Google Street View Car Smashes Into Three Different Vehicles in Bogar
An Indonesian Google Street View driver is being questioned after allegedly crashing into two vehicles after trying to flee responsibility for an earlier crash. If you want to know why […]
Have you ever met a woman in a niqab? Has one ever harmed you?
Source: Newstatesman By Aisha Gani Struggling politically? Want to fill columns? Start a debate about the niqab. It’s another opportunity to roll out the veil puns and plaster that stock image […]
Obama Bypasses Terrorism Rule To Give Weapons To Syrian Rebels
By: DSWright Tuesday September 17, 2013 8:15 am TweetTweet9 digg stumbleupon President Obama, in order to arm Al-Qaeda linked Syrian rebels, has waived a provision of federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to terrorist groups. Not surprisingly, federal law currently bans giving weapons to terrorists. Though it […]
Jihad against Ahmadis: “How can you eat your meals in peace while there are Ahmadis living peacefully in your city?”
Source: jihadwatch.org Pakistan conference calls for jihad against Ahmadis: “How can you eat your meals in peace while there are Ahmadis living peacefully in your city?” Conference speakers made open calls […]
First female genital mutilation clinic opens
Europe’s first clinic dedicated to treating women who have suffered female genital mutilation opened on Wednesday in Berlin. The Desert Flower Centre will offer both surgical and psychological care for those who have had the procedure. Led by a team of experts in gynaecological and pelvic surgery as well as […]
UK: Humanity First prepares globally to assist victims of Syrian civil war
Humanity First – UK Imran JattalaLos Angeles Islam Examiner September 17, 2013 Humanity First, an international aid agency providing services to relieve sufferings caused by human conflicts and natural disasters, […]
Words alone won’t do: Kayani’s remarks
Source: Dawn.Com Published 2013-09-17 07:04:49 THE government’s ardent pursuit of talks with the Taliban has largely been met with stoicism from the army high command — until now. Publicly, the army leadership has been keen to play up its deference to the constitutional chain of command and accept whatever decision […]
Deism: Common between Islam, Christianity and Judaism
Epigraph He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 59:25) We need to enjoy the beauty around us every day and smell the roses, before […]
Germans mistrust EU but British PM popular
Source: The Local The majority of Germans mistrust EU institutions and would like to see more decisions made at national rather than European level, a study released on Tuesday suggests. More:
In Germany Judge orders lawyer to remove headscarf
Source: The Local: A Berlin judge has banned a Muslim lawyer from wearing a headscarf in his courtroom stating she should show religious neutrality. More:
Muslim women come together to focus on the importance on Prayer
Examiner.com Eight hundred and fifty women and girls spent a weekend of spiritual workout at the East Coast Annual Ijtema (gathering). The event was sponsored by the women’s auxiliary of […]
Humanity First Launches Appeal for Syrian Emergency
ukhumanityfirst.org: The Syrian civil war of the last two years has led to over 100,000 fatalities, 4.25 million internally displaced people and over 2 million people displaced abroad, mostly in […]
‘Help fight moral decadence’
GhanaWeb. The acting Ameer and Missionary-in-charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana, Alhaji Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, has called on Muslim women leaders to help in fighting moral decadence in the country. He particularly entreated religious bodies in the country, particularly the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association (Lajna Imailah), to rise […]
Amid Kirtan, Sikhs celebrate Joti Jot
Daily Times: By Fawad Hasan KARACHI: The soothing sound of holy scriptures being recited at a Gurdwara intensifies as one starts nearing the end of Narayan Pura Compound, in Old City Area, Ranchore Line. The festival being celebrated Monday night at the Sikh worship place was one of the most […]
Entrepreneur starts his version of Harvard, tuition-free
(Reuters) – Minerva Schools of KGI doesn’t yet have accreditation, a campus or even a full faculty roster, but it is offering something even Harvard can’t – four years of free tuition for its first matriculating class. The San Francisco-based Minerva Project, an ambitious effort to remake the higher education […]
Forensic Details in U.N. Report Point to Assad’s Use of Gas
Source: NY Times A United Nations report released on Monday confirmed that a deadly chemical arms attack caused a mass killing in Syria last month and for the first time provided extensive forensic details of the weapons used, which strongly implicated the Syrian government. More:
Al Qaeda leader urges restraint in first ‘guidelines for jihad’
Reuters | Sep 17, 2013 | 00:35 LONDON — Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri has issued his first specific guidelines for jihad, urging restraint in attacking other Muslim sects and non-Muslims and in starting conflicts in countries where jihadis might find a safe base to promote their ideas. The […]