Lebanese parents encouraging children to move abroad
STORY SUMMARY February 25, 2014 12:22 By Brooke Anderson Keeping kids close to home normally means peace of mind for parents. Not so these days in Lebanon, where increasingly frequent […]
Robert Fisk: Pluralism was once the hallmark of the Arab world
Pluralism was once the hallmark of the Arab world, so the exodus of Christians from the Middle East is painful to one Islamic scholar ‘It is a tragedy and a blow to the basic pride of Arab Islamic civilisation’ Tarif Khalidi is a big, bearded bear of a man, the […]
Prophecy Playing out in Pakistan
By Tufail Ahmad New Indian Express During the 1930s through the forties, Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the toast of Muslim politics in India, but it was Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of independent India, who had a substantive vision for human progress. Azad’s real name was Abul […]
Infighting may rid Syria of extremists
National Editorial THE NATIONAL February 24, 2014 Updated: February 24, 2014 18:11:00 It is difficult to form a clear picture of the dynamics of the Syrian conflict on the ground, especially when it comes to the different jihadi groups that are fighting the regime and, more recently, each other. […]
Dalai Lama Demurs On Capitalism, Cites Gap Between The Rich And The Poor
Religious News Service | by Lauren Markoe Posted: 02/20/2014 4:54 pm EST Updated: 02/20/2014 5:59 pm EST WASHINGTON (RNS) Some of the brightest pro-business minds in the nation prodded the Dalai Lama on Thursday (Feb. 20) to offer a warm endorsement of capitalism. But during an appearance by the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism at […]
G20 pledges to add $2 trillion to global economy
The largest global economies have pledged to install policies that will add $2 trillion to the world economy over the next five years. The G20 — the world’s 19 richest nations and the European Union — said the reforms aim to lift collective GDP by more than 2%. The group […]
Why do so many people hate law school?
Source: CNN Money By Maya Itah For starters, it admits highly ambitious students, pits them against each other with little attempt to level the financial playing field, and releases them into a market that can’t absorb them. You know law schools are deeply troubled when you ask a dean what […]
Earth’s Oldest Rock Dates Back 4.4 Billion Years, Crystal Study Confirms
Epigraph: Do they not then look at the camel, how it is created? And at the heaven, how it is raised high? And at the mountains, how they are set […]
Will camel discovery break the Bible’s back?
Epigraph: Do they not then look at the camel, how it is created? (Al Quran 88:18) Opinion by Joel Baden, special to CNN (CNN) – It’s been a rough 2014 for […]
‘Most wanted’ TTP commander killed in Miramshah ambush
Credit: TheXpressTribune By AFP Published: February 24, 2014 MIRAMSHAH: Unidentified gunmen on Monday killed a senior commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) who had a government bounty on his head, officials and family […]
[Video] Story of a Police Officer who accepted Ahmadiyyat, The True Islam
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[Video] Why & How I Accepted Ahmadiyya Islam
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eDigest: Rumi’s Quotes On God Illuminate The Mystical Divine
Epigraph: Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no God but He, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Guardian over everything. Eyes cannot reach Him but […]
[Video] An Open Challenge to Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
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[Video] Why Mullahs MUST NOT be Followed? – Food for Thought
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Secularism and Islam
By Shah N. Khan Secularism is the view that religious considerations should be excluded from civil affairs or public education. The word secular means worldly rather than spiritual and not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body such as secular music and secular government. Most of the 57 […]
Tension soars as Syria rebel chief shot dead by jihadists
July 12, 2013 08:37 PMBy Serene Assir STORY SUMMARY Simmering hostility between Syria’s mainstream rebels and jihadists has erupted into naked violence, with a Free Syrian Army commander in the coastal province of Latakia being shot dead by an Al-Qaeda front group. Kamal Hamami — better known by his nom-de-guerre Abu […]
The young Muslim entrepreneur who is hungry for success
By Will SmaleBusiness reporter, BBC News Continue reading the main story Shazia Saleem jokes that she started her food company simply because she was hungry. The bigger story is that she spotted both a gap in the market and a way to celebrate the two parts of her cultural […]
One-a-Day Commandments of the Holy Quran: Seek sustenance from Allah
[29:18] ‘You only worship idols beside Allah, and you forge a lie. Those whom you worship beside Allah have no power to provide sustenance for you. Then seek sustenance from Allah, and worship Him, and be grateful to Him. Unto Him will you be brought back. [34:25] Say, ‘Who gives you sustenance from […]