The vulnerability of the recently reopened Pakistani transit route supplying NATO troops in Afghanistan has been a headache for over a decade. But the real problem will emerge once troops […]
LOOKING out across Christmas Island’s Flying Fish Cove, where 69 more asylum seekers arrived on two boats yesterday, Imam Abdul Ghaffar says that sympathy for the new arrivals was dwindling […]
Express Tribune: When the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya was demolished in December 1992, for Prof. Ram Puniyani it was not only a sacred edifice that had crumbled before him, but a part […]
Russian TV: Russia rejects in the strongest possible terms allegations that it supports President Assad in the Syrian conflict. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Moscow and Beijing must […]
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch Swiss intelligence services have observed an increase in the number of trips made out of Europe for jihadist purposes, with the internet playing a central role […]
Author: Edited by Adil Salahi, Arab News Staff Q.1. Qur’anic and Hadith injunctions are clear that Muslims must remain united. Yet a Hadith tells us that Muslims will be split into more than seventy groups, which are all in Hell except one. Please comment. Q.2. In some Muslim countries, we […]
Switzerland will continue to purchase Iranian oil in defiance of the European Union sanctions on the Islamic Republic that came into effect on July 1. The Swiss Federal Department of […]
MADINAH: ARAB NEWS Madinah Gov. Prince Abdul Aziz bin Majed described King Abdullah’s decision to expand the Prophet’s Mosque as historic. He said: “This decision is deemed a great service to Islam and Muslims. “Moreover, it would benefit all people in Madinah, in addition to millions of pilgrims coming from […]
JEDDAH: HASSAN CHERUPPA arab news staff Islam’s two holy mosques are witnessing the largest ever expansion in their history. After launching the massive expansion works of the Grand Mosque in […]
Source: The Atlantic Jul 5 2012, 3:54 PM ET 18 Ami Vitale’s beautifully shot documentary visits the communities on the Bay of Bengal that are already suffering the consequences of global warming. Vitali, a photojournalist, made the switch to video to tell the story of one mother who, fearing that […]
Washington Post: A district judge in Cologne, Germany, recently ruled that ritual circumcision is a crime, violating “the fundamental right of the child to bodily integrity,” which outweighs other parental and […]
Dawn: IT appears that there are three schools of thought when it comes to minority rights in Pakistan. There are those who champion religious minorities and raise their voices against […]
by Shireen Younus Eighth-grader from Maryland HUFFINGTON POST Life in middle school is rife with drama over friends, grades and the struggle to be accepted. I’ve seen that acceptance […]
By Joe Mandak Associated Press Deseret News PITTSBURGH — A former police officer who retired from the FBI due to post-traumatic stress disorder linked to her role in the aftermath […]
The body of a man found in woods near Utrecht has been identified as that of a former provincial councillor for the anti-immigration PVV, according to media reports on Wednesday afternoon. Jos van Hal Scheffer left the party last month after his wife became a suspect in a million euro […]
Terrorist acts against Palestinian civilians committed by Israeli colonists clearly point to “a religious war” By As’ad Abdul Rahman, Special to Gulf NEWS Under the watchful eyes of the Israeli […]
DUBAI: A premature baby born at just 570 grams with a head as small as a plum has miraculously survived after battling it out for four months at a private […]
Parvez Ahmed Associate Professor of Finance, Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida GET UPDATES FROM PARVEZ AHMED L Appreciating Islam’s Contribution to Civilization Posted: 07/05/2012 5:35 pm Fox News , Islam , Islamophobia , Muslim Innovations , Muslim Inventions , Pbs ,Religious Stereotyping , Religion News SHARE THIS STORY http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?action=like&api_key=46744042133&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D9%23cb%3Df148c06524%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%252Ff31b214fa8%26domain%3Dwww.huffingtonpost.com%26relation%3Dparent.parent&extended_social_context=false&font=lucida%20grande&href=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%252Fparvez-ahmed%252Fappreciating-islams-contribution-to-civilization_b_1648224.html&layout=standard&locale=en_US&node_type=link&sdk=joey&show_faces=false&width=244 27 11 0 https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fparvez-ahmed%2Fappreciating-islams-contribution-to-civilization_b_1648224.html&size=tall&count=true&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com&hl=en-US&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DqtvzPMli2GA.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!0Tt3uNrLr0Coc6egjA%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOtcgAD4dpnSQl_RohzS0XsePhHFg#id=I2_1341586551837&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com&rpctoken=248747437&_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart Submit […]
Source: The Post – A Muslim associais offering residents of Lindsay and area free transportation to attend a convention and banquet lunch at no charge this Sunday, July 8 being held in Mississauga. Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA) is an auxiliary wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ( http://www.alislam.org […]
Credit: Nation via Wasim Sroya PTA bans Ahmadi website By: Our Staff Reporter | July 06, 2012 | 0 LAHORE – Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has banned a website by the name alislam.org which was controlled by the Ahmaddiya community. An official of the authority said that the site had […]