Washington Post: by Max Fisher. The Pew Research Center’s vast new study on the views and attitudes of global Muslim populations was bound to create controversy. Like the U.S. public knowledge polls that find that one-third of Americans can’t name the vice president, Pew’s report includes some less-than-flattering pieces of data. And while […]
ETribune Blog: Imran Khan’s latest video sums up everything that is wrong with our politicians. He has long been bandied about as a saviour and messiah, come to rescue this country and build towards a ‘Naya Pakistan’. On paper, he is educated, courageous and relentless in pursuit of success. His cricket days endeared […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD If by terrorists, we mean those who killed Governor Salmaan Taseer including those who rejoiced and celebrated the politically motivated murder, then terrorists and terrorism […]
Youtube: Published on Apr 26, 2013 Boston Bombings: Is it fair to give label to terrorists as Muslim, Chrisitian, Jewish, Buddist, Hindu, Sikh so on and so forth. Dr. Faheem Younis […]
Asian Human Rights Commission: Once again violence against the Ahmadi community has erupted in Punjab province. As the election are approaching (May 11) this recent outburst is seen as an attempt to influence the voters to support fundamentalists and right wing parties. On 28th April 2013 supporters of Khatme Nabuwwat […]
The Telegraph: By Tim Stanley: The Muslim Brotherhood wants Spain back. Can the Christians have Egypt in exchange? The Muslim Brotherhood wants this back The Islamic Society of North America, […]
Epigraph: “There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
By Alan Strathern Oxford University BBC NEWS MAGAZINE Of all the moral precepts instilled in Buddhist monks the promise not to kill comes first, and the principle of non-violence is […]
Clean and Thoughtful Jokes The groom says to his lovely bride “Honey, I need to go to work, I’ll see you pretty soon?” The bride said with a sad voice “Why, don’t you see me pretty now?” JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ A reporter interviewed a 135-year-old woman. “And what do you think is […]
By Canan Tasci canan.tasci@ inlandnewspapers.com @ChinoValleyNow on Twitter CHINO — Ahmadiyya Muslim Community members are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their world leader in Southern California on Saturday. In his […]
May 2, 2013 – 12:39 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Switzerland for its help in organising a referendum on a peace treaty with the Palestinians. Netanyahu made the comments during talks with the Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, on Thursday in Jerusalem. “Come to Switzerland and we will […]
A new church report challenging Jewish historic claims and criticizing Zionism has drawn anger and harsh condemnation from the local Jewish community. By Anshel Pfeffer | May.03, 2013 | HAARETZ […]
Gunmen have shot dead the prosecutor investigating the murder of Pakistan’s ex-leader Benazir Bhutto, police say. Attackers shot Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali as he drove to a court hearing in the […]
The United Nations has announced plans to relocate some 80,000 displaced Somalis living in the war-torn capital Mogadishu, Press TV reports. According to the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), an estimated 200,000 to 360,000 people who fled the country’s famine, are currently living in more than 500 overcrowded camps. In […]
Reports from Syria say Wahhabi extremists have desecrated the grave of an ancient Muslim figure near the capital, Damascus. The militants have reportedly attacked the mausoleum and exhumed the grave […]
Source: China Daily SHENYANG – A robot industrial base with an estimated annual output of 50 billion yuan (8 billion U.S. dollars) will be established in northeast China’s Liaoning Province, […]
Source/Credit: Germantown Islam Examiner By Shahina Bashir The news of the Tsarnaev brothers have left the front pages but the question, ‘Why did they do this?’ hasn’t left our minds. […]
Source: CNN Money By Emily Jane Fox The Walt Disney Company has stopped production of branded merchandise in Bangladesh, in response to the spate of fatal factory accidents last fall. The company sent a letter in March to vendors and licensees to transition production out of the “highest-risk countries,” like […]
Epigraph: “And when My servants ask thee (Muhammad) about Me (Allah), say: ‘I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should […]