Beautiful Photos: Muslim Leader Visits Melbourne Landmarks
Alislam Press Release: With great love and tenderness His Holiness fed the birds Read Full story here:
Why I Will Never, Ever, Go Back to the United States
Huff Post: by Neils Gerson Lohman – After a year of traveling, I had planned a last, short trip. I was going to take the train from Montreal to New Orleans. The travels I had been undertaking earlier this year had brought me to places that were meant to form […]
More American Jewish Students Are Studying the Arab World
NY Times: Miriam Berger studied Arabic at Wesleyan University, lived twice as a student in Jordan, did thesis research in the West Bank and, after graduation, worked in Cairo. And like many of the Americans she has met each step of the way, she is Jewish. “I don’t see it […]
Report That Turkey Exposed Spies Strains Its Relations With Israel
NY Times: JERUSALEM — Persistently strained relations between Israel and Turkey have not been helped by a report that last year Turkey revealed to Iran the identities of up to […]
No ‘Qurbani’ for you: Police stop Ahmadis from ritual sacrificing in Lahore
ET: LAHORE: Lahore police stopped various members of the Ahmadi community in Lahore from slaughtering animals as part of ‘Qurbani’ ritual on Eidul Azha, proclaiming that the ritual of animal sacrifice was an Islamic injunction whereas Ahmadis were not Muslims. The Express Tribune learnt that police from the Islampura Police Station directed Tahir* in […]
No 'Qurbani' for you: Police stop Ahmadis from ritual sacrificing in Lahore
ET: LAHORE: Lahore police stopped various members of the Ahmadi community in Lahore from slaughtering animals as part of ‘Qurbani’ ritual on Eidul Azha, proclaiming that the ritual of animal sacrifice was an Islamic injunction whereas Ahmadis were not Muslims. The Express Tribune learnt that police from the Islampura Police Station directed Tahir* in […]
Christianity, the first 1000 years
Suggested Reading How Islam has Influenced Christian understanding of God
PAKISTAN: Persecution of Ahmadis in September 2013
Asian Human Rights Commission: Following are excerpts from the press release of the Ahmadyya Jamat Report on the Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan, September 2013. The full report may be […]
Pak Ahmadis prevented from sacrificing animals on Eid
Z-News: Police on Thursday stopped members of Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community from slaughtering animals here on Eid-u-Azha after Muslim clerics complained that the ritual of animal sacrifice “is an Islamic […]
Indonesia’s elderly
Are Indonesia’s elderly changing course? BBC: A growing number of elderly people in Indonesia are opting to stay in a care home despite having a family willing to look after […]
Indonesia's elderly
Are Indonesia’s elderly changing course? BBC: A growing number of elderly people in Indonesia are opting to stay in a care home despite having a family willing to look after […]
Sleep ‘cleans’ the brain of toxins
Source: BBC By James Gallagher: Health and science reporter, BBC News The brain uses sleep to wash away the waste toxins built up during a hard day’s thinking, researchers have shown. The US team believe the “waste removal system” is one of the fundamental reasons for sleep. Their study, in […]
Sleep 'cleans' the brain of toxins
Source: BBC By James Gallagher: Health and science reporter, BBC News The brain uses sleep to wash away the waste toxins built up during a hard day’s thinking, researchers have shown. The US team believe the “waste removal system” is one of the fundamental reasons for sleep. Their study, in […]
Solar Team Twente finishes highest position ever in World Solar Challenge
Solar Team Twente has gained the third position in the World Solar Challenge in Australia. Never before the red solar car has gained such a high ranking. One and a half year ago, the team of 16 students from the University of Twente and Saxion High School in the Netherlands […]
Last six Dutch soldiers leave Kunduz, Afghanistan
The last six Dutch soldiers serving with the police training mission in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan have returned to the Netherlands, the defence ministry has confirmed. The six were involved in running the German military camp outside Kunduz city which was handed over to the Afghans at the beginning of […]
MALAYSIA Sikhs will use Allah as it is in their holy scriptures, says Gurdwara council chief
BY V. ANBALAGAN OCTOBER 16, 2013 Sikhs will continue to use the word Allah in their religious practices as the word appeared numerous times in their holy scriptures, said the […]
TOO MUCH, TOO YOUNG Helping Swiss youngsters avoid the debt trap
by Samuel Jaberg in Moutier, swissinfo.ch October 17, 2013 – 11:00 Seduced by adverts and special offers, Swiss youngsters are increasingly getting caught in debt traps. But the cantons appear to be taking the bull by the horns and targeting the problem with prevention courses in schools. Speaking to a […]
Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria, Amaechi urges Moslems to emulate Prophet Mohammed (saw)
Source: dailypost.com.ng Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has enjoined Muslim faithfuls to eschew war, destruction and rancour which are alien to the religion and do not represent the […]
Pakistan: Minorities under pressure – A Report
Source: irinnews.org LAHORE, 17 October 2013 (IRIN) – Being a member of an ethnic or religious minority in Pakistan brings with it inherent risks – something dramatically illustrated in Peshawar last […]
Malaysia: Eid al-Adha without slaughtering cattle – Ervinot Kana
Source: themalaysianinsider.com id al-Adha, or the Islamic Day of Sacrifice, underlines the message of equality in terms of poverty reduction. Economically speaking, the holiday encourages the real sector due to soaring demand for cattle such as cows and goats ahead of the celebration. People also prepare for special meals marking the […]