Earth’s rotation and axis and blessings of Allah
Epigraph: And among His Signs is this, that He sends the winds as bearers of glad tidings and that He may make you taste of His mercy, and that the […]
The dark ages of Pakistan
The News: by Harris Khalique: In medieval Europe, heretics were burnt alive, rebels were quartered and their body parts were sent to the remote corners of the country, those who believed that the earth revolved around the sun were admonished and threatened. The Christian church held sway over kings, queens […]
PBS Online Film Festival (March. 4-22, 2013)
On March 4, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) will launch the 2013 Online Film Festival, showcasing 25 films from independent filmmakers. The Festival, featuring award-winning films with a wide array of styles, perspectives and subject matter, will run from March 4 to March 22 and can be accessed via the PBS […]
Antarctic Lake Vostok yields ‘new bacterial life’
Northern Lights Source: BBC By Paul Rincon: Science editor, BBC News website Russian scientists have claimed the discovery of a new type of bacterial life in water from a buried […]
New website: Muhammad (peace be on him) ‘fact check’
Myth Index: ■murdered Jews ■permitted to lie ■marriage to A’isha ■terrorism and Jihad ■apostasy and blasphemy ■Caravan raids ■idol worship ■Idolaters’ annihilation ■Reconciliation rejection ■Abu Talib’s Protection For answers to these ‘myths’ please click on this website: http://www.muhammadfactcheck.org/
Bin Laden son-in-law detained overseas, brought to New York (with the help of Jordan)
Mar 7, 2013 – 18:42 By Mark Hosenball and Daniel Trotta WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment against a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden on Thursday that charged him with conspiracy to kill Americans, after U.S. government sources said he was arrested overseas and brought to New […]
Truce of Hudaibiyah: A Grand victory in Islamic history
Epigraph: “Indeed, we have granted thee (Muhammad) a clear victory, That Allah may cover up for thee thy shortcomings, past and future, and that He may complete His favor upon […]
Allah’s mercy and the fragile world we live in
OF THE 99 beautiful names of Allah, it is Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim that we use most frequently in our prayers and du’aa. Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim are both derived from the same Arabic root word, rahma, meaning “mercy, compassion.” Pickthall translates Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim as “the Beneficent, the Merciful,” and Yusuf Ali […]
Britons, Westerners Increasingly Converting to Islam: Press TV
Britons and other Westerns increasingly converting to Islam Over time, the Priest may allow saying prayers the Islamic way in the Church and it may become socially acceptable. This all depends on the manners and behaviour of a person after he or she had further improved and developed his or […]
Islam in America: The Struggle Over Jihad’s meaning: New Your Times
It took over a century for the main stream Muslims – as seen here- to catch up with the true meaning of Jihad. The first to expound the true meaning was the 20th Century Imam Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. The Muslims are slowly coming together on the true meaning as […]
Saudi Arabia: Council of “Supreme Scholars” Rejects the Appointment of Women
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: wluml.org Source: PI Online “A controversy erupted this week in Saudi Arabia when some scholars suggested that the top religious organization in the Kingdom, […]
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Hugo Chavez Will Resurrect With Jesus
Source: Hiffinton Post Hugo Chavez had a friend in Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who apparently held the Venezuelan leader in such high regard that he believes he will “return on […]
Ten women for 2013 International Women of Courage Award
US Department of State, Office of Global Women’s Issues: These women are as follows: 1. Malalai Bahaduri First Sergeant, Afghan National Interdiction Unit (NIU), Senior Instructor, Afghanistan First Sergeant Malalai […]
Majority of Albertans support assisted suicide
U Alberta study: An overwhelming majority of Albertans believe dying adults should have the right to request to end their life, according to new research from the University of Alberta. […]
Netanyahu’s children
…… not the prime minister’s biological children, but they all were the creation of his spirit, students of his views and pupils of his government’s policies. These Israeli skinheads are […]
A Marked Life
Source: the revealer – a daily review of religion and media By Saba Imtiaz The Akram family’s house looks like any other in Nawabshah, a city in Pakistan’s Sindh province. […]
Wealth Inequality Is a Problem, but How Do You Even Begin to Solve It? – Is capitalislm working for USA? What is the Islamic solution?
Courtesy: The Atlantic You might consider America’s vast wealth inequality, vividly illustrated in this viral video, to be offensive, infuriating, or irrelevant. But it is not terribly mysterious. Rich people have more money. More money tends to lead to bigger properties, fatter savings, and better access to capital markets. As […]
Jamaat-e-Islami should stop violence and practice Islam, i.e. peace!
War-scarred Bangladesh torn by new tensions DAWN.com Three years on, its first verdicts have plunged the country into one of its most turbulent chapters since independence from Pakistan four decades ago and threatens lasting damage to the world’s eighth most populous country. More than 80 people have been killed in […]
Airline delays flight so man can see dying mum.
Source: News.com.au. UNITED Airlines has gone to extraordinary lengths to make sure a man got to see his mother before she died. Kerry Drake started sobbing after his flight from San Francisco to Houston was delayed. He had left only 40 minutes connection time in Houston to make his flight […]
Is Acceptance of Climate Change Adaptation an Admission That Mitigation Has Failed?
Source: All Africa. Com The question of whether accepting and acting on climate change adaptation amounts to an admission of defeat for climate change mitigation was the most pressing topic discussed by climate experts on a panel this week at an event sponsored by The Earth Institute. The debate around […]