A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and MIKE McINTIRE THE NEW YORK TIMES October 5, 2013 WASHINGTON — Shortly after President Obama started his second term, a loose-knit coalition of conservative activists […]
The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors, BBC Two, review
A review of the first episode of BBC Two’s The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors, which traces the 600-year-old story of the Ottoman Empire The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors (BBC Two) […]
The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors, BBC Two, review
A review of the first episode of BBC Two’s The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors, which traces the 600-year-old story of the Ottoman Empire The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors (BBC Two) […]
The media’s double standard on child victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Annie Robbins on October 6, 2013 MONDOWEISS.NET This post is about 2 children, each violently attacked recently and each victims of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Below is a photo of 6-year-old […]
Did Prophet Muhammad kill 700 Jews?
A good place for the non-Muslims to start learning about the Holy Prophet Muhammad is a movie named, the Message: Mohammed: Messenger of God, (1976) Rated PG, starring Anthony Quinn. […]
Typhoon Fitow hits eastern China after mass evacuation
Typhoon Fitow – named after a flower – made landfall at 01:15 local time on Monday BBC: Powerful Typhoon Fitow has made landfall in eastern China after triggering the evacuation […]
Exiled writer, educator Dr Daud Rahbar passed away in Florida
By Mehmud Ahmad, Brampton, Ontario Dr Daud Rehbar, an academic, thinker, writer, poet,musician and author of renown in the 64th year of his exile from Pakistan in a Nursing Home in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He was 86 and is survived by a long-ailing widow and two daughters. He was the […]
eDigest: President Vladimir Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Epigraph: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
Video: Extremism in Pakistan
Dunya TV: Critics criticize Extremism in Pakistan in On the Front with Kamran Shahid:
Madonna studying Quran
The Nation: LOS ANGELES – US pop icon Madonna is studying the Holy Quran these days, she revealed in an article published Friday. “I am building schools for girls in […]
50 Amazing Mosques From Around The World (PHOTOS)
The Huffington Post: Many of these incredible houses of worship defy typical expectations about what a mosque looks like. Nontraditional minarets and experimental domes add variety, and showcase the massive […]
Oktoberfest drinkers treated every 10 minutes
Source: The Local Munich hospitals treat a drinker every 10 minutes during Oktoberfest. This time of year the city’s accident and emergency departments become, for some, just another tent at […]
Publishing start-ups crowd Frankfurt book fair
Source: The Local A rush of publishing start-ups and ever new ways to lure readers in an industry with Amazon breathing down its neck will be a central theme at […]
Understanding Egyptian manners
Samia Abdennour reviews some Egyptian manners that may present pitfalls to unwary visitors from abroad A Western acquaintance of mine once had the misfortune of committing a serious faux-pas according […]
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 […]