Source: philadelphia.cbslocal.com BENSALEM, Pa., (CBS) – Muslims around the world held celebrations Friday to mark the end of Ramadan, including a mosque in Bensalem. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Philadelphia chapter is […]
Source: theglobalmail.org Papua New Guinea: Listen to photographer Vlad Sokhin’s stories of getting to know a little-known part of society, as you view his photos of small communities of Muslims in PNG. […]
Source: ghananewsagency.org Wa, Aug. 8, GNA – Dr. Ephraim Avea Nsoh, the Upper West Regional Minister, has appealed to the Regional Chief Imam and the Muslim leadership in Wa to use […]
Source: gbcghana.com The TUC has asked the Muslim community to use the celebration of Eid-ulFitr to pray for the good and prosperity of the country. Speaking to Radio Ghana, its Secretary General, […]
Epigraph: “Is he, then, who knows that what has been revealed to thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is the truth, like one who is blind? But only those gifted with understanding […]
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch August 9, 2013 – 18:05 Swiss Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga has dismissed accusations by human rights groups of discriminatory restrictions against asylum seekers. Rules declaring certain areas off-limits in the town of Bremgarten, attracted criticism in international media. Sommaruga said there was no formal ban for […]
by Uri Avnery ARABNEWS AVRAHAM Burg (58) was a member of the Labor Party and for some time the chairman of the Knesset. His late father was a long-time Cabinet minister and a leader of the National-Religious Party, before it became a rabid messianic mob. The relations between Burg Sr. […]
Huff post: As tension rises between the modern-Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in Israel, women are speaking out. Having just written “The Feminists Of Zion” published in The New Republic, Allison Kaplan Sommer, in addition to Nili Philipp who was featured in the article, joined HuffPost Live’s Mike Sacks to discuss the unlikely alliance to fight […]
dailymail.co.uk: An Australian election candidate has drawn comparisons to Sarah Palin after an embarrassing interview in which she displayed ignorance of basic facts about Islam. Stephanie Banister referred to Islam as a country, and confused the word ‘halal’ with ‘haram’ – which has the opposite meaning. She also claimed that […]
By Nesrine Malik Guardian: Today is the first day of Eid, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. I took the day off, as Eid on your own at work without […]
MANCHESTER: British Prime Minister, David Cameron visited a mosque in here on Eid day and met with members of the Muslim community The prime minister greeted Muslim community on the […]
Global Post: Oprah Winfrey claims to have been a victim of racism while shopping at a mall in Switzerland. Although the Swiss Tourism office was prompt in issuing an apology to Oprah, […]
Source: Ynetnews: Muslim cleric instructs mosque criers in northern city to avoid calls to prayer on loudspeakers during High Holidays. ‘There are things we can do without for the benefit […]
Russia Today: William Engdahl is an award-winning geopolitical analyst and strategic risk consultant whose internationally best-selling books have been translated into thirteen foreign languages. Developing Pakistan-China ties which can drastically change the economic map of the region are threatened by Pakistani separatism, which might suddenly transform into another ‘terror ground.’ […]
Prophets of Peace. By Earl Shugerman: Most people outside Israel are not aware of the fact that 25% of Israel’s population, are not from a Jewish background, and among them […]
Source: CNN For the world’s Muslims, the festival of Eid al-Fitr is a perfect conclusion to Ramadan — the month-long period of fasting and contemplation practiced by observers of Islam […]
Racism is alive and well, said media mogul Oprah Winfrey in an interview this week on Entertainment Tonight. And as proof, she recounted her own recent Zurich, Switzerland, shopping shame […]
Photos of the nearly fatal wreck won’t show him, but rescuers and emergency workers swear: A man dressed in priest garb did show at the scene of a recent roadway accident and administer aid and prayer that seemed to save the 19-year-old victim’s life. Katie Lentz, a Tulane University sophomore, […]
AUSTRALIA has lost 40 young men, sustained hundreds of seriously wounded troops and invested about $7.5 billion on war-fighting alone in Afghanistan – but that isn’t enough for an Afghan Government that now wants to tax us as we leave. The regime of President Hamid Karzai has imposed a $3545 […]
Source: The Conservative Papers: There has been a total of 10 Nobel prizes awarded to Muslims while Trinity College, Cambridge, has 32 Nobel laureates. It is not the first time Dawkins has angered the Muslim population after he described looters who destroyed manuscripts in Mali as ‘Islamic barbarians’ in January.The 71-year-old […]