New Era, Old Stories
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Church foreign volunteers embrace diversity as they provide care for Ajloun children
by Rula Samain | Oct 13, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AJLOUN — More than six years ago when Father Hugo Alaniz came from Argentina to Jordan, his mind was set […]
Serving pilgrims for generations in Makkah
NADIM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS Sunday 14 October 2012 JEDDAH: Makkah people consider receiving pilgrims and providing services a duty with relationships spanning several generations. Many Makkah residents recall how pilgrims were served in the past and how it compares to the present. Arab News talked to number of Makkah residents who […]
SR 1.1 bn projects implemented at holy sites to further ease Haj
EDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 14 October 2012 JEDDAH: New development projects worth more than SR 1.1 billion have been implemented at the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah as […]
Whatever Your Religion, We Are All One Family
Huff Post:by Rev. Ed Bacon. A couple of years ago, my church invited a local physician to come talk to our congregation. Aisha is a practicing Muslim. During her talk, […]
Why We Recoil at Unpleasant Sounds
ScienceDaily (Oct. 12, 2012) — Heightened activity between the emotional and auditory parts of the brain explains why the sound of chalk on a blackboard or a knife on a bottle is so unpleasant. In a study published today in theJournal of Neuroscience and funded by the Wellcome Trust, Newcastle University scientists […]
I want my daughter to love my faith, so she will not visit Pakistan
Source: Dawn Author: Anwar Iqbal For 20 years Rashid waited for this day. But instead of boarding the plane, he returned his tickets. It all seemed so meaningless to him after reading how a 14-year old girl, Malala Yousufzai, was gunned down […]
State of denial
The Express Tribune: by Chris Allbritton Pakistan is a land of many stories, and I miss them terribly. But what I don’t miss, having been forced to leave Pakistan this summer because of a possible threat to my safety, is the constant barrage of conspiracy theories and an unwillingness by […]
Catholic church to lose historic property tax exemption in Italy
RT: Italy’s Catholic Church will be forced to pay taxes starting in 2013 after the EU pressured the country’s government to pass a controversial law stripping the Church of its historic property tax exemption. The Catholic Church in Italy is excluded from paying taxes on its land if at least […]
New technologies are usually not a reason for mass unemployment
Story Summary Since the dawn of the industrial age, a recurrent fear has been that technological change will spawn mass unemployment. However, neoclassical economists disagreed, predicting that this would not happen because people would find other jobs, albeit possibly after a long period of painful adjustment. Two hundred years of […]
Islamic militants help seize missile base in Syria
By Ben Hubbard and Zeina Karam, Saturday, October 13, 5:40 PM Washington Post BEIRUT — Fighters from a shadowy militant group with suspected links to al-Qaeda joined Syrian rebels in […]
‘Leaf and Death’
Source: NY Times: After a few cold nights the colors come on like glowing embers. Then they burst into flame. They crackle in flickering reds, yellows and electric greens. They are beautiful and surreal against the infinite blues of a chilly October afternoon sky. Entire landscapes are transformed into a […]
Muslim group plans to combat pro-Israel Metro ads with more ads
WASHINGTON – Advertisements sponsored by a Muslim advocacy group were unveiled Friday in response to a pro-Israel ad posted in four Metro stations this week. The Council on American-Islamic Relations plans to have the ads installed at three Metro stations by next Wednesday, according to council national executive director Nihad […]
U.S. Suspects Iranians Were Behind a Wave of Cyberattacks
Source: NY Times: Intelligence officials believe Iran was the origin of network attacks that crippled computers across the Saudi oil industry and breached American financial institutions. Read More:
Local Muslims to participate in national campaign to educate Canadians about Islam
By Chris Zdeb, Edmonton Journal EDMONTON – Local Muslims will go door-to-door in Edmonton and Leduc this weekend as part of a national campaign to educate Canadians about Islam and […]
In Spain, separatist fever rises in time of crisis
Source: Washington Post: Stefano Buonamici/BLOOMBERG – A protestor carries a banner reading “Catalonia is not Spain” during a march in favour of Catalan independence on Sept. 11, 2012. BARCELONA — It was a soccer game of Super Bowl proportions: Madrid vs. Barcelona, Spain’s two main cities clashing in a legendary […]
Jewish group condemns Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood over anti-Semitic remarks
Source: Washington Post: JERUSALEM — A fierce statement against Jews by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual guide drew criticism from an Israeli lawmaker Saturday, while a Jewish activist group called on Washington to cut contacts with Egypt over the issue. Mohammed Badie said during his weekly message that Jews were […]
Taliban reiterate vow to kill Pakistani girl if she survives
Source: TOI People hold candles and pictures of Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Oct 9, 2012 by the Taliban for speaking out against the militants and promoting education for girls, at a school in Lahore October 12, 2012. (Reuters photo) RAWALPINDI: The police said on Friday that they had […]
German seniors lose buying power
Source: The Local: Senior citizens in Germany have seen a fifth of their buying power disappear since 2000, with the elderly in the former East Germany losing the most, new data show. More:
PAKISTAN: No legitimacy to be at the UN with Ahmadis disfranchised
Source: Asian Human Rights Commission via Nasim Malik. The Ahmadis, a sect that believes in Islam and claims to be an ardent follower of it, has been declared as non-Muslim under the Pakistani legislation. Evidently, the Government of Pakistan has not only confiscated their freedom to faith, belief and practice, […]