qz.com: Last week, the state-run China Daily ran a feel-good portrait of a Uighur Muslim family in the Xinjiang region in northwest China celebrating Ramadan, the holy month during which Muslims abstain from food and drink during daylight. “My high school has never made any demands as to whether the students observe the […]
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Apparently non-Muslims as well have observed the benefits of fasting and decided to make the best of it as a Hindu family residing in Dubai has been fasting during Ramadan. This is not their first time. They have been fasting during Ramadan for 14 years. “We cannot imagine […]
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient […]
(Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet will consider releasing more than 100 Arab prisoners held by Israel in order to boost prospects for talks expected with the Palestinians in […]
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz Desmond Tutu denounced religions that discriminate against LGTB-identified people by making some very strong statements during the United Nations’ launch of its gay-rights […]
Source: BBC The European Commission says it has reached “an amicable solution” with Beijing in a row over imports of Chinese solar panels. Both sides have agreed a minimum price […]
Source: arabnews.com The Prophet’s Mosque is known the world over as the second largest mosque with its most beautiful state of the art structure. This foundation of this mosque was laid […]
Source: msbh58.wordpress.com Lecture continues unfolding basic introduction towards physics. In last few minutes teacher provides students with information about few renowned researchers and theologists. Among them comes the name of a […]
theguardian: Ali, a 45-year-old live-in janitor at a commercial building, isn’t fasting for Ramadan, and the reason is evident even before he explains. “Man, I’m ill,” he says. “I have to smoke [opium] several times a day just to stay on my feet and take care of this building. I […]
ET: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) presidential candidate Mamnoon Hussain’s nomination papers were accepted by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) despite objections raised during scrutiny, reported Express News on Friday. Two presidential candidates had raised three objections over Mamnoon Hussain’s nomination papers. Zahoor Hussain, who is also contesting the presidential election, raised […]
Telegraph: Accounts published later this year will show that the Church’s pension fund has a £5.7 million stake in the internet search giant, alongside significant investments in a number of […]
wired.com: The numbers tell the story — in votes and dollars. On Wednesday, the house voted 217 to 205 not to rein in the NSA’s phone-spying dragnet. It turns out that those 217 “no” voters received twice as much campaign financing from the defense and intelligence industry as the 205 […]
ET: Faheem Younas: This is the story of two Washington Iftar dinners. First, the Israeli Ambassador, Michael Oren, invited Muslim leaders to a diplomatic Iftar dinner last week and Imam Antepli of Duke University wondered aloud if the event was meaningful. Then the Obama administration invited Muslim leaders to the White House Iftar dinner and Omid […]
by Simon Bradley in Geneva, swissinfo.ch July 26, 2013 – 17:33 New Israel-Palestine peace talks and diplomatic efforts to hold an international conference in Geneva aimed at ending the conflict […]
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 27 July 2013 Amid efforts to make pilgrimage easier for the disabled, the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques has provided 12,000 standard wheelchairs and 110 electric wheelchairs free of charge for their movement inside the mosque. The standard wheelchairs are available at offices at the […]
Hundreds of thousands support the coup – just as many do not. And the future for Egypt is looking increasingly bloody. Robert Fisk reports from Cairo Hundreds of thousands of people turned out outside Cairo’s Rabaa mosque yesterday to protest against the coup d’état in Egypt, while hundreds of thousands […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 27 July 2013 A Saudi spent all his savings and even borrowed money to have his illegal Bangladeshi guard treated for a brain tumor. The worker, Mahboob, has been working for Abdullah Saad Al-Rouqi for seven years. He came for Umrah and overstayed at Huda Al-Sham […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Imam Khalid Latif, Executive Director and Chaplain, Islamic Center at New York University My wife Priya and I are blessed to have a beautiful, baby girl named Madina. She is a little more than seven months old now and every day with her has been more amazing […]
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 27 July 2013 At the orders of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, President of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais […]