Newsweek released the cover for its last-ever print issue on Sunday morning. The cover features a vintage picture of the old Newsweek offices in New York, accompanied by the headline […]
Amid a nationwide debate in France surrounding attitudes towards the Islamic veil, or hijab, a French rapper has surprised fans by announcing her conversion to Islam and choosing to wear […]
No, I’m not talking about Bibliolatry. I’m talking about that time of the year when almost every Protestant goes into the woodshed and retrieves this: And this collection of plastic […]
Riyadh: The editor of a Saudi Arabian website could be sentenced to death after a judge cited him for apostasy and moved his case to a higher court, the monitoring group Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. Raif Badawi, who started the Free Saudi Liberals website to discuss the role […]
Ready-made pies and pickles could increase cancer risks this Christmas, a health charity has warned. Breast Cancer UK is offering a series of tips about what to eat and what to avoid during the festive period to help families reduce the risk of developing breast cancer. It urges families to […]
Epigraph: “Seek knowledge even if you have to go to China, any distant land.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad. … MIT President Susan Hockfield and Harvard University President Drew Faust, accompanied […]
ScienceDaily: A new study led by Joshua Hart, assistant professor of psychology, suggests that men’s insecurities about relationships and conflicted views of women as romantic partners and rivals could lead some to adopt sexist attitudes about women. The study was recently published inPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin, a peer-reviewed journal. […]
Health: New York Times. All of us have beliefs — many of them subconscious, dating back to childhood — about what it means to get older. Psychologists call these “age stereotypes.” And, it turns out, they can have an important effect on seniors’ health. …For people who care about and […]
Islam fastest growing in UK: 2nd religion. 5% Muslims Posted on 23 December 2012. English: The Muslim population of the world map by percentage of each country, according to the Pew Forum 2009 report on world Muslim populations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “All indications are that a growing number ofBritons who grew […]
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The Inquirer: The death toll from Typhoon “Pablo” will likely hit 1,500, making it the second deadliest since the country began keeping records, Benito Ramos, head of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), said on Saturday. Ramos said that so far, the council had counted 1,067 dead […]
Russian TV: A poll shows that 70 percent of Germans oppose a new law that would effectively prohibit male circumcision in the country, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Only 24 […]
Epigraph: “Love of your country (patriotism) is a part of your faith.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) Source: Times Of India By Mohammed Wajihuddin, MUMBAI: On December 6, the 20th […]
Source: Fars News Agency TEHRAN (FNA)- Nanotechnology achievements of Iranian experts were put on display in an exhibition on the sidelines of the International Forum of the Islamic World University Lecturers and the Islamic Awakening in Tehran on December 11-12, 2012. Among the most commonly-used devices in the field of […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 23 December 2012 Saudi Arabia has the lowest divorce rate in the Gulf region according to a statement made by the Ministry of Justice. “There is no basis for the notion that divorce is a phenomenon in the Kingdom. Current divorce rates are not worrisome and […]
Source: Deccan Herald Even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is driving financial inclusion through a combination of conventional and non-conventional approaches, it’s time to take a fresh look […]
Bomb kills 5 in capital as fighting continues at Palestinian camp BEIRUT — Syria’s civil war has reached a stalemate and international efforts to persuade President Bashar Assad to quit […]
The Local: Authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia are the first in Germany to be working on an opt-out and prevention programme for Salafists, with the goal of reaching people before they get involved in radical Islamist groups. More:
Source: TOI CAIRO: Egypt’s disputed constitution has received a “yes” majority of more than 70% in the second and final round of voting on the referendum, according to preliminary results released early Sunday by the Muslim Brotherhood. The results, posted on the Brotherhood’s website, show that 71.4% of those who […]
Petra | Dec 22, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan is scheduled to participate in the 89th Conference of Supervisors of Palestinian Affairs in Arab Host Countries in Cairo. Held at the headquarters of the secretariat general of the Arab League, the five-day conference will include participants from Palestine, […]