 AM By Roueida Mabardi Story Summary In the Bab Touma district of Syria’s capital Damascus, Fadi Mayal dreams of returning home to the ancient Christian town […]
OIC calls for release of abducted girls in Nigeria
Iyad Ameen Madani JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Thursday 17 April 2014 Last update 16 April 2014 11:18 pm The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the abduction of more than a hundred girls on Tuesday from their school in North Eastern Nigeria, and called for their […]
Jordan says it destroyed combat vehicles crossing from Syria
Aerial view of the Zaatari refugee camp near the Jordanian city of Mafraq, some 8 kilometers from the Jordanian-Syrian border. Jordan is home to a large Syrian refugee population. (AP) Agence France Presse Published — Wednesday 16 April 2014 Last update 17 April 2014 12:52 am AMMAN: Jordanian air force […]
South Korean Ferry Sinks Off Southern Coast; 4 Dead, Hundreds Missing
The Global Post: by Hyung-Jin Kim and Youkyung Lee — MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — Koo Bon-hee could see the exit. For half an hour, as the doomed ferry filled with water and listed severely on its side, the crew told passengers to wait for rescuers. With their breathing room […]
Solutions for Pakistan
By Saeed Qureshi Unlike Saudi Arabia and Iran Pakistan is not a religious but a nation state. It should be liberated from socio-religious taboos that hinder its progress and development like other developed nations around the world. It was Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB), who switched Pakistan then relatively a […]
Big 10 for Muslim Pro – 10 million global downloads for mobile app
press release April 16, 2014, 9:00 a.m. EDT Big 10 for Muslim Pro – 10 million global downloads for mobile app Singapore based company behind the number one Islamic mobile app with over 10 million downloads globally SINGAPORE, April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Muslim Pro , the comprehensive Islamic mobile […]
American Muslims are becoming thought, cultural leaders and reviving perspectives on religious inclusion
Rabia Chaudry TIME History is witness to a time past when the Islamic civilization produced globally unparallelled architecture, literature, science, philosophy, theological discourse, and cultural influences – influences so strong it made European nobles want to dress like Muslims. Critics of Islam and Muslims scoff at this romanticism, […]
One-a-Day Commandments of the Holy Quran – 97. Sanctity of churches, synagogues, mosques and other places of worship
97. Sanctity of churches, synagogues, mosques and other places of worship [22:41] Those who have been driven out from their homes unjustly only because they said, ‘Our Lord is Allah’ — And if Allah did not repel some men by means of others, there would surely have been pulled […]
NYPD Finally Shuts Down Controversial Surveillance Program That Spied On Muslims
Source: The Huffington Post The Huffington Post | by Inae Oh The New York Police Department has shut down its controversial Muslim surveillance program. The New York Times reports the […]
Why is Rumi the best-selling poet in the US?
Source: BBC By Jane Ciabattari The ecstatic poems of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi master born 807 years ago in 1207, have sold millions of copies […]
eDigest: Different Expressions of ‘Love for All and Hatred for None!’
Epigraph: And as for those who strive in Our path — We (Allah) will surely guide them in Our ways. And indeed Allah is with those who are of service to humanity. (Al Quran 29:70) Lead articles by Zia H Shah MD , Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Different Expressions of ‘Love for All […]
Rescuers search dark, cold sea for survivors of shipwreck off South Korea
By Michael Pearson, Euan McKirdy and Stella Kim, CNN (CNN) — Military dive teams worked the dark, cold waters of the Yellow Sea on Wednesday night in a desperate effort […]
How Muslims Helped Cause the American Revolution
Lostislamichistory.com: Today’s American political landscape can be quite a confusing and frightening place. The ideas of the Founding Fathers are commonly cited as the foundation of the nation. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are seen as the infallible documents on which American life are based. Freedom, democracy, and […]
‘World’s oldest’ message in a bottle arrives home
Source: The Local Holger von Neuhoff of the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg said: “This is certainly the first time such an old message in a bottle was found, particularly with the bottle intact.” Researchers then set to work identifying the author and managed to track down his 62-year-old granddaughter […]
video shows large al Qaeda meeting
Source:CNN Washington (CNN) — A new video shows what looks like the largest and most dangerous gathering of al Qaeda in years. And the CIA and the Pentagon either didn’t know about it or couldn’t get a drone there in time to strike. U.S. officials won’t comment on that, but every […]
video shows large al Qaeda meeting
Source:CNN Washington (CNN) — A new video shows what looks like the largest and most dangerous gathering of al Qaeda in years. And the CIA and the Pentagon either didn’t know about it or couldn’t get a drone there in time to strike. U.S. officials won’t comment on that, but every […]
Putin warns of Ukraine ‘civil war’
Source: Asia Times: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine is “on the verge of civil war”, speaking to German Chancellor Angela Merkel after Ukrainian armed forces retook control of a military air base in the east of the country, part of an action the White House described as […]
One-a-Day Commandments of the Holy Quran – Take ye the station of Abraham as a place of Prayer
95. Take ye the station of Abraham as a place of Prayer [2:126] And remember the time when We made the House a resort for mankind and a place of security; and take ye the station of Abraham as a place of Prayer. And We commanded Abraham and Ishmael, saying, ‘Purify My House for those who […]
One-a-Day Commandments of the Holy Quran – And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me
96. And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me [22:27] And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me, and keep My House clean for those who perform the circuits, and those […]
Secularism: Halal in India, Haram in Pakistan?
Picture is courtesy of: Brigadier Latif Written by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The picture with the Urdu text shows that one of the biggest […]