Can the UK end religious violence?
Aljazeera: There has been a disturbing increase in anti-Muslim attacks in the UK after the murder of a soldier in May. A number of mosques and Islamic institutions in the […]
European Commission demands answers about Prism data requests
Source: BBC The EU’s Justice Commissioner has written to the US attorney general, questioning him about America’s data surveillance programme, Prism. Viviane Reding wrote that she was concerned America’s efforts […]
Is Pope Francis Going After the Vatican’s ‘Gay Lobby’?
Source: The Daily Beast. So, it seems there really are gay priests in the upper echelons of the Vatican hierarchy. At least that’s what Pope Francis reportedly told a group of Latin American prelates in a private audience June 6. Pope Francis presides over a meeting at the Vatican on […]
Pakistan Budget 2013-2014:
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the federal budget for the year 2013-2014 in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Express News reported. The first litmus test of the newly sworn-in government began when Dar presented a Rs3.5 trillion federal budget in a bid to revive the country’s ailing economy. Designed […]
Muslim community hero GP honoured by the Queen died in freak accident after trouser leg got caught in wheel of passing car
Dr Ikram Malik, 75, of Nelson, Lancashire, was on his way to local mosque Clothes became entangled in Vauxhall Astra driven by Caroline Schofield He fell and hit his head […]
Islamic Tolerance: Non-Muslim Rights in the Ottoman Empire
Source: Lost Islamic History Much like previous Muslim Empires, the Ottomans showed great toleration and acceptance of non-Muslim communities in their empire. This is based on existing Muslim laws regarding […]
What’s in a beard: Christianity or Islam?
Source: huffingtonpost.com By Craig Considine: Ph.D. candidate, Trinity College Dublin; Film director, ‘Journey into America’; Interfaith activist Cathie Adams, former chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, stated recently in her speech “Radical Islam […]
Should Ahmadiyya be considered an Islamic group?
Source: debate.org | Asked by: IslamAhmadiyya #1: The Original Islam, Modernized: Ahmadis consider themselves to be part of the universal religion of Islam. They believe that a man, by the name of Hazrat Mirza […]
ISLAMABAD: Even in death, the Ahmadiyya community is discriminated
Source: beta.dawn.com | 113 Comment(s) Jadeed Qabristan (graveyard) is located near Murree Road in the heart of the garrison city of Rawalpindi. A signboard dangling outside the house of the gravedigger reads: “It’s […]
Bugti murder case: Quetta police team in Islamabad to arrest Musharraf
Credit: Dawn.com Syed Ali Shah QUETTA: A team from Crimes Branch Quetta reached Islamabad on Wednesday to arrest former president Pervez Musharraf in the Akbar Bugti murder case. Sources in Crimes Branch Quetta investigating the case told Dawn.com that a police team comprising senior officials had reached the federal […]
Teaching of Arabic language in UAE schools to be modernised
Dubai: The Ministry of Education has announced its next step towards improving the teaching of Arabic language in schools through modernising its curriculum and teaching methodology, during a seminar held on Wednesday. The ministry’s new strategy will focus on developing reading and writing Arabic as well as modernising the Arabic […]
NSA leaker Edward Snowden is a hero to some, traitor to others
Computerworld – Depending on whom you ask, National Security Agency (NSA) contract employee Edward Snowden is either a hero or a traitor for leaking details about top-secret U.S. surveillance programs to the media. Snowden on Sunday identified himself as the person who had provided The Guardian and other newspapers with details of a top-secret phone […]
What Khalifa of Islam said in UK Parliament! Summary by daily Jang London
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Professional women more susceptible to breast cancer
Successful women may be more likely to develop breast cancer – and stress at work, including prejudice, discrimination, and resistance, could be to blame. Women in professional jobs had a near 70 per cent higher risk of breast cancer than other women, according to new research. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/professional-women-more-susceptible-to-breast-cancer-8651359.html
Google, Facebook and Microsoft seek data request transparency
Source: BBC Google, Facebook and Microsoft have asked the US government to allow them to disclose the security requests they receive for handing over user data. The move comes after […]
Obama to daughters: If you get tattooed, I’ll get one to match
Peter Scowen, The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Apr. 24 2013, 1:12 PM EDT, Last updated Wednesday, Apr. 24 2013, 1:25 PM EDT President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, have further limited their two daughters’ narrow range of options for expressing garden-variety teen rebellion by telling them that, if […]
Ahmedi community member killed in targeted attack
Source: ET KARACHI: A member of the Ahmedi community was shot dead while his son and another companion were injured in a targeted attack in Soldier Bazaar on Tuesday evening. The victims were identified as Hamid Sami, 45, his son, Osama, 18, and a companion, Salman Zaman, 48. They were shot […]
Next generation radicals in Indonesia
Source: Asia Times: By Jacob Zenn JAKARTA – Driven by strong exports and buoyant domestic markets, Indonesia is projected to be among the world’s top 10 economies by 2025. While the future looks bright for Southeast Asia’s largest economy, a growing tide of religious intolerance threatens to undermine those gains. […]
Gospel of John: What Everyone Should Know About The Fourth Gospel
Source: The Huffington Post By John Shelby Spong: Retired American Bishop of the Episcopal Church Almost any poll of regular church goers will reveal that their favorite book in the New […]