China lands J-15 jet on Liaoning aircraft carrier
Source: BBC China has successfully landed a jet fighter on its new aircraft carrier for the first time, officials say. A Chinese-made J-15 fighter landed on the 300m (990ft) former […]
Dhaka Bangladesh clothes factory fire kills more than 100
Source: BBC More than 100 people are now known to have died in a fire that swept through a clothes factory in Bangladesh, local officials say. The blaze broke out late on Saturday in the multi-floor Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka. […]
Rooms Are Never Finished – Poems relating to Karbala
By Agha Shahid Ali W. W. Norton & Company Copyright © 2002 Agha Shahid Ali. All rights reserved. ISBN: 0-393-04149-2 Chapter One From Amherst to Kashmir 1. Karbala: A History of the “House of Sorrow” In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Husayn will […]
The New World Order of Islam: A Historic Lecture by Second Khalifa of Islam-Ahamdiyya
alislam.org: The current social and financial crisis is rapidly changing the institutional structure that came into being as a consequence of the 2nd world war. A new world is shaping […]
Pakistan’s human rights: the growing gulf between reality and rhetoric
GlobalPost: Evidence suggests its human rights record has ‘deteriorated substantially.’ Dawood I. AhmedNovember 24, 2012 09:24 Pakistani missing persons families hold pictures of their missing people as they staged a demonstration in Karachi in 2007. Scores of individuals and civil liberty groups observe the International Human Rights Day in Pakistan. […]
Universe, human brain and Internet have similar structures
dnaindia: ANI: The structure of the universe and the laws that govern its growth may be more similar than previously thought to the structure and growth of the human brain […]
List of Western Films about the Prophet Muhammad
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Muhammad Muḥammad – (محمد) General Information[show] Family[show] Names and Titles[show] Life[show] Career[show] Attributed Miracles[show] Muhammad’s views[show] Succession[show] Durood[show] Perspectives[show] ◈ ◈ This is a list […]
Saudi-backed religious centre stirs controversy: Spread of Wahabism in Europe?
Daily Times: * Critics say The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue could be used by Riyadh to spread Wahhabism and divert attention from human […]
Atheists and Islam – No God, not even Allah
THE ECONOMIST, Beirut. A MOB attacked Alexander Aan even before an Indonesian court in June jailed him for two and a half years for “inciting religious hatred”. His crime was to write “God does not exist” on a Facebook group he had founded for atheists in Minang, a province of […]
No deal for Greece as talks drag
LONDON (CNNMoney) — European finance ministers concluded a marathon meeting Wednesday without finalizing the details of a debt-reduction package for Greece. The absence of an agreement endangers the release of the next round of Greece’s international bailout package, funding the country needs to remove the threat of bankruptcy and […]
Ashura across the Muslim world…
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Israel said to ease restrictions on Gaza fishing and farming
Reuters | Nov 24, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES GAZA — Israel eased restrictions on Gaza fishermen on Saturday, further implementing a three-day-old truce brokered by Egypt after a week of […]
Why hijab is important in Islam
Arab News Friday 23 November 2012 Hijab, or veil, takes the center stage whenever there is battle between truth and falsehood. It has always been a sensitive issue, but it […]
Austria partners with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Spain to further religious dialogue
Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Austrian Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Michal Spindelegger and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo will launch the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) in Vienna on Monday. “The opening ceremony of the KAICIID […]
Jesus wept …
theguardian: When water started trickling down a statue of Jesus Christ at a Catholic church in Mumbai earlier this year, locals were quick to declare a miracle. Some began collecting the holy water and the Church of Our Lady of Velankanni began to promote it as a site of pilgrimage. […]
Saudi husbands can track wives’ travels electronically
RT: Saudi Arabia introduced an electronic tracking system that alerts men by text message when their wife is leaving the country, even if they are traveling together. The system was swiftly condemned by activists and Twitter users. Saudi women – banned in the country from driving, denied the right to […]
A picture of what the Prophet’s (saw) Mosque might have looked like 1400 years ago
A picture of what the Prophet’s (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) Mosque might have looked like 1400 years ago. Source: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Habibbobat/status/272396121098301440/photo/1
Shiites mix Ashura rituals with politics in Iraq
Shiite Muslims marching during Ashura rituals in the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala on Saturday mixed mourning the death of Imam Hussein over 1,300 years ago with chants condemning modern politicians. Hundreds of black-clad Shiites walked toward the mausoleum of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed who was […]
Hezbollah-Hamas ties at stalemate, official says
Story Summary; Syria’s crisis has caused a stalemate in the relation between Hezbollah and Hamas, Osama Hamdan, a Hamas official in Lebanon told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency Saturday. However, Hamas […]
D8 Countries Ready to Send Peacekeeping Forces to Syria: Yudhoyono
Source: ANTARA News Islamabad – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here on Thursday that he and other leaders of the Group of Eight Developing (D8) countries agreed that violence and […]