Global Post: BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Malachi O’Doherty says his nieces and nephews are helpless at funerals. Raised without religion, they are flummoxed by the practices and customs that accompany a Catholic ritual. Though he himself left the church as a teenager in the 1960s, he’s ambivalent about the loss […]
Source: Huff Post, by Jahnabi Barooah. Holi (also known as Dol Jatra, Basantotsav) is the Hindu festival of colors. It is celebrated at the end of the winter season, on the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna. In 2013, Holi will be celebrated on March 27. Holi is observed with great fanfare by Hindus […]
Washington Post: VATICAN CITY — A high-profile Italian Muslim who converted to Catholicism and was baptized by Pope Benedict XVI announced on Monday (March 25) that he will leave the church to protest its soft stance against Islam. Egyptian-born Magdi Cristiano Allam, 61, a prominent journalist and outspoken critic of […]
Source: The Local As Easter approaches and Germany’s supermarkets are filled to the brim with holiday-themed chocolate, we at The Local put our heads together and came up with a list of appropriate egg idioms for your egg-ification. More:
Source: NY Times: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea cut off the last remaining military hotlines with South Korea on Wednesday, accusing President Park Geun-hye of South Korea of pursuing the same hard-line policy of her predecessor that the North blamed for a prolonged chill in inter-Korean relations. More:
Source: Spiegel: Many believe that Mali’s de facto leader Amadou Sanogo thrust the country into a deep crisis when he staged a coup a year ago. But that’s not how he sees it. In a SPIEGEL interview he says he helped a sick, old regime die, ushering in a new […]
Source^: TOI PARIS: Carla Bruni said the charges faced by her husband and former French president Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy in connection with a probe into illegal party funding were “painful” for her and her family, local media reported today. “It’s painful to talk about it and equally painful to […]
Source: ET For many years now, we have been hearing the valid complaint that nearly one-third of the federal budget is taken up by military spending while vital needs like health and education receive only a minuscule amount of money. Now, we find out that the military is swallowing up […]
Source: ET. LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday approved the name of journalist Najam Sethi for the Punjab caretaker chief minister slot, Express News reported. Hours before the matter would have gone to the Election Commission of Pakistan for a final solution, the PML-N, after a grand review meeting […]
MARCH 26, 2013 BY REZA JAVAHERI Muslim Secular Democracy: Voices from Within Edited by Lily Zubaidah Rahim (University of Sydney) Published by Palgrave Macmillan March 20, 2013 Description: Muslim Secular […]
The prime minister has resigned, there’s no government to speak of, there are further street battles in Tripoli, the threat of more kidnappings. Lebanon, as we used to say in the civil war, returns to normal. And in some ways, it’s true. Lebanon is always living through the greatest crisis […]
ISLAMABAD: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 27 March 2013 Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Zardari will not be leading the party’s election campaign as party officials confirmed his departure for London […]
by Mohammad Ghazal THE JORDAN TIMES DOHA — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday said that the international community is responsible for restoring the trust between the Palestinians and the […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of New Zealand’s Silver Jubilee celebration held at the Mt. Eden War Memorial Hall, Auckland on Sunday 24th March 2013 was a huge success, graced by community leaders, guests and politicians from all parties, including Mr Richard Prosser of New Zealand First. The community was applauded […]
(Bangkok) – The Burmese government is systematically restricting humanitarian aid and imposing discriminatory policies on Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State. The government should permit unfettered access to humanitarian agencies to provide assistance to Muslim populations, end segregated areas, and put forward a plan for those displaced to return to their […]
AFTER THE SHEIKHS: THE COMING COLLAPSE OF THE GULF MONARCHIES The UK/European/Middle East edition, published by Hurst & Co., is now available. The US and electronic editions, published by Oxford University Press, will be released in summer 2013. TWITTER: follow the author @dr_davidson / Book discussion #afterthesheikhs / Arabic discussion […]
Scoop: Press Release: Bashir Khan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Applauded for Message of Peace at the Silver Jubilee Conference in Auckland. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of New Zealand’s Silver Jubilee […]
Radio Pakistan: Tributes paid to Nobel laureate Prof. Abdus Salam Rich tributes were paid to Pakistan’s first and only Nobel laureate Professor Abdus Salam at a symposium held at Imperial College London today (Tuesday‚ March 26). Leading physicists of the world‚ including Professor Tom kibble‚ Professor Michael Duff‚ Professor Chris […]
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God willing the inaugeration will take place on March 29 Baitur-Rahman Mosque. Source: http://www.islamahmadiyya.es. The opening ceremony of the Baitur-Rahman mosque, located at la Pobla de Vallbona, on the north of Valencia, […]