Sunder Katwala THE INDEPENDENT It shouldn’t come as surprise that people’s anxieties about immigration aren’t eliminated by being told it’s good for the economy. The British Social Attitudes data may offer some important clues as to how those who want to defend the benefits of migration might best engage with […]
By Robert Fisk, The Independent And so, for the first time in recent history, it seems that the “war against terror” – and specifically against al-Qa’ida – is being fought by Middle East regimes rather than their foreign investors. Sure, American drones still smash into al-Qa’ida operatives, wedding parties and […]
Syrian rebels surrounded a compound held by al-Qaida-linked fighters and freed at least 50 people from a nearby prison Monday as clashes between rival factions in the country’s northern provinces spread to the largest city controlled by the opposition. The rebel-on-rebel fighting in Raqqa — a stronghold of the al-Qaida-linked […]
JEDDAH: Irfan Mohammed Published — Tuesday 7 January 2014 The General Presidency of the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah launched a portable delivery service of […]
AFP ARABNEWS JERUSALEM: A plan for 272 new homes in West Bank settlements was approved on the eve of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s departure Monday, Israel’s Peace Now movement said. Israel had been expected to announce new settlement plans alongside the release of Palestinian prisoners last week — […]
Huff Post — Though the Sunday Assembly “atheist church” was founded just last year bycomedians Pippa Evans and Sanderson Jones, it expanded quickly from just one London congregation to 28 in cities around the world. Perhaps then, it isn’t so surprising that its dynamism has now led to a schism […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise, Winter 2013 volume By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After my training of six years to be a physician, as a lung and […]
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan failed to reach an agreement in the tripartite negotiations regarding the construction of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance dam, state news agency MENA reported. MENA reported that Ethiopia has refused to discuss the terms of “confidence-building measures”, which Egyptian officials say must be changed in order to […]
Saudi Arabia bars ‘political’ sermons souce: bdnews24.com Published: 2014-01-03 17:33:46.0 Saudi Arabia has decided to disallow Imams who politicise Friday sermons at mosques to continue in their positions. The Arab News reported this quoting Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Affairs Minister Saleh Al-Asheikh. The minister reportedly made a statement in this regard […]
Lead post collected by Rafiq A. Tschannen , A Swiss convert to Islam and now a Global citizen Pope announces Holy Land visit amid new push for peace By F. Brinley Bruton, Staff Writer, NBC News Pope Francis has announced that he will make a pilgrimage to Israel, The West Bank and Jordan […]
(CNN) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel fractured her pelvis in a skiing accident in Switzerland over the holidays, her spokesman told reporters Monday. Merkel was cross-country skiing when the accident occurred. Spokesman Steffen Seibert did not disclose the date of the incident, but said her injuries are not thought to be […]
a book by Tariq Ramadan: In a Western world suddenly acutely interested in Islam, one question has been repeatedly heard above the din: where are the Muslim reformers? With this ambitious volume, Tariq Ramadan firmly establishes himself as one of Europe’s leading thinkers and one of Islam’s most innovative and […]
Source: Guardian UK Outgoing head of Organisation of Islamic Co-operation also says west should do more to combat anti-Muslim prejudice Reuters in Paris theguardian.com, Tuesday 31 December 2013 14.28 EST The […]
Daily Times: Many years ago, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and other bigots drove out the Muslim modernist, Dr Fazlur Rahman Malik, a great scholar of Islam and the head of the Central Institute of Islamic Research, from Pakistan because he favoured the Maqasidi approach to Islam Dr A Q Khan — […]
Master Mohammed Hussain a great teacher, mentor and leader M H Koya (PhD) I met Master Mohammed Hussain in his early forties at Lautoka Muslim Elementary School when I was 17 years old working as a licensed school teacher. Master Hussain, who taught 8th grade students preparing them for the […]
ET: “You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed — that has nothing to do with the business […]
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | World | Mon, January 06 2014, 6:11 PM The Australian navy has driven illegal immigrants from Africa and the Middle East into Indonesian waters, an Indonesian police officer said in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, on Monday. The 45 boat people, including nine women, were from […]
Salon: by D. F. Swaab — As far as I’m concerned, the most interesting question about religion isn’t whether God exists but why so many people are religious. There are around 10,000 different religions, each of which is convinced that there’s only one Truth and that they alone possess it. […]
Source: Huffington Post Religion News Service | By David Gibson Posted: 01/05/2014 11:15 am EST BROOKLYN, N.Y. (RNS) The Torah Animal World exhibit can seem a bit like the zombie version of Noah’s Ark — 350 animals crowded into a row house museum in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, at least […]