Islamic finance: Idea whose time has come
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 […]
Syrian civil war at stalemate, Assad unlikely to go — Russia
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 […]
Authorities plan exit scheme for Salafists
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:
Egypt’s draft charter gets ‘yes’ majority in vote
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 […]
Jordan to participate in conference of countries hosting Palestinians
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, […]
Terrorism and National Consensus
Source: Friday Times: The recent attack on Peshawar airport by TTP terrorists has raised several important questions regarding national security, civil-military relations and media perceptions. Unfortunately, the fact is that on a core concern of national security – the army chief has admitted that the existential threat to Pakistan is […]
How Obama won and What it means for Islam?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Epigraph: “Once the world of ideas has been transformed, reality cannot hold out for long.” “The history of the world is none […]
Considering society
Source: ET More than 200 villagers overpowered six police men and beat up the man, before burning him. The time has come to consider the nature of our society and what is happening to it. We appear to have descended into a frenzy of madness and wonder if anyone can […]
Meeting of the Bay Area Interfaith Giants: Interfaith America News
Interfaith America News Meeting of the Bay Area interfaith giants By H. Koya(PhD), chair Interfaith America (L-R. Fiji Sun Editor Dr. H. Koya chair Interfaith America, Iftekhar Hai president UMA Interfaith and Imam Mubashir Ahmad missionary Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (Sat. Dec 22,2012) – After months of […]
This is the Disease Which Killed Bashir Bilour
And the Man in rightly-characterized “black” dress is Farhat Hashmi. More Drones to annihilate the Whole Wazirastan TTP claims Peshawar blast responsibility PESHAWAR: A banned outfit Tehreek e Taliban […]
Ahmadiyah faces problems in Indonesia
Ahmadiyah faces possible ban from Indonesia (an older video)
Suicide bombers attack offices of Airtel, MTN in Nigeria
Source: TOI ABUJA: Suicide car bombers today attacked the offices of a Nigerian subsidiary of Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel in the volatile city of Kano besides that of South African firm MTN, killing at least four.Survivor Bayo Osho said they were at work in the Airtel building located near […]
London mayor calls for new ‘Britzerland’ area
London Mayor Boris Johnson has captured attention in Switzerland with an idea to team up the Swiss and the British in a new political union outside the European Union. Johnson […]
Suicide attack kills senior minister Bilour, seven others in Peshawar
Source: Dawn.Com Khyber Senior Minister and and senior leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), Bashir Ahmed Bilour was killed in the suicide attack.—File Photo PESHAWAR: Senior provincial minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour was among eight people killed Saturday after a Pakistani Taliban bomber blew himself up near a meeting of […]
Waldorf-Astoria Takes Couple Back in Time
By LIZZIE SIMON Ten years ago, the five adult children of Jerry and Peg Sussingham decided to chip in for a room at the Waldorf-Astoria so that their parents could […]
Politics and state
Source: Dawn.com TWO slogans in Pakistan’s two largest cities — both emphasising the leader. In Lahore the stage is being prepared for the return of Allama Dr Tahirul Qadri. In Karachi, wall chalkings of the MQM’s earlier slogan, ‘Manzil nahin rehnuma chahiye’ (leader not destination) have cropped up once again. […]
Indonesian clerics vs. Santa Claus
Global Post: Patrick Winn. Is “Merry Christmas” forbidden in Muslim-majority Indonesia? Another Christmas season, another year of hand wringing for Muslim-majority Indonesia‘s arbiters of piety. As the Jakarta Globe reports, Indonesia’s top Islamic rule-making body (the Indonesia Ulema Council) is again warning Muslims toforego all Christmas “rituals”. In other words, don’t […]
It’s Beliefs, Not Behaviors, That Need to Be Changed
Huff Post: Neale Donald Walsch. How has it come to pass that we have created a society to begin with in which depiction of rampant and vivid violence in all of our “entertainments” has been deemed perfectly acceptable? Most of the commentary in the world’s media about the horrible Connecticut […]
Pope says future of mankind at stake over gay marriage
The Telegraph: “In the fight for the family, the very notion of being – of what being human really means – is being called into question,” the Pope said in […]
New light on Early Islam shed by Buried Christian Empire
Buried Christian Empire Casts New Light on Early Islam By Matthias Schulz Paul Yule The “crowned man” relief found in Zafar, Yemen is seen as evidence that there was a Christian empire in the region before Islam took hold. Archeologists are studying the ruins of a buried Christian empire in […]