Source: Asia Times: By Victor Kotsev A day after the United States and more than 100 countries formally recognized the new Syrian opposition council as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people, American officials told The New York Times that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had fired […]
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, distributed the Prince Naif International Prize for the Prophet’s Sunnah and Contemporary Islamic Studies to the winners during […]
ARAB NEWS Thursday 13 December 2012 MARRAKESH, Morocco: Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal reiterated Saudi Arabia’s recognition of the National Coalition as the sole representative of Syrians but emphasized the […]
Source: TOI LONDON/MELBOURNE: An Indian-origin nurse, who died in a suspected suicide after being duped by two Australian DJs’ prank call to a hospital treating a pregnant Kate Middleton, was found hanging, British media said on Wednesday, a day before her autopsy results were due to be released. Forty-six-year-old Jacintha […]
Source: ET Visitors advised not to “speak Hebrew loudly”, demonstrably wear Star of David jewellery. PHOTO: AFP COPENHAGEN: Israeli and Jewish officials in Denmark on Wednesday warned Jews to avoid openly wearing religious symbols and dress when moving about Copenhagen amid rising anti-Israeli sentiment. “We advise Israelis who come to Denmark […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 13 December 2012 Adviser at the Royal Court Sheikh Abdullah Al-Manie, who is also a member of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars, has demanded Islamic […]
Source: BBC Habiba Ismail Khan can’t forget the day her eldest son ventured out to get food and water. Their Mumbai slum had been overcome by communal rioting, sparked by the destruction of the Babri Mosque by Hindu hardliners in faraway Ayodhya. This week marks the 20th anniversary of that […]
Source: Jagran प्रतिनिधि, काठगढ़ : विश्व शांति और आपसी भाईचारे को कायम रखने के उद्देश्य से कस्बा रैलमजारा में अहमदिया मुस्लिम कम्यूनिटी सर्किल पटियाला की ओर से मस्जिद में सर्व धर्म सम्मेलन करवाया गया। कार्यक्रम के दौरान सांसद रवनीत सिंह बिट्टू के भाई गुरइकबाल सिंह हनी व सीनियर कांग्रेसी नेता […]
How Did Sufis Spread Islam in India? By Andy Wright Sufi Shrine of Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Aulia in Delhi, India. (Flickr) “There are two domains of knowledge: those deeply embedded in the humanities, and those that straddle the social sciences,” said University of Arizona History professor Richard Eaton. “I’m […]
Business Insider: The chemicals that result from grilling a steak can make you fat, and contribute to other diseases, according to research one Purdue University professor published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry (h/t Futurity.org). It’s all about how proteins and sugars come together at high temperatures. That process creates glycated proteins […]
Nesw.com.au THE death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has climbed above 900, with hundreds still missing, the government says. Typhoon Bopha killed 902 people mostly on the southern island of Mindanao, where floods and landslides caused major damage in nearly 2000 villages on December […]
The wife of Mr. Abdul Hamid (founder of famous Shaheen Sweets and Restaurant at Lexington Ave NY and in Jackson Heights) and grandmother of Zeeshan Hamid of Shaheen Hicksville, breathed her last on Dec 11th, 2012. Inna lillahe wa inna alehe rajeeon. The funeral prayer (Janaza) will be held on […]
Source: Daily Star Bangladesh will confer awards on 65 more foreign friends in the fourth phase on December 15 for their outstanding contributions to the country’s Liberation War 41 years ago. The foreign friends’ support came when Bangalees stood up against the atrocities and genocide and contributed to the eventful […]
Source: Financial Express Mamun Rashid The gentleman is my childhood buddy. After the college, he went to East Europe for higher studies, then to Canada; got married to a Central American lady and he is now settled in New Zealand. In the past, whenever he visited Dhaka, he used to […]
Middleeastmonitor: More than 70 Jewish settlers broke into the sacred courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday morning, performing Talmudic rituals and writing racist phrases on the walls before they left. […]
Tassia Sipahutar, The Jakarta Post Jakarta ranks first on the most preferred destinations list for real estate investment, according to the “Emerging Trends in Real Estate: Asia Pacific 2013” survey […]
Epigraph: “O children of Adam! look to your adornment at every time and place of worship, and eat and drink but exceed not the bounds; surely, He does not love […]
Ynetnews; Israeli education professionals say dramatic bump in achievements of Israeli school kids in international tests may stem form exclusion of haredi, special education pupils After international studies’ findings point to an impressive rise in Israeli schoolchildren’s achievements in math, science, and language skills, responses among education professionals vary. Though […]
Source: ET 1. Her sleeping habits On the two days that she is home, my daughter-in-law (DIL) will lock herself in her room — with my grandson — and sleep for hours. She won’t come out till midday. This is neither a dorm nor a hotel room, young lady! 2. […]