For The First Time, Minorities Surpass Whites In U.S. Births
source: Huffington Post | By HOPE YENPosted: 05/17/2012 12:02 am Updated: 05/17/2012 9:06 am WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than […]
Muslims and modernity: ‘Jihadi danger is from the elite, not from the poor.’
Source: The Express Tribune Most global jihadis are not illiterates raised in poor slums, but from well-off families and with advanced education degrees. “Most of the danger comes from us,” said Majid Nawaz, founder of Khudi, at a seminar titled ‘Muslims and the Modern World The State of the Muslim […]
“New York Muslims commemorate 9/11 with blood drives” video is one of the nominees for CNN iReport Awards
Source: CNN New York Muslims come together to donate blood and get their fellow New Yorkers to donate blood in memory of 9/11. The Muslims for Life (www.muslimsforlife.org) campaign […]
US military under fire for ‘anti-Islam class’ – Americas
Source: aljazeera.com More ‘Anti-Islam’ Courses at US Military, AlJazeera Reveals Posted on 12 May 2012 by Emperor AlJazeera uncovered another “anti-Islam” class in the US military. The class seems to have been lifted directly from the talking points of extremists such as Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer: US Military Under Fire […]
France: New president Hollande cuts his pay by 30 percent
New president Francois Hollande will slash his salary and his ministers’ salaries, amid promises not to ratify the European treaty on fiscal discipline unless it is amended to include commitments […]
London 2012 Olympics: Torch handed over to Britain in ceremony today
The Olympic torch will be handed over in Athens today before being flown to Britain. The flame will be formally handed over to the London delegation this afternoon in […]
Census: Minorities Surpass Whites In U.S. Births
Source: NPR For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing. New 2011 census estimates highlight sweeping changes in the nation’s racial makeup and the prolonged impact of a weak […]
‘Euro faces existential crisis Brussels was oblivious to’
Russian TV: European politicians failed to see that the single currency’s existence is in peril, trying to blame the system’s failures on individual countries, Aditya Chakrabortty, lead economics writer for […]
PJCC to Host Interfaith Roundtable
RedwoodCityPatch A panel of interfaith clergy, including a Rabbi from Redwood City, will share their interpretations of salvation next week at a roundtable in Foster City. The Peninsula Jewish Community Center will host the May 22 event, called “Does God Redeem Us,” which will feature a panel representing Buddhist, Christian, […]
America is un-white: Minority babies are now majority in United States
Washington Post: For the first time in U.S. history, most of the nation’s babies are members of minority groups, according to new census figures that signal the dawn of an […]
Government of Pakistan fined for Shariah violation
Express Tribune: Pakistan’s mission in Jeddah had to pay 19,500 riyals (Rs472,660) in religious fine to the Saudi Arabian authorities in 2007 because then-prime minister and his elaborate entourage had violated […]
Wilders seeks injunction to block fiscal pact
Freedom Party (PVV) leader Geert Wilders is seeking an injunction against the Dutch state in a bid to scrap the European Stability Mechanism, a permanent bailout fund which is part of a EU fiscal pact to reinforce economic surveillance. Wilders said on Wednesday that leading lawyer Bram Moszkowicz will represent […]
Ghana: We Can’t Sacrifice Peace on the Altar of Politics – Maulvi
AllAfrica Wa — The Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Mission in Ghana, Maulvi Dr. Wahab Adam, has expressed optimism that despite the violence that characterised the just-ended biometric registration exercise in some constituencies, this year’s elections would be peaceful. According to him, recent developments on the political […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims Knock On Doors To Spread Islam’s Message Of Peace
The Weekly Voice Vaughn: On May 6, throughout Canada, in over 80 cities and neighborhoods, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community did their bit to remove negative perceptions on Islam […]
Top 10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About the #Nakba
Auburn: By Observer5 Today, May 15, is the day that Palestinians commemorate as “Nakba Day,” “Catastrophe Day,” a day to mark the expulsion from homes in Israel during the 1948 war. Arab people throughout the Middle East, are showing their solidarity with the Palestinians in Occupied Israel in peaceful ways […]
The moon is more useful than the sun
ONE DAY MULLAH NASRUDDIN ENTERED HIS FAVORITE TEAHOUSE AND SAID: ‘THE MOON IS MORE USEFUL THAN THE SUN.’ AN OLD MAN ASKED ‘WHY MULLAH?’ NASRUDDIN REPLIED ‘WE NEED THE LIGHT […]
Joys and sorrows of parenthood
Author: Edited by Adil Salahi ARABNEWS The first marriage of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) gave him six children. The first was a boy, named Al-Qasim. While most human societies, past and present, give preference to male offspring, the pre-Islamic Arabian society surpassed all others in this regard. It […]
Iraqi VP’s ex-guards say they had orders to kill
BY: SINAN SALAHEDDIN | AP ARABNEWS BAGHDAD: Former bodyguards for Iraq’s fugitive vice president have testified that they were ordered to kill security officials and plant roadside bombs as a politically charged terror trial against the Sunni leader got under way. Vice President Tariq Al-Hashemi, who was in Turkey but […]
What NATO summit means for Pakistan
BY: Moeed Pirzada ARABBEWS Anxiety over whether Pakistan will be able to attend the NATO summit in Chicago on May 20-21 was put to rest when the trans-Atlantic alliance decided […]