Religion news in brief By The Associated Press AP / October 17, 2012| Comments (0)Saudi Arabia says annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage starts Oct. 25 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has announced that the Islamic hajj pilgrimage, which attracts around 3 million Muslims worldwide each year, will begin on Thursday, Oct. 25. The […]
Source: Standard.Net by Colleen Long, Tom Hays The Associated Press staff NEW YORK — A Bangladeshi man who came to the United States to wage jihad was arrested in an elaborate FBI sting on Wednesday after attempting to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in […]
About 22 million Americans are on long-term treatment with beta-blockers, a class of drugs frequently prescribed to manage high blood pressure and as cardioprotection after a heart attack. Having difficulty […]
Source: Allafrica.com: Although the average African country is being governed better than it was a decade ago, the quality of governance in the four leading nations of Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South— Read More:
Source:Allafrica.com Photo: Sarah Carr A christian boy lifts a potrait of Jesus (File Photo) Insinuations that Jesus Christ had a wife are devilish, says GKS IT is well known that some people take undue advantage of the perfect patience, tolerance and long-suffering of God Almighty to make jest of sacred […]
Source: Spiegel: DPA German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande are at odds. Germany has a clear vision for the future of the European Union — but so does France. Unfortunately, the two concepts are radically different, and neither side seems interested in backing down. The conflict is […]
Source: The Local: Car thieves who stole a number of vans from a Berlin car park will get a shock when they finally open them up – one was stacked with 12 coffins complete with bodies, which were due to be driven to a crematorium. Read More:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/1273044–republicans-reduced-to-empty-rhetoric-on-defence-siddiqui Republicans reduced to empty rhetoric on defence: Siddiqui Published on Wednesday October 17, 2012 Share on twitter Share on facebook By Haroon Siddiqui The Toronto Star – Editorial Page It’s more than his language that makes Mitt Romney yesterday’s man. His “whole binders full of women” and letting working […]
Source: The Local: A German dental practice which refused to hire a young Muslim woman because she insisted on wearing a headscarf at work broke the law, it was reported […]
Source: Stratfor: “Defining al Qaedais republished with permission of Stratfor.” The Obama administration’s efforts to counter the threat posed by al Qaeda and the wider jihadist movement have been a contentious topic in the U.S. presidential race. Political rhetoric abounds on both sides; administration officials claim that al Qaeda has […]
For all the political differences between President Obama and Mitt Romney, it’s important to remember there is more in humanity that unites than divides. Consider what author David Maraniss discovered […]
Source: TOI Australian PM Julia Gillard trips at Rajghat SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has a history of losing shoes and another footwear fumble that saw her take an embarrassing tumble in India grabbed the headlines on Thursday. The nation’s first female leader, who last week won international attention […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Penang men no longer need to seek permission from their first wife in order to take on another bride. Instead, they now only need to get permission from […]
Source: Asiatimes: LOS ANGELES – It’s the meme cycle that ate this city – and the nation, for that matter. No one can escape the attack of Binders Full of Women; from Tumblr to a tsunami of tweets, from the coolest Facebook page in ages [1] to a 2 Live […]
Source: ET It would be folly and treasonable for anyone who accepts the version of religion that kills little girls. PHOTO: FAZAL KHALIQ/ EXPRESS The Taliban have issued an elaborate seven-page statement detailing their explanation for their reasons to execute Malala Yousufzai. Somebody within the Taliban’s world of terrorism and […]
Source: ET Court adjourn proceedings regarding CM Punjab’s son-in-law Ali Imran’s bail plea till October 18. LAHORE: A Lahore court sent Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s son-in-law, Ali Imran, on a 14-day judicial remand on Thursday in a case regarding the torture of an employee at a bakery in Lahore, Express News […]
ABDELMONEIM ABU EDRIS ALI | AFP ARABNEWS Thursday 18 October 2012 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s Parliament yesterday approved almost unanimously deals with South Sudan on oil and security that the two countries’ presidents have hailed as ending their conflict. “After discussion by the MPs, the general feeling of the assembly is to […]
ARAB NEWS Wednesday 17 October 2012 MADINAH: The Miqat Mosque, also called Aaba Ali, is one of the most noticeable spots in Madinah. It is the station for pilgrims from […]
JASSIM ABUZAID ARABNEWS Thursday 18 October 2012 JEDDAH: Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said the OIC had not received formal notification from the government of Myanmar that it will not open an OIC humanitarian office in Myanmar. He noted that the OIC, once this issue […]
JASSIM ABUZAID ARABNEWS Thursday 18 October 2012 JEDDAH: The General Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs handed in the new Kiswa (Kaaba’s cover) to the senior gatekeeper of the […]