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 […]
Head Of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Addresses Ahmadi Muslim Youths About Importance Of Religious And Secular Education
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Britain’s youngest parents: Mother, 12, gives birth to 7lb baby girl after falling pregnant at primary school to a boy aged 13
Mother met boyfriend a year ago and was 11 when baby was conceived Pair from London have combined age of 25 and ‘intend to stick together’ At 27, the girl’s mother is also now one of UK’s youngest grandmothers Charity: ‘They will be dependent on others, financially and emotionally’ Britain’s previous […]
Boston heals the wounds of the marathon bombs
Courtesy of Wasem Sayed, USA Written by Helena Gustavsson Translated from Swedish newspaper It’s been a year since the marathon bombing killed three people and injured hundreds. Boston’s residents have gathered […]
BOON AND BANE – Ukraine crisis puts Swiss OSCE chair in spotlight
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch April 15, 2014 – 16:24 The success of the mission by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is measured by whether it is able to help de-escalate the situation in Ukraine, according to the Swiss ambassador to the OSCE, Thomas Greminger. In a syndicated interview with […]
Videos show first U.S.-made rockets in Syria
Online videos show Syrian rebels using what appear to be U.S. anti-tank rockets, weapons experts say, the first significant American-built armaments in the country’s civil war. The rebel faction shown […]
Silencing Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s hate talk
STORY SUMMARY by Rami G. Khouri One of the most fascinating, if problematic, recent incidents relating to the extent of allowable free speech in the United States took place this week when Brandeis University withdrew an invitation to the Somali-Dutch-American anti-Islamic firebrand Ayaan Hirsi Ali to give a speech and […]
What Suffering Does
Source: New York Times By David Brooks Over the past few weeks, I’ve found myself in a bunch of conversations in which the unspoken assumption was that the main goal of […]
More than 180 British Muslim children attend week-long camp in which they pledged loyalty to the UK
Source: press@amjinternational.org On 14 April 2014, the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Fifth Khalifa, addressed the concluding session of a week-long moral training and educational camp attended by more than 180 Muslim children and teenagers that was held in the picturesque market town of […]
Ukraine leader says anti-terror operation under way in Donetsk region
Kharkiv, Ukraine (CNN) — An “anti-terrorist operation” is under way in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region against pro-Russia protesters, Kiev declared on Tuesday, with armored personnel carriers seen on the road in […]