Fifty Stunning Sunsets from Weather.com
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The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East, By Timur Kuran
Source: The Independent Reviewed by Ziauddin Sardar Around 300 years ago, the bazaars of the Middle East were overflowing with luxury goods. The commercial centres of the region attracted all variety of fortune seekers, speaking numerous languages. There was nothing to indicate that the region would not continue to be […]
Woman accused of NYC subway hate crime murder (Christian terrorist?)
31-year-old New York woman was scheduled to appear before a judge Sunday after being charged with murder as a hate crime for shoving a Hindu man to his death in […]
Syria jihadists eye post-Assad Islamic rule
AF JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — Jihadist rule must spread over Syria after the ouster of Bashar Al Assad, the head of the hardline rebel Al Nusra Front said on Friday, […]
(at least one country is doing well): Saudi Arabia: Record surplus budget unveiled
JEDDAH: KHALIL HANWARE & P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Sunday 30 December 2012 Saudi Arabia yesterday announced a record surplus budget SR 9 billion for 2013, projecting expenditure at SR 820 billion and revenues at SR 829. It has allocated SR 285 billion for new projects, SR 204 billion for education, […]
SR 60 billion approved for Makkah Metro (16 billion US$)
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 30 December 2012 The Cabinet approved a SR 60 billion plan for the implementation of a metro rail network in Makkah, which would link the Makkah […]
A time to remember outstanding Pakistanis: A S (Patras) Bokhari- Saviour of UNICEF
Ed. Note: Addition to the heading by Editor Express Tribune: Anwar Mooraj: Whenever we are heading for the New Year, I get this irresistible urge to exhume and disinter the […]
Video: Challenging Extremism: Ahmadiyya Muslim View
Source Youtube: MTA: Excellent overview and analysis by Iftikhar Ayaz Sahib and Mujib ur Rehman Sahib and other guests. Watch Here:
Investment upgrade, faster growth expected in Philippines
The Inquirer: The Aquino government has described 2012 as one of the best years ever for the Philippines with economic growth expected to surpass the targeted 5 to 6 percent and the stock market ending the year on a 38th record high, making it the second best performing market in […]
#MyJihad: Campaign to amplify the voice of mainstream Muslims
Source: Washington Post By Qasim Rashid As a Muslim American, #MyJihad begins every night—get to bed on time so I can wake for pre-dawn prayer and nourish my soul. #MyJihad […]
The difficult question of Muslim and Christian marriage in Senegal
By TAMBA JEAN-MATTHEW in Dakar | Saturday, December 29 2012 at 15:01 AFRICA REVIEW In the wake of a recent Senegalese mass wedding that featured minors, it would appear that nuptial laws in the west African country border can sometimes border on the liberal. But for inter-religious marriages, this is […]
Multi-cultural Britain can benefit from continuing Indian boom
The future is largely Indian and to have a connection to this most culturally rich of civilisations is an awesome privilege BY AMOL RAJAN SOURCE: THE INDEPENDENT Friday 28 December 2012 By the time you read this, I shall most likely be in Pune, the sprawling metropolis that is India’s […]
The Miracle of Wenchi : Ethiopian Kids Using Tablets to Teach Themselves
By Fiona Ehlers Spiegel.de A US aid organization has handed children in the remote Ethiopian village of Wenchi tablet computers in an experiment aimed at enabling them to teach themselves. […]
Syria doomed to “hell” without political deal – envoy
By Alissa de Carbonnel and Peter Graff MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The international mediator touting a peace plan for Syria warned on Saturday of “hell” if the warring sides shun talks, and Moscow blamed the foes of President Bashar al-Assad for refusing to negotiate. U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said in […]
Surviving forced exile: Shelter for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
by Julia Slater, swissinfo.ch Dec 29, 2012 – 10:44 “Forced exile is the worst situation you can have,” says Caroline Nanzer, Swiss delegate in Lebanon of the disaster relief organisation […]
3 Excuses You Should Never Use at Work
Source: The daily Muse. 1. “Blame it on the Train” Extra points to all of you who immediately started singing Milli Vanilli—but in any case, as the pop duo learned, use these words and eventually everyone’s going to think you’re pulling a fast one. (Like an employee I once had […]
Afghan prosecutor faces attacks over her pursuit of moral crimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/29/world/asia/afghan-prosecutor-faces-attacks-over-her-pursuit-of-moral-crimes.html?ref=global-home&_r=0 MARIA BASHIR, the only woman serving as chief prosecutor in any of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, does more than just walk the line between the progressive and the conservative — she has, uncomfortably, come to personify it. Ms. Bashir, 42, is used to personal and even physical attacks from traditionalists […]
Ahmadiyya convention sends out message of ‘love for all, hatred for none’ to the world
Yahoonews: Qadian (Punjab), Dec.29 (ANI): The world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at has sent out a message of “Love for All, Hatred for None”, to the world. Addressing the inaugural session of the three-day annual convention being held in Qadian in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district here, Maulana Inam Ghouri, the chief secretary of […]
Pakistanis show resilience against disasters
Dawn: WASHINGTON, Dec 27: Human resilience for the 13 highest risk countries has been declining but in Pakistan it has been increasing, shows a recent study by researchers associated with the US Department of Energy. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, which conducts research for the Department of Energy, are developing […]
मुस्लिम जमात के प्रतिनिधिमंडल ने हरियाणा के राज्यपाल से मुलाकात की
सौजन्य : जागरण जागरण संवाद केंद्र, रोहतक : अहमदिया मुस्लिम जमात के प्रतिनिधिमंडल ने ताहिर अहमद तारिक के नेतृत्व में हरियाणा के राज्यपाल जगन्नाथ पहाड़िया से मुलाकात कर, उन्हे अहमदिया मुस्लिम जमात के 121 वें वार्षिक उत्सव का निमंत्रण पत्र दिया। यह जानकारी देते हुए भारतीय दलित पिछड़ा एकता मंच […]