By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Those who have followed the last eight months of American-mediated Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have anticipated the unveiling of the United States’ own “framework” for continued talks to achieve a comprehensive peace agreement. Whether or not this happens, for now the negotiations have hit a […]
Source: China Daily PERTH, Australia – Haixun 01, a Chinese patrol ship searching for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, detected a pulse signal with a frequency of 37.5kHz per second […]
KHALID BAIG Published — Friday 4 April 2014 “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him maintain the bonds of kinship” (Bukhari) A YOUNG man went to attend the weekly Hadith lecture of Sayyidna Abu Huraira but stopped when he heard him saying “If anyone sitting here […]
Epigraph He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah as […]
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Source: The Huffington Post By Yasmine Hafiz The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released their eleventh annual report on the progress of implementing the Charter for the Protection of […]
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The Sufra food bank, run from a small community centre on a north-west London housing estate, is in high demand. The Muslim charity’s Wednesday afternoon session sees a constant stream of […]
Daily Times: What has happened to the minorities in Pakistan over the last few months could not be taken as spontaneous or scattered events. The burning down of temples, the instant verdict of a death sentence in Sawan Masih’s case and now the arrest of Tahir Ahmed, an Ahmedi, on the […]
Source: TOI Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler’s long-term lover who married the Nazi leader hours before their joint suicide in his Berlin bunker, may have had Jewish ancestry, ground-breaking DNA testing has found. DNA analysis of hair samples from a hairbrush claimed to belong to Braun suggests that the fascist dictator […]
Source: CNN What of the Taliban? Well, they regard elections as against Islam, so they will write themselves out of this historic event and will only be seen by most Afghans as spoilers who will try to interrupt the election. More:
Source: CNN Putin is playing by his own rules. What could the modern world do against a dictator with nuclear weapons and vast approval within his own country? Not much. And about the economic sanctions: How often are they truly successful? Only Putin knows whether he’s going to take more […]
Source: CNN Money By James O’Toole @jtotoole April 4, 2014: 3:53 PM ET The ultra-slow Wi-Fi at your local coffee shop could soon be getting a big boost. Qualcomm (QCOM, Fortune 500) announced plans this […]
Epigraph: The Messiah, son of Mary, was only a Messenger; surely, Messengers like unto him had indeed passed away before him. And his mother was a truthful woman. They both […]
Vista — The roles of men and women have changed, with women in most European countries enjoying broadly the same educational and employment opportunities as men. Have these changes in family composition and roles resulted in a dramatic change of values? Yes and no. History – combining elements of Antiquity, […]
theguardian: by Natricia Duncan — Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of the historic fourth World Conference on Women and the launch of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, when 189 national governments made a commitment to achieve equality, development and peace for women worldwide. On International Women’s Day 2014, […]
by Malkhadir Muhumed Nairobi, Kenya – Kenyan men have practiced polygamy, or plural marriage, as far back as they can remember. In fact, the country has produced Ancentus Akuku Ogwela, who married 130 wives, and, when he died at 92, left behind 210 children.But a new marriage bill that gives […]
by Malkhadir Muhumed Nairobi, Kenya – Kenyan men have practiced polygamy, or plural marriage, as far back as they can remember. In fact, the country has produced Ancentus Akuku Ogwela, who married 130 wives, and, when he died at 92, left behind 210 children.But a new marriage bill that gives […]
Source: mydailynewswatchng.com Muslims from all walks of life gathered at the main auditorium of the University of Lagos Akoka , last Sunday, March 30th, 2014 to rejoice with members of Ahmadiyya […]
© UNICEF Myanmar Yangon, 4 April 2014 – In an unprecedented joint initiative undertaken through the partnership of Ratana Metta Organization (RMO) and UNICEF, leaders of four main religions in Myanmar met in Yangon to express their unequivocal commitment to the realization of child rights and the building of a […]