s we begin 2014, we still haven’t engaged in a conversation about gun control that brings both sides together. Polls indicate a country more or less divided over how to prevent another school shooting. And while legislation has been proposed to reign in the gun lobby, sales of guns have […]
ET: HANGU: Perhaps the only way a parent can deal with the loss of a child is to believe that it was for a cause. This is how Aitizaz Hasan’s parents console themselves: reminding each other, their family and friends that their child is a martyr and he died saving hundreds […]
Source: Lostislamichistory.com 1. Coffee About 1,600,000,000 cups of coffee are consumed every day around the world. Billions of people rely on it as part of their daily routines. And yet, […]
January 08, 2014 12:31 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Story Summary Leading examples include the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), the Nusra Front, the Tawhid Brigade, the Army of Islam, the Islamic Front, the Syrian Revolutionaries Front, the Free Syrian Army, the Mujahedeen Army […]
The compassion and mercy of Islam not only encompasses humanity, but also extends to all creatures in the world. God, the Creator of human beings and animals, has made animals subservient to us. We depend on animals for the food we eat and the milk we drink. We bring animals […]
DAMASCUS: Syrian rebels overran the Aleppo headquarters of the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Wednesday, as claims emerged that ISIL had massacred prisoners there in cold blood. “Hardly any” fighters from the ISIL are left in Aleppo, a Syrian NGO said. “ISIL withdrew from the Inzarat […]
DUNDEE, Illinois — An adventurous peacock had to be rescued by Chicago-area firefighters after he flew from his heated pen to a nearby tree and froze to a branch in […]
theguardian: Iran and Saudi Arabia are both bent on unrealistic plans for dominance in the Middle East or, at the very least, on denying the dominance of the other The Middle East is in the grip of a war neither side can win. The conflict in the region between Sunnis […]
Huff Post: by Steve McSwain — Jesus did not come to create some new religion. Bishop Desmond Tutu is right when he says, “God is not a Christian.” Jesus no more set out to begin “Christianity” than Buddha set out to establish “Buddhism.” These religions, or philosophies, were creations of […]
By Michael Byrne I was born to devout Catholic parents and attended a Catholic school taught by devout priests and nuns. We learned thoroughly our religious knowledge by means of […]
The Christian Science Monitor (06.01.2014) By Umar Farooq, Correspondent Leaders of major Islamic sects in Pakistan have agreed to curb provocations, but enforcing a voluntary code will be a challenge. Pakistan’s top body of Islamic scholars is pushing for a crackdown on hate speech in an effort to curb intra-faith violence in […]
More than 10 million Roma live in Europe. Tens of thousands of them are fleeing westwards from poverty and discrimination in the countries of southeastern Europe. But EU member states are failing to help them. The cupboard door sails out of an upper floor window and lands on a heap […]
By ALISON SMALEJAN. 6, 2014 THE NEW YORK TIMES FRANKFURT — For the first time, German public schools are offering classes in Islam to primary school students using state-trained teachers […]
Rfi: A court in Versailles, near Paris, on Wednesday condemned 20-year-old Cassandra Belin a one-month suspended jail term for insulting and threatening police officers and a 150-euro fine for “wearing clothing that hides the face“. It also threw out a challenge to the law on the grounds that it breaches the constitutional […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former military ruler, General (retired) Pervez Musharraf who is facing treason charges is expected to leave the country this month, according to US media reports. A report in ‘The Los Angeles Times’ states that officials close to Pakistan’s security services said Musharraf could depart within days. “It is […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has surely grasped a strong handle which knows no breaking. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 2:257) Constitution of USA Lead article […]
Nida Ul-Naseer, 18, ‘disturbed’ when she fled South Wales home last week Pakistan-born Nida also missing her medication for anaemia Forced to give up university studies because of money problems […]
Homographs are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning. A homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym. You think English is easy? I think a retired English teacher was bored. 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in “This is just a small step towards ensuring that we all take responsibility of keeping our surroundings and country clean and beautiful.” The residents of Auckland were shown the way by a group of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youths for the first day of 2014 by keeping Auckland parks clean and […]