Source: Dawn.Com By Jan-e-Alam Khaki ONE of the enduring topics of Muslim sectarian polemics has been the hadith attributed to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) according to which he had predicted that his ummah would be divided into 73 sects, but only one would be saved. All Muslim sects happily claim […]
PTI NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11, 2013 | UPDATED 12:00 IST India’s two prominent Islamic helplines are discouraging young callers, especially women, from creating profiles and posting pictures on popular social […]
Source: Gulf News: “Conditions include that the Saudi man be at least 35 years old and less than 70 years old,” Faisal Ahmad Al Othman, the Eastern Province undersecretary, said. “A married Saudi man must prove medically that his wife has a medical condition, sterility or deformity and must present […]
Source: Morocco World News: By Youssef Sourgo Last Thursday another similar incident of discrimination and hostility toward Muslims emerged. Lined along the street next to El Farouq Mosque in Houston, a number of signs read, “No Muslim parking in the Westview Shopping Center. Your car will be towed.” More:
Source: Morocco World News: SYDNEY, Agust 10, 2013 (AFP) A candidate for Australia’s anti-immigration One Nation party dropped out of the election race Saturday after a blundering interview in which she referred to Islam as a country. Ms Stephanie Banister, 27, had been campaigning for just 48 hours when she […]
Source: TOI SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Sunday accused some political parties of trying to exploit the situation in the wake of violence in Kishtwar. He vowed to take strict action against those fomenting communal trouble. “My earnest appeal to the people is: Please do not allow parties who are putting political interest above human […]
BELIEF Q9.4: WHAT WAS THE GUIDANCE OF KHILAFAT-E-AHMADIYYA ON PALESTINE? Source: http://cultgirlahmadiyya.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/belief-q94-what-was-guidance-of.html In this ‘spin off’ series of articles, in response to the question of whether mankind still needs divine guidance, we have presenting just a few examples of the divinely inspired guidance Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his successors […]
August 10, 2013 – 15:42 By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) – Warplanes bombed a village in Syria’s north overnight in an apparent effort by President Bashar al-Assad to prevent rebels fighting him from advancing on communities in the stronghold region of his Alawite sect. Assad’s forces are on the defensive […]
by Matthew Allen, swissinfo.ch August 9, 2013 – 11:00 An ambitious multinational project to tap into the solar energy potential of North African and Middle Eastern deserts is facing a […]
By Dalton Bennett STORY SUMMARY Bahrain deported a U.S. citizen working as a teacher in the gulf kingdom over what it described Saturday as her “radical” writings on Twitter and websites as the government cracks down on dissent the country. In a statement Saturday, Bahrain’s Ministry of State for Communications […]
Time; The bees are dying and we’re to blame. TIME’s Bryan Walsh explains colony collapse disorder, and why bees are on the verge of extinction. Watch:
BBC: A Buddhist mob has attacked a mosque in the Grandpass area of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, leaving at least five people injured. Buddhists and Muslims clashed after the attack, and police imposed a curfew in the area. Last month, a group of Buddhist monks had protested near the […]
BBC News: The Ahmadiyya Muslim community is celebrating 100 years of its establishment in Britain this year. Up to 15,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims have taken part in Eid al-Fitr celebrations in […]
Civil War, Sanctions and a Falling Currency Produce Soaring Prices as People Shop for Ramadan By SAM DAGHER DAMASCUS, Syria—On a recent morning, a woman stood in front of a stall lining Bab Serijeh, the capital’s biggest and most raucous food market, and expressed amazement at how prices of local […]
A Commentary By Omid Nouripour Spiegel.de With a new moderate president and increasing focus on the civil war in Syria, Iran is finally in a position to compromise on its nuclear program. The West should seize the moment and head to the negotiating table. Everyone seems relieved to see Hassan […]
Source: seattletimes.com The civilization that Dilmun created on the back of trading in pearls, copper and dates as far as South Asia. Recent discoveries highlight it as a rare and vivid […]
STORY SUMMARY Iraqi Kurdistan’s leader threatened on Saturday to intervene to protect Kurds in neighbouring Syria, who are caught up in fighting between Kurdish forces and jihadists. Kurds in Syria […]
Source: ibtimes.com A Pakistani businessman named Malik Amir Mohammad Khan Afridi, 48, who has an extraordinarily luxuriant moustache, has lived under a cloud of death threats from Islamic extremists over what […]
Mariano Rajoy says Britain should act with ‘common sense and good judgement’ OLIVER WRIGHT Author Biography , ADAM WITHNALL FRIDAY 09 AUGUST 2013 THE INDEPENDENT Spain will take “all legal […]
Source: thestarphoenix.com There wasn’t enough room on the arena floor for Saskatoon’s growing Muslim community Thursday morning. Thousands of people packed Credit Union Centre to mark the first day after Ramadan, […]