Civilians are dying, Campaigners are being kidnapped
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT The world cannot turn a blind eye to America’s drone attacks in Pakistan – Why was Karim Khan prevented from speaking out against drone warfare? […]
Proof that politics hasn’t changed Name the British PM described below, shortly after he invaded an Arab country under false pretences…
by Robert Fisk, The Independent A test for readers: name the British Prime Minister described here, shortly after he used a dishonest excuse to invade an Arab country: “His […]
Man and woman die while trying to retrieve a cellphone from Chicago river
By: Sarah Weiss (Scroll down for video) Three people fell into an icy river while trying to retrieve a cellphone. Two people have lost their lives and one is hospitalized, […]
European Muslims respond to attacks on Mosque in Bulgaria
Source: EMU via Muhamed Jusic Strasbourg (EMU) – Following riots and attacks on a Mosque in Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second largest city, European Muslims reacted with apprehension towards this new outburst of anti-Muslim hatred in this member-state of the European Union. On Friday, 14th February 2014, hundreds of nationalists, fascists and […]
Data protection: Angela Merkel proposes Europe network
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is proposing building up a European communications network to help improve data protection. It would avoid emails and other data automatically passing through the United States. […]
NSA Australia allies ‘spied on US law firm’ in Indonesia row
Source: BBC Australian spies tapped a US law firm representing Indonesia in a trade dispute with the US, new leaks say. The 2013 document obtained by the New York Times does not […]
Why Salafist-takfiris should worry us
By Rami G. Khouri (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb) Several months ago when I wrote about the looming danger of the growing strength of Salafist-takfiri groups in Iraq and Syria, I focused on the threats that thousands of their fighters, bombers and terrorists posed to those countries and also to […]
Conference Of World Religions Opens In London With A Call On World Leaders To Adhere To Divine Instructions
Source: gbcghana.com The spiritual head of the Ahmadiya Muslim Community Worldwide, Hadzrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has called on world leaders to act with justice based on divine instructions. This he said would […]
eDigest: Video: Historic Conference of World Religions Held at Guildhall, London
Epigraph: Those who believe and do good deeds — the Gracious God will create love in their hearts. So We have made it (the Qur’an) easy in thy tongue that thou mayest give thereby good tidings to the righteous, and warn thereby a people given to contention. (Al Quran 19:97-98) […]
Halima: The foster mother of Prophet Muhammad
Halima: The foster mother of Prophet Muhammad The place where once Halima Saadia’s house existed. Abu Tariq Hijazi Islam develops cohesion in society for the general benefit of the mankind. It promotes strong bonds between parents and the children. It expands relationship to even the wet nurses, serving the […]
The Redeemed Church of God preaches the gospel in US
Source: BBC By Jason Margolis The Redeemed Christian Church of God was founded in Nigeria in 1952, and is now spreading across North America Continue reading the main story Related Stories African church spreading Gospel in US Watch For centuries, European and American missionaries have gone to Africa to spread […]
Meteorological madness.
Source: CNN There is method to the meteorological madness. And it has served to spread the weirdness around the world, from the American West all the way to Russia, a climate expert from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. The drought parching California; those two snowpocalypses in the South; […]
Very Unfortunate but Very Much True, Pakistan a Lost Cause?
Source: Guardianlv.com via Wasim Sr. It is very unfortunate but very much true that Pakistan is a lost cause. On 14, August 1947 at the stroke of mid-night , a new independent state appeared on the map of the world. Pakistan with meager resources and defunct treasury did not have […]
God as presented in Islam
By Imam Shamshad A. Nasir The purpose of my Dec. column was to show from the clear statements by God and Jesus how it goes against the majesty and omnipotence of God that He could be or ever was a weak human being who was humiliated, disgraced and spat on […]
Understanding Why Americans Seem More Religious Than Other Western Powers
Huff Post: This article first appeared in Sacred Matters housed at Emory University. Many Western Europeans think of Americans as hopelessly, bafflingly, and dangerously, religious. Many Americans think of Western Europeans as distressingly, inexplicably, and unrelentingly, secular. In 2009, the German sociologist Hans Joas observed that “it is widely accepted that the […]
Islam Second Largest Religion in Italy
ABNA.ir — (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Members of the Italian Muslim community have come together to discuss problems facing the religious minority, highlighting Muslim contributions to the Italian economy and complaining about […]
Is Islam better practiced in the West?
Express Tribune: by Faiza Iqbal — Most people are very quick to point out the flaws and imperfections of Western lifestyle, citing promiscuity, free flowing alcohol, homosexuality, gay marriage and a free mixing of sexes as the main ingredients in its destruction and thus its aberration from Islam. However, I personally […]
Muslim convert who agitated for sharia state in UK given groundbreaking asbo
Guardian: A Muslim convert who targeted members of the public as part of a campaign for a sharia state in Britain has been given a groundbreaking asbo, police have said. […]
Freedom of expression in India
ET: Another book has been bullied into suppression in India, this time, Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An alternative history. Though it is a collection of 25 essays, Doniger’s is not a casual work. It comes from decades of immersion in the subject. She is a scholar of high calibre focused on […]
Bilawal slams efforts of pushing Pakistan back to ‘stone-age’
Credit: TheExpressTribune THATTA: Patron in chief of Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday accused the Taliban of trying to drag the Pakistan back to the “stone-age.” Addressing a gathering in Makli Stadium during […]