By Will Weissert, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Board of Education used a late-night meeting to give preliminary approval to new science textbooks for classrooms across the state […]
By Courtney Subramanian @cmsubNov. 23, 2013 A leaked National Security Agency document reveals a four-year mission strategy that underscores the agency’s scope of power and desire to broaden surveillance efforts in the “golden age of Signit,” or signals intelligence. The five-page, February 2012 document, leaked by former NSA contractor Edward […]
The P5+1 world powers and Iran have struck a historic deal on Tehran’s nuclear program at talks in Geneva. Ministers overcame the last remaining hurdles to reach an interim agreement, […]
by Jason Ditz, November 21, 2013 NATO is about to lose access to its primary supply line into occupied Afghanistan, the Khyber Pass, as Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistani Tehreek-e Insaf (PTI), the political party which runs the Khyber Pakhtunkhah Province (KP) through which the supplies travel, has […]
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We (Allah) have sent down to Our servant (Muhammad), then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers […]
Erol Yayboke Every year millions of Muslims from around the world participate in the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Despite being a fundamental pillar of Islam, the Hajj is often misunderstood, […]
Quran and Science Symposium in Silver Spring Maryland Today Venue: At Bait-ur-Rehman Mosque on Saturday November 23rd, 2013, from 10AM to 6PM. 15000 Goodhope Road, Silver Spring, Maryland Session […]
A Wollongong woman has accused a local accountancy firm of sacking her for wanting to wear the Muslim headscarf. Mariam El Hassan, 23, had worked at the firm for five years. Her lawyer says she asked the firm if she could start wearing the headscarf to work for religious reasons […]
Venue: At Bait-ur-Rehman Mosque on Saturday November 23rd, 2013, from 10AM to 6PM. 15000 Goodhope Road, Silver Spring, Maryland Session 1: Tapping into the treasures of the Quran for science 10:00 […]
wissinfo.ch and agencies November 21, 2013 – 11:03 Swiss diplomat Pierre Krähenbühl has been appointed commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near […]
By: Ralph Langner BROOKINGS Editor’s Note: In a September 19, 2013 op-ed in Foreign Policy, Ralph Langner evaluates the lessons and legacy of the Stuxnet computer worm that crippled Iran’s uranium enrichment efforts in 2010. Langner reveals that another, more subtle Stuxnet variant infected Iranian industrial control systems as early […]
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | UK Desk Source/Credit: Ahmadiyya Times By Shermeen Butt | November 21, 2013 The following was written as a comment on Nadeem Paracha’s piece in Dawn yesterday – but Dawn has chosen not to publish it. I really do not know why. [Shermeen Butt] Mr […]
Barbara Surk And Diaa Hadid Beirut — The Associated Press Last updated Friday, Nov. 22 2013, 3:45 PM EST Powerful Syrian Islamic rebel brigades announced Friday their merger into a single organization, a step meant to hold off surging government forces and stop rival groups from seizing more opposition-held territory. […]
Source: blogs.tribune.com.pk November 21, marks the death anniversary of Dr Abdus Salam – Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate and one of the legendary physicists of the 20th century. The list of his achievements and awards is so […]
Source: globallytrue.wordpress.com ISLAMABAD: The government ordered the Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take strict action against anyone who propagates sectarianism via social media or mobile […]
Source: theislandnow.com Temple Tikvah in New Hyde Park will honor an historical tradition next Sunday when it conducts an interfaith Thanksgiving service including Jews, Christians, Muslims and Hindus. As Temple Emanuel, […]
Source: saudigazette.com.sa A group of students at King Abdul Aziz University have launched a campaign through word of mouth and social media that aims to restore the reverence and the special […]
Source: arabnews.com ALLAH Almighty has described Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a “Mercy for all the Worlds,” as He said in the Qur’an: “We have sent you as a […]
Source: eventbrite.com Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Blood Drive Wednesday, November 27, 2013 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. 2S510 Rt 53, Glen Ellyn The “Muslims for Life” campaign, whose goal is to collect […]
Source: mydailynewswatchng.com The executive committee of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Nigeria will hold its annual retreat in Lokoja, Kogi State. This is coming on the heels of the annual conference of […]