Huff Post: by Bruce Reyes-Chow — If you are like me, every once in a while an email arrives in your inbox from someone who is stuck in London or the Philippines because they were mugged and had their wallet stolen. Well, I didn’t get mugged and instead of “stolen” […]
Source: BBC A book telling the story of the hunt for the elusive Higgs boson has won the 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize. Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll scoops the £25,000 award for his book The Particle at the End of the Universe. His work beat five other titles that ranged across […]
Source: TOI VILNIUS, LITHUANIA: After its recent posturing against US over Syria, Russia is now on a collision course with the European Union as it works towards scuttling a decisive summit in Lithuania – a Baltic nation that was under Soviet rule two decades ago. Kremlin’s iron hand has now made Ukraine haltof the process […]
Source: Asia Times: For now, though, the country remains bitterly divided. The uncertainty regarding talks, the constant criticism of the war – to the point of hardliners openly sympathizing with militants – have left Pakistan’s political, social, military and media circles badly split. If foreign powers are indeed colluding to […]
Source: ET Fifty-six women have been killed in Pakistan this year for giving birth to a girl rather than a boy, human rights activist IA Rehman said at a symposium here on Monday. “A country where mothers are killed for giving birth to baby girls can’t be called an ethical […]
Source: Jihad Watch “The Republic of Angola … it’s a country that does not interfere in religion,” the official said via telephone Monday afternoon. “We have a lot of religions there. It is freedom of religion. We have Catholic, Protestants, Baptists, Muslims and evangelical people.” News of Angola’s supposed ban […]
GENEVA/NEW YORK — An international peace conference aimed at ending Syria’s civil war will be held on January 22, the first face-to-face talks between the government of President Bashar Assad […]
Petra | Nov 25, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan, president of the Arab Thought Forum (ATF), on Monday called for launching an initiative to safeguard Jerusalem. At the opening of a conference on Islamic and Christian waqfs in Jerusalem, Prince Hassan urged Arabs to support Palestinian […]
JEDDAH: Miteb Al-Rouqi | Arab News/Al-Eqtisadiah An “Extended Umrah” program will be launched next month by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities allowing pilgrims from 65 countries to make […]
David E. Cooper on Religion Without God Of Gods and Philosophers November 25th, 2013 RONALD DWORKIN DIED, aged 81, in February 2013. Published posthumously, Religion Without God, which is based […]
By Farooq Baloch Published: November 26, 2013 The Express Tribune KARACHI: A leading American science magazine has listed a technology by a Pakistani scientist in its ‘World Changing Idea’ list– […]
26 November 2013 , Source: Ghana Govt. Dating back to pre-colonial times among the Rausa, the Pulani, Kanuri and other people of Northern Nigeria, this fine art remains popular to […]
The title of the poem Shikwa in urdu means complaint (to God) while Jawab e Shikwa means response (by God) to the complaint. In these poems, the famous poet Iqbal praises the legacy of Islam and laments the sorry fate of Muslims in modern times and makes an effort to […]
November 19th 2013 Message for the First Qur’an and Science Symposium: ‘Using Guidance from the Holy Qur’an to Advance Science and Technology,’ organised by the USA Ahmadiyya Muslim Scientists Association being held […]
47,000 WASHINGTON D.C STUDENTS TASTE FIJIAN CUISINE Students throughout Washington D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) learned about Fiji and enjoyed Fijian food on Wednesday, November 20, in celebration of Fiji Food Day. The Embassy of Fiji in Washington, D.C. proudly partnered with the Embassy Adoption Program, DCPS Food And Nutrition Services, […]
News Date: 25th November 2013 Concerns about creeping radicalism in Spain’s North African enclaves have made military commanders question the loyalty of Muslim soldiers recruited from those regions, prompting staff shifts and worries about religious tolerance. The doubts – focusing on whether recruits from the two enclaves on the Moroccan […]
By Christiane Amanpour, CNN When the deal between Iran and the major world powers was announced in Geneva, Iranian reporters greeted Foreign Minister Javad Zarif with cheers at his press conference, and Iranians gave him and his team a hero’s welcome when they landed back home in Tehran. Such is […]
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Empty Church Source: Huffington Post CANTERBURY, England (RNS) A former archbishop of Canterbury has warned that the Church of England faces extinction in less than 25 years unless it can […]
Respected Razia Begum Sahiba was the daughter of Hazrat Chaudhary Maula Bakhash Sahib (ra), the companion of the Promised Messiah (as) Following official announcement have been circulated across worldwide […]