by Micah Roshan Reddy, Egypt Independent. Mungo Park, the famous 18th century Scottish explorer, had few good things to say about the Muslims he encountered on his journeys through the Sahara. He spoke of the Moors as “a people who study mischief as a science and exult in the miseries […]
Source: The Local: Berlin’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese has condemned a German charlatan for masquerading as a bishop and sneaking into the Vatican to fraternize with cardinals as they prepare to choose a new pope. More:
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – Violence continues unabated and tragically in Pakistan. As Shi’ites in Karachi buried their dead on Monday – a day after twin bombs killed 48 people in Abbas Town – gunmen in the Sohrab Goth area of the southern port city opened fire […]
Source: ET Dear friend, Let me start by telling you I love you and I love our time together. All except your breathless speech about how to find a “good man”, “settle down”, “stop being an idealist”, and “stop evaluating too much”. I know you want me to get married […]
Story Summary Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the […]
AMMAN —University of Jordan (UJ) President Ekhleif Tarawneh on Tuesday said that 65 per cent of the 39,000 students at the university are females. Tarawneh made the remarks during a […]
Kerry has had a miserable time of it in the Gulf. He has to love them all – the kings and princes and emirs – and he needs their support against Bashar al-Assad of Syria. Because, of course, they are sending cash and weapons to the rebels. But which rebels? […]
In Syria these days, we are resorting to our racist little maps. The Alawite mountains and the town of Qardaha, home of the Assad family – colour it dark red. Will this be the last redoubt of the 12 per cent Alawite minority, to which the President belongs, when the […]
Religion and Politics: By Qasim Rashid and Chris Stedman | Thomas Jefferson once wrote: “But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or […]
USCIRF: Historic elections are scheduled to take place in Pakistan in Spring 2013. However, members of the Ahmadi religious community will be prevented from voting for the next civilian government. An executive order requires Ahmadis to register separately and vote as non-Muslims. Chief Executive’s Order No. 15 , which President Musharraf […]
Islam teaching to get to new level in Russia Tags: Society, Opinion & Analysis, Russia, Islam Polina Chernitsa Mar 5, 2013 13:16 Moscow Time Photo: RIA Novosti In separate interviews with the Voice of Russia broadcast on Tuesday, experts said that the creation of a system of Islamic higher education in Russia will help […]
Opponents of girls’ right to education violate Islam, ambassador tells United Nations From the Newspaper | Masood Haider Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Masood Khan. –APP File Photo UNITED NATIONS: “Those who deny women and girls their right to education, violate Islam,” Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Masood Khan told an audience […]
Source: onislam. AMSTERDAM – A leading member in far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ party has reverted to Islam after an extensive study about the Islamic religion and Muslims. “I can understand people are skeptic, especially that it is unexpected for many of them,” Arnoud Van Doorn told Al-Jazeera English […]
Source: Huff Post, Brad Gooch. When Dick Davis, the preeminent translator of Persian poetry of our time, was a boy in Portsmouth, England, in the 1950s, he found on his parents’ bookshelf a copy of Edward FitzGerald’s swooning Victorian translations of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Its presence was not so […]
Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Saima Ahmad In recent history, headlines like “Woman charged with pushing a man in front of train hated Hindus and Muslims”, “Shooting at Sikh temple in Wisconsin leaves at least 7 dead, including gunman” or “Missouri mosque destroyed in second fire in a month” are examples […]
Source/Credit: Mywebtimes.com By DR. QUDDUSS AYAZ-SHAMS Women in Islam are portrayed by numerous Western scholars in a negative light. This is largely based on an inability to consult original sources of […]
Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir In 1978, Michael Hart published his book titled “The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History.” In this book, Hart rankedProphet Muhammad as the number one most influential person in history. He wrote: “My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the […]
Claims of Fiji torture not isolated – Amnesty Published: 7:03AM Wednesday March 06, 2013 Source: ONE News http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1362525567.html#_=1362533591208&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Ftvnz.co.nz%2Fnational-news%2Fclaims-fiji-torture-not-isolated-amnesty-5360984&size=m&text=Claims%20of%20Fiji%20torture%20not%20isolated%20-%20Amnesty%20&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftvnz.co.nz%2Fnational-news%2Fclaims-fiji-torture-not-isolated-amnesty-5360984&via=ONENewsNZ http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?api_key=&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D18%23cb%3Dff30d7bf4%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Ftvnz.co.nz%252Ff3ed4c93c4%26domain%3Dtvnz.co.nz%26relation%3Dparent.parent&href=http%3A%2F%2Ftvnz.co.nz%2Fnational-news%2Fclaims-fiji-torture-not-isolated-amnesty-5360984&node_type=link&width=90&font=arial&layout=button_count&colorscheme=light&show_faces=false&send=false&extended_social_context=false Amnesty International says video appearing to show the vicious beating of two Fijian prisoners is just one of several cases it is aware of. The nine minute video was released online and shows […]
Venezuela’s ‘Comandante’ Hugo Chavez dies Hugo Chavez, socialist leader of Venezuela, dies after long battle with cancer at the age of 58. By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the charismatic leftist who dominated his country with sweeping political change and flamboyant speeches, died […]
Source: Jihad of the Pen – AMYA UK On Tuesday, 26th February, the respected Imam Naseem Bajwa of Baitul Futuh Mosque Morden, the largest mosque in Western Europe, will address Imperial College […]