Islamic Heritage in Turkmenistan
Huff Post: by Emily O’Dell. Treasure Hunting in Turkmenistan J-Lo isn’t the only one who went to Turkmenistan this summer. I was there too — but unlike J-Lo, I didn’t […]
Married to the mortgage
Source: The Economist: CHINA’s communists attacked many bourgeois institutions after taking power in 1949. But marriage was not one of them. On the contrary, they enacted a marriage law in 1950, four years before they introduced a constitution. The pressure to marry remains heavy in today’s China, where almost 80% […]
‘We will catch you’: A Real Story
IDF issues wanted posters for Palestinian kids RT: Asaf Hikmat, a West Bank Palestinian teen, can hardly concentrate on his upcoming exams, as he has been on the lookout for […]
Religious Conflict Not a Problem in ‘Tolerant’ Indonesia: Minister
The Jakarta Globe: Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister, in an apparent attempt to downplay the nation’s rising tide of religious intolerance, suggested that inter-faith strife is “human nature” before calling the […]
Hadith and the Western historical critical method: A Series at Oxford Center for Islamic Studies
A one-day programme organised by ‘Islamic Courses’ held on 29th September 2012 at Birkbeck College, UK. Delivered by: Professor Jonathan A.C. Brown [University of Washington, USA] And Shaykh Dr M […]
Imam gunned down in Karachi
Source: ET KARACHI: Unidentified persons gunned down the imam of a Jamia Masjid in the area of Gul Bahar, just after he had stepped out of the mosque after offering his afternoon prayers, reported Express News on Thursday. According to initial details a 9mm pistol was used and the victim, Maulana […]
Recapturing the Arab Muslim world’s golden age
The Washington Post: By David Ignatius, Hisham Melhem, a prominent Lebanese journalist, recalls an emotional visit to the Great Mosque of Cordoba in southern Spain last May. With tears in his […]
Your task is not to seek for love …
Source: Dawn.Com By Arieb Azhar: The depth of one’s spirituality is directly proportionate to one’s level of tolerance for other people’s beliefs. This means the more convinced a person is in his/her own beliefs and convictions; the less that person should be bothered by the beliefs of others. This is […]
Political Islam: Rise, fragmentation and possible fall
Source: Dawn.Com Unlike most political ideologies whose adherents by and large agree with the definitional tags attributed to their respective ideologies and ideologues, Political Islam is more of an academic concoction. It works as an analytical umbrella under which political analysts lump various forces that claim to be using historical […]
Pakistan’s New Leader Is the Latest to Seek ‘Peace’ Deal With Terrorists
Source: Conservative Papers: (CNSNews.com) – Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is planning to hold talks with jihadists, including the umbrella group known as the Pakistani Taliban, despite the failure of numerous similar initiatives over the past seven years. Campaigning ahead of the general election last May, Sharif pledged to […]
Obama to Save Presidency by Bombing Iran?
Source: Conservative Papers: I wrote an article 3½ years ago, at a low moment in Obama’s first term, when his ratings tanked and his party just lost Edward Kennedy’s senate seat to a Republican, that usefully suggested that Obama could “salvage his tottering administration” by taking “dramatic gesture to change […]
PayPal accidentally credits man $92 quadrillion
Source: TOI NEW YORK: Oops! PayPal, the online money-transfer company, has accidentally credited a man in Delaware a whopping $92,233,720,368,547,800, making him by far the richest man in the world. Chris Reynolds, 56, said he was shocked when he received his monthly statement via e-mail from PayPal last week, with […]
Japan Peace Conference 2013
Source: Anees Ahmad Nadeem, President & Missionary In Charge, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, Japan The Peace Conference 2013 will be held on 17th of August. This is being arranged by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Representatives of major religions in Japan are participating in this event The conference will have the overarching theme of [人間性が一番」. Please invite […]
University of California Regents confirm Muslim student to board
By MIHIR ZAVERI and LISA LEFF Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO—The University of California’s governing board confirmed its first Muslim student member Wednesday, despite some Jewish groups’ claims that she marginalized […]
Switzerland: MYSTERIOUS DECLINE: Asylum demands drop away
July 16, 2013 – 22:08 Asylum requests in Switzerland fell by almost by a third during the first six months of the year when compared with figures for the same period of 2012. Officials are at a loss to explain why, but do not expect the trend to continue. Between […]
Kurds drive Al-Qaeda fighters out of Ras al-Ain
STORY SUMMARY Kurdish fighters expelled jihadists from the Syrian flashpoint frontier town of Ras al-Ain and the nearby border crossing with Turkey, activists said Wednesday, in escalating fighting that could signal another front in Syria’s fractious civil war.Kurdish fighters took total control of Ras al-Ain “after 24 hours of fighting. […]
Syrians learn to trust the U.S. at their own peril
STORY SUMMARY One of the worst recurring features of U.S. foreign policy is a process that might bluntly be described as “seduction and abandonment”. On June 13, the White House announced it would provide military aid to the Syrian opposition because the Assad regime had crossed a “red line” by […]
Metro system to lead facelift of Madinah
Epigraph: Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet. O ye who believe! you also should invoke blessings on him and salute him with the salutation of peace. (Al Quran 33:57) EDDAH: P.K. ABDUL […]
Obama’s UN pick to seek Security Council seat for Israel (The last straw for the UN?)
AFP | Jul 17, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nominee for UN envoy Wednesday slammed the global body’s “unacceptable bias” against Israel, and pledged to lobby hard to get America’s closest Mideast ally a seat on the Security Council. Even as detractors criticise her past statements […]
After Athiests- Pope Francis Offers Indulgences To Twitter, Social Media Followers Of World Youth Day
Well this is a pretty sweet deal. Pope Francis has offered a reward to people who follow a Catholic youth event on Twitter and other social media sites: a lightening of penalties for […]