Astronomers spot most Earth-like planet yet
Dawn: LOS ANGELES: Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected, a distant, rocky world that’s similar in size to our planet and exists in […]
84 Square Feet House
Epigraph: And this life of the world is nothing but a pastime and a sport, and the Home of the Hereafter — that indeed is Life, if they but knew! […]
Islam is the final expression of Adam’s religion
A winner of the 2003 Wilbur Award for best book of the year on a religious theme, author and poet appearing on Ted Koppel’s “Nightline” documenting the Haj, Michael Wolfe […]
When Islam shone its light on Europe
One thousand years ago, Muslims, Christians and Jews sauntered down the same cobbled pathways in the sun-drenched cities of southern Spain, living, flourishing and contributing to Andalusia’s fashionable society and […]
‘Most Earth-like planet yet’ spotted by Kepler
By Rebecca Morelle Global science correspondent, BBC News Continue reading the main story Related Stories Kepler bags huge haul of planets New planets explained – in 60 secs Watch Europe […]
In Many Cities, Rent Is Rising Out of Reach of Middle Class
MIAMI — For rent and utilities to be considered affordable, they are supposed to take up no more than 30 percent of a household’s income. But that goal is increasingly unattainable for middle-income families as a tightening market pushes up rents ever faster, outrunning modest rises in pay. The strain […]
Let’s Pray for Peace on Passover
Source: muslimwriters.org The innocent lives taken at the Kansas Jewish community center and senior living facility was a heinous act against mankind — and I’m deeply sorry to the families who […]
Public Debate: Are the Ahmadiyya part of Islam?
Source: canliizle.in Video Description: Debaters: Sadat Anwar (MDI Canada) and Ansar Raza (Ahmadi-Qadiani missionary) This is an entire video taken from MDI (www.TheDebateInitiative.com). Public Debate: Are the Ahmadiyya part of Islam? (Click […]
Roti chef plans 1,000 free meals for Easter in Toronto
Source: The Star By: Jennifer Bain This is what Easter might taste like for 1,000 hungry Torontonians in Bloordale Village. Lightly curried boneless chicken leg, or mixed vegetables and chickpeas, […]
What Suffering Does: A Collection of Articles
Epigraph: And We (Allah) will try you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives, and fruits; but give glad tidings to the patient, who, when a misfortune overtakes them, say, ‘Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return.’ It is these on whom […]
This Tower Pulls Drinking Water Out of Thin Air
Smithsonian.com: by Tuan C. Nguyen — Designer Arturo Vittori says his invention can provide remote villages with more than 25 gallons of clean drinking water per day In some parts of Ethiopia, finding potable water is a six-hour journey. People in the region spend 40 billion hours a year trying to find and collect […]
Violence in the name of Islam is haram: fatwa
Daily Times — New code of conduct approved by ulema convention declares that no prayer leader/cleric will debase or induce his followers to debase any of the holy prophets, their companions or family members in sermons * No Muslim sect will be declared non-Muslim and no Muslim or non-Muslim will […]
The Unifier of Electromagnetic and Weak Nuclear Force: New Video on Abdus Salam in Italian:
Abdus Salam. Unificazione elettromagnetismo e forza nucleare debole. watch in Youtube
Similarities between the American Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Qur’an.
Source: Oxford Islamic Studies Whether or not Jefferson was also familiar with the Constitution of Medina—the document dictated by Muhammad to govern relations among the diverse Muslim and Jewish tribes in […]
The Barbary Wars, Jefferson and the Quran
Oxfordislamstudies: The Barbary Wars In 1786, while Jefferson was serving as the United States Ambassador to France, the issue of piracy in the Mediterranean became the most serious economic threat to the newly established United States. Independence from Great Britain had had economic consequences abroad. This was before international law had established protections […]
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 […]