The Jakarta Globe: Denpasar. Fifteen-year-old Bali resident Dominic Brian Hindarto set a new Guinness World Record for memorization over the weekend, breaking a record that he previously set three years […]
Karen Armstrong has been a prolific writer and almost all her works are for enlightening mankind and bringing them together. In my opinion, her Magnum opus is her biography of […]
Editor’s comments: I have always wondered that thousands of movies never reach a critical mass and die their own natural death, why misrepresentations against Islam become fairly well known? This […]
By Michael Schulder: (CNN) – Barbara Arrowsmith spent the first 26 years of her life unable to read a clock. She spent the first 26 years of her life having to read and reread sentences dozens of times before she had a clue what they meant. Barbara Arrowsmith had so many […]
By Brian McLaren, Special to CNN I was raised as an evangelical Christian in America, and any discussion of Christian-Jewish-Muslim relations around the world must include the phenomenon of American […]
ScienceDaily (Sep. 13, 2012) — A ‘can do’ attitude is the key to a healthy lifestyle, University of Melbourne economists have determined. Researchers from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research analysed data on the diet, exercise and personality type of more than 7000 people. The study found those […]
Epigraph: The sun and the moon run their courses according to a fixed reckoning. And the stemless plants and the trees humbly submit to His will. And the heaven He […]
A demonstration by some 50 Muslims protesting about the American internet filmInnocence of Muslims passed of peacefully on Amsterdam’s Museumplein on Sunday, police said. The group of people gathered close to the US consulate, some of whom carried banners and flags. The group broke up around 17.00 hours. The consulate on […]
Source: reuters // Reuters AlertNet GENEVA, Sept 17 (Reuters) – United Nations human rights investigators said on Monday that they had drawn up a new secret list of Syrians and […]
DAMASCUS — Iran on Sunday admitted for the first time it has elite forces present in Syria and neighbouring Lebanon. Meanwhile, fighting raged in Syria’s two biggest cities on Sunday as UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi ended his first visit to the country on a peace mission a rebel commander […]
KARACHI: With the country torn apart by religious extremism and intolerance, the metropolitan city is also witnessing a rise in hate crimes against minorities. In the latest incident, a 23-year-old Ahmadi shopkeeper, Muhammad Ahmad, was gunned down in Gulistan-e-Jauhar late Saturday night. Source: Tribune, Pakistan http://tribune.com.pk/story/437786/ahmadi-shopkeeper-gunned-down/ Within a span of […]
Fiji highlights importance of Wu’s upcoming visit SUVA – The Fijian government Sunday stressed the importance of the upcoming visit by China’s top legislator Wu Bangguo, saying Wu’s visit symbolizes the growing relations betweenFiji and China since diplomatic relations were forged in 1975. Relations between the two countries have significantly […]
Kate is crowned an Island Princess as she wears decorative headpiece given by well-wishers during village visit in South Pacific The Duchess of Cambridge became an Island Princess as she was crowned with a headdress of fresh flowers today. Kate and her husband, Prince William, were visiting a cultural centre […]
The news of growing unrest among Muslims and specially as seen here in Sydney and other parts of Australia is very sad and discouraging. They must adhere to what the Holy Quran teaches. If they feel they have been wronged then must be patient for “God is with the patient.” […]
THE AHMADIYYA Muslim community returns to Terrace Sept. 23 for another in a series of interfaith sessions. This one explores how to deal with economic and moral crises existing in the current state of the world. There are five speakers, each representing a faith community. Two are local, Pastor Blake […]
by Muath Freij | Sep 16, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A group of young Jordanians launched an initiative on Friday to counter a film deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed by educating people about who the prophet really was. The organisers of the campaign, “This is the Prophet […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Monday 17 September 2012 Saudi Arabian Airlines will transport more than 800,000 Haj pilgrims from 102 stations around the world this year, said Abdul Aziz Al-Hazmi, the airline’s deputy director general, yesterday. Speaking to reporters after presiding over a meeting of the Council of Airline […]
The visit of Pope Benedict XVI can only be hailed as a success. It achieved all its objectives, from the collective welcome and genuine enthusiasm he received, to the problem-free […]
BEIRUT: Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air Mass for hundreds of thousands of people in Beirut Sunday and called on the Arab countries and the world to propose solutions to […]
By Van Meguerditchian The Daily Star, Lebanon BEIRUT: Pope Benedict XVI called on all Lebanese to reject strife and work for unity as he wrapped up an historic three-day visit, […]