Hajj: Pilgrims Arrive In Mecca Amid Regional Turmoil Huffington Post MECCA, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Millions of pilgrims arrive this week in Mecca for Islam’s annual haj pilgrimage, which starts on Wednesday, with Saudi authorities warning they will stop any disruptive protests over the conflict in Syria. The Grand Mosque … See all […]
Businessinsider.com: Mujtahidd, an anonymous Twitter user from Saudi Arabia, has been called the “gutter of the press.” A Saudi prince called him a “slanderer” and a “hired tool.” Some say the whistle-blower, who is now a […]
Express Tribune: Pakistan dropped 3 places to rank at 107 in the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ index for 2013, according to data released on Tuesday. In the South Asian region, however, Pakistan ranked third, below Sri Lanka and the Maldives, and left Bangladesh and India trailing behind at […]
Russian TV: As the situation in Syria intensifies, its neighbor Turkey, which is at the frontline of the offensive against President Assad’s government, is being dubbed as the world’s leading […]
WHY THE Canadian Council for Muslim Women IS IMPORTANT TO ME The Whig Standard, Kingston, Ontario Alia Hogben, Oct 5/2012. This year we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women. Another historic event was the leadership of the Edmonton CCMW chapter who saved the first Canadian […]
The Local: Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague accused Germany of alienating many from European ideas by pushing too hard for too much integration. “Sometimes less is more,” he said at a policy forum in Berlin. Read More:
Source: TOI: WASHINGTON: Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney was “all over the map” and White House incumbent Barack Obama was all over him as the two contenders to lead the careworn superpower for the next four years struggled to provide a vision for the world in their third and final […]
Source: ET MULTAN: Blinded by an uncontrollable fit of rage and jealousy, a landlord is said to have buried his one-year-old daughter alive to avenge his wife’s ‘sin.’ Resident of a village in Kot Addu in Muzaffargarh district, Younus Allahditta* buried his infant daughter Abeera* after convincing himself that she was […]
Source: ET LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Javedul Hassan Chishti has cancelled the pre-arrest bails of a school principal and six other employees, who are accused of blasphemy for including the principal in a list of role models alongside the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). The respondents attended proceedings […]
Dawn: WASHINGTON: “No, it’s not time to divorce a nation on Earth that has 100 nuclear weapons and is on the way to double that at some point,” said Republican […]
Source: Mr Rafiq A. Tschannen Daughter of Mr Amanullah Malik, Miss Afshan Malik, student of FSC-part II pre-engineering, Government Degree College for women in Lahore, was honoured with the first prize shield in “Naatiyya Competition” (poem singing competition in the praise of prophet Muhammad SAW). She took part in the […]
Saudi authorities warn they will stop any disruptive protests at annual pilgrimage in Mecca over the conflict in Syria Grand Mosque teeming with joyful pilgrims at dawn yesterday, wearing simple […]
Sarajevo, ARABNEWS Tuesday 23 October 2012 A Bosnian pilgrim who left last December on pilgrimage to Makkah by foot arrived in the holy city after passing through seven countries including […]
The mountain overlooking Mecca is where Muslims believe Mohammed received his first revelations from God The Haj is one of the five pillars of Islam that every capable Muslim must […]
MECCA — Nods, smiles, frowns, and hand gestures speak volumes in the holy city of Mecca where Muslims gathered from across the world for the annual pilgrimage manage to communicate […]
AFP | Oct 22, 2012 | 23:33 JORDAN TIMES ALEPPO, Syria — After months of fighting without pay, Syrian rebels in Aleppo are receiving their first salaries, paid with money […]
Monday, October 22, 2012 10/22/12 WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 689 days. Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 686 days. – 126 days at the Ecuadorian Embassy. Bradley Manning has been in jail without trial for 883 days. Jeremy Hammond has been in prison without […]
Omar al-Saleh Omar al-Saleh is a senior producer with Al Jazeera, based in Doha and reporting from around the Middle East. Libya’s authorities say Gaddafi loyalists have taken Bani Walid […]
BY ALIEU CEESAY, 22 OCTOBER 2012 Tahir Ahmadiyya Muslim Senior School in Mansakonko, Lower River Region (LRR), on Wednesday celebrated the school’s 24 years of existence. The school, which was […]
By Spencer Wells DNA is more than 99% similar among all humans, so all claims for discrimination, like caste system, polygenetic theory of human origin or some people being the ‘chosen people’ are only self indulgence. There is very little difference in the intellectual abilities of different races or families. […]