Breaking News: At least 1 dead in shooting at Wisconsin Sikh temple
(CNN) — A shooting at Sikh temple in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on Sunday, left at least three people wounded and one gunman killed by a police […]
Vertical skydiving world record broken in Illinois
Published – Aug 04 2012 07:20AM EST ANDREA THOMAS, Associated Press OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) — Falling at speeds of up to 220 mph, a group of nearly 140 skydivers shattered […]
A Call to Investigate Russian Governor’s Comments
By ELLEN BARRY INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE MOSCOW — A member of a Kremlin-sponsored civic chamber will ask state prosecutors to investigate racially tinged statements made by the governor of the Krasnodar region, a close ally of President Vladimir V. Putin, to see if the remarks violate Russian law on incitement […]
Martha Nussbaum: Standing up for rights of Muslims
The Post that inspired me to save her Wikipedia page in the Muslim Times: Philosopher Martha Nussbaum takes aim at anti-Muslim intolerance. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Martha Nussbaum Martha Nussbaum in 2008 Born Martha Craven 6 May 1947 (age 65) New York City Era 20th-century philosophy […]
FIJI NEWS – Former Fiji PM jailed on corruption charges
Military rulers suppressing opposition in Fiji: lawyer Updated 4 August 2012, 8:09 AEST A prominent lawyer says the jailing of Fiji’s last democratically elected prime minister shows the military government is trying to remove its opposition ahead of elections slated for 2014. Jailed for corruption: former Fijian prime minister Laisenia Qarase. (Credit: ABC) […]
FIJISUN – Violence erupts at anti-Islam rally-Sweden and Islam updates
Violence erupts at anti-Islam protest in Sweden The Associated Press Published: Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 – 6:25 am Last Modified: Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 – 8:56 am STOCKHOLM — Swedish activists clashed with police amid a hail of bottles and fireworks in downtown Stockholm on Saturday as they tried to break […]
Scam behind the man touting water kit
http://tribune.com.pk/story/417246/water-world-dr-attaur-rehman-senses-a-scam-behind-man-touting-water-kit/ KARACHI: Sindh Senior Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ayaz Soomro is the latest to jump on the infamous ‘water kit’ bandwagon, having called the man touting the ‘invention’ a national hero. “Agha Waqar’s invention of a water kit has proved and recognised Sindhi people on world level,” Soomro told […]
Philosopher Martha Nussbaum takes aim at anti-Muslim intolerance
Nussbaum finds the European and American discourse on the related topics of immigration, integration, hijab, niqab, sharia law, minarets and mosques, including the “Ground Zero mosque,” to be mostly ignorant, […]
320,000 worshipers head to Al-Aqsa
Around 320,000 worshipers headed to Al-Aqsa mosque to take part in prayers on the third Friday of Ramadan, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage said. Thousands of Palestinians traveled […]
Religious diversity of Asian Americans; One in ten are Hindu
Survey highlights religious diversity of Asian Americans; One in ten are Hindu About one in ten Asian Americans are Hindu (10%), and they mostly adopt aspects of America’s predominantly Christian […]
Documentary seeks to explain why Albanians saved Jews in Holocaust
By Laura Koran, CNN (CNN) – How many people would lay down their lives for a stranger? It’s the question at the center of the new documentary “Besa: The Promise,” […]
King invites Iran president for summit in Makkah
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 5 August 2012 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday sent an invitation to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to attend the emergency Islamic summit […]
Iftar in Taif belongs to the outdoors
TAIF: MOHAMMAD MURAD ARABNEWS Sunday 5 August 2012 Due to the nice weather, even though it rains sometimes, people of Taif and nearby cities are flocking to open areas to […]
SR 51 m raised to save 2 youths from execution
RAFJA/MADINAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 5 August 2012 A Saudi philanthropist has donated SR 17 million to save a Saudi man from execution. The unidentified donor contributed to a campaign to pay off the diya (blood money) to help save Sameh Al-Rowaily, who was sentenced to death for killing a Yemeni […]
Girls are more than equal in Jordan: Girls take top spots in Tawjihi summer session results
by Laila Azzeh JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan’s young women made a strong showing in the General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) summer session, with girls dominating the lists of […]
Christian pilgrims pray for peace in Ajloun (Jordan)
AJLOUN — Hundreds of Christian worshipers converged on Saint Elias Church in Ajloun, 70km northwest of Amman, on Friday to perform pilgrimage. The pilgrims attended a religious mass and prayed […]
Earth to Mars rover, Curiosity: Have you landed? – Extreme Engineering Put To Test
Curosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror On Sunday night, millions of miles away, a nail-biter of a landing will be executed—or not—on Mars. The Mars rover, Curiosity, which has been traveling to the distant planet for the past eight-and-a-half months, will land on the red planet by remote control. To stick the […]
Russia’s largest Muslim region to clamp down on extremism
RT: The legislature of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan gathered in an unprecedented session to take measures against violent extremism. The move came two weeks after terrorists attacked top Muslim clerics in the region, killing one and wounding another. The session was called in the middle of the parliament’s vacation period, […]
Our ‘reactive’ extremism
The Express Tribune: Khaled Ahmed When Muslims fly into rage and become destructive, it is never supposed to be original behaviour. We announce that our extremeaction has been caused by the injustice and violence of someone else. Therefore, our extremism is not original; therefore, we are not to blame for […]
Ancient chocolate discovered in Mexico
RT: It’s a good thing one of our ancestors was too lazy to do the dishes: A group of archaeologists in Mexico has just discovered traces of 2,500-year-old chocolate left on a plate excavated in the Yucatan peninsula. It’s the first time researchers have come across ‘antique’ chocolate residue on […]