Picture of the Day-Grapes on the trunk
Brazilian Grape Tree (also known as Jabuticaba) does not use branches to grow fruits. It grows fruits (and flowers) directly on the trunk.
Presidential deceptions on Iraq led US to abandon core values
Global Post: DENVER, Colo. — In 2002 and early 2003, the Bush administration rolled out a campaign to promote an invasion ofIraq. Condoleezza Rice’s statement, the “smoking gun might be a mushroom cloud,” created a popular sound bite for the administration’s warning that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. […]
Immigration fears are being stoked by politicians, says bishop
Guardian: A leading Anglican cleric has launched a powerful attack on the way politicians are exaggerating the negative impact of immigration, which he says is “wholly disproportionate” to the real […]
Homecoming: Musharraf arrives in Karachi
Source:ET KARACHI: Former president Pervez Musharraf has arrived in Karachi after four years in exile, Express News reported on Sunday. A huge crowd of Musharraf supporters and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) members is present outside the Karachi airport to welcome their leader. While speaking to Express News anchor Shahzaib Khanzada, Musharraf said he has […]
Justice (r) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso named interim PM of Pakistan
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Sunday finally selected a caretaker prime minister, a retired judge, to head up an interim administration to guide the country through its historic election period. Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, 84, was selected by the election commission after a parliamentary committee and rival parties failed to agree on […]
A molvi singing Hadhrat Masih Maud Na’at
Source: Pakturk of Germany Click HERE to watch it.
Women travelling without man should disembark plane’
Source: Gulfnews,Com via Munir Ahmad of Austria. Manama: A man was questioned by the Saudi police after he delayed the departure of a plane for two hours by insisting that all women travelling without male companions should disembark. More:
Assessing Obama’s Middle East trip
ALJAZEERA.NET Marwan Bishara answers three questions on Obama’s recent trip to the Middle East. ——————————————————————————– What got your attention most about the visit of President Obama’s to Israel and Palestine? […]
Israel says Syria reason for restoring Turkey ties
The Associated Press Published: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 3:54 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 3:54 p.m. JERUSALEM – Concerns that Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons could reach militant groups bordering Israel and Turkey was the motivating factor in restoring relations with Ankara after a three year […]
Baghdad inaugurated as Arab capital of culture
AFP, Baghdad – ALARABIYYA.NET Baghdad was inaugurated as the 2013 Arab Capital of Culture on Saturday, the latest in a series of steps which officials hope will put Iraq back […]
Rules of Joking in Islam
Some people joke too much and it becomes a habit for them. This is the opposite of the serious nature which is the characteristic of the believers. Joking is a break, a rest from ongoing seriousness and striving; it is a little relaxation for the soul. ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azeez […]
Buddhist, Muslim leaders urge end to Myanmar religious violence
Source: Channel News Asia YANGON: Religious leaders have called for calm in violence-hit central Myanmar and urged the government to step up security, state media said on Sunday. The outbreak of religious violence in the town of Meiktila has claimed at least 32 lives and displaced about 9,000 people, according […]
Does Neuroscience Require a Rejection of Religion?
Source: Huff Post, by Kelly Bulkeley. Two kinds of answers have been offered to this riddle. The first claims that the mind is nothing but the brain. Every aspect of mental life can be entirely and completely explained as a product of the physical properties of neural functioning. The second […]
In a first in 600 years, two popes meet over lunch
Pope Francis has travelled to Castel Gandolfo to have lunch with his predecessor Benedict XVI in an historic and potentially problematic melding of the papacies that has never before confronted […]
National Symposium to Mark Centenary of One of Britain’s Oldest Established Muslim Communities
LONDON, March 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A Muslim community is beginning its UK centenary celebrations with a National Peace Symposium in the capital. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will converge on […]
Where is Jesus? The Case of the Missing Messiah
Source: The Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid The case of the missing Messiah is a mystery that has intrigued countless minds through the ages. Pope Innocent III predicted Christ’s return and doomsday in 1284. William Miller made his call in October, 1844. Alexander Dowie launched his campaign at the turn of […]
The Revival of Pure Islam: 23rd March, 1889: Founding of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Alislam.org: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a dynamic, fast growing international revival movement within Islam. Founded in 1889, it spans over 200 countries with membership exceeding tens of millions. Its […]
An interpretation of the Lahore Resolution
Dawn: It favoured greater autonomy to the provinces but it turned in favour of a strong and assertive centre in the post-independence period. The resolution for the establishment of a separate homeland for the Muslims of British India passed in the annual session of the All India Muslim League held […]
Armed Buddhists, including monks, clash with Muslims in Myanmar
Source: CNN Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) — Buddhist monks and others armed with swords and machetes Friday stalked the streets of a city in central Myanmar, where sectarian violence that has left about 20 people dead has begun to spread to other areas, according to local officials. Members of the Buddhist […]
Easter: Can Resurrection of Jesus be Precisely Defined?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Easter is around the corner. Today I asked a simple question from the different Christian friends that I came across. I asked […]