‘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 […]
Pakistan Taliban announce month truce
Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid emailed the statement to reporters on Saturday The Pakistani Taliban have announced a month-long ceasefire aimed at reviving stalled peace talks with government. Pakistan’s government welcomed the announcement as a “positive development”, and said it was prepared to resume talks. The talks broke down last month, […]
Russian parliament approves troop deployment in Ukraine
Source: BBC Russia’s upper house of parliament has approved President Putin’s request for Russian forces to be used in Ukraine. He had asked that Russian forces be used “until the […]
eDigest: Mississippi Man, Declared Dead, Wakes Up in Body Bag at Funeral Home
Epigraph: And their (Jews of Jesus’ time) saying, ‘We did kill the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah;’ whereas they slew him not, nor crucified him, but he was made to appear to them like one crucified; and those who differ therein are certainly in a state of doubt about […]
11 Continuously Inhabited Oldest Cities in the World
11 Continuously Inhabited Oldest Cities in the World >>>> >>>> >>>> Ever since man learned to grow their own food and rear cattle, they have been living in permanent to semi-permanent settlements with certain degree of planning. Although opinions vary on whether any particular ancient settlement can be considered to […]
Venice looks set to welcome Museum of Islamic Art
Venice looks set to welcome a new Museum of Islamic Art in the heart of the tourist getaway. By Lucia Guarano | Special to Al Arabiya News Venice looks […]