Source:Newyork Times. There is no formal nominating process for choosing the man to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, and campaigning for oneself is counterproductive. But the cardinals who will file into the Sistine Chapel next month to elect a new leader of the Roman Catholic Church have been quietly sizing up […]
At least 4,000 people have staged one of Singapore’s largest-ever protests, a further sign of discontent over immigration policies and growing income disparities under the long-ruling People’s Action Party (PAP). The chief organiser of the rally, Gilbert Goh, said the protest on Saturday was a display of citizens’ unhappiness over […]
by Belen Fernandez ALJAZEERA Belen Fernandez is the author of The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work, published by Verso. She is a contributing editor at Jacobin Magazine Effort to […]
Associated Press (FOX NEWS) (of course…) JERUSALEM – Israeli soldiers provided medical treatment to wounded Syrians that approached its northern frontier and then transported them to a hospital in Israel for further treatment, the military said Saturday, in the first instance of Syrians fleeing their country’s civil war being taken […]
Source: TOI A remote-controlled bomb targeting Shia Muslims killed 58 people and wounded more than 176 in Pakistan’s insurgency-hit southwest on Saturday, police said. More:
Source: TOI KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities will deport an Australian senator after refusing him entry on Saturday over what it said was his participation in an illegal street rally for electoral reform in the Southeast Asian country last year. The deportation of Senator Nick Xenophon is a sign of growing […]
Islamic scholars have expressed concern about Israel’s plan to construct a building near the al-Aqsa Mosque in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), Press TV reports. http://www.presstv.ir/player/player1.swf Or Click Here […]
RT: An Australian court has ruled in favor of allowing a company to patent a human gene. Concerns have been voiced that allowing a company to monopolize genes will turn […]
The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) released a statement on Friday saying that the Bekasi administration had violated the law in forbidding the Ahmadis from worshipping in their mosque. The […]
Source: qantara.de Iran’s moral guardians are concerned: while Islam is increasing in political importance throughout the Arab world, people in the Islamic Republic of Iran are leaving the mosques in […]
The Qur’an’s teachings around business chime with the objectives of the worldwide social enterprise movement Though wealth creation is the primary goal taught by top businessmen, social impact is considered to be a more fulfilling outcome for others. Money is not timeless, but what you do with that money can […]
The Syrian government has sent a letter to the United Nations blasting Turkey’s “destructive” role in the conflict that has ravaged the country for the past 23 months. In the […]
Epigraph: And those who say, ‘Our Lord, grant us of our wives and children the delight of our eyes, and make us a model for the righteous. It is such as […]
Stephen Harper (left) seated with Worldwide Ahmadiyya leader Mirza Masroor Ahmad(right) at the grand opening of Baitun Nur, the largest mosque in Canada. (July 5, 2008) Source: Canada.com BY LEE BERTHIAUME, POSTMEDIA NEWS […]
Source: LUBP By Sidk Maqaal The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out the petition of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran chief Tahirul Qadri for the reconstitution of the Election Commission of Pakistan, saying that Qadri has failed to satisfy it on his bona fides and fundamental rights in this regard. A anti Taliban […]
Source: ET Shahbag Square — where’s that? Abdul Kader Mullah — who’s he? A bunch of university students in Islamabad, with whom I was informally conversing yesterday, hadn’t heard of either. Of course, they knew of Tahrir Square and Afzal Guru’s recent execution. But they showed little interest upon learning […]
ScienceDaily: Feb. 14, 2013 — Scientists at the Georgia Regents University Cancer Center have identified an Indian plant, used for centuries to treat inflammation, fever and malaria, that could help kill cancer cells. Cancer cells typically avoid death by hijacking molecular chaperones that guide and protect the proteins that ensure normal […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called on the European Union to devote “critical effort” to avoid confrontation over Iran’s nuclear energy program. At a news conference after a […]
THE PROMISED SON: (By Abid Khan) “Even if all the people leave you and I am left alone I would stand by you and would face all opposition and onslaughts […]
theguardian: Jonathan Freedland. As an ex-pope, Benedict will no longer enjoy the sovereign immunity available to heads of state. A prosecution is possible – but only in theory. Who would hand him over? Certainly not the Italian authorities. For all that, despite his age and the reverence of the office […]