US ambassador says Syria's Islamic Front rejects talks
STORY SUMMARY The US ambassador to Damascus has said a newly formed Islamist alliance in war-torn Syria has refused to meet with American officials, in an interview aired Wednesday on […]
Nativity of Jesus in art
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Georges de La Tour c. 1644 The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century. The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth […]
The Nativity Story
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Nativity Story Theatrical release poster Directed by Catherine Hardwicke Produced by Toby Emmerich Marty Bowen Wyck Godfrey Cale Boyter Catherine Hardwicke Mike Rich Tim Van Rellim Written by Mike Rich Starring Keisha Castle-Hughes Shohreh Aghdashloo Oscar Isaac Stanley Townsend Ciarán Hinds Shaun Toub Music […]
Muslim ‘Last Supper’ Photo Offers Interfaith Tribute To Da Vinci’s Masterpiece
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz Fatima Ali and her group of Muslim friends host an annual Friendsgiving, and this year they decided to commemorate the occasion in an […]
Muslim 'Last Supper' Photo Offers Interfaith Tribute To Da Vinci's Masterpiece
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz Fatima Ali and her group of Muslim friends host an annual Friendsgiving, and this year they decided to commemorate the occasion in an […]
Maintaining Russian Power: How Putin Outfoxed the West
By Christian Neef and Matthias Schepp SPIEGEL.DE In one of his many foreign-policy successes this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin has used power politics and blackmail to bring Ukraine back […]
Pope Replaces Conservative U.S. Cardinal on Influential Vatican Committee
By JIM YARDLEY and JASON HOROWITZ NEW YORK TIMES ROME — Pope Francis moved on Monday against a conservative American cardinal who has been an outspoken critic of abortion and […]
‘Mission accomplished’ in Afghanistan? No, just a diversion from Catherine the Great – Cameron could not say the Afghan war has been a brutal exercise in nihilistic futility
BY Matthew Norman THE INDEPENDENT Tuesday 17 December 2013 When making a seasonal visit to British troops in Afghanistan, there were many things that the Prime Minister could not conceivably […]
As we move towards the Great War’s centenary, it’s time to recognise the reality of its horror. Beneath the headstones, there are sometimes just bits of human beings
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Why do we want to commemorate the centenary of the Great War? Because it marked the destruction of the “flower of English manhood”? An odd thought, since it also marked the crushing of the “flower” of French and German manhood. The war’s ultimate tragedy, of […]
The sad and puzzling story of Abbas Khan, the British doctor found dead in Syrian jail What prompted the death of a man whose life was more valuable to Assad than any other foreigner’s in Syria?
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT I first met Fatima Khan in the Syrian embassy in Beirut early this year. She was pleading for a visa so that she and her daughter Sara could visit Damascus and seek news of her missing son. I knew nothing of Abbas Khan, but – […]
African migrants in Israel protest detentions
TEL AVIV — Chanting slogans and calling for freedom, some 200 African migrants and Israeli activists ended a two-day march with a rally on Tuesday denouncing Israel’s policy of detaining those illegally in the country. The symbolic march began Sunday when about 150 migrants left an “open” detention facility in […]
‘Al-Qaeda Mufti’ jailed for 15 years following appeal
JEDDAH: MD AL-SULAMI ARABNEWS A terror suspect who issued fatwas supporting subversive activities was jailed for 15 years on Monday after a court rejected his appeal against his sentence. Sulaiman Al-Alwan, nicknamed the “Al-Qaeda Mufti,” will only have to serve six years because he had already spent nine years in […]
211,000 Umrah visas issued for new season
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID & IRFAN MOHAMMED ARABNEWS Published — Wednesday 18 December 2013 The government has issued 211,000 Umrah visas for the new season so far, while about 12,000 pilgrims […]
Singles, sexuality, and faith
by Dr Aslam Abdullah Source: islamicity.com By: Dr Aslam Abdullah Source: http://www.islamicity.com/ Living together before marriage is generally accepted as a normal practice in the USA and Europe. Pre-marital sex in American and European societies has become the norm. Though adultery is illegal in 23 U.S. states, no one has […]
World’s first travel website for Muslim tourists
Paris – A new website for Muslim travellers which includes a global directory of halal restaurants and dedicated city guides launched on Wednesday in a bid to capitalise on the growing number of Islamic tourists. Specialist Singapore-based firm Crescentrating said the site, which is called HalalTrip.com, offers a wide range […]
Americans Less Likely to Believe in Historical Accuracy of Christmas Story Than a Decade Ago
Epigraph: ‘And peace was on me (Jesus) the day I was born, and peace there will be on me the day I shall die, and the day I shall be […]
Devyani Khobragade: India-US diplomat row escalates
Source: BBC India has ordered a series of reprisals against the United States amid a worsening row over the arrest of one of its diplomats in New York. Security barricades […]
Human Hand Fossil Suggests Complex Tool-Making Began Far Earlier Than Thought
LiveScience | By Charles Q. Choi My source: The Huffington Post The discovery of a 1.4-million-year-old hand-bone fossil reveals that the modern human ability to make and use complex tools […]
‘Royal rescue’ grabs int’l media attention
by Omar Obeidat | Dec 16, 2013 | 20:02 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN –– International media showed interest in the news of His Majesty King Abdullah pushing a car stuck in […]
Maltese Muslim Runs for EU Parliament
OnIslam & Newspapers Monday, 16 December 2013 00:00 CAIRO – A leading Maltese politician and convert to Islam has expressed his intentions to run for a seat in the European […]