Refugee boat sinks on way to Australia, 21 dead
JAKARTA: A boat carrying migrants to Australia sank off the Indonesian coast on Friday, killing at least 21 people, Indonesian police said, a sign that Australia’s tough new immigration rules […]
Hellfire is abode of the arrogant
MOHAMED BAIANONIE ARABNEWS Published — Friday 27 September 2013 Arrogance is the most insidious disease of the heart and their effects are reflected in the behavior and conduct of the sick person preventing them from entering Paradise. In the authentic Hadith reported by Imams Muslim and At-Tirmidhi, the Prophet (peace […]
Nairobi attack: Somali Muslim pictured braving bullets to rescue girl, 4, and her family revealed for first time
Abdul Haji was pictured reaching out for frightened four-year-old girl running for her life These dramatic pictures show the incredible moment a Somali Muslim braved grenades and bullets to rescue […]
Inter Religious Conference, Val d’oise, France.
Editor of the Muslim Times for France. Ahmadiyya Muslim community of Val d’oise, France is going to organize an inter religious conference. It will take place on 29th of September […]
What word for stupidity? – Ayaz Amir
The News – What have we done to deserve this? Huge as our faults may be, what have we done to deserve the combined intellects of the Sharifs and Imran Khan? There is no escaping the fact that we chose them with our own hands, anointed them with our approval. […]
New massive earthquake rocks southwest Pakistan
Fox News – Officials say a major earthquake of 6.8 magnitude or larger has hit southwest Pakistan, less than a week after a massive temblor in the same region killed at least 359 people. The U.S. Geological Survey said on its website that a 6.8 magnitude quake was felt on […]
Obama Speaks to President of Iran in First Talk Since 1979
Source: NY Times. WASHINGTON — The long-fractured relationship between the United States and Iran took a significant turn on Friday when President Obama and President Hassan Rouhani became the first leaders of their countries to speak since the Tehran hostage crisis more than three decades ago. More:
Kenya says no to Somalia pullout
Source: TOI NAIROBI: Kenya has vowed not to bow to al-Shabaab’s threats of more attacks if troops are not pulled out of Somalia, following adevastating mall attack in Nairobi by the Al-Qaida-linked insurgents. “We went to Somalia because al-Shabaab was a threat to national security … We will continue to take action […]
Turkey goes for Chinese take-away defense
Source: Asia Times: On September 26, 2013, Turkey made the rather eyebrow-raising decision to put its long range missile defense eggs in a Chinese basket, announcing it had awarded a US$3 billion contract to the People’s Republic of China for its truck-mounted “shoot and scoot” FD-2000 system. More:
No faith in the system
The Hindu: by Pallavi Aiyar – Atheists in Indonesia, who have gained little acceptance in a deeply religious society, often find themselves on the wrong side of the law It’s late on a muggy Sunday afternoon in a dimly lit coffee shop in south Jakarta. Many among those sipping cappuccinos […]
To tackle Islamophobia in Britain, we need to fight clever
theguardian: by Matthew Goodwin – Islamophobia is firmly back on the radar of British politics. The increase in attacks against mosques and renewed support for far-right groups reminds us of the need to think seriously about how to root out anti-Muslim sentiment. Today, few serious commentators cling to the bankrupt […]
The Muslim Marriage Crises –
An Epidemic: Unmarried and over 30 There is an extraordinary number of very educated women in their thirties and above who have not found a spouse. As intelligent, educated, single […]
VIEW : The irony on who speaks for Islam — Qasim Rashid
As survivors painfully clean their bloodstained churches, mosques, and malls, we’re all once again left asking How ironic. I stayed up all night writing a rejoinder to an anti-Islam politician who insists that Islam is a violent faith. Instead, I’m met by Al-Shabab who brutally murder 59 non-Muslims in Nairobi, […]
Marriage the secret to good health, study finds
Telegraph: Researchers in the US charted the ups and downs of more than 2,000 married people over a 20-year period and found a strong correlation between being happily married and in good health. The team, made up of academics based in Utah and Nebraska, used information gathered during what was […]
The irony on who speaks for Islam
Daily Times: VIEW : The irony on who speaks for Islam — Qasim Rashid As survivors painfully clean their bloodstained churches, mosques, and malls, we’re all once again left asking How ironic. I stayed up all night writing a rejoinder to an anti-Islam politician who insists that Islam is a violent […]
Demand for amend to blasphemy law exposes PTI
the Nation: MULTAN Strongly deploring Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for demanding amendments to blasphemy law, the Tehrik Tahaffuz Namoos-e-Risalat (TTNR) declared on Thursday that it will mark Friday as condemnation day (Youm-e-Muzammat) against all those demanding changes in or abolition of the law. Addressing a news conference here, the leaders of […]
Latino Religion Survey Reveals Rise In Unaffiliated And Evangelical Hispanics
Huff Post: Hispanics living in the United States are now increasingly evangelical Protestants or religiously unaffiliated as the number of Catholics among them declines, according to a national survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute. While Catholic affiliation has dropped by 16 percentage points (a reported 69 percent Catholic identification […]
The forgotten hero: Mohammad Zafrullah Khan
Source: Daily Times By Mohammad Ahmad Mr Khan is the only person ever to become both president of the UN General Assembly and president of the International Court of Justice Today is the death anniversary of one of Pakistan’s greatest heroes. One can safely assume that there will be no […]
Hard-pressed groups like the Copts of Egypt, the Bahais of Iran, or the Ahmadiyyas, Shias, Christians
Source: The Economist: In plain language, such an envoy would be an advocate both internationally and above all within the administration for hard-pressed groups like the Copts of Egypt, the Bahais of Iran, or the Ahmadiyyas, Shias, Christians and other non-Sunni minorities in Pakistan. If such a job existed—so Mr […]
Pilot’s deadly in-flight heart attack threatens to renew age debate
Source: CNN (CNN) — The 161 passengers aboard United Flight 1603 must have known something was wrong when a crew member announced through the cabin loudspeaker if anyone aboard was a physician. Capt. Henry Skillern, 63, was suffering a heart attack. The in-flight emergency Thursday night that began somewhere in the […]