Source: CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and 68 others injured in clashes between police and foreign workers following a visa crackdown in Saudi Arabia, the official news agency reported. Police arrested 561 people Saturday in the capital of Riyadh, according to the Saudi Press Agency. More:
Source: The Economist: BRITAIN IN 2003: the country hugs America tight as both prepare to go to war in Iraq. Though many of its continental neighbours disapprove of that adventure, Britain is nonetheless close to “the heart of Europe”, in the confident phrase of its internationalist prime minister, Tony Blair. […]
Source: The Economist THE swaggering leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP or, loosely, the Pakistani Taliban) Hakimullah Mehsud, met a violent end at his lavish home in Pakistan’s remote northern tribal areas on November 1st. Just like his predecessor and clansman, Baitullah Mehsud, he died in a missile strike from an […]
To all participants of the IREF Summit, we are happy to announce a special focus session scheduled for the morning of the 21st of November on Insurance, its importance to real estate transactions and innovative developments for the Islamic Finance real estate markets. All too often, insurance for all levels […]
Buy the book at Amazon US or UK. “Extravagantly denounced and praised.” New York Times “Perhaps books combining passion and erudition don’t change political situations, but if they did, this […]
AZRAQ — Hundreds of Syrians fled to Jordan on Saturday as officials warned that an ongoing lack of funds is causing delays to the opening of the country’s third Syrian […]
GENEVA: Talks on curbing Iran’s nuclear program ended with no deal early Sunday after France objected that proposed measures didn’t go far enough. US Secretary of State John Kerry said “significant progress” had been made on the remaining differences. Six world powers and Iran agreed to resume talks on November […]
MADINAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 10 November 2013 More than 1.44 million Haj pilgrims visited Madinah this year, recent statistics have revealed. Hani Jamaan Al-Husseini, head of the statistical reports unit at the Guides Organization in Madinah, said 755,920 pilgrims visited the city before the Haj and 482,124 after […]
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Islam Answers: Reconciling Human Suffering and Existence of God This is modified form of a speech given at an interfaith symposium in Buffalo, NY, on June 10, 2013 to some 50-70 non-Muslim guests. By Ataul Wahid Lahaye, Canada As a Muslim, we recite… The Ever Present Question of Suffering Epigraph: And when My servants […]
From embracing Islam to attending Catholic masses and plans for a “multi-faith” coronation, Prince Charles’s religious beliefs are wide-ranging When he ascends the throne, the Prince of Wales insists he should be cast not as Defender of the Faith, the title held by each monarch since 1521, but as “Defender […]
This is modified form of a speech given at an interfaith symposium in Buffalo, NY, on June 10, 2013 to some 50-70 non-Muslim guests. By Ataul Wahid Lahaye, Canada As a Muslim, we recite […]
The NewYork Times: by Dennis M . Sabangan MANILA — The powerful typhoon that swept across the Philippines on Friday, one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall, cut a path of destruction through several central islands, leaving the seaside city of Tacloban in ruins and leading to early, […]
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The IMEU, Nov 6, 2013 On November 6, several news outlets reported that the widow of former Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat announced that the results of a Swiss investigation into her late husband’s death concluded he was poisoned with polonium, a radioactive substance. In November 2012, Arafat’s […]
By Irina Missiuro Thursday, 07 November 2013 15:25 Saliha Malik dispels myths and stereotypes The Jewish Voice sat down for a conversation with Saliha (Carol) Malik, a British convert from Christianity to Islam. Malik will appear at Temple Emanu-El’s Fishbein Chapel on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2:00 p.m. to discuss […]
By Berni Moestafa on 1:29 pm November 10, 2013. JAKARTA GLOBE Illegal logging and mismanagement of Indonesia’s forestry industry may have prevented more than $7 billion flowing to state coffers […]
By Leicester Mercury | Posted: November 09, 2013 Comments (0) A Muslim cleric has cancelled a visit to Leicester after concerns about his views were raised. Zimbabwe-born Mufti Ismail Menk was due to appear at the University of Leicester on Wednesday to give a talk to students entitled Young and […]
ISTANBUL, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — Turkish university students staged protests against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recently- revealed intention to eliminate mixed-sex accommodation in state- run dormitories. “This is a violation of privacy. As a student I definitely do not assent what he said,” a first-year student at Bahcesehir University […]
The Express Tribune: by Fahd Husain — A cruel ambience floats within this delusional world. This ambience encourages us to embrace those who kill us and kill those who embrace us; it prods us to love those who hate us, and hate those who love us. Like zombies, we shuffle […]