Dalil Boubakeur is one of France’s most prominent Muslims. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, he discusses what retiring Pope Benedict XVI did wrong in bridging the Muslim-Catholic divide and how […]
Source: BBC Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation on Thursday – the first by a Pope for more than 600 years – is forcing the Vatican to consider some unusual questions. Here […]
By: Zarar Hayee, Duluth News Tribune Source: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/259778/ Since 1976 the United States has celebrated February as Black History Month. We celebrate Black History Month to commemorate the efforts and perseverance of African- Americans in American society. In school we learned how blacks were forced to give up their seats and […]
Source: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/259779/group/homepage/ By: Waqas Khalid, for the News Tribune Actor Denzel Washington uttered some pretty famous words in “Remember the Titans,” one of the best sports movies of our era. “I don’t care whether you’re black, white, green, or purple, I want my offensive players on this bus,” he said, […]
By ALEX ALVAREZ (@soalexgoes) While the U.S. has deemed it illegal to place bets on who will become the next pope — the selection process is considered an election — […]
Eric J. Lyman, Special for USA TODAY At 8 p.m. sharp local time (2 p.m. ET), Benedict will become the first pontiff in 600 years to retire. VATICAN CITY — […]
Source: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=45092 A Dhaka tribunal on Thursday handed death penalty to top Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. The 73-year-old Jamaat nayeb-e-ameer […]
Source: http://omidsafi.religionnews.com/2013/02/28/how-to-pray-presence-in-the-heart/ By Omid Safi A man came to see the Prophet Muhammad (S). Before talking with the Prophet, he quickly performed his prayers. When he walked up to the Prophet, the Prophet sent him back to do his prayers over again, and said: ”You did not do your […]
PORT-LOUIS, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — Scientists have discovered the existence of a micro-continent lying under the Mauritius and Reunion islands in the Indian Ocean, the Nature Geoscience magazine published on its website. The researchers from Oslo, Liverpool and Witwatersrand universities said that the micro-continent which has been given the name, […]
By Catherine Chomiak, Producer, NBC News ROME – In a policy shift, the United States on Thursday announced plans to channel non-lethal assistance directly to Syrian rebels in the battlefield […]
Muhammad in the Bible: by David Benjamin Kildani (former Roman Catholic Bishop of a Uniate Chaldean diocese) “There has never lived upon this earth a Prince – Prophet like Muhammad, who belonged to […]
Source: Inquirer News. KUALA LUMPUR—The Philippines and a Muslim separatist group hope to finalize a peace agreement ending a decades-old insurgency by April, a government negotiator said Thursday. Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are working to put the finishing touches to plans for disarmament and wealth- and […]
Daily Times: VIEW : Zero tolerance for extremism — Mohammad Ahmad The Saudi influence in Pakistan and the adoption of extremist demands has led to the unhindered growth of extremism The killing machines are operating full time. The Hazara genocide continues. Pakistan’s soul is being tortured as Quetta bleeds with one […]
Dawn: US Congressman Rohrabacher demands referendum in Balochistan BRUSSELS: In an effort to shed light on the key role Balochistan plays in South Asia, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization […]
President Obama and Congressional leaders dedicated a statue of Rosa Parks, left, whose act of defiance and work in the civil rights movement helped spur desegregation across the country and […]
Government Inaction, Discriminatory Laws Embolden Militant Groups (Jakarta) – The Indonesian government is failing to protect the country’s religious minorities from growing religious intolerance and violence, Human Rights Watch said […]
By Al Arabiya with AFP Israel’s settlement construction in annexed east Jerusalem is part of a strategy aimed at preventing the Holy City from becoming the capital of two states, […]
By Al Arabiya with AFP French President Francois Hollande said Thursday that he believed it would be possible to come to a political decision on the Syrian conflict in the […]
By Al Arabiya An influential Saudi cleric has issued a religious edict, commonly known as Fatwa, allowing women to travel without a male guardian, uncover their faces and eat alongside […]