French police investigating the murder of a British-Iraqi family in the Alps have asked to question a Swiss gunman who killed three women in his home village, police in Geneva said on Friday. Police in the neighbouring French region of Haute-Savoie made the request to their colleagues in the Swiss […]
Story Summary If, as I noted in my column Thursday, Jordan is the one country that best captures the many contradictory political, social, religious and cultural sentiments swirling across the Arab world, now is the best time to visit the country as these sentiments are being expressed in public during […]
Story Summary The ageing Christians holed up inside a retirement home in the devastated northern Syrian city of Aleppo have no light, no telephone lines, and little idea of what […]
Story Summary Iran’s agricultural exports grew last year, with pistachio and saffron sales almost doubling, despite Western sanctions on trade with the country, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted Iran’s […]
Source: Sikandar Malik of Germany. Click HERE to enjoy the video Nr 1. Click HERE to enjoy the vieo Nr 2.
Source: The Hindu Convergence among multiple technological and scientific disciplines, coupled with making sustainable systems would define the “knowledge society” of the 21st century, the former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, said here on Sunday. He was addressing students of the Indian Institute of Technology (Patna) during its first convocation programme. […]
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: The past year witnessed a 53% increase in sectarian violence, according to an annual report released on Friday by the Pakistan Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS). Non-sectarian attacks, on the other hand, decreased by 20%. More:
Source: The Local German journalist and publisher Jakob Augstein is one of the top ten worst anti-Semites in the world – at least according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a US Jewish human rights organisation which included him in their 2012 “top ten” offenders.The Simon Wiesenthal jury said it had […]
Zemtv: Youtube: 5th January is the birthday of Z A Bhutto, the Pakistani Prime Minister, who presided over the the break up of Pakistan, the first Civilian Martial Law Administrator […]
Huff Post: Dave Pruett. The Church is convinced that there can be no real contradiction between science and faith. … It is certain that science and faith represent two different orders of knowledge, autonomous in their processes, but finally converging upon the discovery of reality in all its aspects… Given […]
Huff Post: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s top cleric on Friday warned against the mixing of the genders, saying it poses a threat to female chastity and society, as the kingdom prepares for the first time to grant women seats on the country’s top advisory body. Delivering his traditional […]
Inquirer: “We thought these things happen only in the US. Now it’s starting to happen here.” The death of 7-year-old Stephanie Nicole Ella by celebratory gunfire in Caloocan City on New Year’s Eve and the shooting rampage three days later in Kawit town in Cavite province that left eight people […]
Express News bureau chief in Lahore Muhammad Ilyas said that on Saturday, Ahmed’s health deteriorated and he was rushed to the hospital following cardiac arrest. His funeral prayers will be offered on Sunday January 6, 2013, at 3 pm in Peshawar. More
Listen to Me: Islam Does Not Command War Against Jews Let me clarify these misconceptions about Islam so that there is no excuse for warmongers and those who wish to […]
Timeline of the Video and Minhaj ul Quran The video posted on The Muslim Times on January 02, 2013 – most probably should be of late 1970s or early 1980s. […]
USAToday January 3, 2013 Column: A Hindu moment for Congress Stephen Prothero9:09p.m. EST January 3, 2013 Hawaii’s Rep. Tulsi Gabbard was raised by Hindu mother and Catholic father. As a child she was exposed to New Testament and Hindu’s Bhagavad Gita. Her new colleagues should note Gita’s message of “selfless […]
This is not going to be “The First Time” of expanding the Holy Mosque. Truth is that this Mosque has been subjected to expansions, changes and alterations in its LAND AREA, STRUCTURAL FACILITIES and ARCHITECTURAL FORMATS throughout its history. The present day structure {as it stands today prior to any […]
2012 Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel Highlights 2012 has been an exciting year for the growth of the cultural and academic boycott of Israel, a pillar of the global BDS movement. In what follows we would like to offer the main highlights of the year. This is far from […]
OnIslam & Newspapers Saturday, 05 January 2013 00:00 CAIRO – Senior students at Oklahoma’s first Islamic high school are preparing to be the first graduation class in 2013, filled with hope to serve their community and act as role models for their country. “This has been a journey,” Imad Enchassi, […]
World’s sufis will hold meeting in Pekalongan The purposeful establishment of the organization is aimed at upholding the importance of monotheism in addition to helping create world peace. Jakarta, NU […]