Security Weekly THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013 Stratfor By Scott Stewart The many and diverse efforts to arm the various actors in the Syrian civil war are really quite amazing to watch. These efforts are also quite hard to decipher — and intentionally so — since many of the arms transfers […]
Official: Israel has technological solution to the Russian made S-300 air defense system, which may be sold soon to Syria. By YAAKOV LAPPIN The Jerusalem Post Israel sold some $7.5 […]
style kasa.com Published : Saturday, 27 Jul 2013, 11:35 AM MDT WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, foreign armies that received U.S. assistance were on notice that toppling their freely elected civilian leaders would mean an aid suspension. After Egypt, that seems no more, despite a law requiring just that if […]
By ERIC SCHMITT The New York Times July 27, 2013 WASHINGTON — A rising number of radicalized young Muslims with Western passports are traveling to Syria to fight with the rebels against the government of Bashar al-Assad, raising fears among American and European intelligence officials of a new terrorist threat […]
The United States has been paying thousands of Syrian police officers who deserted the regime of President Bashar Assad. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has approved tens […]
BBC news: Media in India are discussing Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s offer to return the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, after he was criticised for his remarks about controversial politician Narendra Modi. A noted economist, Mr Sen has said he does not want to see Mr Modi, the chief minister of […]
Jakarta Post: “I don’t want my friends to turn away from me when I tell them who I am,” said 13-year-old Ardan, not his real name, on Saturday during a story-telling event at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) office in Central Jakarta. The boy, from an Ahmadi family, […]
Telegraph: ‘Circumcision is one of the oddities of the Royal Family’ It is one of the oddities of the Royal Family — shared by the majority of the English upper […]
Epigraph: Did He (Allah) not find thee (Muhammad) an orphan and give thee shelter? And He found thee wandering in search for Him and guided thee unto Himself. And He […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments All the rhetoric and findings in this debate are useful and interesting, but, I believe, with all the limitations and inaccuracies, whether hundreds or thousands, […]
Villagers Offer Up Gifts To Volcano As Part Of Yadnya Kasada Festival Indonesia. Yadnya Kasada Festival is the main festival of the Tenggerese people and lasts about a month. On […]
Source: The Guardian: In the Holy City, Jews are buying up Arab properties, aiming to ‘reclaim’ its ancient Muslim Quarter. Harriet Sherwood meets one family determined not to be moved […]
Congressman Ellison answered questions on the American Muslim experience, the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, and current events in the Muslim world. Source: The World Bulletin: Muslims are “supposed to […]
A challenge for Dawkins: Where did carbon come from?
Source: BBC The Israeli cabinet has approved a bill requiring any peace deal with the Palestinians to be put to a referendum. A statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that it was “important that on such historic decisions every citizen should vote directly”. The cabinet has also been […]
Business Insider: Marc Lallanilla. It creeps in slowly in the dark of night, and once inside, it almost never goes away. It’s known as the Hum, a steady, droning sound that’s heard in places as disparate as Taos, N.M.; Bristol, England; and Largs, Scotland. But what causes the Hum, and […]
Recitation of Surah Al Qadr, During the last ten days of Ramadhan according to traditions Laylatul Qadr falls, Not only does God listen to prayers rather He grants Laylatul Qadr […]
Source: The Huffington Post “You’re a Muslim, so why did you write a book about the founder of Christianity?” Fox News’ Lauren Green demanded of religious scholar Reza Aslan, author of “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth,” on Friday. Aslan responded, “Well, to be clear, I am […]
by Rula Samain | Jul 27, 2013 JORDAN TIMES MADABA — A Muslim family from Khirbat Al Mukhayyat near Madaba has been the guardians of the Church of Sts Lot […]
Social Affairs Ministry’s new director general wants to get ultra-Orthodox sector to stop relying on child allowances as a source of income . By Lior Dattel and Tali Heruti-Sover | […]