Source: thetelegraphandargus.co.uk More than 200 men, women and children gathered to hear senior politicians and religious leaders speak about the importance of promoting harmony within communities. The Bradford branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association held its annual Peace Conference yesterdaySUN, with the theme ‘Blessed Are The Peacemakers.’ The keynote speaker was […]
Independent.ie With 500 Irish citizens converting to Islam every year, Maggie Armstrong spoke to four people who say they found inner peace since becoming Muslims Islam is Ireland’s fastest-growing religion, […]
World Bulletin / News Desk Al-Ghannouchi accused some countries of trying to export the “counter-revolution experience” to Tunisia, insisting that Tunisia will affect others with its own experience. The leader of Tunisia’s ruling Ennahda Islamist party has asserted that the endorsement of the country’s constitution makes Tunisia a “role model” […]
BBC: Tunisia’s parliament has adopted a new constitution – the first since the ousting of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali three years ago. The National Constituent Assembly passed the text by 200 votes from 216. Analysts say politicians hope it will send out a message of stability after months of […]
Global Post: The DNA of a hunter-gatherer who lived in Spain some 7,000 years ago suggests that Europeans were dark-skinned until much more recently than previously thought, researchers said Sunday. Genetic material […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher: Health and science reporter, BBC News Good cholesterol also has a nasty side that can increase the risk of heart attacks, according to US doctors. […]
Source: examiner.com Islam is an Arabic word which means peace but whenever one wishes to speak about Islam as a religion of peace, the question naturally springs to mind that whereas […]
Source: Daily Times via Nasim Malik of Sweden. The elderly Dr Masood, who is an Ahmedi, has now been in jail in Lahore for over 60 days for the ‘crime’ of reading the holy Quran. Meanwhile, in Rawalpindi, a young Ahmedi was shot dead by terrorists when he tried to stop […]
STORY SUMMARY AP An official in the Israeli prime minister’s office says Benjamin Netanyahu believes Jewish settlers should have the option of staying in a future Palestinian state. Over 500,000 settlers live in areas the Palestinians hope will be part of their state. Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jan-27/245377-israeli-official-palestine-should-allow-settlers.ashx#ixzz2ra9rjhEV (The Daily Star :: […]
A Saudi in Remah married his daughter off to a young Saudi for a single riyal after the groom lost the money he had saved up for paying the “mahr” (dowry) in a traffic accident, sabq.org reported on Saturday. The groom met with the accident while returning from the bank […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS ARABNEWS.COM Published — Monday 27 January 2014 GENEVA: Syrians on opposite sides of their country’s civil war tried again Sunday to find common ground, with peace talks focusing on the release of prisoners and an aid convoy to a besieged city that once more came under mortar attacks […]
MNT — Men are frequently accused of forgetting birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and even something as simple as taking the trash out. But they have developed this stigma for a reason, a new study suggest – it found that men are more forgetful than women, regardless of their age. The research […]
Epigraph: And if all the trees that are in the earth were pens, and the ocean were ink, with seven oceans swelling it thereafter, the words of Allah would not […]
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[13:17] ….. Say, ‘Allah alone is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Most Supreme.’ [6:103] 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. Explanation: God, being the Creator […]
Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Philippine government and the country’s largest Muslim rebel group completed talks Saturday on a deal to end four decades of fighting that has killed tens of thousands of people and helped foster Islamic extremism in Southeast Asia. The accord between Filipino negotiators and […]
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Sunday that the government is actively considering which Syrians should be allowed to come to Britain. His comments come four days after Prime Minister David Cameron said that he is now open minded about accepting injured Syrians, particularly children. Cameron’s statement was made after […]
Group is made up of 12 global leaders who try ‘to promote peace, justice and human rights’ AFP Published: 18:28 January 26, 2014 Gulf News Tehran: Former UN chief Kofi […]
Source: Guardian, UK • Public broadcaster ARD to air interview Sunday night • Snowden: information not related to national security is taken Jump to comments (148) ARD is scheduled to […]
by Mohamed Cherif, swissinfo.ch January 26, 2014 – 11:00 The recently appointed United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini of Switzerland, reckons the war-torn country may be turning the corner, thanks to the support of the international community. A “new deal” for Somalia: that’s what the international community […]