Source: The Economist: THIS week Muslims from all over the world are in Saudi Arabia for the haj. The Koran says that all Islam’s followers who are physically and financially able should make the annual pilgrimage—one of five pillars of Islam—once in their lifetime. Pilgrims travel to Mecca to carry out […]
Source: hurriyetdailynews.com Main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has claimed that he is a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, speaking during an interview with daily Hürriyet. “It is true, the family that I belong […]
By Steve Almasy. Kim Segal and John Couwels, CNN Winter Haven, Florida (CNN) — The attorney for a 14-year-old Florida girl charged with aggravated stalking that allegedly led to the suicide of a 12-year-old classmate told CNN that her client isn’t responsible for a controversial Facebook post that led to the […]
salon.com Twin studies released at noon Tuesday estimate that the majority of families of front-line fast food workers use public assistance, at a taxpayer cost of nearly $7 billion a year, while seven publicly-traded fast food corporations made $7.4 billion in profit last year. The first study finds that 52 percent of […]
Palestinian Muslim pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s old city on Eid al-Adha or “The Feast of Sacrifice” on October 15, 2013.
CTV News: – Most parents learn pretty quickly that an overtired child is an unruly child. Now, a new study finds that children’s behaviour problems might be linked not just to how much sleep they get, but whether they have a regular bedtime. New research published in the journal Pediatrics finds that […]
Dylan Collins and Patrick O. Strickland The Electronic Intifada Burqa 14 October 2013 Israeli settlers raided Burqa, a village near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on 10 October. […]
Excerpts from the Arab League observers’ report on Syria make it clear that the establishment media is only telling part of the story and exaggerating violence by the al-Assad government and its police and military. The report mentions an “armed entity’ that is killing civilians and police and conducting terrorist […]
Source: alislam.org His Holiness will lead the Eid prayer from the Baitul Huda Mosque The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad returned safely to Sydney on […]
Ahmadiyya Times: – “Rana Tanveer enough is enough. Your favour to Ahmadis and Christians is increasing and now it is my firm belief that you are not a Muslim…” The Express Tribune Chief Reporter Rana Tanveer on Thursday received a threatening letter for covering minorities. The one-page letter, bearing stamps […]
Ahmadiyya Times: – “Rana Tanveer enough is enough. Your favour to Ahmadis and Christians is increasing and now it is my firm belief that you are not a Muslim…” The Express Tribune Chief Reporter Rana Tanveer on Thursday received a threatening letter for covering minorities. The one-page letter, bearing stamps […]
The Jwish Press.com: by Soeren Kern – The Reykjavík City Council has approved a building permit for the construction of the first mosque in Iceland. The mosque will be built […]
By Jürgen Dahlkamp and Maximilian Popp spiegel.de As Germany faces the highest number of refugee claimants in decades, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the European asylum system is broken. But […]
WARSAW, Poland — WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Animal rights activists in Poland have disturbed the start of an Islamic holiday which involves the recently banned slaughter of conscious animals. A group of angry animal rights activists on Tuesday tried to prevent Muslim community in Bohoniki, in eastern Poland, from proceeding […]
Telegraph: In outspoken remarks about the “social breakdown” of Britain, Sir Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools and social care, attacked “hollowed out and fragmented families” where parents suffer […]
The top 12 most amazing Israeli medical advances Israel is a powerhouse in medical innovation. We give you a dozen standouts from a field with many exciting, game-changing candidates. ApiFix […]
Israel revises children’s arrest tactics, but violations continue – UNICEF RT: Israel’s army is introducing reforms to how it arrests Palestinian children in the West Bank, the UN Children’s Fund […]
By: Daoud Kuttab for Al-Monitor Palestine Pulse Posted on October 14. The four-minute video and 13 photos posted on the website of the Palestine News Network tells the story vividly. […]
Worshippers in the Madinah mosque of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) have been surprised to hear a yell of joy from an elderly Sudanese pilgrim saying that she can […]