Observance of Ramadan Poses Challenges to Muslim Athletes
Source: The New York Times Author: Sam Borden With nearly three million Muslims living in Britain, the observance of Ramadan here is not generally a notable occurrence. Shops are open, […]
India formally allows foreign investment from Pakistan
The Indian government on Wednesday formally allowed foreign direct investment (FDI) from Pakistan, the latest in a series of confidence building measures to build trust between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. […]
Democracy cannot be brought about from the outside’
Russian TV: The future of human rights and democracy in the volatile, post-Arab Spring Middle East is still murky, with daily violence continuing to threaten the lives of civilians. RT […]
Mullah admits Ahmadis can not be defeated
Anti-Ahmadiyya admit that after fighting against Ahmadis and torturing them and doing everything against them we could not defeat them they are now everywhere!
Indonesia: Majority want Amadiyah to get out, says survey
A new survey on religious intolerance has found that only 1.4 percent of Indonesians want those in the minority Muslim Amadiyah sect to remain in the country. The survey by […]
Film:Albanian Muslims saving Jews brings descendants together.
……. New Film ‘Besa’ Reveals Hidden Past A new documentary traces the forgotten history of Albanian Muslims saving Jews and brings their descendants together. The still-emerging stories from shrinking circles of living Jews who survived persecution by Nazis are among the most interesting and provocative. These are not the stories […]
Moving towards World War III: Washington wired for war: Why Syria could spell world catastrophe
When Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip fatally shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, archduke Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, the assassination is seen as the event that […]
Biggest plane ever lands at Schiphol Amsterdam
Hundreds of plane spotters have clogged the roads around Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport to observe the arrival of the Airbus A380, the world’s biggest passenger airplane. Many of them arrived early on Thursday morning, hours before the plane was due. It landed at the Dutch hub shortly before 10 o’clock. The […]
French Muslims demanding Halal Foods
LIVRY GARGAN, France – The Islamic fasting month of Ramadan is underway, and in France it underscores the growing influence of Muslim shoppers. In the Paris suburb of Livry Gargan […]
The circle of global criminals expands
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star A noteworthy but troubling recent development across the Middle East and North Africa has been the quiet resurgence of Al-Qaeda affiliates and Salafist militants confronting established regimes. This has occurred alongside the emergence of nonviolent Salafist movements taking the opposite route of engaging […]
OIC: Syria needs 500 million $ in aid
ARAB NEWS Wednesday 1 August 2012 BEIRUT: The humanitarian crisis in Syria has grown to such dimensions that at least $500 million in aid is required to meet the needs of the Syrian people, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said in an appeal to donors. “We are calling for […]
4.8 million pilgrims perform Umrah
ARAB NEWS Wednesday 1 August 2012 JEDDAH: About 4.8 million foreign pilgrims, from a total of six million, have performed Umrah this year, according to Haj Minister Bandar Hajar. He made this statement after inspecting services being extended to pilgrims by various government agencies in Makkah. Since the beginning of […]
Saudi woman did not convert: Report
Family says woman is now in Sweden after leaving Turkey Habib Toumi Bureau chief GULF NEWS Manama: A Saudi woman who has made headlines for fleeing her country after allegedly converting to Christianity has not actually given up her religion, a local daily said. “She did not convert, but simply […]
Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt denies Egypt’s president sent letter to Israeli leader
Egypt official: leader’s letter to Israel is fake By DANIEL ESTRIN | ASSOCIATED PRESS | Jul 31, 2012 4:15 PM CDT in A letter to Israel from Egypt’s new president hoping for regional peace kicked up a stir Tuesday when the Egyptian leader’s Islamist movement denied he sent it. Israel […]
Every one remembers Dr. Abdus Salam – except Pakistan. (Deutsche Welle, Germany)
Pakistan remains silent about its only Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam and his contribution to the recent discovery of the ‘God particle’ because the late scientist belonged to the ‘heretic’ Ahmadiyya […]
Looming change to Israel draft law sparks Arab anger
AFP | Aug 01, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — For many Arab Israelis, the fact that a young Muslim woman could willingly accept to perform national service at a hospital in the northern city of Haifa is nothing less than a betrayal. But for 19-year-old “Nadine”, taking part […]
Human Rights Watch: Myanmar forces failed to halt violence and targeted Muslim Rohingya
By Associated Press, THE WASHINGTON POST SITTWE, Myanmar — Government forces stood by and watched as sectarian violence erupted last month in western Myanmar and then opened fire on Muslim Rohingyas as they tried to save their burning homes, Human Rights Watch claimed Wednesday. In a 56-page report, the New […]
Twitter and Tom Daley: freedom of speech does not extend to the freedom to make death threats
Daily Telegraph: Social media is a genuinely revolutionary form of communication that allows people to get close to public figures in a way that was previously unimaginable. When I was […]
Fascinating Maths
Isn’t it? (re-posted)