NY Times Blog: As my colleague Benjamin Weiser reported last month, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority had violated the First Amendment rights of a pro-Israel group […]
Credit: Mittelbayerische: Although a mosque does not necessarily need minarets, but, then a church does not need steeple, stressed Oechslen. Churches, mosques and Buddhist temples “are part of religious pluralism” […]
Source: BBC Peru’s President Ollanta Humala has unveiled plans for a new airport near Cusco which he says will boost tourism to the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu and the […]
Dawn: ONCE again Pakistan finds itself highlighted in the international press for the most unsavoury of reasons. The issue, the infamous ‘blasphemy law’ or Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal […]
Reuters. Jordan Times. AZAZ, Syria — Syrian rebel fighters speak proudly of the day forces loyal to President Bashar Al Assad fled in their tanks from the northern town of […]
CAIRO: ARAB NEWS Thursday 23 August 2012 Egypt has asked for a $ 4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, which stressed the need for a reform program to […]
Peter Fedynsky August 22, 2012 VOA NEW YORK — A senior New York Police Department official says that spying on the city’s Muslim community has not yielded a single criminal lead. Some Muslim targets of surveillance feel vindicated. Surveillance of the Muslim community by the NYPD’s secret Demographics Unit for […]
22/08/2012 By Lambeth Palace media release The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has sent his annual greetings to Muslim communities for the festival of Eid Al-Fitr on Sunday 19 […]
The President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta Laiq Ahmed Atif distributed fruit hampers to families and single women living at Hal Far Refugee Camp as part of the Muslim […]
Source: Huffington Post By Imam Mohamed Magid President, Islamic Society of North America As an imam and as the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), I know all too well the many challenges that American Muslims experience on a daily basis. We struggle for inclusion, for acceptance, […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Mehdi Hasan:Political director of The Huffington Post UK and presenter of Al Jazeera’s The Cafe You could not make it up. An 11-year old Christian […]
RT: A team of Australian physicists have come up with their own theory on the universe’s creation. Challenging the “Big Bang” model, they now say it was a “Big Chill” – somewhat similar to water first freezing into ice and then cracking upon cooling. Researchers from the University of Melbourne […]
By Lisa Beyer Aug 22, 2012 BLOOMBERG Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi’s Israel problem is becoming increasingly manifest. To the Muslim Brotherhood, the political organization from which he emerged, Israel is an anathema. Yet Mursi knows that to maintain international credibility, not to mention $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid, […]
Imam Mohamed Magid President, Islamic Society of North America HUFFINGTON POST As an imam and as the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), I know all too well the many challenges that American Muslims experience on a daily basis. We struggle for inclusion, for acceptance, and many […]
Charlotte DandoInterfaith Activist based in the UK HUFFINGTON POST My apartment is located in between three of the area’s most frequented bars. At 3 a.m. on a Sunday, I can hear the remainder of Saturday night’s revelers as they pass my window; singing, chatting and shouting under the street lights. […]
France 24: It was the hottest summer France had seen in 150 years and one of the deadliest. The country’s main weather service, Météo France, has put 33 regional departments on “orange alert”, the second highest warning level, with temperatures expected to spike as high as 43 C (109 F) […]
“Look out there, the blue one…. that is a European Union fishing vessel that is threatening our livelihood,” says Lallmamode Mohamedally, a Mauritian fisherman, as he points to a boat offloading its catch at the Les Salines port, close to the country’s capital Port Louis. He is one of […]
Credit: ET No one wakes up woman as plane reaches France from Lahore and then back home. PHOTO: FILE LAHORE: A female passenger, travelling from Lahore to France through PIA, fell asleep during the flight and woke up when the plane landed back in Lahore after completing its journey, Express News […]
And when the she-camels, ten-month pregnant, are abandoned. (Al Quran 81:5) How this verse is a sign and a prophecy for the Latter Days and coming of the Messiah, Mirza […]
Ahmadiyya Times: “The government and local administration has violated the article 20 of constitution of Pakistan after stopping Ahmadis from congregating for Eid prayers. The article 20 ensures every citizen […]