Source: American University of Sharjah Experts at American University of Sharjah (AUS) and the University of Cambridge presented their insights based on the report Narratives of Conversion to Islam in Britain […]
Source: BBC By Fergus Walsh – Medical correspondent The danger posed by growing resistance to antibiotics should be ranked along with terrorism on a list of threats to the nation, the government’s chief medical officer for England has said. Professor Dame Sally Davies described it as a “ticking time bomb”. […]
Prayer Room Delights Toronto Muslims OnIslam & Newspapers Monday, 11 February 2013 00:00 Toronto, Muslim, students, prayer A new prayer room was opened at Emmanuel College in Toronto last month to help Muslim students perform their prayers CAIRO – Enjoying a welcoming atmosphere, Muslim students at a Canadian university are […]
Global Post: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has predicted that Hugo Chavez would be resurrected along with Jesus and a sacred Muslim prophet. “I have no doubt he will come again along with all the righteous people and the Prophet Jesus and the only successor of the righteous generation, the perfect […]
Source: vimeo: by Sarfraz Shiekh An angry mob attacked Joseph Colony, a Christian neighbourhood belonging to an alleged “blasphemer”, burning down 180 houses. They robbed the houses and burnt everything, […]
The Express Tribune Canadian authorities summon Qadri for violating oath By Web Desk Published: A file photo of MQI chief Tahirul Qadri taken during one of his religious lectures. Canadian authorities on Friday summoned Minhajul Quran International (MQI) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on February 5, and sought explanation from him […]
Go not by Rabindranath Tagore ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore ) Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God, First fill your own house with the Fragrance of love… Go not to the temple to light candles before the altar of God, First remove the darkness of sin […]
The Daily Times: It is with deep sadness that one contemplates how 2013 is turning out to be one of the worst years for minorities in Pakistan’s sordid history of sectarian violence. Militant ire has been directed at the Shias throughout the first three months of this year and now […]
The NEWS: Karachi: A poster outside his home in Abbas Town reads: “Mubashir Ahmad Abbasi Shaheed”. His family does not know how it got there. The white chart paper also has an […]
Source: The Star Gazette Written by Jeff Murray Dr. Zia Shah of Binghamton, left, talks about the Muslim Prophet Muhammad during a public conference Sunday at the Southeast Steuben County […]
Foreign instructors are training Syrian rebels in modern warfare in Jordan, suggest media reports from Europe. Sources claim the trainees will be the security force if Assad goes, while the […]
By Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore / Xining TIME WORLD When Dawa said yes to a party held by American friends in the city of Xining, she expected music, drinks, and a chance […]
Source: globalpost, by Allison Jackson. Twenty-one UN peacekeepers held hostage by Syrian rebels for four days have been freed. The Filipino peacekeepers arrived in Jordan from neighboring Syria on Saturday, Agence France-Presse reported,citing a Jordanian government spokesman and the Philippines ambassador in Amman. Rebels fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad abducted […]
Source: Huff Post, by Peter Rollins. Today the word “sacred” is employed to name a certain realm of life that can be contrasted with the secular. The idea here is that some object, area of life or geographical location can act as a “thin place,” i.e. a site where the […]
By JOSEPH LEVINE THE NEW YORK TIMES I was raised in a religious Jewish environment, and though we were not strongly Zionist, I always took it to be self-evident that “Israel has a right to exist.” Now anyone who has debated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will have encountered this phrase often. […]
by Farahnaz Ispahani THE HINDU After each act of violence against religious minorities, the Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi or Sipah-e-Sahaba proudly own up to it without fear of punishment The recent mob […]
Source: Today’s Zaman Not a single week passes without news reports on Israel’s unfair treatment of its subjects and Israel is awash with ubiquitous apartheid practices, particularly in the occupied […]
President Peres meets the heads of the Jewish community of France and a delegation of Imams, one year after attacks in Toulouse. President Shimon Peres met on Sunday with the heads of the Jewish community of France and with a delegation of Imams including the heads of the Egyptian, African, […]
CORNING — The actions of a few Islamic radicals have given the Prophet Muhammad and Islam a bad reputation, according to a Muslim organization dedicated to painting a more accurate […]
Aijaz Zaka Syed Friday, February 22, 2013 Source: Dubai eye The News Pakistan http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-161448-No-country-for-minorities The writer is a commentator on Middle East and South Asian affairs. These aren’t the best of times for minorities in South Asia. From the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, to the idyllic Buddhist paradise of Sri […]