Saudi women can divorce smoking husbands, judge says
Those who knew about the habit prior to finalising their marriage contract excluded By Jumana Al Tamimi, Associate Editor GULF NEWS Dubai: Saudi women who suffered as a result of […]
Syria embodies the end of colonialism – by Rami G. Khouri
The Daily Star, Lebanon The accelerating pace of events inside Syria has raised expectations that Bashar Assad’s regime is on the verge of collapsing, though nobody seems to know when and how this will happen, or how the post-Assad transition will play out. The regime is fatally injured, because it […]
Health tips for Ramadan fasting in Lebanon’s summer heat
By Stephen Dockery The Daily Star, Lebanon Once again Ramadan coincides with the country’s most suffocating season. As temperatures, accompanied by wilting levels of humidity, bob in the high 30s, […]
Turkish truck owners still wait at border post near Syria
AFP | Jul 21, 2012 | 01:42 Cilvegozu, Turkey (AFP) – Dozens of Turkish truck drivers whose lorries were burned or looted as Syrian rebels battled loyalist troops at a […]
We condemn target killing of president of Jamaat Ahmadiyya’s Orangi Town chapter
Let Us Build Pakistan: LUBP condemns the brutal murder of Mr. Mukarram Naeem Ahmad Gondal in Karachi on Thursday, 19 July 2012. This is the second target killing of an […]
LIBOR scandal: What is it and why you should care?
Christians Science Monitor: What is LIBOR? LIBOR stands for London Interbank Offered Rate. It’s supposed to measure the average interest rate that banks charge when they lend to each other. LIBOR is […]
Pakistan: Why a Mosque Cannot be Called a Mosque? And Destroyed
Pakteahouse: by Marafi: Strange that no one cared to look up the meaning of the Arabic word ‘Masjid’. Had they done so, they would have found that it is derived […]
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Ramadan Reflection Day 1: What Will Make This Fast Different?
Huff Post: by Imam Khalid Latif This Ramadan is unique in comparison to the Ramadans that came before it just as today is unique in comparison to each yesterday that we have lived and every tomorrow that we will see. As in years past, Muslims all over the world, myself […]
America needs to talk about gun control in the wake of the Colorado shooting
Guardian: The chorus of empathetic responses to the tragic shootings at the Aurora movie theater, near Denver, Colorado early Friday morning marks a stubborn refrain in a perennial American elegy. Different singers […]
Acting Like Americans on Ramadan
Huff Post: by David Schanzer Last summer, I was honored to be invited to an Iftar dinner — the meal to break the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan — hosted by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. The guests consisted of many high ranking government officials, […]
5 X-Events that Can Collapse the World as You Know It
PJMedia: by John Hawkins X-Events: The Collapse Of Everything is not a cheery book. In essence, it argues that the complexity required to underpin modern living is making it increasingly unsustainable. The crunch comes when we recognize that societies must continually solve problems in order to keep growing. But the solution to […]
Fasting is Observed in All Religions: Ramazan Kareem to People of all Faiths
Examiner.com: by Saima Shiekh; As we enter the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims from all over the world will be observing fast during this month but the concept of fasting is […]
The Minority’s Minority
Source: Tehelka “The breed of Qadianis will never change. They may multiply up to 99 generations; still the 100th one will continue to be a dualist-infidel and apostate. The […]
Bangladesh rights record faces US scrutiny
Source: AP By: MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Associated Press Published: July 19, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) Accusations of extrajudicial killings by Bangladeshi paramilitary forces and the South Asian nation’s refusal to grant refuge to fleeing refugees faced scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers Thursday. The congressional hearing also examined allegations of abuses against labor […]
Bangladesh reverses stance on Rohingyas
Source: Gulf Times. Bangladesh had widely welcomed the “brothers in trouble” as it witnessed first Rohingya refugee influx in 1978, but the realities stand reversed in 2012 when the Myanmar’s ethnic minority community is not welcome despite their exposure to sectarian violence in their homeland. This year Bangladesh has refused […]
Bangladesh Most Active, Malta Least In New Global Study
Source: RTT News by RTT Staff Writer (RTTNews) – Bangladesh has the most physically active population in the world, while Malta has the least active, according to a study published as part of a multi-part look at global health in The Lancet on July 17. The study, which also found […]
Judge backs blogger over anti-Islam NYC bus ads
Source: WS journal Associated Press NEW YORK — An anti-Islam activist has won a preliminary round in her First Amendment fight to place New York City bus ads calling enemies of Israel “savages.” Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan says he agrees with blogger Pamela Geller. He says the Metropolitan […]
Russian diplomat claims Assad ‘ready to give up power’
A senior Russian diplomat said on Friday that President Bashar al-Assad was ready to give up power, a claim that was sharply denied by Syria’s government as “baseless”. Alexander Orlov, […]
‘Homegrown’ British terrorist bride jailed over Jewish plot
Serial bride who met and married her third husband through a Muslim dating site was jailed for eight years for planning to launch a terrorist attack upon Jewish communities in […]