Towards a Third Intifada?
As Israel continues its encroachments on Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, Palestine watchers are beginning to predict a Third Intifada, Until only a few years ago, anti-Israeli demonstrations rocked student […]
The future of the Free Syrian Army
We examine the shifting alliances within the opposition and the likely impact on achieving stability in Syria. Inside Syria Aljazeera On September 24, thirteen of the most powerful rebel groups withdrew their recognition of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) – and proposed the formation of a new opposition coalition bound […]
The War in October
Forty years on, Al Jazeera examines three weeks of war from which both Arabs and Israelis claimed to emerge victorious. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat once called it the last war. But 40 years after Sadat uttered those words, the Arab-Israeli conflict has no end in sight. The story of the […]
Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi hosts Arab science exhibition
Source: The National By: Hugo Berger | September 19, 2013 An exhibition into the time when Arabic scientific knowledge surpassed the rest of the world is starting next week at the […]
A Muslim Prosecutor in Britain, Fighting Forced Marriages and Honor Crimes
LONDON — NAZIR AFZAL’S enemies are a diverse lot. NYTimes Some, like him, are Muslim men who were born in Britain but have roots in Pakistan or other South Asian countries and cannot understand how Mr. Afzal would be critical of forced marriages and honor crimes and give “racists another […]
Human chain formed to protect Christians during Lahore mass
LAHORE: The Muslim and Christian communities came together in a show of solidarity in Lahore, Express News reported Sunday. Hand in hand as many as 200 people formed a human […]
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, […]