Source: TOI LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday outlined the EU reforms he thinks are needed to stop Britain being “sucked into a United States of Europe”, ahead of a planned referendum on membership in 2017. The Conservative leader said he would campaign for Britain to stay in the […]
Source: CNN However far-fetched they may seem, these comparisons reflect a frantic search among Western politicians and experts for the underlying causes, rationales and consequences of Russia’s actions in Ukraine. And it slowly dawns on Europe that it is witness to a sea change in Russian foreign policy that shakes […]
http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/script/6.0/players/embed.js?videoid=/video/technology/2014/03/12/t-ts-spritz-speed-reading.cnnmoney NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Social media and tech blogs have been ablaze with hype about a new speed-reading technology called Spritz. Instead of showing you lines of text the way […]
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — From the outside, the Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, seems like a fairly traditional house of worship — but it’s hiding a gorgeously colorful secret. The multitude of stained glass windows turn the inside of the mosque into a riotous wonderland of color […]
Epigraph O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters, as well as all [other] believing women, that they should draw over themselves some of their outer garments [when in public]: this will be more conducive to their being recognized [as decent women] and not annoyed. But [withal,] God is indeed […]
Facebook.com Today in Mighty Girl history, Hedy Lamarr, the glamorous movie star from the black-and-white era of film who co-invented a device that helped make possible the development of GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi technology, was born in 1914. Originally from Austria, the mathematically talented Lamarr moved to the US in […]
Source: burtonmail.co.uk A MUSLIM community group has eased the burden on hard-up Burton families with a generous donation to a food bank. The Burton branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Group donated […]
Source: thejakartapost.com After years of persecution and discrimination, the nation’s minorities have said they will go to the polls this year to support legislative and presidential candidates who uphold freedom of religion. As many as 66 displaced Ahmadis, who have been taking shelter at Wisma Transito in Mataram, West Lombok, West […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A silver lining from the gravely tragic event of September 11, 2001, is that a verse […]
JEDDAH: FADIA JIFFRY ARABNEWS Published — Saturday 15 March 2014 The Ministry of Labor announced plans to launch a program next week to ensure the rights of domestic workers and to ascertain the responsibilities of employers toward their employees. The program will introduce and discuss the rights that […]
The decision by 77-year-old Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run again as President of Algeria has attracted the excoriating scorn of journalist Kamel Daoud ROBERT FISK Friday 14 March 2014 40 PRINT A A A “Shame upon you, Bouteflika! You have no shame for our martyrs, for your age, for your own sickness, for […]
Source: BBC Islamic Spain was a multi-cultural mix of Muslims, Christians and Jews. It brought a degree of civilisation to Europe that matched the heights of the Roman Empire and […]
BBC: by Patrick Howse — Overuse of baby equipment and electronic screens can impede the physical and emotional development of under-threes, a charity has warned. What About The Children? (Watch?) says modern lifestyles could be harming infant brains. It highlights strapping small children into pushchairs, and the increased use of […]
Source: The Atlantic When students feel adrift, spiritual guidance might help. By MARSHALL POE I think religion should be taught in college. I’m not talking about “religious studies,” that is, the […]
Huff Post: by S. Brent Plate — Humans are needy. We need things: keepsakes, stuff, tokens, tchotchkes, knickknacks, bits and pieces, junk and treasure. We carry special objects in our pockets and purses, or place them on shelves and desks in our homes and offices. As profane and ordinary as the […]
ET: LAHORE: A group of lawyers favouring the ban on YouTube staged protested demonstration outside the Lahore High Court against “blasphemy or any steps taken to defend blasphemers.” Bytes for All, the petitioner, is seeking withdrawal of the ban on the popular video sharing website. Its counsel Yasser Latif Hamdani and […]
yourlocalguardian.co.uk: A 16-year-old boy appeared on ITV’s Daybreak show this morning in recognition of his work helping flood victims. Zafar Ahmad, from Southfields, volunteers for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association and helped […]
Humanity remains one. kemanusiaan tunggal ika. The Jakarta Post: By Natalia Laskowska, Dear Minister Suryadharma Ali. I wish to share with you the feeling of restlessness that may be common […]
Der Spiegel Since his rise to fame, Islamists have threatened to kill 18-year-old Danish poet Yahya Hassan. They are angered by the portrayals in his writing of his immigrant family background, which he describes as backwards, hypocritical and blinded by religion. Yahya Hassan has only written one volume of poetry. It’s modern, […]