What’s in a Arabic name?
ایک عرب دانا نے اپنے بیٹوں کو نصیحت کی کہ ٦ قسم کی عورتوں سے کبھی شادی نہ کرنا، خواہ وہ حسن و جمال اور مال و دولت میں بے مثال ہی کیوں نہ ہوں. انانہ ، منانہ، حنانہ، حداقہ، براقہ اور شداقہ… انانہ – وہ عورت جو ہر وقت […]
Russia ‘alarmed’ over record Afghan heroin bust
Source: RT.com The Federal Drug Service reported that over 175 kilograms of heroin have been seized in a year long police operation in Naberezhniye Chelny. The record haul points to […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community says religious texts hold key to conflict resolution
Source: Press Release An historic keynote address by the world leader of an Islamic movement, to be delivered in the European Parliament, will urge politicians to seek faith-inspired solutions for […]
Syrian rebels, civilians brace for long civil war
By BEN HUBBARD Associated Press WWW.WANDTV.COM HAREM, Syria (AP) – Before the civil war, Ramiz Moussa was a middle class civil servant who processed fines for littering, illegal construction and disturbing the peace in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. Now, the 40-year-old squats with other rebels in damaged, abandoned homes in […]
Pic: Tenongan Procession
Culture vs Religion vs Tradition Hundreds of villagers carry tenong (containers) with variety of food in the Somakaton village in Banyumas, Central Java, in Indonesia. Villagers make offerings, as […]
Ambivalence of Muslim Solidarity
The Jakarta Globe: Every time the Israeli-Palestinian conflict re-emerges on the stage of global politics, Muslim groups in predominantly Muslim-populated countries like Indonesia, but also in the West, the United […]
1,000-YEAR-OLD MUSLIM JOKE BOOK FOUND
Analysis by Jennifer Viegas DISCOVERY NEWS An 11th-century book by a revered Baghdad Muslim scholar turns out to be a tongue-in-cheek guide for party crashers, according to the researcher who […]
France to back Palestinian U.N. status
Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Angus MacSwan: Source: Yahoo News PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Tuesday it would vote in favour of Palestinian non-member status at the United […]
Fiscal battle over mortgage deduction
WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — Washington should stay away from touching the mortgage interest tax deduction, warns the U.S. housing industry. Lately, housing is on the mend and one of the few bright spots in a lumbering economic recovery. Taking away a key tax break could throw a wrench into home buying […]
Can Only Muslims Visit the Holy Ka`aba?
Source: Ahmadiyya Gazette Canada By Ansar Raza O ye who believe! Surely, the idolaters are unclean. So they shall not approach the Sacred Mosque after this year of theirs. And […]
Merkel dabbles in risky business: religion
Global Post: BERLIN, Germany — When Barack Obama traveled to the eastern city of Dresden with Angela Merkel in 2009, they stopped at the Frauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady. Leveled by […]
Woman ordered to learn German after 30 years
Source: The Local: A Turkish mother of six who speaks no German has been ordered by a court in Karlsruhe to take an integration course 30 years after her arrival in Germany. More:
Hungry boys panic, jump through store window
Source: The Local: A pair of hungry German teens found themselves in hospital on Sunday, after an early morning trip to McDonald’s ended in running from the police and jumping through the display window of a car dealership. More:
The euro lives, but unity is dead
Source: Asia Times: By:Francesco Sisci Europeans hopeful that economic crisis would bring nations together will be sorely disappointed. Greece is saved and the euro is sound, but politically the continent looks dead. Solace comes with the perspective that in the general scheme of global affairs, and with the refocus on […]
Islam and Science: Book review- Interpreting Avicenna
Interpreting Avicenna Critical Essays Edited by Dr Peter Adamson Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen View list of contributors… Hardback (ISBN-13: 9780521190732) Not yet published – available from May 2013 Price is not yet […]
Abetting murder in Gaza
Source: Asia Times: The Obama administration’s unconscionable decision to block a ceasefire effort by the UN Security Council, before joining Egypt to broker last week’s truce, prolonged the conflict. At the UN, it is doubtful many people will take Ambassador Susan Rice seriously again when she complains about Russia and […]
Gaza, Catalonia and Romantic Nationalism
Source: Stratfor: By George Friedman Founder and Chief Executive Officer Last week was spent obsessed with Gaza. In the end, nothing changed. A war was fought without an Israeli ground assault but with massive air and rocket attacks on both sides. Israel did not have the appetite and perhaps the […]
From Man Who Insulted Muhammad, No Regret
NY Times: LOS ANGELES — Fuming for two months in a jail cell here, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula has had plenty of time to reconsider the wisdom of making “Innocence of Muslims,” his crude YouTube movie trailer depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a bloodthirsty, philandering thug. Bret Hartman/Reuters Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, who […]
Last Stop, Tel Aviv. The story of 60’000 asylum seekers living in Israel
Last Stop, Tel Aviv is the story of the 60,000 asylum seekers living in Israel. Escaping dictatorships and indefinite military conscription, Africans flee their homelands in the hope of a […]
Pakistan judge makes official stand up for hours as punishment
Source: TOI LAHORE: In an action reminiscent of that of a school teacher punishing an errant student, a Pakistani judge made a government official stand up for hours in his courtroom for telling a lie. More: