By: Wendy Gillis Toronto Star News reporter, Published on Sun Aug 25 2013 Islamic scholars experience diversity of Muslim practices at U of T summer program Visitors from around the world taking part in a University of Toronto Islamic studies conference visit a gay-friendly, gender-equal mosque. Three dozen men and […]
Smithsonian.com:by Natasha Geiling. Modern archeologists, excavating ancient Egyptian tombs, have often found something unexpected amongst the tombs’ artifacts: pots of honey, thousands of years old, and yet still preserved. Through millennia, the archeologists discover, the food remains unspoiled, an unmistakable testament to the eternal shelf-life of honey. There are a few other […]
theguardian: by Giles Fraser. God is replaced by the self as the ultimate source of meaning. As traditional structures of meaning are wiped away, boredom comes to be regarded as a very personal sort of failing. And in order to avoid it, various distractions are entertained: travel, drink, drugs, the […]
Huff Post: A leaked Lady Gaga song called “Burqa” is causing controversy among the Muslim community for its sexualized lyrics about the body beneath the traditional Islamic garment. HuffPost Live’s Dena Takruri hosted a panel of Muslim women to get their take on the track. Among them was Keziah S. Ridgeway, a fashion […]
by Faarieya: JALSA FROM 7 SEAS AWAY by Faarieya, Pakistan “Therefore remember Me (by praying, glorifying), I will remember you, and be grateful to Me (for My countless Favors on you) and never be ungrateful to Me.” The Holy Quran, Chapter 2 Verse 153 I am an Ahmadi Muslim, […]
Source: Dawn.Com YANGON, Myanmar: Fresh sectarian violence broke out in northwestern Myanmar late Saturday when Buddhist mobs burned down dozens of homes and shops following rumors that a young woman had been sexually assaulted by a Muslim man. There were no reports of injuries. Myanmar’s radical monk Wirathu, whose anti-Muslim […]
Source: Dawn.Com. A phrase in counterterrorism and counter-insurgency studies is “think beyond conventional measures”, but this is not easy to do. This idea has generated some responses in security circles but the terrorism challenge will not go away simply because of isolated responses here and there. At a certain level, […]
Source: ET Listening to Mian Nawaz Sharif finally speak to the nation, an outsider can almost be forgiven for mistaking him as an opposition leader. Doom and gloom, Mian Sahib displayed an admirable grasp of the obvious. One thing absent (amongst many other things) was specifics. To be fair, Mian Sahib’s […]
Source: ET Growing fissures within the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are fuelling doubts about the monolithic status of the extremist outfit. The cracks have become more discernible following the government’s vague offer of peace negotiations. On Saturday, the TTP sacked Asmatullah Muawiya, the chief of Punjabi Taliban, for welcoming Prime Minister […]
Source: lankaweb.com by A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at – Sri Lanka. (Given below is an excerpt of the Friday Sermons of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of […]
Giovanna Dell’Orto, Associated Press POSTED: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 3:01 AM GRANADA, Spain – For the third time in a week, I’m visiting the Alhambra, one of the most popular […]
Source: businessghana.com Alhaji Maulvi Bin Salih, Second Ameer of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, said Islam is a peaceful religion, which inculcates into the youth, love and unity towards development. Accept SC ruling- C/R House of Chiefs | News Date: 24th August 2013 Daasebre Kwebu Ewusi VII, President of the Central Regional House of […]
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State (Nigeria) has urged religious leaders and groups in the country to help build bridges of unity and peace to enhance development. Speaking to a delegation of Majlis Ansarullah Ahmadiyya Nigeria who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, yesterday, Oshiomhole said he […]
Anwar Sadat, nephew of the assassinated president, talks to Robert Fisk about a ‘savage’ Egypt – and why it needs help It’s not every day you get to ask Anwar Sadat about the fall of Mohamed Morsi. But the nephew of the Egyptian president assassinated by Islamists in 1981 – […]
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Leaving_Egypt_behind.html?cid=36727150&view=embedded August 24, 2013 Egypt faces fresh uncertainty after more protests and a violent crackdown. Tourism has been decimated by political turmoil. Daniela Suter and her Egyptian husband Nasser Amin Gadawy recently returned to Switzerland with their children from their home in the Sinai region. Back in Löhningen in canton […]
by JT | Aug 24, 2013 | 22:52 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat on Saturday said no agreement will be made with the Israeli side regarding the peace process without Jordan’s approval. Erekat made his remarks during a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Judeh […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Published — Sunday 25 August 2013 Work on the Haramain Railway project that links the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah is progressing as planned, […]
The grand mufti of the Kingdom (of Saudi Arabia), Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Asheik, has criticized human rights organizations for not practicing what they preach. Al-Asheik questioned the role of the organizations […]
• Obama weighs options, talks with Britain’s Cameron • Assad govt warns US military action would set Mideast ablaze • UN inspectors press Damascus to allow investigation WASHINGTON: US intelligence […]