Source: The Local The number of German men getting cosmetic surgery has more than doubled over the past five years, making one in every five patients male, the German association for aesthetic surgery (GÄCD) said on Thursday. Read More:
Source: ET On October 9, 2012, little Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head and neck by a brave and, according to Imran Khan, an ‘ideological’ member of the great TTP, as she travelled home from school in a Suzuki van. Two masked men (which leads one to ask immediately […]
by Dana Al Emam | Oct 18, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan on Thursday renewed his call for “knowledge societies” to boost intellectual life among youths […]
ARAB NEWS Friday 19 October 2012 JEDDAH: The Car Syndicate has readied more than 20,000 buses to transport 1.7 million pilgrims between Makkah, Madinah and the holy sites during this […]
Gas prices: There’s not much that presidents can do about them GOP nominee Mitt Romney makes sure he gets to make his point even as debate moderator tries to move on. By John W. Schoen, NBC News When you pull up to that gas pump and nearly faint […]
RT: The head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police – the mutawa – has said that there is an urgent need to employ more women in the force. Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh told the official Saudi Gazette newspaper that he hoped a recruitment drive would take place soon. Earlier this […]
Huff Post: by Steve McSwain. I think the thing I find most troubling about fundamentalism, whether in politics or in religion, is the war fundamentalists declare and then wage on almost anyone whose opinion or understanding of truth is different from theirs. In its more extreme forms, fundamentalists take up […]
Source: Wikipedia The list of non-Arab Sahaba includes the non-Arabs among the original Sahaba(r.a.) of Muhammad(s.a.s). Muhammad had many followers from amongst the Arabs, from many different tribes. However, he also had many non-Arab Sahaba, from many different ethnicities. Some of these non-Arabs were among the most beloved and loyal […]
By Kevin Connolly BBC News, Jerusalem There is some evidence that humans and cats first learned to cohabit in the Middle East, where cat bones are often discovered among the […]
After 80 years in print, the newsmagazine adopts an all-digital format. We are announcing this morning an important development at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Newsweek will transition to an all-digital format in early 2013. As part of this transition, the last print edition in the United States will be […]
ISTANBUL (AP) — A top Turkish pianist and composer appeared in court on Thursday to defend himself against charges of offending Muslims and insulting Islam in comments he made on Twitter. Fazil Say, who has played with the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and others, is on trial […]
Epigraph: They are surely disbelievers who say, ‘Allah is the third of three;’ there is no God but the One God. (Al Quran 5:73/74) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief […]
DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 18 (UPI) — Leaders in Iran and Turkey, in a rare show of agreement, voiced support for a cease-fire proposal offered by the new U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria. Syrian leaders, however, said they were skeptical that the rebels would honor the temporary cease-fire during the three-day […]
By Raffaello Pantucci, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Raffaello Pantucci is an associate fellow at the International Center for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College and the author of the forthcoming “We Love Death As You Love Life: Britain’s Suburban Mujahedeen” (Hurst). A growing number of young Europeans drawn […]
By Dr Amtul Qudoos Farhat, MBBS, DCH (UK), FCPS (Pakistan) United Medicine Group, Canada The concerns and quarries people have about Thyroid issues and prescription of desiccated thyroid extract has […]
The Times of Israel: Well, it’s just ridiculous, isn’t it? Demeaning. Risible. Absurd. Two grown men squaring off against each other as though they were boxers. Preening, pulling themselves up […]
As of the next academic year, the government will reinstate Pancasila courses in Indonesia’s elementary and high schools in a desperate attempt to halt violent behavior and the loss of […]
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 […]