Obama can’t have it both ways
Source: CNN.Com By Simon Tisdall, assistant editor of the Guardian, Special to CNN CNN Editor’s note: Simon Tisdall is assistant editor and foreign affairs columnist at the Guardian. He was previously foreign editor […]
Big Bang breakthrough announced
Source: CNN (CNN) — There’s no way for us to know exactly what happened some 13.8 billion years ago, when our universe burst onto the scene. But scientists announced Monday a breakthrough in understanding how our world as we know it came to be. If the discovery holds up to scrutiny, […]
Mullah can not sleep – Ahmadiyya too Successful
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Religious Persecution in Pakistan by Pervez Hoodbhoy
Source: View Point Online Blaise Pascal, the famous 17th century philosopher and mathematician, observed that “men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it for religious conviction”. His words could apply to Muslim-killing Hindus of Gujarat, 2002. Or to today’s Pakistan, where your religious affiliation—whether by birth […]
The Awesome Lesson This Team Taught Us About Equality
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — This is what being a team looks like. When Samah Aidah was prohibited by soccer referees in Aurora, Colo. from playing in a game due to her hijab, her teammates on the Overland High Schoolgirls soccer team didn’t let them have the last word. Instead, […]
FACTS YOU DID’t KNOW
FACTS YOU DID KNOW………………… It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times! Gold is the only metal that doesn’t rust, even if it’s buried in the ground for thousands of years . Your tongue is […]
Low-Wage Workers Are Finding Poverty Harder to Escape
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — At 7 in the morning, they are already lined up — poultry plant workers, housekeepers, discount store clerks — to ask for help paying their heating bills or feeding their families. And once Metropolitan Ministries opens at 8 a.m., these workers fill the charity’s 40 chairs, with […]
Warming melts last stable edge of Greenland icesheet
A three-year spell of exceptionally high temperatures has weakened the ice stream. Daily Telegraph: The last edge of the Greenland ice sheet that had resisted global warming has now become unstable, adding billions of tonnes of melt water to rising seas. In a study published in the journal Nature Climate […]
Five richest families in UK worth more than the poorest 20 per cent in society
Daily Telegraph: The combined wealth of the UK’s top five billionaires and their families is more than £28.1 billion, an Oxfam report says. The country’s five richest families are wealthier than the poorest 20 per cent of the population, a leading charity has revealed. 28.1 billion of the 12.6 million people […]
Ukraine crisis: EU and US impose sanctions over Crimea
Coming up: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton gives a news briefing Continue reading the main story in BBC Ukraine crisis Crimea votes Critical test for US Is referendum legal? […]
Eclipse Prayers of Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him
Following are a Number of Traditions recorded in *Sahi Bukhari* and *Muslim* in their respective chapters about the Eclipses. “The Sun and the Moon are two of the Signs (Ayat) […]
One-a-Day Commandments of the Holy Quran – 68. Adopt the Religion of Allah
68. Adopt the Religion of Allah [2:139] Say, ‘We will adopt the religion of Allah; and who is better than Allah in teaching religion, and Him alone do we worship.’
Qur’an quotation for today: Do not approach (or cross) limits set by Allah
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy 69. Do not approach ( or cross) limits set by Allah [2:188] It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, […]
eDigest: Saint Patrick’s Day Today: An Excuse to Discuss Christianity and Islam
Epigraph Say, ‘He is Allah, the One; Allah, the Independent and Besought of all. He begets not, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him.’ (Al Quran 112:2-5) Four […]
Historian to talk at The University of Rhode Island on Jefferson’s Quran
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Success in Marriage: Is It All About Compromise?
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LOST IN RITUALS
By Abida Ruby for The Muslim Times — The culture and traditions give us a sense of identity or belonging to a specific group, ethnicity, country/nationality, religion etc. These are handed down by one generation to another and are observed with religious zeal in most cultures. In most of the […]
Of Aisha’s age at marriage
Source: Dawn.com Written by Nilofar Ahmed It is said that Hazrat Aisha was six years old when her nikah was performed with Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Makkah, and nine years […]
Religious persecution continues in Pakistan
Religious persecution in Pakistan Written by Pervez Hoodbhoy Thursday, 13 March 2014 18:57 http://viewpointonline.net/2014/03/vp192/religious-persecution-in-pakistan Blaise Pascal, the famous 17th century philosopher and mathematician, observed that “men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it for religious conviction”. His words could apply to Muslim-killing Hindus of Gujarat, […]
Ukrainian Crisis May Split Russian Orthodox Church
Huff Post: MOSCOW (RNS) As Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s border and a controversial secession vote in Crimea approaches Sunday (March 16), Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church called […]