Musharraf survives assassination bomb attempt: Police
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb went off shortly before his convoy was due to […]
Jet mystery may never be solved — Malaysian police
KUALA LUMPUR — A police investigation may never determine the reason why the Malaysia Airlines jetliner disappeared, and search planes scouring the Indian Ocean for any sign of its wreckage […]
US Soldier kills 3, wounds 16 before taking own life at Texas Army base
FORT HOOD, Texas –– A US soldier with mental health issues shot dead three people and injured at least 16 on Wednesday before taking his own life at an Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, the site of another deadly rampage in 2009, US military officials said. The soldier, who […]
France. Manuel Valls takes over as new Prime Minister.
Rfi. France. Though Valls and Ayrault are said to despise each other, and many of Ayrault’s staff were furious to learn of their boss’s dismissal on television, the short ceremony at 3 o’clock in the Paris sunshine went smoothly. Ayrault described the job as difficult but “exalting” and defended his […]
Obama urged to create religious envoy after papal meeting
catholicnewsagency: Washington D.C., Apr 2, 2014 / 04:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) has called on President Barack Obama to follow up on his meeting with Pope Francis by backing the creation of a special envoy for religious minorities in the Middle East and south central Asia. “I urge […]
Science and religion need each other
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CAPITAL FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Goldman Sachs — Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) recently announceda partnership to create the first-ever global finance facility for women-owned small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The fund will raise up to $600 million to encourage banks in local markets to lend to women owned SMEs. […]
Dan Barker – How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists
Dan Barker (born June 25, 1949) is an American atheist activist who served as a Christian preacher and musician for 19 years but left Christianity in 1984. Barker, along with his wife Annie Laurie Gaylor, is […]
Toronto Protestor gets 9 months jail for hatred against Muslims
Eric Brazau says he will appeal his sentence for willful promotion of hatred and criminally harassment of a Muslim family. Share on Facebook Tweet CARLOS OSORIO / TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO Eric Brazau was convicted of willful promotion of hatred against Muslims and criminally harassing a Muslim family. By: Alyshah […]
The First Anglo-Afghan War
Apr. 02 2014 Few regions in the Muslim world have seen as much warfare in modern times as Afghanistan. Foreign interventions and invasions have been an almost constant threat to […]
One-a-Day Commandments of the Holy Quran – 84. Thou, O man, art verily labouring towards thy Lord, a hard labouring
84. Thou, O man, art verily labouring towards thy Lord, a hard labouring [84:7] Thou, O man, art verily labouring towards thy Lord, a hard labouring; then thou art going to meet Him. [94:8] So when thou art free, strive hard, [94:9] And to thy Lord do thou attend whole-heartedly. [4:126] And who is better […]
Jordan transfers desert patch into new refugee camp for Syria
BY Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service Friday, 28 March 2014 14:18 Police officers stand guard at the entrance to the new Azraq Syrian refugee camp, which is under construction east of Amman, Jordan, March 25. Azraq Refugee Camp will open April 30, according to a U.N. official.- CNS photo/Muhammad Hamed, […]
US Supreme Court strikes down overall donor limits
Source: BBC Critics say the ruling will expand even further the influence of big money in politics Continue reading the main story Related Stories US high court weighs election limits […]
eDigest: Prof. Muhammad Sharif Khan Receives a Life Time Service Award
Epigraph Surely every hour that follows is better for thee (Muhammad) than the one that precedes. (Al Quran 93:5) Prof. Muhammad Sharif Khan Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sharif Khan Receives a Life Time Service Award Epigraph: Surely every hour that follows is better for thee (Muhammad) than the one […]
‘An Historic Opportunity’: Turkish Cypriot Minister Says Reunification Deal Pending
‘An Historic Opportunity’: Turkish Cypriot Minister Says Reunification Deal Pending Interview by Susanne Koelbl AP A Turkish soldier standing at a guard house at the border between Greek and Turkish Cyprus. Negotiations to end the division of Cyprus have been ongoing for years. Now, Northern Cyprus Foreign Minister Özdil Nami tells SPIEGEL […]
Cheney rips Obama over Middle East, NSA
David Jackson, USA TODAY April 1, 2014 Mother Jones has obtained a tape of a closed door speech by Dick Cheney in which the former vice president rips President Obama over […]
Orientalists ‘spreading false views on Islam’
A leading Islamic scholar, and a winner of the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies, has slammed orientalists in the West for spreading false information about the religion. Muhammad Mustafa Azmi, who specializes in Hadith studies, said: “Their false and misleading works are now called research but have no […]
Obama weighs costs, benefits of spy release
US President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on April 1, 2014 (AFP Nicholas Kamm) WASHINGTON (AFP) — President Barack Obama faces a classic costs versus benefits conundrum as he considers whether to free Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to save failing Middle East […]
Extremists have hijacked Islam, says Madani
Extremist voices and groups have hijacked Islam and misappropriated the right to speak on its behalf, according to Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani. In his address at the inaugural session of the 25th Session of the Arab Summit held in Kuwait recently, he stressed that […]
Palestinians will seek to join UN agencies — Abbas
RAMALLAH/BRUSSELS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed a request to join several UN agencies on Tuesday, in a move that could derail a US push to revive faltering peace talks with Israel. “The Palestinian leadership has unanimously approved a decision to seek membership of 15 UN agencies and international treaties, […]