King calls on church leaders to help end sectarian strife
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah called on Christian leaders on Tuesday to help bring an end to sectarian strife in the Middle East threatening both Arab Muslims and Christians […]
Arab Christians the closest to understanding Islam — Jordan’s King Abdullah
Following is the official translation of remarks by His Majesty King Abdullah at a meeting with participants in “The Challenges Facing Arab Christians” Conference on Tuesday: In the Name of […]
Sweden grants blanket asylum to Syrian refugees
STOCKHOLM: Sweden on Tuesday became the first European Union country to announce it will give asylum to all Syrian refugees who apply. “All Syrian asylum seekers who apply for asylum in Sweden will get it,” Annie Hoernblad, the spokeswoman for Sweden’s migration agency, told AFP. “The agency made this decision […]
Saudi foreign aid in 30 years totals $103bn
GENEVA: ARAB NEWS Published — Wednesday 4 September 2013 Around $103 billion in financial aid has been provided by Saudi Arabia to 95 developing countries over the past 30 years. […]
Is Jesus God? Ahmed Deedat versus Erik Bock
Additional Reading Is Jesus a Man, a God or a Hybrid
Confucius on Leadership
The groundbreaking new book from one of the world’s foremost authorities on leadership Few things are more important than the quality and credibility of leaders, as they play a vital role in every aspect of our modern lives. Yet strong leadership is a difficult skill to master. Good leaders must […]
Thornhill Teacher Tanya Khan touched lives far beyond the classroom
Teacher Tanya Khan touched lives far beyond the classroom The Toronto Star, September 3, 2013 By Tanya Khan was a popular teacher at Louis-Honore Frechette Public School in Thornhill. She died in August of complications from a brain aneurysm. Tanya Khan was a popular teacher at Louis-Honore Frechette Public School […]
Why the moral argument to attack Syria is a hard sell
American inconsistency on the use of chemical weapons makes it difficult to convince a bunch of teenagers — much less Congress — that we must act By Faheem Younus Source: The […]
Circular for ANNUAL REGIONAL IJTEMA 2013 of Majlis Ansarullah Kashmir, India
Source: Prof. Mahmood Ahmad Tak | Regional Nazim | Majlis Ansarullah Kashmir India Please click on the image to zoom it
In the past some 50 cars were stolen here each year. Now it’s 350.”
Source: The Economist: In the past some 50 cars were stolen here each year. Now it’s 350.” It’s not surprising that car-stealing gangs flock to Frankfurt: crossing the border takes just a few minutes. Polish gangs stealing German cars is nothing new. What’s new is the rapid increase of such […]
Woman booked for declaring herself Prophet in Pakistan
Source: business-standard.com Pakistani police have arrested a woman under the controversial blasphemy laws for declaring herself a ‘Prophet’. According to police, Salma Fatima, wife of Tanvir, who lived in the vicinity […]
Is a Muslim duty bound to murder anyone who insults the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)?
Source: christiantoday.com It is the popular belief among the majority of Pakistani Muslims that they are duty bound to murder anyone who insults the prophet Muhammad. It is not just Muslim […]
Two Islamic TV channels fined for hate mongering [against Ahamdi Muslims]
Source: secularism.org.uk The media regulator Ofcom has imposed fines on two Islamic satellite TV channels for hatemongering. Noor TV, which broadcasts from Birmingham and is aimed at young Muslims, was fined £85,000 […]
These are the People Obama is Funding and Supporting in Syria
Source: The Conservative Papers: Al-Qaeda linked terrorists in Syria have beheaded all 24 Syrian passengers traveling from Tartus to Ras al-Ain in northeast of Syria, among them a mother and a 40-days old infant. Gunmen from the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and Levant stopped the bus on the road […]
Only the biggest God builds a civilization
Author posits religion is essential building block of society The National Post: Among more militant atheist circles, the argument is often made that religion is a human invention serving only […]
“prime minister” of the Vatican.
Source: The Economist: Recent years have been less glorious for the job of secretary of state, although it remains the top position in the Holy See’s administration, or curia, and is sometimes equated with “prime minister” of the Vatican. Its outgoing holder, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, seems to have allowed secretive […]
Who will become the next Pak army chief?
Source: Dawn:Com In the past couple of weeks, speculation has been rife over the appointment of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) and rumours say that this time around the decision-making will be extremely judicious for which the screening process is already […]
47 As in O, A levels: Pakistani student beats world record
Source: Dawn:Com Haroon Tariq. — Photo by Dawn ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani student, Haroon Tariq, has broken the current world record by securing a total of 47 As in his International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) O Level and A Level exams from the University of Cambridge International […]
Debate Revives Merkel Rival as Credible Challenger
Source: NY Times: BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Social Democratic challenger, Peer Steinbrück, returned to the campaign trail on Monday, with neither triumphant after their sole television debate, a mostly decorous 90-minute exchange that restored Mr. Steinbrück as a credible candidate but yielded a rhetorical draw.Perhaps reflecting the flickering interest […]
Obama’s Tightrope Walk: This is a comedy in three parts:
Source: Stratfor: By George Friedman Last week began with certainty that an attack on Syria was inevitable and even imminent. It ended with the coalition supporting the attack somewhere between falling apart and not coming together, and with U.S. President Barack Obama making it clear that an attack was inevitable, […]