Portable Zamzam cans to be introduced at Grand Mosque
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 […]
Israel OKs new settlement plans as Kerry leaves
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 — […]
Atheist Church Split
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 […]
Shariah and Constitution: A Personal Journey
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 dam impasse remains as talks reach dead-end
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
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 […]
eDigest: Pope announces Holy Land visit amid new push for Peace
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 […]
Germany’s Angela Merkel fractures pelvis in skiing accident
(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 […]
Bookreview: Western Muslims and the Future of Islam Paperback
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 […]
Muslim states should broaden rights of non-Muslims, says Islamic alliance
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 […]
Pakistan versus Ahraristan
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 of AMC Fiji: Fiji Sun USA
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 […]
This is not my Quaid’s Pakistan
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 […]
Australia navy drives boat people into Indonesian waters
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 […]
This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief
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. […]
Torah Animal World To Close: Biblical Museum In Brooklyn Faces Funding Woes
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 […]
Turkey can bridge the Mideast’s divide
Story Summary January 06, 2014 12:09 AM By Sinan Ulgen The Daily Star Following Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s recent visit to the Gulf states, the Islamic Republic’s charm offensive is set to continue with President Hassan Rouhani’s trip to Turkey early next month. Unlike the majority of Iran’s Arab […]
Mideast peace deal and Jordan’s apprehensions
Hassan Barari ARABNEWS Apparently, it is hard to keep the lid on the mutual mistrust between Jordan and the Palestinian leaders. Despite their public statements to the contrary, Jordanian leaders fear that the Palestinian Authority (PA) may cut a deal with Israel at Jordan’s expense. In fact, it is no […]
Ihsanoglu: The man who revitalized OIC
MAHA AKEEL ARABNEWS Published — Monday 6 January 2014 As 2013 closed its chapter and 2014 rolled in, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) turned a new page in its history with the end of the term of its ninth Secretary-General Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, and the beginning of the term […]