Huff Post, by Harris Zafar. While many celebrated the winter holidays, news broke of the arrest in Saudi Arabia of liberal writerTurki Al Hamad for allegedly insulting Islam on Twitter. We also heard of another Saudi activist, Raif Badawi, who was arrested in June and will now continue with his […]
by Harun Yahya HUFFINGTON POST The word Islam conjures up a disturbing picture in the minds of some people outside the Muslim world. It is a fact that many in the West imagine Islam to be a faith far removed from modern life, closed to science and that attaches no […]
Reuters JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamist-led government has asked independent legal experts to propose amendments to the new constitution, the state news agency MENA said on Tuesday, signalling that it may be heeding concerns of the liberal and leftist opposition. Members of Egypt’s main opposition bloc, the National Salvation […]
AFP JORDAN TIMES ALEPPO, Syria — “Goal! Goal!” children scream, kicking a football around like children everywhere. But in war-ravaged Aleppo, their playground is a strip of no-man’s land near […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 10 April 2013 Arwa Al-Hijeili received the first definition of a trainee lawyer as a start to obtaining a license to practice law. A Justice Ministry […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 10 April 2013 The first phase of the expansion of mataf (circumambulation area around the Kabaa) will be ready before Ramadan when millions of pilgrims come […]
TAIF: IRFAN MOHAMMED arabnews Wednesday 10 April 2013 Taif airport may soon become a key disembarkation point for pilgrims coming in from the neighboring states. The airport has seen a 250 percent jump in air traffic in 2012, according to Khalid Al-Khaibary, spokesperson and general manager of public relations at […]
Cnbc: It sounds like something straight out of science fiction, but someday you may be able to access your computer just by thinking. (Read More: Goodbye Apple iPhone? Wearable Tech Is Coming ) Researchers at the UC Berkeley School of Information claim that computer brainwave-based authentication is an effective and secure substitution for […]
By Paul Berger The Forward Enraged alumni have threatened to physically block Jimmy Carter from entering Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law, where he is due to receive a peace award on April 10. Daniel Rubin, 62, said about a dozen former alumni are planning an act of civil disobedience […]
ROVER’S DIARY: The myth of the ideology of Pakistan —Babar Ayaz Nowhere in history was Islamic ideology of Pakistan mentioned, it was always the political, social, economic rights of the Muslims Moments of rejoicing in this country are few and far between. While the democrats are rejoicing that for the first time […]
Express Tribune: CAIRO: Egyptian prosecutors are probing new complaints against popular satirist Bassem Youssef, this time for “insulting Pakistan” and “spreading atheism,” judicial sources told AFP on Tuesday. The wildly popular Youssef – whose weekly political satire programme al Bernameg (The Show) has spared few public figures of merciless critique – […]
by Dina Elmuti THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA Chicago Transcribing the vivid details of the account engraved into the fabric of her memory, I am transfixed by all that she’s held onto for 65 years. From paper to pulse, I write the story buried deep in her consciousness to affirm her truth. […]
by Musa Okwonga Tuesday, 9 April 2013 at 12:46 pm On the last day of my Easter holidays, Dr. Phoebe Abe (or, as I know her, my mother) sat down in her living room with me and several women from Somalia, Egypt and Sudan. My mother, a GP, had for […]
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press ABC NEWS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka April 9, 2013 (AP) The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka expressed alarm at rising hate speech and attacks against Muslims in the island nation and warned that such sentiments should not be allowed to fester. Hate speeches, vilification and even […]
SAN ANTONIO — Several Texas A&M professors know something that generations of teachers could only hope to guess: whether students are reading their textbooks. They know when students are skipping pages, failing to highlight significant passages, not bothering to take notes — or simply not opening the book at all. […]
Source: Wikipedia The 1997 Constitution of the Maldives designates Islam as the official state religion. The Government interprets this provision to impose a requirement that all citizens must be Muslims. Freedom of religion is restricted significantly. The law prohibits […]
Source: The Local: Metal thieves targeting Germany’s railway Deutsche Bahn delayed 17,000 trains last year by stealing among other things copper cable worth around €17 million. More:
Youtube: THATCHER/PAKISTAN: On her official visit to Pakistan, PM, Margaret Thatcher, visits the border with Afghanistan. ROSE,DAVID VID ENG/LB PAKISTAN Khyber GV Pass: MS Helicopter arrives Tents of refugees camp […]
Source: Digital Journal By Eliott Elwas Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement from the papacy in February 2013. The Pope’s sudden retirement reminds many biblical eschatologists of St. Malachi’s famous prophecies for the 112 Catholic popes. Pope Benedict XVI retired on Thursday, 28 February 2013. He is the first pope […]
MTA Video Documentary: The Life of Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (rh) A Man of God (Biography of Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad) MURDER in the NAME of ALLAH (Book) Shariah Relationship Between Religion and […]