Kerry-Lavrov statements called ‘first hopeful news’ on Syria in a while
(CNN) — The U.N. and Arab League point man on Syria praised the top U.S. and Russian diplomats Wednesday for their latest efforts to forge a solution to the Syrian […]
Religious Oppression Rises globally- Pew Study Shows
Huff Post: By Lauren Markoe WASHINGTON (RNS) People who hoped the Arab Spring would lead to greater religious freedom across the Middle East have been sorely disappointed, and a new […]
Straying From the Middle Way: Extremist Buddhist Monks Target Religious Minorities
Time: The fault lines of conflict are often spiritual, one religion chafing against another and kindling bloodletting contrary to the values girding each faith. Over the past year in parts of Asia, it is friction between Buddhism and Islam that has killed hundreds, mostly Muslims. The violence is being fanned […]
Islam’s Contribution to India and the World: Bengali Indian Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen
Islamawareness.net Amartya Sen: “AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM” – PART 1 From: Brenda Gael McSweeney Category: Category 1 Date: 10/15/98 Time: 8:17:24 PM Remote Name: 202.41.92.72 Comments Please see India’s 1998 Nobel Laureate for Economics, […]
The Married Apostles and What They Mean Today
Huff Post: Think of the Apostles and what images come to mind? Chances are it is of some gray-bearded men, advanced in years — in their fifties perhaps, or even substantially older. If it is St. Paul you are conjuring up, he probably looks intense, thin, wide-eyed. And if it […]
UK countryside suffers shocking poverty
A rising number of food banks have been set up across the UK to help poor people cope with the soaring cost of living, but less is heard about deprived […]
Face Veils and the Saudi Arabian Plague – A scary new Middle Eastern virus is affecting far more men than women.
OLGA KHAZANJUN 21 2013, The Atlantic At first, it causes a fever and mild cough. In a few days, full-blown pneumonia sets in and it moves on to wreak havoc […]
How Hamas Lost the Arab Spring : After drifting away from Syria and Iran, the movement faces an uncertain future.
JONATHAN SCHANZERJUN 21 2013 The Atlantic The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas is feuding with its former patron, Iran. Along with Hezbollah and Russia, Iran has stood squarely behind the Bashar […]
Read the Holy Qur’an – Message to Mankind from the Lord Almighty – In Hebrew
Source: alislam.org/quran Jesus, the Messiah is back! Kindly click on the images to zoom them Continue reading or Download the Hebrew version @ alislam.org/quran Allah says [42:16]: To this, then, do thou […]
Pakistan government using Canadian company’s technology to censor Internet
Source: business.financialpost.com The Pakistani government is relying on a Canadian-based tech firm to create a censorship firewall around all the Internet content in that country, despite initially backing down from the […]
Do not shout ‘Allah-o-Akbar’ in Israel, if you want to live (my headline).
Security guard shoots dead Jewish man in Kotel (Original headline) Civilian security officer claims man in Western Wall Plaza public toilet yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’, pulled something from pocket. MDA forced […]
“Bollywood, Indian culture and the rise of rape in India” by Mahrukh Arif
Source: cultures-et-croyances.com Filmmaker Farhan Akhtar says: As a director, I also start to think about whether the sector to which I belong could be partially guilty of spreading this kind of mentality. And I must admit that, unfortunately, the answer is yes. If the issue has been widely debated, the fact […]
Khalifa of Islam’s USA Visit detailed in 20-June’s New York AWAM
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3 year Old Hears his Fathers Voice for the First Time
Source: CNN The surprise on 3-year-old Grayson Clamp’s face in the video is priceless. His mouth opens wide as he points to the person in front of him speaking. It was the first time Grayson had heard sound. He was born without a cochlear nerve, which connects the brain stem […]
China’s Credit Squeeze Relaxes as Interest Rates Drop
BEIJING — China’s credit crunch eased Friday after lending picked up among banks and financial institutions that had been desperately seeking cash in the bank-to-bank market. The central government made no official announcement on the situation, and it was unclear whether policy makers had intervened, but short-term interest rates fell […]
Laughter is the Best Medicine: Branches of Knowledge
An American tourist asked a boat guy in Zanzibar, “Do you know Biology, Psychology, Geography, Geology or Criminology?” The boat guy said, “No. I don’t know any of these.” The tourist then said, “What the hell do you know on the face of this Earth? You will die of illiteracy!” […]
Andalusian fusion: Christianity and Islam
Nowhere in Europe is the complex coexistence between Islam and Christianity more etched in historical landscapes and current customs than here, in Spain’s Andalusia, a vast region of snowy mountains, […]
Israel used Palestinian minors as human shields, detain and torture – UN
RT: Thousands of Palestinian children were systematically injured, tortured and used as human shields by Israel, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child reported. Israel’s foreign minister denied […]
David Versus Goliath: Dawkins, McGrath or Me – Who is the Most Rational? Part II
Epigraph: “Is he, then, who knows that what has been revealed to thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is the truth, like one who is blind? But only those gifted with understanding will […]