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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 […]
Stalled reconciliation process: Kabul, Islamabad to resume peace talks
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Kamran Yousaf Published: July 20, 2012 KABUL:Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Thursday to resume stalled talks on Afghanistan’s peace process, with […]
Damascus in disarray at start of Muslim holy month
By Oliver Holmes REUTERS BEIRUT | Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:49am EDT (Reuters) – While President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels battle in several districts of Damascus, residents in the deserted heart of the Syrian capital fear they are at the eye of a storm that could strike soon. Friday […]
80 explosives found in Barrie home
Experts combing through the home have described the explosives as pipe bombs and improvised explosive devices, Butler said Tuesday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS BARRIE, Ont. — Police in Barrie, Ont., […]
Many Muslim Olympians decide to postpone Ramadan fasting until after London Olympics
By Associated Press, The Washington Post LONDON — With the London Games fast approaching and the Islamic holy month of Ramadan already here, Muslim athletes are faced with a dilemma […]
Thousands head to Al Aqsa mosque for Friday Prayer
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Thousands of Palestinians traveled from inside Israel and the occupied West Bank to the Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform the first Friday prayers during the holy month of […]
An Ahmadi found hanging to the Ahmadiyya mosque tower in Jakarta
Ahmad Ibrahim was hanging lifeless with a broken neck. VIVAnews – An Ahmadiyah followers, Ibrahim Ahmad, was found dead in a dependent position in the tower of the Mosque of Al-Hidayah, Jalan Raya Ciputat No School Gang. 18 Rt. 10 Rw. 10, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta. Known victims were killed […]
Ramadan:147 Guarded Ahmadiyyah Village Cisalada
BOGOR – AFP: During Ramadan, the township inhabited by Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI), Cisalada, Udik Ciampea Village, District Ciampea, Bogor District, will continue to be maintained the combined forces of the […]