Love Heals!
Epigraph: “Those who believe and do good deeds — the Gracious God will create love in their hearts.” (Al Quran 19:97) Source: The Huffington Post By Dr. Cynthia Thaik: Cardiologist, Author, Founder […]
Amid public uproar, Royal Jordanian forced to disavow sponsorship of Israel tourism conference
Submitted by Ali Abunimah ELECTRONICINTIFADA.NET Royal Jordanian has disavowed sponsorship of an Israeli government tourism conference to be held in occupied Jerusalem later this month amid public uproar in Jordan that the airline’s logo appeared on the “supporter” page of the conference’s official website. The Royal Jordanian logo appeared alongside […]
POLICE: DEAD BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECT BURIED
BOSTON (AP) — Police in Worcester (WUS’-tur), Mass., say the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev (TAM’-ehr-lun tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) has been buried outside of the city. Police said in […]
Swiss-based Anne Frank Fund compares rival Dutch Foundation to Nazis in bitter dispute over family archive
Yves Kugelmann says ‘it’s a matter of fact’ that a Dutch institution is again trying to seize the family’s possessions STEVE ANDERSON THE INDPENDENT UK A bitter row between two […]
War crime trial: Kamaruzzaman to hang
Source: The Daily Star. DHAKA: Law enforcers take Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to jail on Thursday. International Crimes Tribunal-2 sentenced him to death as it found him guilty of five out of seven charges of wartime offences leveled against him. Photo: Focus Bangla A Dhaka tribunal on Thursday handed death […]
Islam on the Rise: Khalifa of Islam’s Interviews with America’s Leading Newspapers (updated)
Alislam-While murder and mayhem reigns in most Muslims countries in the world, the face of true Islam, head of Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, quitely goes about […]
PAKISTANI TALIBAN PLAN ELECTION DAY CARNAGE
Newsweek: ALL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY TO HALT AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. Suicide bombers of the Pakistani Taliban have fanned out across Pakistan to mount attacks on Election Day, May 11. According to a Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militant, the organization’s leader Hakimullah Mehsud has personally ordered bombings on polling day. “The Taliban has dispatched […]
Pakistan and Bangladesh: Talibanism versus Secularism?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Islamic Republic of Pakistan and People’s Republic of Bangladesh, two countries, which have a similar past and were one country until 1971, […]
Stephen Hawking boycotts major Israel conference
Source: BBC UK cosmologist Prof Stephen Hawking has withdrawn from a high-profile Israeli conference, in support of an academic boycott of the country. He initially planned to speak at the […]
Islam for the West
The Christian Theology and Nature of Jesus APRIL 29, 2013 Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Spring, 2013. By Zia H Shah MD Christianity is sandwiched between Judaism and Islam and three fourth of the […]
Jemima Khan gives update on ex Imran Khan after lift fall
Jemima Khan has tweeted reassurance that her politician ex-husband Imran Khan is recovering following his fall from a mechanical lift at an election rally yesterday (May 7). The former cricketer […]
Hinduism, Buddhism and.. Money? Everyday Enlightenment
By contributing writer Vidushi Sharma for KidSpirit’s Money and Value issue. This June, if you’d walked into the last KidSpirit Editorial Board meeting of the year, you would have seen a group of kids widely ranging in age. Some of us had cookies and milk in our hands; others were […]
‘Jordan did not suggest no-fly zone in south Syria’
by Hani Hazaimeh | Agencies JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan on Tuesday stressed that it “has not suggested or demanded the international community to establish a buffer or no-fly zone […]
New WTO leader faces rough road ahead
by Veronica DeVore, swissinfo.ch May 8, 2013 – 17:08 Brazil’s Roberto Azavedo, announced as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization on Wednesday, is a savvy “dealmaker” but will face a host of challenges in his new position, says former Swiss WTO negotiator Luzius Wasescha. Azevedo, who will be […]
Questions of equality at the fore in German Islam Conference
DW: At an annual conference, Muslim organizations in Germany will discuss changes they hope will lead to more parity with German Christians. But the event has drawn criticism both from […]
Violence Has No Religion: New Rules for Bill Maher on Islam
Huff Post: Marwan Bishara: I enjoy watching Real Time with Bill Maher whenever I can, and I especially appreciate the wittiness and humor of his New Rules. Alas, whenever the subject of Islam and the Middle East pops, the show turns ugly. To avoid the cynicism that mars Maher show […]
کہاں کا انتخاب، کون سا الیکشن؟: What Election?
BBC-Urdueملک کے طول و عرض میں الیکشن کی گہماگہمی عروج پر ہے اور آج انتخابی مہم کا آخری دن ہے۔ اسی طرح انتخابات اور اس کے بعد آنے والی حکومت کے بارے میں قیاس آرائیاں اور پیش گوئیاں بھی جاری ہیں جن کی شدت میں اب شاید مزید اضافہ ہو […]
Why We Need to Reform Islamic Studies in Schools Across the Muslim World
Huff Post: I was a religious kid in a pseudo-religious liberal household — a rare breed. The notion of a wrathful God that was being instilled in my mind and re-affirmed every Friday sermon was steering me away from the path, followed by a deep sense of frustration. As a […]
Injecting Life-Saving Oxygen Into a Vein
Source: Science Daily Patients unable to breathe because of acute lung failure or an obstructed airway need another way to get oxygen to their blood — and fast — to avoid cardiac arrest and brain injury. A team led by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital has designed tiny, gas-filled microparticles […]