Did the Qur’an and perhaps even the Constitution of Medina influence Jefferson when he authored the two most important documents in American history?
islamfoundingfathers.wordpress.com: This is certainly an intriguing question and one which Alexandra Meav Jerome considers in a piece for Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Jerome writes: The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution contain similar clauses on some topics. The Constitution of Medina states: “The Jews shall maintain their own religion and the […]
Elon Musk thinks he can get you from NY to LA in 45 minutes
By Damon Lavrinc (CNN) — Elon Musk wants to revolutionize transportation. Again. The serial entrepreneur envisions a future where mag-lev trains in enormous pneumatic tubes whisk us from Los Angeles to New York in 45 minutes. Need to be in Beijing tomorrow? No problem. It’s a two-hour ride away. As crazy as […]
‘Trayvon Martin could have been me’ – Barack Obama
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Verily, the […]
Using Islam to Combat Domestic Violence
Source: The Daily Beast – by Alaa MurabitLibyan women wear tape over their mouths during a December 2012 protest in Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli calling for more freedom of expression, greater transparency, and a more important role for the judiciary and the security forces. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty) Enlightenment Using Islam to Combat […]
Ramadan fast makes for longer, but happier, summer
Source: The New Haven Register (nhregister.com), Serving New Haven, CT By Sohail Z Husain MD I’m really looking forward to the midst of summer. But I won’t be sipping tea during […]
What it Means to be Muslim in Britain: BBC World Service ‘News Day’ at Bait-ul-Futuh, the largest Mosque in Western Europe
BBC World: Audio File Ahmadiyya Muslims, British Public and Non Ahmadiyya Muslims are interviewed by BBC Newsday on what it means to be a Muslim today in Modern Britain. Commentary […]
Rebuilding Temple in Jerusalem: holy work or holy mess?
“We pray for holiness, but we also need to be careful of others’ desire for holiness,” “The moment you want to translate that into building a Temple, you upset the […]
Zaatari Refugee Camp Photos Highlight Enormity Of Syria’s Refugee Crisis
The Huffington Post | By Eline Gordts An average of 6,000 Syrians a day have fled their war-torn country since the beginning of 2013, in what the United Nations considers one of […]
Indonesia: Amend Law on Mass Organizations
New Law Restricts Rights to Association, Expression, and Religion Human Rights Watch: A new law in Indonesia places unnecessary and onerous restrictions on the activities of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), Human […]
What is modern paganism?
The Guardian: by Liz Williams. The majority of pagans these days do not dwell in the country, but a yearning towards nature is marked According to the recent census, there are around 80,000 people who call themselves pagans in England and Wales today. Although they are insignificant numerically, they haunt […]
Polio virus from Pakistan reaches Israel
Dawn: ISLAMABAD, July 18: A polio virus found recently in southern Israel is exactly of the same kind as prevalent in Pakistan. Dr Nima Abid, a representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Pakistan, while talking to Dawn expressed surprise over the development. “We don’t have details how the […]
Lord Avebury Raises the Issue of Ahmadiyya and Minorities in the House of Lords
LUBP: Lord Avebury: ASWJ-LeJ terrorists condemned in House of Lords posted by Taj | July 19, 2013 | In Original Articles Pakistan: Religious Violence Question for Short Debate 2 pm Asked by Lord Avebury To ask […]
Muslims demand Vatican envoy leave Malaysia
Source: TOI: KUALA LUMPUR: Several Islamic groups on Friday demanded the recall of the Vatican’s first envoy to Malaysia, describing him as an “enemy of the state” after he supported the use of the word ” Allah” by non-Muslims. Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Vatican’s mission in Kuala Lumpur, […]
Snowden: Moment of truth for Russia, US
Source: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar When the Group of Eight summit took place in Northern Ireland last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the diplomatic grapevine, wanted to use the gym at the Enniskillen resort, but his American counterpart Barack Obama had already booked it. Neither would […]
A Slap in the Face
Source: Spiegel: A Slap in the Face The Defense Ministry is also very cautious compared to the BND when it comes to deferentiating the Prism program in Afghanistan from the Prism spying program that was exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and involves the systematic monitoring of German communications. […]
US has become manic,
Source: Spiegel America is sick. September 11 left it wounded and unsettled — that’s been obvious for nearly 12 years — but we are only now finding out just how grave the illness really is. The actions of the NSA exposed more than just the telephone conversations and digital lives […]
Frankfurt city hall piano brawl hits wrong note
Source: The Local The final winner of the Fraspa award for civil engagement was just about to be announced when suddenly a high-ranking city official “went flying over the piano,” as Bilddaily described it on Thursday, hitting his head against the instrument and the floor. The scuffle broke out in […]
First School for Blind Muslims in Malawi
By Khalid Abubaker, OnIslam Correspondent Friday, 19 July 2013 00:00 An-Noor Madrassah for the Blind caters for the needs of visually-impaired students in Malawi LILONGWE – Helping blind Muslims to pursue their education, an Islamic school has been opened in Malawi to cater for the needs of visually-impaired students in […]
Out of the loop and into Global Jihad
Source: ET And now to a new and even greater danger: the launch of the Global Jihad from this poor country which is just trying to scrape along given its moronic institutions (see above). The TTP have proudly announced (and then withdrawn their announcement as they are wont to do […]