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 […]
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. […]
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 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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BY: ISLAMABAD: Z. MAHMOOD SHEIKH ARABNEWS Saudi Arabia, while fulfilling its commitment to help Pakistan in times of need, continued its relief activities with the launch of the second stage of reconstruction in which 5,000 more houses would be built costing $ 20 million. The houses are meant for those […]
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday inaugurated the Prophet Mohammad Museum at the King Hussein Mosque. The King toured the facility, where some of the prophet’s belongings were […]
BEIRUT: At least 21 people were killed Tuesday in an attack in northern Syria, activists said, and members of a team of U.N. monitors caught in the battle said they […]
Source: Qantara While German politicians continue to argue whether Islam is part of Germany or not, German Muslims have for quite some time been making a contribution in many social […]
Source: Qantara By: Julia Hoffmann While the debate about Muslim integration in Europe sometimes seems dominated by fears and division, Berlin-based writer Julia Hoffmann highlights one German effort to help […]
Source: Qantara By: Susanne Kappe In the “Koran School” theatre project at the National Theatre of Mannheim, theatregoers get to know places and people in their town that they’re unlikely to have had much contact with before. Susanne Kappe reports It’s an intensive course on Islam and migration in […]
Source: Qantara By: Paul Hockenos In this essay, Paul Hockenos writes that it would be a mistake to dismiss Breivik’s hate-drenched tirades as the outpourings of a madman and points […]
Rfi. In a widely expected move, Francois Hollande has named his special campaign adviser Jean-Marc Ayrault to the post of prime minister in his first appointment as president since being sworn in Tuesday morning. who is Jean-Marc Ayrault?