Imams encourage faithful to remain responsible
RIYADH: ABDUL HANNAN TAGO ARABNEWS Saturday 27 October 2012 The Imam of a Riyadh mosque has called on every responsible person to behave properly and treat whoever is under his […]
Living with death by drone – LA Times
Jennifer Gibbson reports on LA Times Last week, Stanford University and New York University released a major study about the use of drones in the ever-evolving but never-ending war on terror. Unfortunately, many commentators missed the report’s key message: Drones are terrorizing an entire civilian population. I was one of […]
Why I Love Eid ul-Adha
Huff Post: Dr. David Liepert. Islam’s Eid ul-Adha reminds me every year that what we believe about God doesn’t matter as much as whether we believe in God in the first place. I’d like to ask my Muslim, Christian and Jewish brother and sister believers a quick question: Even if […]
Spirituality is not just another health tonic
theguardian: Mark Vernon. Spirituality has always been associated with the quest for health. Camberwell in south London, I recently learned, derives its name from a healing well frequented by those who were “cambered”, or physically disabled. But it is only a scientific age that would seek to distil causal links […]
Exercise may preserve brain better than games
Health News: One of the sad realities about Alzheimer’s disease is that there’s no way of preventing it – at least not yet. We know some people are genetically or biologically at greater risk than others, but researchers want to find out how we can fight it off, or at […]
UK refuses to ‘violate international law’ and aid US in Iran strike prep?
Britain has said that it is not right “at this point in time” for a possible strike on Iran, but is involved in military contingency planning with the US and other allies over Iran, according to the UK newspaper the Guardian. “The UK would be in breach of international law […]
Ahmadi Muslims In The Press: post by H. Koya
Muslim group holds interfaith converstaion on anti-Islam film Columbus Dispatch (blog) The Columbus Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community recently held an interfaith meeting at its Nasir mosque in Groveport to discuss the Innocence of Muslims film clips that mocked the Islamicprophet Mohammed and sparked riots in Muslim countries … See all stories on this topic » Young Muslims host week long […]
The former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi handed a four year prison sentence for tax fraud
Silvio Berlusconi was condemned as a man with a “natural capacity for crime” by a Milan court which handed him a four year prison sentence for tax fraud. The […]
Malala Yousafzai: Still defiant, girl shot by Taliban is walking, talking – and studying
The father of a girl shot by the Pakistani Taliban for wanting to go to school said his daughter would “rise again” and has started walking and talking after asking […]
Windows 8 for enterprise.
Source:zdnet Technology executives will kick the tires on Windows 8—despite prognostications that enterprises will run away from it—but one size won’t fit all companies. The key word when it comes to Windows 8 and Windows RT is nuance. http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-windows-8-the-enterprise-case-7000006345/?s_cid=e539
FPI Attacks Ahmadiyah Mosque on Eve of Idul Adha
The Jakarta Globe: Bandung. The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) on Thursday night inflicted damage on a mosque run by Ahmadiyah devotees in Astana Anyar, Bandung. Dozens of FPI members passed […]
Intelligence is Overrated: What You Really Need to Succeed
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. –Tao Te Ching Intelligence is Overrated: What You Really Need to Succeed –by Keld Jensen, Original Story, May 05, 2012 Albert Einstein’s was estimated at 160, Madonna’s is 140, and John F. […]
Hajj pilgrims begin devil-stoning ritual as Eid starts
By Lynne Nahhas, Abdel Hadi al-Habtoor DAILY STAR LEBANON MINA, Saudi Arabia: Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims began to stone a pillar representing Satan in the Saudi holy city […]
The Island Where People Forget to Die
In 1943, a Greek war veteran named Stamatis Moraitis came to the United States for treatment of a combat-mangled arm. He’d survived a gunshot wound, escaped to Turkey and eventually […]
Asylum seekers – a view from the inside
by Stefania Summermatter, Chiasso, swissinfo.ch Europe should rethink its criteria for immigration, according to a worker at an asylum seeker reception centre on the Swiss-Italian border, which deals with almost […]
Three million stand at Arafat in Haj climax
SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS STAFF Friday 26 October 2012 MINA: In an atmosphere filled with spirituality and serenity, nearly 3 million pilgrims yesterday performed the most important rite of […]
Iran military action not ‘right course at this time’, Downing Street says
Guardian: US bombers flew Afghanistan missions from Britain’s Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean after 9/11, but the UK is reluctant to grant similar permission for the current military […]
Eid at Al Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem
Over 50,000 Muslims pray at Al-Aqsa for Eid (AFP) JERUSALEM — More than 50,000 Muslim worshippers flooded Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City for prayers on Friday, the first […]
Sixth Circuit: ‘Michigan Can Ban Anti-Islam Ads from Buses’
Source: WSJ By Joe Palazzolo Does First Amendment protect our right to say what we want in advertisements on the side of a city bus? Yes and no. A federal appeals court […]
Muslims across the world celebrate Eidul Azha
Eid is being celebrated with religious devotion and enthusiasm in Saudi Arabia, the United States, Canada, Europe and across the Middle East and Gulf states today (Friday). Following the largest […]