Intermittent fasting: The good things it did to my body
BBC: Many of the changes in my body when I took part in the clinical trial of an intermittent fasting diet, were no surprise. Eating very little for five days […]
The religious hate campaign prevented the burial of a one-and-a-half year-old child
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden. A one-and-a-half-year-old infant was buried four days after she died from pneumonia in Toba Tek Singh, Punjab province. The girl, who was from an Ahmadi family, died on December 19, and was taken for burial the following day. At the cemetery the local clerics gathered with […]
Teachers favor attractive kids
Source: CNN. (CNN) — It’s not news that looks matter. Depending on how attractive people think we are, we may have at times found ourselves dateless or overwhelmed with unwanted attention. Studies have indeed shown that people attribute more intelligence and competence to taller, well-turned-out or otherwise good-looking people. However, a new […]
Man tries to sell stolen brains on eBay.
Source: CNN (CNN) — This was not was your typical undercover sting. For starters, it was happening at an Indiana Dairy Queen. And the target was brains. Yeah, a brain bandit. The arrest last month of a 21-year-old suspect uncovered, police say, a macabre scheme to steal the brains of dead […]
Book Review: Islam Without Extremes by Mustafa Akyol
Epigraph: Thus, have We made of you an Ummat justly balanced, that ye might be witnesses over the nations, and the Messenger a witness over yourselves. (Al Quran 2:143) Piety […]
The Swiss running a hotel in a conflict zone
December 30, 2013 Swissinfo.ch Erika Maier has upped sticks in Switzerland to run a hotel in Mali. Despite the outbreak of civil war and lack of tourists, she refuses to leave the country. Ironically, the conflict has now brought her guests in abundance. Four years ago, the 60-year-old from Schaffhausen […]
What the Middle East holds for 2014
STORY SUMMARY By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star A New Year’s reflection on the past and coming 12 months is a useful exercise if it avoids predominantly egotistical ventures such as single-handedly anointing the best books, articles, tweets, documentaries or photos of the past year. The armed forces will […]
5,800 buildings to make way for Grand Mosque expansion
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID Published — Friday 3 January 2014 The government has appropriated 5,800 properties at a cost of SR75 billion for the expansion of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, according to the mayor’s office. The latest appropriations include the Dar Al-Tawhid InterContinental Hotel and the building next to it […]
Islam preaches brotherhood
ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 3 January 2014 God said: What prevented you (O Satan) that you did not prostrate when I commanded you? Iblees (the Satan) replied: I am better than him (Adam). You created me from fire, and him You created from clay. (Qur’an 7:12) Satan thought himself […]
The Geopolitics of the Gregorian Calendar
Analysis When England adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752, some 170 years after it was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, Benjamin Franklin wrote, “It is pleasant for an old man to be able to go to bed on Sept. 2, and not have to get up until Sept. 14.” Indeed, […]
(U.S.’s) Public’s Views on Human Evolution
According to a new Pew Research Center analysis, six-in-ten Americans (60%) say that “humans and other living things have evolved over time,” while a third (33%) reject the idea of evolution, saying that “humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time.” The […]
Schneider: ‘Develop a Russian Islam’
Deutsche Welle: In the past few days more than 30 people have died in suicide bombings in the Russian city of Volgograd. So far no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Who do you consider to be possible suspects? Eberhard Schneider: I assume there’s a connection with the self-styled […]
Mustafa Akyol: Faith versus tradition in Islam
The Muslim Times is promoting secularism in every country of the world Mustafa Akyol is a Turkish political commentator and author based in Istanbul. He thinks and writes on iissues […]
Young people ‘feel they have nothing to live for’
Source: BBC By Katherine Sellgren: BBC News education and family reporter Former jobseeker Emma Sparham: “After a spate of negative things happening I lost all my hair” Continue reading the […]
Morocco launches process to normalize illegal immigrants
STORY SUMMARY Morocco on Thursday launched an operation to give residency permits to tens of thousands of immigrants living in the country illegally, after the king expressed concern about their harsh treatment by the police. Hundreds of people, almost all of them sub-Saharan Africans, queued outside the governor’s office in […]
eDigest: Karen Armstrong’s Lecture: ‘Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time’
“If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad?” Alphonse de Lamartine, Foreign Minister of France, 1848 Karen Armstrong: A Former Catholic nun and a prolific writer Karen Armstrong’s […]
Russia’s new terror threat: Ethnic jihadis
Source: TOI MOSCOW: The suspected involvement of converts to Islam in Russian suicide bombings points to the growing reach of jihadists far beyond the Muslim provinces of Chechnya and Dagestan, where insurgency and separatism have simmered for two decades. Russian news media say the authorities suspect an ethnic-Russian convert to Islam may have been […]
LOST TRIBE OF ISRAEL IN INDIA
This video is a confirmation to the belief that people of some parts of India are the descendents of Israelites. Ahmadi Muslims believe that Jesus (peace be upon him) migrated […]
MKs: Without Jordan Valley, Israel Can’t Defend Itself
The Jordan Valley must remain part of Israel in the event of any negotiated settlement, declare MKs, Ministers on a tour of the area. By David Lev First Publish: 1/2/2014, 11:58 AM The Jordan Valley must remain a part of Israel in the event of any negotiated settlement, Interior Minister […]
Malaysia’s Islamic authorities seize Bibles as Allah row deepens
BY NILUKSI KOSWANAGE KUALA LUMPUR Thu Jan 2, 2014 5:18pm IST (Reuters) – Islamic authorities in Malaysia on Thursday seized 321 Bibles from a Christian group because they used the word Allah to refer to God, signalling growing intolerance that may inflame ethnic and religious tension in the Southeast Asian […]