Source: Global Voice The Bangladesh capital Dhaka has been declared as the capital of Islamic culture along with two other cities. The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO), a subsidiary of […]
Source: The New York Times A clash between Muslims observing the holy month of Ramadan and Hindus who were offering alms to one of their gods left one man dead and 20 people injured in northern India. The police imposed a curfew on Bareilly, a town in Uttar Pradesh State […]
Source: Russia & India report Pakistanis evoke highly negative emotions worldwide, including in Muslim majority countries, says a US survey. Not just the elites but the common Pakistani too is […]
Source: CNN Author: Jeffrey Swanson (Professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University’s School of Medicine) A witness to the horrific shooting rampage in the Colorado movie theater called it “the longest minute” of his life. One can only imagine. But the second longest minute may be the waiting […]
Photo Source: Wikipedia By Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA | Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:06pm EDT (Reuters) – Ghana’s President John Atta Mills, who won international praise as leader of a stable […]
Source: Express Tribune July 21, 2012 People go out of their way to embarrass those who don’t fast in Ramazan, as if to convince themselves and others that they are […]
by Ariane Gigon, swissinfo.ch More Swiss cemeteries are setting aside special Muslim plots, but controversially these remain largely empty, with older Muslims preferring to be buried in the land of […]
Source: BBC US Roman Catholic Monsignor William Lynn has been sentenced to three to six years in jail for covering up a sex abuse complaint against a priest. Lynn supervised hundreds of priests in his role as secretary for clergy at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Last month he became the […]
There is a frightening aspect to the present crises in Palestine and Syria: It seems to be a belief among ‘fundamental’ Christians that there must be a ‘Seven Year Tribulation […]
USA-AFGHANISTAN-HOSPITAL:U.S. commander accused of stalling Afghan hospital abuse probe Source: CNBC moneycontrol.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. general in Afghanistan sought to stall an investigation into waste, abuse and mismanagement at a U.S.-funded hospital in Kabul for political reasons, a former U.S. military official will tell Congress on Tuesday. […]
July 24, 2012 By Jawad Boulos The Daily Star, Lebanon Syria is in the midst of a civil war. As the predominantly Alawite regime attempts to defend its waning power against an increasingly successful, mainly Sunni, insurgency, the struggle has degenerated into a bloodbath. Murder, torture, rape and destruction have […]
The latest antics of the Arab League have proved once again that the body is essentially sleepwalking through its duties, jerked awake occasionally by its need to prove it is still alive, before returning to its stupor. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani appealed to President Bashar Assad […]
AFP | Jul 24, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel is seeking a court’s backing to raze eight Palestinian villages in the West Bank, according to legal documents, in what an Israeli rights group called a potential “humanitarian disaster”. In a written response to Israel’s high court which […]
By Charles C. Haynes Louisiana State Rep. Valarie Hodges used to be a big fan of school vouchers. “I liked the idea,” she explained, “of giving parents the option of sending […]
NY Times: SAMPANG, Indonesia – The problems began shortly after Tajul Muluk, a Shiite cleric, opened a boarding school in 2004. The school, in a predominantly Sunni Muslim part of […]
https://www.alislam.org/gallery2/d/78054-2/UKJalsaSalana0725200991.jpg According to todays AlFazl Rabwah the late Chaudhry Shabbir Ahmad has passed away. إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون “…Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return” […]
Reuters: Perhaps the text messages foreshadowed what was about to happen in Pakistan. One in June telling him his services as a London taxi driver would not be needed. A […]
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has called for an extraordinary summit of Muslim leaders to be held next month to address risks of “sedition” threatening Muslim countries, state news agency SPA reported on Sunday. Read more
Sally Ride, who blazed trails into orbit as the first American woman in space, has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. Ride died at her home in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla, said Terry McEntee, a spokeswoman for her company, Sally Ride Science. She was […]
The Seattle Chapter of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA and the members of Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue will observe the Muslim fast of Ramadan and the Jewish fast of Tisha […]
