June 27 By Maryam Khan Ansari – ILLUME Reporter Washington DC, USA The Same-sex marriage ruling has cleared the way for many, including gay Muslims, to marry. But over the years, homosexuals who identify as Muslims found it difficult to have an Imam perform the ceremony. Now, they have a […]
Once again, a Middle East conflict is pushing oil prices higher. Oil prices rose roughly 3% Tuesday and continued advancing by nearly 1% Wednesday, as the U.S. government and its allies consider a military strike on Syria following the country’s suspected use of chemical weapons. The conflict has left […]
The Toronto SUN, August 28, 2013, by Tarek Fatah Hijab is elephant in the room The government of Quebec has made the Sikh turban and the Jewish kippa their sacrificial lambs To the growing chorus of critics who have labelled the Parti Quebec “xenophobic,” I say it is far too […]
Krishna Janmashtami @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_Janmashtami Krishna Janmashtami (Devanagari कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी kṛṣṇa janmāṣṭami), also known as Krishnashtami, Saatam Aatham, Gokulashtami, Ashtami Rohini, Srikrishna Jayanti, Sree Jayanti or sometimes merely as Janmashtami, is […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: August 28, 2013 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday discharged the contempt of court notice against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) […]
If Barack Obama decides to attack the Syrian regime, he has ensured – for the very first time in history – that the United States will be on the same side as al-Qa’ida. BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Quite an alliance! Was it not the Three Musketeers who shouted “All […]
by Taylor Luck | Aug 27, 2013 | 22:56 Updated: Aug 27, 2013 | 22:56 AMMAN — Jordanian jihadist leaders on Tuesday warned Western powers against an impending military strike in Syria, vowing “full resistance” to any international intervention. Leaders of the hard-line Jordanian Jihadi Salafist movement denounced US calls […]
A French teenager has attempted suicide after reportedly being assaulted by skinheads for wearing the Muslim veil. The 16-year-old jumped from the fourth floor of her apartment building outside Paris […]
Jalsa Connect: THE ANGEL WITH THE LOAF OF BREAD August 27, 2013 JalsaConnect Featured 5 Comments Roti: ro·ti – noun ˈrō-tē a round soft flat unleavened bread; also : such a bread wrapped around a filling […]
Source: NY Times: The Syrian conflict affects American foreign policy in a number of ways, but the Obama administration has approached it cautiously, not only because it wants to reduce American military engagement overseas but also because the conflict is complicated and quickly shifting. The rise of sectarianism and the […]
Source: NY Times: CAIRO — The leaders of the Arab world on Tuesday blamed the Syrian government for a chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people last week, but declined to back a retaliatory military strike, leaving President Obama without the broad regional support he had for his last […]
Source: Tariq Kareem Arif. Photos: Tariq Kareem Arif: Alhamdolillah the German Ahmadi Muslim Adventure Group reached Calais at the end of the 2nd day. The weather was much better than on first day shedding more sunshine. As group started its 2nd day earlier than yesterday, the members even had […]
August 27, 2013 – 19:13 Zurich Insurance chief financial officer Pierre Wauthier, who was found dead at his home on Monday, probably committed suicide, according to the local police in Zug. A police spokesman, citing information from the Forensic Medicine Institute, said third party involvement in his death could be […]
by Clare O’Dea, swissinfo.ch August 26, 2013 – 18:00 Human security, summed up as ‘freedom from want and fear’, is the current buzzword of international peace-building and humanitarian work. Two […]
Source: The Times of Malta, Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 00:01 by Laiq Ahmed Atif A very common saying in Pakistan is that if someone wants to take the biggest revenge on someone, does not need to kill him, but simply turn him into a drug addict. Drugs will keep killing […]
Russia has begun to evacuate its citizens from Syria, as its deputy prime minister stated that the West was acting in the Islamic world like “a monkey with a grenade”. […]
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Source: Gulf News.Com One of Indonesia’s most influential Islamic groups is urging the government to cancel the Miss World pageant scheduled for next month, saying the exposure of skin by […]
Source: BD News24 The US Ambassador to Bangladesh, Dan Mozena, has stressed the need to cut off money supply to terrorists, saying it acts like oxygen for terrorism. “Money and terrorism can be two sides of the same coin. Money [is] the facilitator of terrorism. Money [is] the enabler of […]