http://odysseuslahori.blogspot.co.uk: If we did not know that the lives of minorities are under immense threat in Pakistan, Haroon Khalid’s A White Trail, gobsmacks, nay, sucker punches us with the reality. The language is unpretentious; there is no mincing of words, no melodrama, no harangue or pontification. There is page after page of […]
By Richard Wike, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Richard Wike is Director of Global Attitudes Research at the Pew Research Center. You can follow him @RichardWike. The views expressed are his own. The recent news from Fallujah and elsewhere in the Middle East and Africa must be pretty encouraging for al Qaeda […]
Epigraph: And when My servants ask thee (Muhammad) about Me, say: ‘I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken to Me and believe in Me, that they may follow the right way.’ (Al Quran 2:187) Albert Einstein in 1921. the […]
Credit: NYDailyNews.com/us Billy Standley was spectacularly laid to rest in a Mechanicsburg cemetery on Friday while seated on the back of his 1967 Electra Glide cruiser thanks to the handiwork of […]
World War I may have ended in 1918, but the violence it triggered in the Middle East still hasn’t come to an end. Arbitrary borders drawn by self-interested imperial powers […]
MOENJODARO, Pakistan: Hundreds of people swarmed the ancient ruined city of Saturday to attend an inaugural festival commemorating Pakistan’s cultural heritage, days after experts warned the event endangered the UNESCO […]
BEIRUT: Al-Qaeda fighters killed the leader of a rival Islamic brigade in a twin car bombing near Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, an attack likely to further exacerbate rebel infighting […]
Additional Reading Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal Cherie Blair: ‘Muslim Women: Slow But Steady Progress’
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Starting role on Denver Broncos offensive line long way from troubled childhood in Toronto suburbs. Jim Rogash / GETTY IMAGES FILE Less than eight years after Broncos tackle Orlando Franklin signed his contract with his mother — “I, Orlando Franklin, promise . . .” — he agreed to a four-year, […]
E” is the most Eminent letter of the alphabet. > Men or Women don’t exist without “E”. > House or Home can’t be made without “E”. > Bread or Butter can’t be found without “E”. > “E” is the beginning of “existence” and the end of “trouble.” > It’s not […]
How did Damian Clairmont become Mustafa al-Gharib? Source: Ottawa Citizen: Clairmont came from an Acadian family living in Calgary. News sources showed that he went from an up-and-coming athlete to […]
(CNN) — If you want to find an asteroid, the region between Mars and Jupiter is a great place to look. That area where asteroids hang out is called the […]
Source: The Huffington Post “Do scientists pray?” That’s the question that occupied the thoughts of a sixth-grade Sunday school class at The Riverside Church, and who better to pose it […]
Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social, and political forces in history. Over the last 1400 years, from origins in Arabia, a succession of Muslim polities and […]
Source: Montreal Gazette Author: Christopher Curtis Naima Rharouity had just dropped her son off at daycare when it happened. She walked four blocks from the École St-Gabriel Lalement in Villeray and into the Fabre métro station, where, moments later, Rharouity would die. Police say that shortly […]
Salon.com: According to a reportfrom the Huffington Post, Ryan Zinke, a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Montana, recently called on his fellow conservatives to “focus on the real enemy.” Iran? Al Qaeda? North Korea? Nope! By “real enemy,” Zinke meant, of course, the “anti-Christ.” But you may know her better […]
Epigraph: In the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of the night and the day there are indeed Signs for men of understanding; those who remember Allah while standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and ponder over the creation of the heavens and the earth: ‘Our Lord, Thou […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Obama’s new ‘myRA’ retirement accounts aim to help millions of workers begin saving for retirement. The accounts will be backed by the government, charge no fees and you’ll be able to contribute directly from each paycheck. But not everyone thinks the new plans are a great deal. […]