Why Muslims celebrate Eid on different days?
Additional reading: Eid Mubarak and What is the Muslim Times doing for You? and: Rumi: The Quran is Like a Shy Bride! Suggested reading: Bringing the Muslims to the Same Day Eid […]
Refuting Prof. Richard Dawkins’ Islamophobic Tweets
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 will reflect.” (Al Quran 13:20) Prof. Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins’ tweets on Islam are as rational as the rants of an […]
What If Attlee Hadn’t Partitioned India?
outlookindia.com“Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.” Imagine those famous words spoken “at the stroke of the midnight hour”, not by Jawaharlal Nehru as leader of a partitioned […]
Northern Ireland Clashes Leave 56 Police, 2 Civilians Injured
Source: NY Times: BELFAST — Fifty-six police officers and two civilians were injured in clashes in central Belfast in the latest flare-up in tensions between Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Catholic […]
One lakh apply for ‘one-way ticket’ to Mars to never return
Source: Hindustan Times: The Mars One project by NASA which aims to colonize Mars beginning in 2022 has reportedly revealed that more than one lakh people are eager to join the project in a bid to visit the red planet, but do not want to come back. More:
Secular Islam: August 11, 1947: Mr. Jinnah’s presidential address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen! I cordially thank you, with the utmost sincerity, for the honour you have conferred upon me – the greatest honour that is possible to confer […]
The mystery of 73 sects
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 […]
Lucknow clerics ask women not to post their pictures on Facebook
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 […]
16 Saudis married Ethiopians last year
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 […]
“No Muslim parking”
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:
‘Australia’s Sarah Palin’ quits election race after Islam gaffe
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 […]
Don’t exploit situation!
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?
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 […]
Assad sends air force to prevent rebel advances in home province
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 […]
DESERT STORM : Desert solar energy plan at strategy crossroads
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 […]
Bahrain deports U.S. teacher over ‘radical’ writings
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 Explains: Why Bees Are Going Extinct
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:
Sri Lanka Buddhist mob attacks Colombo mosque
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 […]
Thousands celebrate Eid at Morden mosque
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 […]