Source: TOI The drumbeat of scandal has reached such a fever pitch that the Vatican secretariat of state issued a rare pointed rebuke on February 23, 2013. (AFP photo) VATICAN CITY: As cardinals from around the world begin arriving in Rome for a conclave to elect a successor to Pope […]
British, French and German politicians are all sounding the alarm. In 2014, Romanian and Bulgarian citizens will be given free movement within Europe’s labor market. They are concerned about a […]
Source: ET Speaking at an interfaith conference in Islamabad, President Asif Ali Zardari called on clerics and religious scholars to take the lead in preventing the misuse of blasphemy laws, conveniently forgetting that it is the government that has the primary responsibility to protect minorities. He said this even as […]
Islam in the UK and Islamization of Britain Published on Saturday, 23 February 2013 04:31 Written by Enza Ferreri This is the view from Londonistan, Absurd Britannia, Eurabia. Raymond Ibrahim, a scholar of Arab and Islam history born in the USA of Egyptian Coptic parents, often writes about the condition […]
Haaretz: As Jews, we must infuse all our earthly actions – from eating to sexual relations – with spirituality, not just on Purim, but throughout the year. The commandment to […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Courtesy of Dawn.com Amar Sindu | 8 hours ago Today is February 24. Last year, on the same date, Rinkle was picked up from her […]
LUBP: Pakistan Must Learn from its Ahmadi Muslims. It was most heartening to see the support of the Ahmadiyah Muslim community and human rights activists during the recent protests and campaigns […]
Businessinsider.com: Earlier today we posted how the Chinese military’s exploit of America’s grid software could conceivably provide them with a switch to turn out our lights, for months. The resulting catastrophe can be averted, however, by the implementation of technology that recently which uses single photons to secure networks and grids: Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). The […]
Daily Telegraph: Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric is fighting allegations of “inappropriate” acts involving four men. Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the only figure based in mainland Britain with a vote […]
How Tripoli, Egypt, and Zanzibar rode 19th-century European expeditions to profit by Dane Kennedy, Boston Globe In June 1857, the British explorers Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke set […]
Dawn: DHAKA: Bangladesh police fired live rounds on Sunday in clashes with Islamists demanding the execution of bloggers they accuse of blasphemy, killing at least three protesters and injuring dozens. Eighteen of the injured suffered bullet wounds in the unrest at Singair in the central district of Manikganj, as the […]
By Matthew Green KARACHI (Reuters) – When Aurangzeb Farooqi survived an attempt on his life that left six of his bodyguards dead and a six-inch bullet wound in his thigh, […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Sunday 24 February 2013 WASHINGTON: The United States has deployed several Predator drones to Niger to fly surveillance missions in support of French forces in Mali, a US defense official said Friday. The unarmed robotic aircraft are flying out of Niamey at a base with a […]
signatures were collected during a one-day campaign organised in cooperation with Drs. And More coalition, to reach the highest number of potential donors in the world at the time, noting […]
by Hani Hazaimeh | Feb 23, 2013 | 22:55 MAFRAQ — While hundreds of Syrians fleeing the violence in their country arrive at the Zaatari Refugee Camp daily, some camp residents want to return to their homeland for various reasons. Several Syrians interviewed by The Jordan Times last week complained […]
Source: Huff Post, LONDON — Roman Catholic priests should be allowed to marry and have children, Britain’s most senior Catholic cleric said Friday. Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who heads the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, said the requirement for priestly celibacy is “not of divine origin” and could be reconsidered. He […]
Source: RT. Some critics are saying that Hollande is a strange choice for peace award, as he is currently engaged in a military conflict. “Having assessed the dangers and the repercussions of the situation on Africa, and on Mali in particular, the jury appreciated the solidarity shown by France to […]
Source: Rice, by Jeff Falk. A rare intrafaith dialogue on Islam had the Asia Society Texas Center’s Brown Foundation Performing Arts Theater packed to the last seat Feb. 21. The event featured four imams representing the Ahmadiyya, African-American, Shia and Sunni traditions of Islam and was co-hosted by Rice University’s […]
http://www.globalpost.com/photo-galleries/5710071/women-rule-18-female-leaders-worldwide-photos (PHOTOS): Women rule: 18 female leaders worldwide (PHOTOS)
Embrace moderate Muslim leaders Ynet News: The delegates to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations deserve our united applause for travelling to Paris last week to express […]