Pakistan Today: by Asher John – Taking notice of an electronic and social media campaign against one of the most prominent private schools in Lahore for introducing ‘Comparative Religion’ as a subject in its syllabus, the Punjab government on Friday ordered authorities to seize and eliminate all reading material related […]
Published on Sep 20, 2013 This week, the Canadian province of Quebec announced controversial, wide-ranging legislation keeping religion out of the workplace, called the “Quebec Charter of Values.” The measure would include a ban on state employees from wearing overt religious symbols, including Muslim hijabs (headscarves), Jewish yarmulkes (skullcaps) or Christian […]
Huff Post – LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) – A U.S. atom bomb nearly exploded in 1961 over North Carolina that would have been 260 times more powerful than the device that devastated Hiroshima, according to a declassified document published in a British newspaper on Friday. The Guardian newspaper said the […]
Press Section Nazarat UmurAama 18-09-2013 Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya Pakistan Rabwah Press Release Mr. Ijaz Ahmad Kiyani, Ahmadi gunned down in Karachi on religious grounds Target-killing of four Ahmadis within four weeks; sectarian violence against Ahmadis has increased: Spokesman Jamaat Ahmadiyya Chenab Nagar: (PR) Today, 18 September 2013, Mr. […]
Source: muslimvillage.com Digging into the history of Islam in America, students at Louisiana University will have the opportunity to get better information about Islam and Muslims in a five-week series […]
RT: Member states of the UN nuclear agency voted down an Arab-backed resolution targeting the Jewish state for criticism over its clandestine nuclear weapons arsenal. Fifty-one countries voted against the […]
RT: Bolivian President Evo Morales will file a lawsuit against the US government for crimes against humanity. He has decried the US for its intimidation tactics and fear-mongering after the […]
Source: The Washington Post By Hassan Rouhani: President of Iran. Published: September 19 Three months ago, my platform of “prudence and hope” gained a broad, popular mandate. Iranians embraced my approach […]
Forced marriages a hidden problem in Canada The Toronto Star, By: Debra Black Immigration Reporter, Published on Fri Sep 20 2013 Ground-breaking study finds 219 reported cases over just 3 years, cutting across lines of culture and nationality. And there may be many more flying the radar. Sandeep Chand experienced […]
AFP, Geneva Christian leaders from Syria and beyond are planning a summit involving Muslim representatives in a drive to use faith to spur peace efforts, the World Council of Churches […]
Epigraph: And no burdened soul can bear the burden of another; and if a heavily laden soul call another to bear its load, naught of it shall be carried by the other, even though he be a kinsman. Thou canst warn only those who fear their Lord in secret and observe Prayer. And whoso purifies himself, purifies […]
metronews.ca: The University of Regina is going to great lengths to help its Muslim students avoid doing the same when washing for on-campus prayer sessions. The university has installed “foot-baths” […]
theguardian: by Nesrine Malik. Of late, a new variation of the old chestnut “I’m not racist but …” has emerged. It goes: “I’ve got nothing against Muslims, it’s Islam I hate”. Otherwise known as the “Islam is not a race” argument. After I wrote about Richard Dawkins’s snide attack on the […]
Trust.org: ISLAMABAD, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Disagreement over how to handle an escalating insurgency has put Pakistan’s all-powerful army on a collision course with the government, with the military increasingly vocal in its criticism of civilian leaders, officials and diplomats said. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who came to power in […]
Huff Post. Many countries and courts have taken action over the past decade to regulate, restrict or ban the use of Muslim veils and headscarves in public. Here is a look at the issue around the world: More
PR Newswire LONDON, September 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Islamic leader calls on Muslims to sort out their own affairs A Muslim world leader has issued a stark warning that the conflict in Syria could […]
If Jesus suddenly came back to earth today, would he approve or disapprove of modern Christianity? Answer Share Next question Results Demographics:U.S.CaliforniaChicagoDemocratsFacebook PercentageGeoTrend last answered 5hrs ago Approve 438 votes 17% Disapprove 2,132 votes 83% Distribution of answers submitted by America. 17% Approve 83% Disapprove 1 Approve answers 1 Disapprove answers 0 overlapping answers Data […]
THE CHRISTIAN couple at the centre of controversy after refusing to let a gay couple stay in a double room at their guesthouse say it is forcing them to sell […]
Outgoing Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has challenged Siv Jensen, leader of the anti-immigration Progress Party, to publicly apologise for using the term “sneak-islamization”. “If the deputy chairperson is able to regret it in English, I assume that the party leader Siv Jensen can regret it in Norwegian,” Stoltenberg said […]
As the MIGs raced over Damascus this morning, two traffic cops – sweltering in white helmets on this hot autumn day – were issuing tickets on double parked cars near the Barada River. More than 100,000 dead – give or take a few thousand, if you believe the statistics – […]