Source: BBC News Green rice paddies surround the dusty, narrow road to the heart of Kalai, a village six hours north of Dhaka, in Bangladesh’s Jotpurhat district. Children play naked, hanging off stringy bits of bamboo that hold up the makeshift hut they live in. They, like millions of other […]
Bob Rae, The Globe and Mail Oct 30, 2013 More than 20 years ago (keep your eyes open now), I participated in the constitutional process we now know as the Charlottetown Accord. After the failure of Meech, it was an eighteen month effort by the federal government, provinces, territories and […]
Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti, the highest religious authority in the birthplace of Islam, has urged young Saudis to refrain from fighting in Syria. The kingdom has backed the rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad, publicly calling on the world powers to “enable” Syrians to protect themselves, but is wary that fighters […]
The Nobel Peace Prize-winner and economist drinks a glass of water and talks about microcredit This is awkward: I am about to sit down to lunch with a man who […]
Atheists in Egypt are on the rise — and assertively pushing their way into the country’s political debates By Khaled Diab Is Egypt going through a crisis of faith? During my recent visit to Egypt, I met so many non-believers that it was almost tempting to think that atheism has […]
Source: gazette.net More than 200 people of varying faiths answered the call of a Muslim youth group to combat hunger, taking part in a walkathon through the University of Maryland, College […]
(Reuters) – U.S. private-sector employers hired the fewest workers in six months in October while tepid domestic demand kept inflation benign last month, suggesting the economy was still in need of stimulus from the Federal Reserve. The slowdown in private job growth was the latest signal that the labor market […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, […]
Interview with Sheikh Mohammed Sherif Oudeh Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Haifa, Israel by Feras Hamed on i24news AR TV Normal 0 false false false EN-CA X-NONE X-NONE […]
Salon: In order to understand the rationale behind the fortification of the border and the physical form it has taken in recent years, it is necessary to go back a little first. The US-Mexican border, like most borders, was established by violence – and its architecture is the architecture of […]
The ongoing Lal Masjid case, leaving aside everything else, is an example, if one were still needed, of what’s wrong with us. By Ejaz Haider TRIBUNE Two sets of people […]
Guardian: Writing a book about Muslim fundamentalism, the subject of Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here, felt like dancing in a minefield, admits Karima Bennoune. The law professor, who describes herself […]
Guardian: Writing a book about Muslim fundamentalism, the subject of Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here, felt like dancing in a minefield, admits Karima Bennoune. The law professor, who describes herself […]
ABC News: by Jason Om and staff — A veteran spy watcher claims Australia is playing a role in America’s intelligence networks by monitoring vast swathes of the Asia Pacific region and feeding information to the US. Intelligence expert Professor Des Ball says the Australian Signals Directorate – formerly known […]
ABC News: by Jason Om and staff — A veteran spy watcher claims Australia is playing a role in America’s intelligence networks by monitoring vast swathes of the Asia Pacific region and feeding information to the US. Intelligence expert Professor Des Ball says the Australian Signals Directorate – formerly known […]
Russia Today: A senior Russian Orthodox cleric has strongly opposed a populist politician’s suggestion to fight terrorism by imposing birth control in the predominantly Muslim regions. The idea has already […]
By Harun Yahya: Under the pen-name Harun Yahya; Mr. Adnan Oktar has authored some 300 books in 73 languages on political, faith-related and scientific issues which have been read by millions of […]
By Harun Yahya: Under the pen-name Harun Yahya; Mr. Adnan Oktar has authored some 300 books in 73 languages on political, faith-related and scientific issues which have been read by millions of […]
By the Grace of Allah, the Peace Symposium Bangalore which was held on the 26th Oct 2013 was a huge success. The main intention of the program was to highlight the […]
DAMASCUS (AFP) — UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, in Syria Tuesday on the most sensitive leg of a regional push for peace talks, has warned of the ‘Somalization’ of the war-ravaged country. His grim warning came as fighting prevented chemical weapons inspectors from visiting two sites, although UN chief Ban […]