1. In ancient Rome the punishment for killing one’s father was to be drowned in a sack along with a viper, a dog, and a rooster. The reason behind this? I have no idea. 2. Alexander the Great (pictured) invented a spying technique still used today: he had his soldiers […]
Hindustan Times: When Alex Aan picked up a copy of Karen Armstrong’s Holy War from his local library in west Sumatra in 2005, he had little inkling of his own religious battle to come. But after posting “God doesn’t exist” on Facebook, the soft-spoken civil servant, 30, faces up to […]
By MICHAEL STOTT AND SAMIA NAKHOUL | REUTERS ARABBEWS RAMALLAH, West Bank: Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Tuesday the Palestinians may have “lost the argument” on the international stage for an independent state but cautioned that continued Israeli occupation was unsustainable. In an interview with Reuters, Fayyad struck a […]
By DIAA HADID Huffington Post JERUSALEM — After decades of shying away from an ancient pilgrimage route, Muslims are visiting Jerusalem to pray at Islam’s third-holiest site, the revered Al-Aqsa […]
By JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, imam and khateeb of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, has been appointed head of the Presidency for the Two Holy Mosques […]
Huff Post The First underwater mosque is ready for prayers in the Saudi Arabian town of Tabuk, according to Emirates24/7.com. “When we put the final touches on it, it was time for afternoon prayers,” said diver Hamadan bin Salim Al Masoudi, “so we performed group prayers in the first underwater mosque […]
By RIYADH: ARAB NEWS The Supreme Haj Committee yesterday discussed a number of major issues including creation more space for pilgrims in Mina, expansion of Mashair Railway, Haj visas of […]
Huff Post Excerpt from Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero To A New Vision Of Islam In America (Free Press, May 2012) I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in […]
Advertiser Muslims from all over Britain are converging on the Tower of London on Sunday (May 13) for a 10km charity walk to raise £500,000 for the Queen’s charities. The […]
Source: China Daily China’s e-passports will better protect citizens’ personal data and national security, said customs officials on Tuesday, as authorities nationwide geared up for the introduction of the new high-tech system. The 48-page travel document, which will be issued starting May 15, is fitted with a chip on the […]
Source: BBC News The social networking giant Facebook has begun its investor roadshow ahead of its planned multi-billion dollar stock market launch in New York later this month. The buzz created by the social network phenomenon has prompted others to try their hand in a potentially highly lucrative industry. One […]
Source: The New York Times HAVANA — Yudelsy García O’Connor, the first baby known to have been born with H.I.V. in Cuba, is not merely still alive. She is vibrant, funny and, at age 25, recently divorced but hoping to remarry and have children. Her father died of AIDS when she was […]
Source: Jagran “Humanity is the greatest religion, It’s the heart of humans where God resides. Love for all hatred for none” Ahmadiyya Muslim community recently organized interfaith symposium at Musabani local community, at Jamshedpur district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Prior to the event, leaders from the community expressed that […]
The government should no longer use the terms allochtoon and autochtoon to distinguish between Dutch citizens, according to the Council for Societal Development. Allochtoon is a Dutch word used to refer to citizens whose parents were born in another country. Autochtoonrefers to citizens whose parents were born in the Netherlands. In reality, allochtoon is often applied to people […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The French and Greek election results are being viewed as a smackdown on austerity. In France, Socialist Francois Hollande won the presidential election, defeating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, who supported the compact to increase fiscal discipline in the Eurozone. And the makeup of the next Greek government […]
Germany’s education minister is facing a battle for survival following allegations that she cheated in her university dissertation. The founder of VroniPlag, a website dedicated to unearthing academic cheats, claims […]
Mohammed Shafiq has defied death threats to stand up against the gangs who prey on young white girls. The father-of-three lives within a short drive of where the victims were […]
Source: The Herald Potty humor just got prehistoric. A new study suggests that dinosaurs may have helped keep an already overheated world warmer with their flatulence and burps 200 million years ago. The research published Monday in Current Biology suggests that large dinosaurs made a significant contribution to the greenhouse […]
Source: Slashgear. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but when it’s over it would sure be nice to have a designated driver built into your car. Thanks to Google’s driverless car program, you might soon be able to have just that. After three months in safety testing and approval, […]
Once, Mullah Nasruddin traveled to Konya to borrow money from Jalal, his friend who lived there. Jalal, who knew that Nasruddin and his money were soon parted, put the cash into a purse for safekeeping and instructed the Mullah to be extra cautious on the trip home. All the way […]