Deviation behind Muslim woes, says grand mufti
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 24 August 2013 The Grand Mufti Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh has stressed the need to adhere to the teachings of the Qur’an and Sunnah to unify […]
Obama DOJ Asks Court to Grant Immunity to George W. Bush For Iraq War
By davidswanson – Posted on 20 August 2013 By Inder Comar SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., (Aug. 20, 2013) — In court papers filed today (PDF), the United States Department of Justice requested that George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Paul Wolfowitz be granted procedural immunity […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of the Democratic Republic of Congo Organizes Reception to mark the end of Ramadan
Report By: Abu Bakar Thitenge The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of the Democratic Republic of Congo organized the reception this Saturday (August 17, 2013) at 14:00 hours in the Botanical Garden […]
Ofcom fines Takbeer TV £25,000 for verbal abuse (of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at)
by Raj Baddhan 23rd August 2013 11:31 bizAsia @RajBaddhan raj@bizasialive.com UK broadcaster Takbeer TV has been fined £25,000 for airing material that subjected members of the Ahmadi community and their beliefs to abusive treatment in June/July last year. The channel, which targets the Sunni Muslim community in the UK and […]
American Tells of Odyssey as Prisoner of Syrian Rebels
By C. J. CHIVERS Published: August 22, 2013 Matthew Schrier was helpless. An American photographer held in a rebel-controlled prison in the Syrian city of Aleppo, he and a fellow […]
Police say female photographer, 23, gang-raped in Mumbai
From Neha Sharma, for CNN updated 9:42 AM EDT, Fri August 23, 2013 New Delhi (CNN) — Police have arrested one man and identified others in the alleged gang rape of a 23-year-old female photographer in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai, police said Friday. The incident is the latest shocking report […]
Migraines—What Causes Them, and How You Can Best Address Them
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Emerging market rout eases as data lifts growth hopes
(Reuters) – The rout in emerging markets eased on Friday and world shares headed for a second day of gains, as data suggesting the global economyis improving took the edge off concerns about a cut in U.S. monetary stimulus. Wall Street was expected to open little changed with the focus […]
Scrap the Jewish state law
The right direction for Israel to take is clear, and the prime minister understands it. Israel must set borders within which it has a Jewish majority and move to integrate its Arab citizens. Haaretz Editorial | Aug. 23, 2013 | 8:32 AM The only way Israel can exist as a […]
Muslim woman who was told not to pray in park fears others face ‘hurtful abuse’
NIALL O’CONNOR – 23 AUGUST 2013 A MUSLIM woman who was told to stop praying in a park fears other Muslims in Dublin have suffered similar “hurtful abuse”. The woman, […]
Local crowd rallies against Muslim Brotherhood, in support of Copts
By Jeff Kunerth, Orlando Sentinel 4:20 am, August 23, 2013 More than 100 Egyptian-Americans and their supporters gathered Thursday night in sympathy with Coptic Christians and in opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood. Speakers maintained that the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was justified because of widespread displeasure with his […]
Saudi Arabia fights extremism to the last Egyptian
STORY SUMMARY Watching Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Gulf states line up behind the bloody counter-revolution in Egypt, you can’t help suspect that these conservative monarchies are ready to fight to the last Egyptian against the Muslim Brotherhood – waging what amounts to a proxy war against the regional threat […]
Exclusive: UK’s secret Mid-East internet surveillance base is revealed in Edward Snowden leaks
Data-gathering operation is part of a £1bn web project still being assembled by GCHQ DUNCAN CAMPBELL , OLIVER WRIGHT , JAMES CUSICK , KIM SENGUPTA FRIDAY 23 AUGUST 2013 Britain runs a secret internet-monitoring station in the Middle East to intercept and process vast quantities of emails, telephone calls and […]
Insight – In small American town, a window into Egyptian general’s past
August 23, 2013 – 02:26 By Phil Stewart CARLISLE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Unlike today’s ubiquitous images of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in crisp uniform decorated with medals, the U.S. Army […]
Jerusalem mufti urges follow-up on King’s call for moderation
by Mohammad Ghazal | Aug 22, 2013 | 22:59 AMMAN — A leading Muslim scholar said His Majesty King Abdullah’s address at a meeting with Muslim scholars on Tuesday carried […]
The road is set … the choice is yours
A recent article in the Detroit News contrasted the lives of two ordinary persons from Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. Two persons joined by faith and circumstances, yet separated by […]
Experts at seminar offer strategy to deal with radicalism in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 23 August 2013 Pakistan is not alone in facing the menace of radicalism and extremism, as several other countries too face similar problems, and […]
UN chief: Syria chemical attack would be ‘crime against humanity’
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Published — Friday 23 August 2013 DAMASCUS: The use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute a “crime against humanity,” UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on […]
Real time Rapunzel: Woman with Longest Dreadlocks
Source: in.lifestyle.yahoo.com Asha Mandela, the woman with the world’s longest dreadlocks, credits her hair for helping her pull through two heart attacks, cancer, and two strokes. ‘Cutting it would be equivalent […]
Fomena T I Ahmadiyya Senior High School gets governing board
Source: businessghana.com A 13-member Governing Board for the Fomena T I Ahmadiyya Senior High School has been inaugurated with a call to it to make sure that there is transparency in the financial administration of the school. The school, established in 1968 with 15 students, now has a student population of […]