Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir Muslims in many parts of the world are getting ready to celebrate the Prophet Muhammad’s (peace and blessings be on him) birthday with great pomp and grandeur. […]
Guardian: To measure religious restrictions around the world, the Pew Research Center has attempted to look at government policies and social hostilities. Their findings suggest that religious hostilities are at their highest […]
Fiji President addresses Holy Prophet Day at AMC Fiji January 14, 2014 | Filed under: Fiji News | Posted by: newsroom Repot submitted by MKA Fiji president Ashfaq Khan By ZAFIYA SHAMIM President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau has stressed the importance of living in peace and not being victimised because of […]
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — My iPhone can do almost anything. But could it help me find God? An interview with Siri, the virtual assistant inside many Apple products, reveals that the spiritual teacher you’ve been looking for may have been in your pocket all along. After watching the excellent Spike Jonez […]
The Effects of Coca-Cola on Your Body After One Hour Coca-Cola is the world’s most popular soft drink, with about 1.7 billion serving of Coke products consumed every day. Although the drink is popular, and seemingly refreshing, its effects on your health may be serious and in many respects non-reversible. Here’s […]
Source: Huffington Post NEW DELHI (RNS, October, 2013) The Supreme Court of India is weighing whether yoga has a religious element, as it decides if public schools may teach the […]
Epigraph Will they not, then, meditate upon the Qur’an? Had it been from anyone other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much disagreement and contradictions. (Al Quran 4:83) […]
By Erich Follath SPIEGEL.DE Proceedings in the case of murdered ex-Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri are set to being in the Netherlands this week. The trial could cause further unrest in a country that is already on the verge of chaos. Rarely has there been a case like this one. […]
DUBAI — The ruler of Dubai, a Gulf trade and investment hub with strong links to Iran, said in remarks broadcast on Monday that the international community should ease sanctions […]
Epigraph: “Eyes cannot reach Him but He reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware.” (Al Quran 6:104) Lead article written by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the […]
Source: BBC Egyptians are voting amid tight security in a two-day referendum on a new constitution that could pave the way for fresh elections. The new charter aims to replace […]
Eid Miladun Nabi: Mobile phone services suspended in various cities ET: Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas, Quetta, Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan cut off. KARACHI: Mobile phone services have been suspended in several cities of the country for security reasons on the occasion of Eid Miladun Nabi, Express News reported on Tuesday. Eid Miladun Nabi, […]
Source: CNN: (CNN) — Smoking can kill you. We’ve known that for at least 50 years — and yet millions still smoke, and thousands more pick up the habit every year. Why? Their stories involve strong addictions, passionate defiance — and billions spent to make people act against their own best […]
Source: Asia Times: By Ramzy Baroud The death of former Israeli leader Ariel Sharon enlivened US media’s interest in the legacy of a man considered by many a war criminal, and by some a hero. In fact, the supposed heroism of Sharon was at the heart of CNN coverage of […]
Source: Asia Times: The current corruption scandal in Turkey has the potential to diminish hard-earned gains that the United States has recently made in the Middle East from the Iranian nuclear and Syria chemical weapons deal. It could also derail one of the most important partnerships the United States has […]
Source: ET: It seems that bad ideas never truly die in Islamabad. There is a notion among both politicians and bureaucrats that the economy can simply be forced by fiat to behave the way the government wants it to. The latest example of this mode of thinking is the government’s decision […]
Source: Fiji Times: And for the first time in 53 years, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Fiji were humbled to receive State representative President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau. More:
Source: ET The questions in the online poll were based on a survey by University of Michigan. Earlier this month, University of Michigan’s Population Studies Center had published the results of a survey in which it had asked respondents from seven Muslim countries to identify an ‘appropriate’ dress for women […]
Source: BBC An Afghan citizen has been granted asylum in the UK for religious reasons – because he is an atheist. The man fled to the UK from a conflict involving his family in Afghanistan in 2007, aged 16, and was allowed to stay in the UK until 2013. He […]
The Daily Beast: by Kapil Komireddi — In 1971, the U.S. abetted a genocide in Bangladesh—and it’s now siding with the radical Islamist culprits, who are fomenting the country’s latest political crisis. In 1971, the United States abetted a genocide in what is today Bangladesh. President Richard Nixon and his Secretary of […]