hurriyetdailynews: by Mustafa Akyol: Yesterday’s New York Times had two separate but equally worrying opinion pieces on the religious bigotry in Indonesia, (“Indonesia’s Rising Religious Intolerance,” by Benedict Rogers, and “No […]
Express Tribune: Dr Shakil Afridi, a government surgeon who helped the CIA uncover Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts, was sentenced to 33 years for treason, officials confirmed. According to sources, Afridi […]
Over the next three days, May volume will be emailed to more than 40,000 subscribers. It highlights the teachings about soul and how to embellish it, from the writings of […]
Editorial : Lying for the country The Jakarta Post The trouble with Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa is that he has probably spent too much of time traveling abroad to really understand what’s going on in his own country. On Monday he said the government has done enough to protect the […]
Ahmadiyah at the Bottom of Govt List for e-KTP Registration The Jakarta Globe: Mataram. The West Nusa Tenggara government put dozens of Ahamdiyah Muslims at the bottom of its list to register for an electronic identity card, known as e-KTP. Lalu Sajim Sastrawan, head of the province’s administration bureau, said […]
In June 2008, the Yudhoyono administration issued a decree requiring the Ahmadiyah sect to “stop spreading interpretations and activities that deviate from the principal teachings of Islam.” The government said the decree was necessary to prevent violence against the sect, but local governments used the decree to write even stricter […]
Greatist In many offices today, email messaging is a handy way to communicate efficiently with coworkers. But is the work inbox a digital blessing, or does our reliance on email turn those inboxes against us? New research from a group of UC Irvine and Army researchers suggests our attachment to those inboxes may actually […]
Source: Greatist Some opt for cupcakes, while the rest reach for the Pringles. The desire to pass the salt may be thanks to mom and dad, since sodium preference is influenced by genetic makeup (in rats, at least)[1]. Some scientists even believe excessive salt cravings may be due to evolution, since salt has been coveted […]
وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ ذِي ارْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا ۚ Allah has promised to those among you who believe and act righteously, that He will surely make them Successors (khalifas) in the earth, […]
Uri Avnery ARABNEW Rabin Square in Tel Aviv has seen many demonstrations, but none quite like last Saturday’s. It has nothing to do with the event, which gave the square […]
Agus Triyono | May 22, 2012 THE JAKARTA GLOBE Trying to counter the growing intolerance in Indonesia, the country’s two largest Muslim organizations have expressed support for the protection of people’s constitutional rights to religious freedom amid several incidences of unilateral church foreclosures in the country. “By law, the government […]
by JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — An audience at the Doha Debates has publicly expressed opposition to state censorship of the arts, still strongly enforced in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, according to a statement issued by the organisers on Tuesday. In a live session where participants discussed a […]
Dr Jarmo T. Kotilaine ARABNEWS After the tumultuous events that led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak from the presidency of Egypt in February 2011, the country remains amidst a protracted transition with significant economic ramifications. There are a number of uncertainties on the political front, the most important of […]
Source: Fort Erie Times – There are misconceptions about the religious practice of Islam and a non-profit organization wants to address them. On Wednesday, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) of Canada canvassed neighbourhoods in Greater Fort Erie to talk about their group and how they hope the western world […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Nuremberg Trials were a series […]
The Daily Caller Two scientists have issued a challenge to their colleagues to focus more research on religion, according to ABC News. Religion plays such a large role in billions of people’s’ lives worldwide, so why not use science to help advance the understanding of religion? “Science can help us understand religion […]
PJ Media Medical journals, the Lancet among them, are not famed for their humor, but a letter in a recent edition of the latter raised a smile, at least in me. It referred to a previous paper in that august publication from Taiwan about the health benefits of exercise. It is a medical truth now universally […]
Huff Post LONDON (Reuters)- When Malaysian cyclist Azizulhasni Awang opted to postpone his Ramadan fast until after the London Games, the decision was all about going for Olympic gold. Anything that might jeopardise the chance of a medal for the 24-year-old at his second Olympics had to be dealt with […]
Source: NY Times By ANDREAS HARSONO Published: May 21, 2012 (Andreas Harsono is a researcher for the Asia division at Human Rights Watch) IT is fashionable these days for Western leaders to praise Indonesia as a model Muslim democracy. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has declared, “If you want to […]
Imam Abdullah Antepli. Muslim Chaplain, Duke University HuffpostReligion Most, if not all religions, function in the world of symbolism and communicate their universal messages to their followers through these religious symbols. Rituals, sacraments, prayers, worship services, religious ceremonies and more are nothing but to invite believers to engage with very […]