His Highness Aga Khan, P.M. Harper announce $100M joint aid venture
Epigraph They ask thee (Muhammad) what they shall spend. Say: ‘Whatever of good and abundant wealth you spend should be for parents and near relatives and orphans and the needy […]
Rafsanjani Calls for Muslim States’ Collective Efforts to Uproot Terrorism
TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council (EC) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani deplored the spread of terrorism in the world, and called for practical measures by all Muslim countries to eradicate terrorist and extremist groups. “Terrorists must be prevented from establishing bases in Muslim countries,” Rafsanjani said in a meeting with […]
FIFA removes ban on headscarves
As well as Muslim women, Sikh men, who are also required to cover their hair, will also benefit from the new rule change. World Bulletin / News Desk Muslim women footballers will not be able to sport the headscarf during games, after FIFA decided to lift a ban on head […]
Devout Muslim donates land for Hindu temple in Uttar Pradesh
Sanjay Pandey, Lucknow, March 1, 2014, DHNS: At a time when communal harmony is hard to come by in a riot-hit Uttar Pradesh, a Muslim has donated his land to have a Hindu temple built on it. Haji Ikhlaq Ahmed, the donor, is a devout Muslim and a resident of […]
55. It is not for the Prophet and those who believe that they should ask of God forgiveness for the idolaters, even though they may be kinsmen
55. It is not for the Prophet and those who believe that they should ask of God forgiveness for the idolaters, even though they may be kinsmen [9:113] It is not for the Prophet and those who believe that they should ask of God forgiveness for the idolaters, even though they may be […]
‘Homeless Jesus’ Statue Gets New North Carolina Home, But Controversy Follows
Epigraph: It is not righteousness that you turn your faces to the East or the West, but truly righteous is he who believes in Allah and the Last Day and […]
Aga Khan compares Sunni-Shia conflict to Ireland
Dawn: OTTAWA: The spiritual leader of the world’s 15 million Ismaili Muslims Thursday compared a conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims to Ireland, urging the West to engage both branches […]
The Compassion Gap
by Nicholas Kristof The New York Times NY Times: SOME readers collectively hissed after I wrote a week agoabout the need for early-childhood interventions to broaden opportunity in America. I focused on a 3-year-old boy in West Virginia named Johnny Weethee whose hearing impairment had gone undetected, leading him to suffer […]
Immigration demo: Crowd shows solidarity ‘for an open Switzerland’
swissinfo.ch and agencies March 1, 2014 – 17:12 Almost 60 parties and organisations, including the Greens, the Social Democrats, unions and foreigner associations, had called for people to attend. They warned that […]
Putin moves to send Russian troops into Ukraine
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin won the green light from parliament Saturday to send troops into Ukraine after a bloody three-month uprising that swept new pro-EU leaders to power […]
Former Grand Mosque imam: Sermons should be ‘relevant’
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 2 March 2014 Last update 2 March 2014 5:42 am Former imam of the Grand Mosque and imam of Al-Mahasini Mosque, north east of Riyadh, Sheikh Adel Al-Kalabani, criticized the current sermons in mosques, saying that the content has nothing to do with […]
Kingdom to build 10 mosques in Maldives
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN Published — Sunday 2 March 2014 Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, has pledged to build 10 world-class mosques in Maldives, an island […]
Sects divide ummah, says Haram imam
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 2 March 2014 Last update 2 March 2014 5:54 am Sheikh Saleh Al-Talib, an imam at Makkah’s Grand Mosque, said that Muslim solidarity […]
Religious Party Holidays Are The Wildest, Holiest Celebrations Around
Huff Post — With Carnival here and Mardi Gras right around the corner you might be wondering how a religious holiday could be so fun. Turns out, Carnival isn’t the only wild religious celebration out there. Unlike some of the more sober observances, these religious “party” holidays encourage the uninhibited […]
Filipino Family Values: A Source of Dysfunction
Antipinoy.com: by ChinoF — We often wonder what went wrong with the Philippines. Why is it that Filipinos, even if they know what’s wrong, continue to do it, even willingly? They go ahead and hit on other women or men even when already married, and fall into petty crime even […]
Turkey to close down ‘Gulen’ preparatory schools
Source: BBC Turkey’s parliament has passed a bill to shut down private preparatory schools, many of which are run by influential preacher Fethullah Gulen. Mr Gulen is embroiled in a bitter feud with PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has accused the US-based cleric of plotting against his government. The schools […]
UK: Moazzam Begg charged with terror offences
Moazzam Begg, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, has appeared in court charged with funding terrorism in Syria Moazzam Begg is charged with providing instruction and training for terrorism and funding terrorism in Syria, plus terrorism funding offences Photo: CARL COURT/AFP By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent 12:38PM GMT 01 Mar 2014 […]
Arrest Made in Shabir Niazi death
Durham police have arrested and will charge a suspect in the death of 22-year-old Shabir Niazi. Shabir Niazi. By: Kim Magi Staff Reporter, Published on Sat Mar 01 2014 Durham police have arrested and will charge a suspect in the death of 22-year-old Shabir Niazi. Police said the 22-year-old […]
Knife-wielding mob kills 27 at China train station
(CNN) — At least 27 people were killed and 109 wounded when a group of people armed with knives stormed a railway station in the southwest Chinese city of Kunming, authorities […]
Justin Trudeau proud father of 3rd child
Justin Trudeau, Sophie Grégoire Announce Birth Of Baby Boy The Huffington Post Canada | Posted: 02/28/2014 10:06 am EST | Updated: 02/28/2014 2:59 pm EST 24 Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire, are the proud parents of a third child. Trudeau announced on Twitter that Grégoire gave birth to […]