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. […]
ScienceDaily (Oct. 22, 2012) — Wouldn’t it be amazing if our bodies prepared us for future events that could be very important to us, even if there’s no clue about what those events will be? Presentiment without any external clues may, in fact, exist, according to new Northwestern University research that […]
Huff Post: Richard Clarke described Pakistan as a nation of “pathological liars” on the Bill Maher Show last year. He also called Pakistanis “paranoid.” In the public mind there is little apart from suicide bombings, terrorism, violence and corruption associated with Pakistan. Commentators freely call Pakistan a “nursery for terrorism.” […]
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch Islamophobic tweets and attacks against foreigners on Facebook, blogs, posters and TV – recent incidents involving politicians and party members have given food for thought as Switzerland prepares to appear before the Human Rights Council. Over the past few months a number of alleged discrimination cases […]
Israel has entered the airspace beyond the Lebanon border with impunity, yet is in uproar over the existence of Ayoub. by Belen FernandezBelen Fernandez is the author of The Imperial […]
As China’s economy cools, American exporters are increasingly feeling the chill. Cummins, the big Indiana engine maker, lowered its revenue forecast earlier this month and said it would eliminate 1,000 to 1,500 jobs by the end of the year, citing weak demand from China as a major reason. Schnitzer Steel […]
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) 10/22/2012 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Muslim vote is becoming important in narrow election. Muslims in the US make up less than 1 percent of the population, […]
Source: LUBP Note: The context of the following letter is discussed in this post: Jamia Salafia Deobandia LUMS fires Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy *********** From: Pervez Hoodbhoy Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 1:44 PM To: Adil Najam Cc: syedbabarali@yahoo.com; sahil; jaffe; Sohail Qureshi; Amer Iqbal; Muhammad Sabieh Anwar; Anjum Altaf; Shahab […]
Source: LUBP: Former Military Intelligence (MI) officer Brigadier Hamid Saeed has revealed that Karman Khan, senior journalist of The News (Jang Group) and anchor of Jang Group’s Geo News TV, was on payroll of Pakistan Army drawing Rs. 7,000 per month in 1991. Brigadier Hamid disclosed this secret this in […]
Palestinian taxi in Hebron area torched in apparent ‘price tag’ attack. Family watches vehicle burn while waiting for firefighters A taxi belonging to a Palestinian family was set on fire […]
Ephraim Halevy warns Romney’s anti-Iran rhetoric closes the door to dialogue. Haaretz:A former head of Israel’s intelligence service Mossad on Monday urged the West to solve the nuclear dispute with […]
The Jerusalem Post: GAZA – The emir of pro-Western Qatar will become the first head of state to enter the blockaded Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in a high-profile visit breaking […]
Epigraph: And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me, and keep My House clean for those who […]