Karzai said this week that he was prepared to walk away from the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) talks if Afghanistan was not happy with its conditions. The United States has […]
Edited by Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel Overview The United States is on the brink of intervention in Syria, but the effect of any eventual American action is impossible to […]
Yahoo News: by Christa Case Bryant – As I was interviewing a secular Jewish man off to the side of a street, a flurry of flyers rained down from a balcony above us. “ARE YOU AWARE?” the flyer asked, one side printed in English and the other in Hebrew. “Separating […]
Yahoo News: by Christa Case Bryant – As I was interviewing a secular Jewish man off to the side of a street, a flurry of flyers rained down from a balcony above us. “ARE YOU AWARE?” the flyer asked, one side printed in English and the other in Hebrew. “Separating […]
Washington Post: Malala Yousafzai may not have won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, but she enjoyed a private Oval Office audience with President Obama and the first family. Yousafzai, […]
http://www.europarl.europa.eu: Parliamentary questions 24 September 2013 E-010838-13 Question for written answer to the Commission (Vice-President/High Representative) Rule 117 Willy Meyer (GUE/NGL) The attitude of the Saudi Arabian Government to human […]
VIEW : Jinnah and Gandhi and the Indian Constitution — Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada Jinnah and Gandhi’s contribution to the Constitution of India, though indirect, is well established Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was a combination of rare qualities. He had the charisma of Churchill, dignity of De Gaulle, greatness of Gandhiji, magnetism […]
allafrica.com: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in The Gambia Tuesday extended a helping hand to nine families in Foni Bondali District of the West Coast Region that were affected by disaster […]
Russia Today: The OPCW may be performing the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria, but it was Russian President Vladimir Putin, who deserved the Nobel Peace Prize as it was […]
The United States is set to overtake Russia as the biggest oil producer outside OPEC during 2014 as shale production ramps up and helps reshape the global energy map. The International Energy Agency estimates U.S. production of oil and natural gas liquids will exceed 11 million barrels per day, making […]
NY Daily News: Brooklyn rabbi tortured Jewish husbands with cattle prod to force divorce Two rabbis plotted to kidnap Jewish husbands, torture them with electric cattle prods and force them […]
Sudbury United church transforms into mosque CBC: St. Paul’s United Church, Sudbury is set to close this month, and then re-open as the city’s second mosque. ………………….. Reverend Stewart Walker […]
‘March against Monsanto’: Global movement plans 2nd protest RT: Joining six continents, 52 countries and over 500 cities, ‘March against Monsanto’ is planning its second mass rally Saturday against the […]
What’s so weird about beards? theguardian: by Richard Carter Men who go for the default (bearded) option aren’t making some kind of statement; it’s those who choose to mow their faces who seem to have something to prove. What’s your problem? Afraid to grow up, boys? Ashamed of your masculinity? […]
ET: ATHENS: Greece and Turkey, which share a history marred by bitter territorial disputes and Christian-Muslim feuds, are at loggerheads once again over religion. The latest row erupted after Greece flatly rejected the idea of reviving two Muslim mosques in Athens in return for the reopening of an Orthodox clergy school […]
ET: KUALA LAMPUR: US Secretary of State John Kerry lauded Malaysia Friday as a modern, innovative and multi-faith model for the world, heaping praise on a country the United States regards as […]
Maulana Maudoodi (1903-1979) Farooq Maudoodi Maulana Maudoodi’s Son: ‘Religion based Politics is the Biggest Threat’ Source: Dhaka Tribune Julfikar Ali Manik , Muktasree Chakma Sathi ‘If a state holds any religion, then it is practicing something else, not democracy’ Syed Haider Farooq Maudoodi, son of… Muslims for Life, […]
VIEW : Our Founding Fathers included Islam — I — Denise Spellberg At a time when most Americans were uninformed, misinformed, or simply afraid of Islam, Thomas Jefferson imagined Muslims as future citizens of his new nation [He] said “neither Pagan nor Mahamedan [Muslim] nor Jew ought to be excluded from […]
Scarborough man admits he belonged to terror cell Another member of the so-called Toronto 18, which was allegedly plotting to detonate truck bombs in downtown Toronto, admitted in a Brampton court yesterday that he belonged to a homegrown terror cell. By: Isabel Teotonio Star Staff Reporter, Published on Tue Sep […]
The most senior and influential Sunni Muslim leader in Saudi Arabia has said wealthy pilgrims should help the poor instead of performing Hajj twice. Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, who has been the religious leader of Saudi Arabia for almost 15 years, said spending money on helping the poor […]