Source: papers.ssrn.com Singapore is a secular state with a Muslim minority (about 15 per cent, mostly ethnic Malay). However, the Administration of Muslim Law Act (AMLA), which governs personal status, does […]
Source: onislam.net Malawi (southeast Africa): Reaching out to the Muslim community, Malawi President Joyce Banda has hosted a special iftar for Muslim women to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan, urging Malawi […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Cavan Sieczkowski Televangelist Pat Robertson is not a fan of demons, so much so that he says if one of those ungodly creatures was haunting […]
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_embed_2x_container.swf?site=cnn&profile=desktop&context=embedwww&videoId=world/2013/04/05/pkg-jamjoom-saudi-blogger-family.cnn&contentId=world/2013/04/05/pkg-jamjoom-saudi-blogger-family.cnn By Ed Payne and Mohammed Jamjoom, CNN (CNN) — A Saudi court has sentenced a activist to seven years in prison and 600 lashes for violating the nation’s anti-cybercrime law, Human Rights Watch reported Wednesday. A Jeddah Criminal Court found Raif Badawi, who has been in prison since June […]
(Reuters) – U.S. economic growth unexpectedly accelerated in the second quarter, laying a firmer foundation for the rest of the year that could bring the Federal Reserve a step closer to cutting back its monetary stimulus. Gross domestic product grew at a 1.7 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said […]
source: healthymanners.com What is Cancer? The “Cancer” is a broad group of various diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. The cells grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the body through the lymphatic system or […]
Source:Morocco World News via Wasim Sr. To the people, Leila is a blind girl. The light she used to see has turned into darkness. Her room, as everything else in her new world, has one color: black.The colors disappeared from the dictionary of her sight. All colors are one color: […]
Source: The Local: One third of all marriages in Germany will end in divorce, new statistics show. Yet those couples who do so now wait longer than they used to before throwing in the towel. One in three German marriages will end in divorce, according to statistics released by the […]
Source: The Local: Schools can separate girls and boys for sports lessons, a court in Berlin said on Tuesday. The ruling rejects a complaint from parents who said separate lessons were sexist discrimination. More:
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar In a show trial/kangaroo court with an American twist, worthy of the Cultural Revolution in 1960s China, Bradley Manning was predictably found guilty of multiple counts of violating the Espionage Act. More:
Source: Abid Khan, Press Secretary AMJ International: Despite hope of change arising out of Pakistan’s general elections, Pakistan’s Ahmadi Muslims remain subjected to sustained and serious oppression because of their faith. In this edition, we report on four attempted murders, an attempted kidnapping of a nine year old Ahmadi Muslim […]
Source:CNN “I was really shocked at first. I couldn’t believe we were being given this baby girl,” said Suriya Bilqees, now a mother of a two-week old. “I was extremely happy.”Another baby, a boy, is due to be given to another couple at some point in the coming days.The show’s […]
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rabwah.net: On July 11, the first day of Ramazan, a group of Sunnis beat up the Ahmedis and kicked them out of the place of worship, telling them not to […]
bps.org.uk: British Muslim women who wear the hijab feel generally better about their body image than those who don’t wear the hijab suggests research published in the British Journal of Psychology […]
latino.foxnews.com: MEXICO CITY – When Moroccan national Said Louahabi arrived in Mexico City in 1994, he and fellow Muslims had to attend religious services at the Pakistani embassy because there were no mosques or Islamic centers. “I started looking for Muslims and a mosque when I first arrived,” Louahabi, an […]
nationalinterest.org: Last month, militants murderednine foreign mountain climbers at a base camp on Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat peak. Many observers noted that it was the first attack of its kind. But in fact, one aspect of the attack—which received little news coverage—was depressingly familiar. This is because there was a tenth casualty—a […]
Source: dc-epaper.com | dailypioneer.com | zeenews.india.com Telangana will be India’s 29th State. Facing a political washout in Andhra Pradesh (AP), the Congress on Tuesday decided to divide the southern State to offset its losses in […]
July 31, 2013 Swissinfo.ch Ramadan, the ritual Muslim fasting, is taking place. The challenge for those who are celebrating it in Europe are the longer days in which they have to go without either eating or drinking. Many of course miss the familiar atmosphere. (swissinfo.ch, Raffaella Rossello & Islah Bakhat) […]