Salon.com: When Nelson Mandela died last month, I envied South Africans who had worked alongside him for freedom: Americans haven’t gotten to see many of our icons of justice get that old. My immediate thought was of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated at 39, though Bobby and John Kennedy, […]
Source: muslimwriters.org My column last month entitled “Focus on God should not be split” generated a few letters in response. You can read my Dec. column here. One letter came from Mr. George C. in Ontario and another from Mr. Tom V. in Chino Hills. Thank you both for your letters — […]
Source: muslimwriters.org Last week, the Grand Mufti of Kyrgyzstan was forced to resign amidst allegations of adultery with a woman he says is his second wife. He claimed he had the proper Islamic marriage ceremony with her, but since Article 153 of Kyrgyzstan’s criminal code forbids polygamy, this woman could not have legally been […]
Russia Today: As Council of Europe parliamentarians brace for a clash, the Israeli Knesset prepares a short film praising circumcision to be shown in response to other elements within the council actively seeking to fight the practice on human rights grounds. The pro-circumcision film will be presented on Monday at […]
Source: muslimwriters.org Originally published in Zion-Benton News It is unfortunate that Islam is a misunderstood religion. As a practicing Muslim living in America, I feel it is my responsibility to clear […]
JERUSALEM—Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, arrived in Israel Sunday as he kicked off his tour of the Middle East. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed his Canadian counterpart […]
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/bestoftv/2013/10/18/ctw-skull-found-fred-spoor.cnn By Elizabeth Landau, October 19, 2013 (CNN) — Fragments of humans’ ancient relatives are scattered across the globe. Sometimes a tooth or a few bones are all we have to […]
From: Global Minorities Alliance Ahmadi’s case shows how persecution against minorities is ‘escalating’ Glasgow: A UK-based human rights organisation is calling on the authorities in Pakistan to release a 72-year-old doctor who was arrested for ‘posing as a Muslim’ after being secretly filmed by a patient at his surgery. Global […]
By Fidelius Schmid and Christoph Schult NATO is building a new headquarters for one billion euros. But the construction consortium is in financial difficulties and the project is at risk […]
Germany and the US appear to be edging closer to political confrontation. The Federal Prosecutor says there is sufficient evidence to open a politically explosive investigation into NSA spying on […]
By Gary F. Zeolla What do the Bible and the Book of Mormon have in common? They both claim to be the Word of God. Also, major portions of both describe supposedly historical events. The Histories The historical portions of the Old Testament in the Bible primarily focus on the […]
[19:66] He is the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of all that is between the two. Serve Him, therefore, and be steadfast in His service. Dost thou know any equal of His? [21:20] To Him belongs whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who […]
A political analyst has warned against the global Zionism’s agenda to fragment Muslim countries into small segments in an attempt to boost the US and Israel’s supremacy. “Part of the agenda is to reduce Muslim states to small ethnic or sectarian-based states, divided, powerless, so they cannot challenge the supremacy […]
World Bulletin / News Desk The Gaza government and Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Monday called for unity among adherents of the Gaza Strip’s two faiths. “Christians are an intrinsic […]
Source: Times of Malta By Laiq Ahmed Atif, who is president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Malta. At the beginning of every year, many share greetings and wish one another a happy and prosperous new year. People make their plans and road maps for the coming year to make their lives […]
global post: by Noga Tarnopolsky — JERUSALEM — Israel and Saudi Arabia aren’t used to finding themselves on the same side of an argument. But the interim deal curtailing Iranian nuclear development, beginning its implementation today, seems to have achieved the impossible. The agreement, signed last November, in which Iran’s nuclear […]
JERUSALEM POST If the pro-peace camp take on the struggle with the same messianic zeal that the settlers and the peace spoilers have displayed until now, perhaps there is still […]
The UN has withdrawn an invitation for Iran to the January 22 Geneva 2 peace conference after Syria’s main western-backed opposition group threatened to pull out of talks if the Islamic Republic attends. Earlier on Monday, the Syrian National Coalition gave the UN until 1900 GMT to withdraw the invite […]
The second day of the 27th International Islamic Unity Conference is underway in the Iranian capital, Tehran, bringing together hundreds of religious thinkers and scholars from around the world, Press TV reports. More than 300 prominent Muslim scholars and thinkers from 58 countries are taking part in the three-day event […]
A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel that could do for Palestine what The Kite Runner did for Afghanistan. Forcibly removed from the ancient village of Ein Hod by the newly formed […]