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 […]
Mladic taunts survivors at start of genocide trial
BY: Anthony Deutsch and Ivana Sekularac | Reuters ARABNEWS THE HAGUE: Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic taunted Srebrenica survivors on Wednesday at the start of his trial for genocide, running […]
Washington coordinates arms supplies to Syrian rebels: US officials
The US has coordinated the climbing number of illegal shipment of more advanced weapons to anti-Damascus Syrian rebels paid for by Persian Gulf Arab states, US and foreign officials say. […]
Universal Application of USA’s Declaration of Independence!
Written by Zia H Shah MD Declaration of Independence was a climax in the evolution of human rights over the centuries in Europe and America, in 1776 CE. It served […]
Book Review: Prayer of the Heart in Christian and Sufi Mysticism
Book by: Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee Review by: Zia H Shah Sufi teacher and author Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee has drawn upon the wisdom of Christian mystics repeatedly over his forty years on the Sufi path. In Prayer of the Heart in Christian and Sufi Mysticism, he shares the deep connection he has experienced between […]
New Minor in Arab Studies Debuts at University of Houston
HOUSTON, May 14, 2012 – The University of Houston (UH) has launched a new minor in Arab Studies and named Emran El-Badawi as the first director of the Arab Studies Program. Beginning in fall 2012, UH students may declare the minor, which will be housed in the department of Modern and Classical Languages […]
Turkey under the influence of scholar Fethullah Gulen: CBS
A report aired on the US-based CBS channel says Turkey is influenced or at least inspired by the country’s Islamic scholar, Fethullah Gulen, who runs a multi-billion-dollar foundation in Pennsylvania. […]
Businesses are recovering, but Washington didn’t help
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — It’s a question that could determine if President Obama gets to serve another term: Are you better off than you were four years ago? CNNMoney put the question to six small business owners — Democrats, Republicans and independents. across the political spectrum. Their answer: They are […]
French president Mr.Francois Hollande
French president Mr.Francois Hollande along with his partner Valérie Trierweiler. She is a journalist. Ségolène Royal: ex wife of Mr. Francois Hollande, mother of his four children. She competed last (2008) presidential election of France against Sarkozy.
This path-breaking religious research – can we have no more like it?
Huff Post If the greatest achievement of a major study of religion is to bring the curtain down on purely religious research, it really will have done a valuable service. This month the door closes on a path-breaking research initiative investigating contemporary religion. With £12m and the clout of two […]
Egypt to revive female genital mutilation in the name of Islam?
Russian TV: Egyptian human rights groups and female activists are alarmed at renewed parliamentary calls to revive the practice of female circumcision. They appeal to the authorities to stop advocating […]
Hate mongering in God’s name: Targeting Ahmadies globally
Daily Times: By Razi Azmi: I wonder what the sentinels of the ‘fortress of Islam’ called Pakistan want to do about the fact that, in public places, one cannot distinguish […]
Meet France’s new power couple
French president François Hollande and his partner Valérie Trierweiler are now France’s first family. So how will they differ from the Sarkozys? by Angela Chrisafis, The Guardian On a stage […]
Egypt funeral turns happy after dead man awakes
The Associated Press, LUXOR, Egypt — The funeral of a 28 year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into a celebration when he woke up after being declared dead. Hospital officials had pronounced dead Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi, who came from the village of Naga al-Simman in the southern province of Luxor, […]
The Palestinian struggle persists
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon Yesterday marked the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba of May 1948, when Israel was established and Palestinians experienced the combination of exile and occupation that still defines them today. The day was marked as usual by a variety of events around […]
Where to look during prayer
Author: Edited by Adil Salahi ARABNEWS Worship should always be performed in the way and the manner that God likes and the Prophet (peace be upon him) has shown and explained. Prayer, or salat, is the most important form of Islamic worship. It includes readings from the Qur’an, movements from […]
Language programme aims to boost integration
The Federal Migration Office has launched a language training system specifically defined around the integration needs of migrants. The course will be gradually introduced in collaboration with the cantons from […]