Alislam Team’s work Catches strong Wind in its Sails
Epigraph: “So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable.” (Al Quran 87:10) ‘I will cause thy message to spread to the corners of the earth!’ – A Revelation of the […]
Where Did All the Antimatter Go? – an Islamic view
Source: onislam.net “Have they not considered how Allah begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allah, is easy.” “Say, [O Muhammad], “Travel through the land and observe how He […]
Obama’s Pakistani connection: The Tech wizard behind Obama’s Re-election
ET: US President Obama’s electoral victory in 2012 marks the first time that a political campaign has made extensive use of data mining and analysis techniques that are used in […]
Obama: ‘The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam’
Washington Post: By Georgetown/ On Faith “The impulse towards intolerance and violence may initially be focused on the West, but over time it cannot be contained. The same impulses toward extremism […]
Saudi activist defends pro-women stance
Manama: A Saudi activist has rejected claims that she had insulted the companions of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) by supporting moves to empower women politically. Suheila Zain Al Abideen Al Hammad had come under attack from Saleh Al Fawzan, a conservative religious scholar, after she said that the Prophet’s companions took […]
‘Blow up’ Golden Dome comments catch fire ahead of Israel election
Global Post: Jeremy Gimpel, an American-born candidate running in next week’s Israeli elections, has inflamed the race after video surfaced of him asking what would happen if two mosques on Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock were blown up and replaced. Gimpel, a candidate for the right-wing religious party Habayit Hayeudi, […]
UN apologizes for applauding Serbian genocide song
Global Post: The UN has apologized after Ban Ki-moon and other senior officials gave a standing ovation to “March on the Drina,” unaware it was the unofficial anthem of the […]
Thais open hearts to Rohingya, bringing supplies and sympathy
Source: Bangkok Post A huge procession of Thai people turned out to deliver food, cash and necessities to help Rohingya migrants confined in various shelters yesterday. Muhammad Sabare, 14, weeps in gratitude as he represents Rohingya youngsters who gathered to give thanks to people who donated food and other necessities […]
Multi-Junction Solar Cell to Break Efficiency Barrier?
Source: Science Daily Jan. 14, 2013 — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists in the Electronics Technology and Science Division, in collaboration with the Imperial College London and MicroLink Devices, Inc., Niles, Ill., have proposed a novel triple-junction solar cell with the potential to break the 50 percent conversion efficiency barrier, […]
Qadri to challenge his summoning over violating asylum oath
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit:Dawn.com ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ), Dr Tahirul Qadri, has decided to challenge in a Canadian […]
I Have a Dream: President Obama will One day Comfort the Parents of Drone Victims
Epigraph: “O ye people! be mindful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many […]
Urge others to do good and do good yourself
Imam Shamshad A. Nasir in front of Baitul Hameed Mosque, Chino, CA By Imam Shamshad A. Nasir According to the website www.USA.gov the ten most popular New Year’s resolution are: Drink Less […]
Algeria, Mali, and why this week has looked like an obscene remake of earlier Western interventions
We are outraged not by the massacre of the innocents, but because the hostages killed were largely white, blue-eyed chaps rather than darker, brown-eyed chaps by Robert Fisk, The Independent, […]
Atheism, a Comparative Study
By Obaid Ullah Khan Latest surveys of the religious demographics of the world show that around 33.3% of the world’s population belongs to Christian faith which is the largest religion in the world at present. At second position comes Islam which enjoys the adherence of around 21% of the whole […]
Remember Dr. King’s Dream By Supporting American Muslims
Source: Global Grind By: Rabbi Marc Schneier and Russell Simmons On Jan. 7, exactly two weeks before we are to simultaneously celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. […]
Persecuted Muslim sect finds peace in Fitchburg
By Paula J. Owen TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF Here we can say Asalaam and blessings of God. There you would be punished in prison. — Farida Mehmud, WIFE OF […]
Measuring integration – Birthplace plays a role in success
Factors such as income, education and family structure vary greatly among Swiss people, Swiss-born foreigners and those born outside the country, according to new figures aimed at measuring the integration […]
California Muslims make political history
http://www.cair.com Posted by Admin on Jan 15, 2013 in Blog, Elections By Farrah Khan This past weekend, California Muslims made political history when 28 Muslim candidates were elected by Democrats as delegates and alternate delegates to the California Democratic Party (CDP). This constitutes the largest number of Muslims ever elected […]
Jihad in the Sahara
Source: The Economist. FOR half a year African governments in the region and various ones in the West, especially in France and the United States, had been fretting over Mali, where rebel groups tied to al-Qaeda had taken over the northern half of the country. Earlier this year matters dramatically […]