Friday prayers for peace and worship or terrorism?
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), said: “Your worship is meaningless if your character and behavior with the people are not good, and you do not treat them with politeness and good conduct. Your worship will not benefit you at all” What do Muslims do when we go […]
Here are the top 10 American corporations profiting from Egypt’s military
The US government gives Egypt $1.3 billion a year. Egypt then uses that money to buy weapons from US corporations. The irony is thick: Obama calls on Egypt’s interim government to stop its bloody crackdown on protesters, but continues to give it $1.3 billion a year in military aid. For decades, […]
Blasphemy case: Ahmadi Defendant seeks removal of 298-C
ET: LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court judge has fixed August 20 for arguments on an application seeking alteration of the charges against an Ahmadi man accused of defiling the Holy Quran by distributing allegedly blasphemous literature. The applicant, Azhar Zareef, is one of six men alleged to have blasphemed by printing […]
U.S. wakes up to its prison nightmare
Source: CNN By Global Public Square staff I was struck by a piece of news recently that is good for America, shows that our politicians are learning from their mistakes, and are actually cooperating with each other – on both sides of the aisle. Sounds too good to be true? For […]
Indyplus updates: The police keep firing; the bodies pile up. In Cairo, bloodbaths are now a daily occurrence
There can be no excuse for the police whose duty is to protect all Egyptians. Robert Fisk, The Independent Friday 16 August 2013 It was a disgrace, a most shameful chapter in Egyptian history. The police – some wearing black hoods – shot down into the crowds of Muslim Brotherhood […]
Knowledge about Arabs is improving
Story Summary The scholarship and serious popular literature on the Arab region in much of the Western world has improved vastly in the past few years, for the simple reason that authors have been forced to write about the realities of what ordinary Arab men and women have put on […]
Britain’s crackdown on illegal immigrants smacks of racism
Neil Berry ARABNEWS Published — Sunday 18 August 2013 GO Home or Face Arrest” — this is the thuggish message emblazoned on the side of vans that have been touring racially mixed areas of London this summer. The vans are part of a crackdown by the UK Home Office on […]
KSA to send 3 field hospitals to Egypt
A number of Arab countries have backed Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s call on Friday, urging them to support Egypt in its fight against terrorism and those […]
British SAS soldier is responsible for the murder of Princess Diana?-New Probe by British Police
British police probe new Diana murder claim http://news.ninemsn.com.au: British police are examining new information about the 1997 death of Diana, princess of Wales, reportedly including an allegation that she was murdered […]
Blasphemy! Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor marriage tagged anti-Islamic by Darul Uloom Deoband
Editor’s note: This fatwa was issued one year back. No news on whether this was taken back. indiaexpress.com: Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband today termed as “anti-Islamic” the wedlock between film actors Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan, saying the bride did not convert to Islam before the marriage. […]
When evils spread on land…
AHMAD WAHAJ SIDDIQUI ARABNEWS Published — Friday 16 August 2013 The earth today stands in imminent danger and nothing will save it from environmental catastrophe. Six scientists from some of the leading institutions in the United States have issued an unambiguous warning to the world: Civilization itself is threatened by […]
US mission in Jordan could last years as Syria war rages — Dempsey
Reuters | Aug 15, 2013 | 22:55 AMMAN — The top US military officer told American troops in Jordan on Thursday that their mission to help the Kingdom contain the […]
Malaysia strips Singaporean of immigration privileges in dispute over Muslim prayer room
By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, August 17, 5:06 PM KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian authorities on Saturday revoked the immigration privileges held by a Singaporean man who offended some Muslims by allegedly letting Buddhists use an Islamic prayer room. The case has provoked debate about whether the government in Muslim-majority […]
Muslim Brotherhood Supported by Western Policies, Might Responsible For Violence Against Coptic Christians
By Press Release, Coptic Solidarity, Crossmap On August 17, 2013 Coptic Solidarity is gravely concerned that continued Western support for the Muslim Brotherhood is directly responsible for the violent tactics […]
Message of Peace from the Islamic Group, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK
Source: oxfordtimes.co.uk ISLAMIC group Ahmadiyya Muslim Association has taken to city buses to spread its message of peace and to mark its 100th anniversary. Adverts on the side of 25 buses […]
What We Don’t Know About The World’s Fifth Largest Religion
Source: live.huffingtonpost.com http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/HPLEmbedPlayer/?segmentId=51ffda2578c90a12d0000888 Executive Director of the Sikh Coalition Sapreet Kaur joins Dena to discuss some things most people don’t know about the Sikh religion, which happens to be the fifth largest in the world.
‘Life of Muhammad’ PBS Series Explores Prophet Mohammad’s History
To purchase the video or view a trailer, click here | Release date is August 20, 2013 Source: The Huffington Post Religion News Service | By Menachem Wecker Posted: 08/17/2013 7:45 am EDT […]
Talaq: Divorced from reality?
Source: articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com The heretical triple talaq is sanctioned neither by the Quran nor by the Prophet’s precepts Talaq, talaq, talaq – the three dreaded words, if uttered by a husband in quick succession […]
Prof. Laura Veccia Vaglieri: An interpretation of Islam
Prof. Laura Veccia Vaglieri contributed several articles to the Encyclopedia of Islam. She was a pioneer of Arabic and Islamic studies in Italy, Veccia Vaglieri served as professor at the […]