Thief returns Munich hotel loot 40 years later
Source: The Local. A guilt-racked American thief has returned a letter-writing set 40 years after he stole it from a luxury Munich hotel. More:
Fresh Questions Over a Bank of America Settlement
Bank of America has long rued its decision in 2008 to acquire Countrywide Financial, the subprime mortgage giant. To date, the bank has set aside some $40 billion to settle claims of mortgage misconduct that occurred before it acquired the freewheeling lender. It has been a regular refrain at Bank […]
UNHCR updated report on the situation of Ahmadis in Pakistan
2. Legislation According to Human Rights Watch, the “persecution” of Ahmadis has been legalized and is “encouraged” by the Pakistani government (27 May 2012). The 2012 annual report of the […]
Islam played important role in Russian civilization: Observer
Islam played important role in Russian civilisation Mon, 04 February 2013 MUSCAT — Islam has played an important role in the rise of Russian civilisation. It is its inherent part and the history of Islamic studies in Russia, termed the “Eastern-Western community” by the great Russian-orthodox Russian philosopher Nikolay Berdiaev, […]
Rising number in France to Islam: New York Times
MEMO FROM FRANCE More in France Are Turning to Islam, Challenging a Nation’s Idea of Itself Agnes Dherbeys for The New York Times The Sahaba mosque in Créteil, a Paris suburb, popular with those converting to Islam, which is a small but growing number. By MAÏA de la BAUME CRÉTEIL, France […]
Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Gujarat (India) Celebrates Platinum Jubilee
Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya, Gandhidham (Gujarat, India) Celebrates Platinum Jubilee by organizing the below mentioned programmes: 1) Waqaar E Amal was done at the Civil Hospital Rambagh, Adipur / Gandhidham on […]
Testosterone: Can it make you live longer?
Source: BBC Bombarded with adverts promising a longer, healthier life, BBC News Los Angeles correspondent Peter Bowes goes in search of eternal youth. Dr Jeffry Life, a Las Vegas-based age management doctor, is 74. He has the body of a man half his age. In fact he has a level […]
The sniper should have had a sniper to protect him: Man charged with shooting top US Navy sniper at gun range
Ex-soldier suspected of the murder of the Navy Seal, author of American Sniper, and another man A man has been charged with the murder of a former sniper and US […]
Syria opposition leader under fire
MUNICH — Syria’s opposition leader flew back to his Cairo headquarters from Germany on Sunday to explain to sceptical allies his decision to talk with President Bashar Assad’s main backers […]
Hundreds of Syrians flee to Jordan as border battle wages
Hosting refugees expected to cost Amman up to $800 million in 2013 by Taylor Luck | Feb 03, 2013 AMMAN — Hundreds of Syrians fled to Jordan on Sunday as […]
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the new face of al-Qa’ida (and why he’s nothing like Osama bin Laden)
Robert Fisk on what he really means in the ‘war on terror’ “Had he his hurts before?” Siward asks of his slain son in Macbeth. He wants to know if […]
From the Papal monasteries to Timbuktu, absolutism lives on
For the Salafists, a Muslim shrine is a rival to God as surely as Henry VIII saw the monasteries as a Papal rival by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK “Then […]
Islam played important role in Russian civilisation
Observer: MUSCAT — Islam has played an important role in the rise of Russian civilisation. It is its inherent part and the history of Islamic studies in Russia, termed the […]
More in France Are Turning to Islam, Challenging a Nation’s Idea of Itself
The Sahaba mosque in Créteil, a Paris suburb, popular with those converting to Islam, which is a small but growing number – Agnes Dherbeys for The New York Times Source: […]
Religion at the Academy Awards
Huff Post: S. Brent Plate. He is drawn to ritual and tradition, and gleefully syncretizes elements of Hindu, Muslim, and Christian practices. What sticks in his throat most is the absence of ritual, the hindrances to the ceremonies of drawing things to a close and allowing a little cosmos in […]
“Burkas for babies”: Saudi cleric’s new fatwa causes controversy
By Mohammad Alyousei: Al Arabiya A Saudi cleric has called for all female babies to be fully covered by wearing the face veil, commonly known as the burka, citing reports of little girls being sexually molested. In a TV interview on the Islamic al-Majd TV, which seems to date back to […]
MyJihad Is to Not Let Others Dictate What Muslims Are
Huff Post: By Monique Parsons Chicago, Illinois – Angie Emara’s son, Adam, was just 4 years old when he died from complications of Hunter’s Syndrome in 2009. Every day since, Emara, 35, of Naperville, Ill., has struggled with a painful and private grief. In December, she took her heartbreak public — […]
Lord Tariq receives Pakistan President Zardari on behalf of Queen
Rabwah.Net: Lord Tariq receives Pakistan President Zardari on behalf of Queen LONDON: Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon received President Asif Ali Zardari on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen when he arrived at […]
Prophet Mohammad (saw)’s Emphasis on Dialogue and Reasoning
Source: IranRadioIslam: Salaam friends and welcome to the second and concluding part of our special feature on the Emphasis of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA) on Dialogue and Reasoning for the promotion […]
Demolish Taj Mahal?
By Graham Wood | http://realestate.aol.com Indian Pol Muhammad Azam Khan Says it Should Have Never Been Built The Taj Mahal is noted on many lists as one of the Seven […]