Olympic torch arrives in Moscow, blazing a trail in record breaking relay
Russia Today: A jet with the Olympic torch onboard has arrived from Athens and landed at Moscow Vnukovo airport. The flame will now be taken to Red Square for a […]
Maudoodi’s son: Jamaat has no right to do politics in Bangladesh
Dhaka Tribune via Abdul Awwal: Syed Haider Farooq Maudoodi believes the religion-based party should not be allowed to continue politics in Bangladesh as it opposed the country’s birth. THE FULL […]
Maudoodi's son: Jamaat has no right to do politics in Bangladesh
Dhaka Tribune via Abdul Awwal: Syed Haider Farooq Maudoodi believes the religion-based party should not be allowed to continue politics in Bangladesh as it opposed the country’s birth. THE FULL […]
Our Founding Fathers included Islam
Excerpted from “Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an” [He] sais “neither Pagan nor Mahamedan [Muslim] nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion.” — Thomas […]
List of cities in the European Union by Muslim population
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of cities in the European Union by Muslim population is located in Europe Europe EU laea location map.svg Islam is the fastest-growing religion in Europe.[1][2] Since 1960s immigrants from Muslim countries started to appear in Western European countries, such as Germany, France and Belgium. […]
Sydney, Australia: Australians accept Islam Ahmadiyyat at the hands of World Muslim Leader
Published on Oct 5, 2013
“I had five sons, now I have four”: Syria’s senior cleric pardons the rebels who killed his son The Grand Mufti of Syria preaches a message of forgiveness
‘I met those men who assassinated my own son – and they told me they didn’t even know whom they were killing.” Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, the Grand Mufti of […]
"I had five sons, now I have four": Syria's senior cleric pardons the rebels who killed his son The Grand Mufti of Syria preaches a message of forgiveness
‘I met those men who assassinated my own son – and they told me they didn’t even know whom they were killing.” Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, the Grand Mufti of […]
Manmohan Singh may be talking peace with the wrong partner; so may Nawaz Sharif
Source: The Economist: THE first law of diplomacy, one late British foreign-office mandarin used to quip, is that “It is not the other side you need to worry about, but your own.” When India’s prime minister met his Pakistani counterpart in New York on September 29th, each had cause to […]
Gul warns of dark Middle Ages in Muslim world
President Abdullah Gul warned the Muslim world on Friday of the possibility of facing the darkness of the Middle Ages as Europe once did if interest-based beliefs are combined with […]
Gazan student shows that necessity is the mother of all inventions
As electricity and gas shortages continue to cripple the Gaza Strip one student has developed an ingenious method to combat the problem. 18 year old Ibrahim Saad has designed and […]
Tunisia deal to bring end to Islamist rule – Political rivals agree on timetable for ruling coalition to quit and be replaced by government of independents.
Tunisia’s political rivals have agreed on a timetable for the Islamist-led ruling coalition to quit and be replaced by a government of independents. The Islamist Ennahda party and opposition groups […]
Following in the footsteps of the UAE, Saudi Arabia prepares for a crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood
Saudi Arabia appears to be determined to crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood in a manner similar to the UAE, where security services have already arrested over 90 members of […]
Jack Sparrow: A portrait of English Muslim captain
John Ward, whose dreams would one day come true, though perhaps not in the way he had wanted; he would become Jack Birdy, the most fearsome pirate in the world, […]
A job to die for
RT: by Kim Kyung Hoon – In Japan, karoshi – meaning “death from overwork” – claims around 200 lives annually, according to the Ministry of Labor. Karoshi victims literally work themselves into an early grave, with some giving up to 110 hours a week to their jobs and leaving almost no […]
Religious ‘Nominals’ Drifting Away From Mainstream Judaism And Christianity
Huff Post: by Cathy Lynn Grossman – In a 2011 LifeWay survey of pastors and people who attend Protestant churches, one in four churchgoers (26 percent) agreed that “If a person is sincerely seeking God, he/she can obtain eternal life through religions other than Christianity.” This is also particularly true […]
Religious 'Nominals' Drifting Away From Mainstream Judaism And Christianity
Huff Post: by Cathy Lynn Grossman – In a 2011 LifeWay survey of pastors and people who attend Protestant churches, one in four churchgoers (26 percent) agreed that “If a person is sincerely seeking God, he/she can obtain eternal life through religions other than Christianity.” This is also particularly true […]
eDigest: Turkey Ends Ban on Islamic Veil
The Blue Mosque in Turkey The Lead Post today collected by Rafiq A. Tschannen, a Swiss Muslim, now a global citizen Turkey ends ban on Islamic veil Source: MSN During a major policy speech Monday, September 30, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will no longer ban […]
Faith, politics clash over Muslim-run women’s gym in France
Oct 4, 2013, 10.47PM IST Reuters LE RAINCY, France: A pink and orange all-women’s gym has become an unlikely focus of a very French row over Muslim integration, secularism and […]
Faith, politics clash over Muslim-run women's gym in France
Oct 4, 2013, 10.47PM IST Reuters LE RAINCY, France: A pink and orange all-women’s gym has become an unlikely focus of a very French row over Muslim integration, secularism and […]