Fatwas can be changed: By more Fatwas?
Dawn: by Asghar Ali Engineer: RECENTLY a conference of the Muslim Personal Law Board in India saw a huge crowd of 200,000 Muslims from all over Maharashtra. The chairman of the […]
Why Does the Muslim World Lag in Science?
An old article of 1996. What has changed in the meantime? Any improvements? Source: http://www.meforum.org/306/why-does-the-muslim-world-lag-in-science Aaron Segal, professor of political science at the University of Texas, El Paso, is the author of An Atlas of International Migration (Bowker, 1993) and Learning by Doing: Science, Technology and the Developing World (Westview, […]
IDEALS AND REALITIES – Selected Essays of Abdus Salam
IDEALS AND REALITIES Selected Essays of Abdus Salam by C H Lai & Azim Kidwai The latest edition of “Ideals and Realities” includes some of the most recent talks given […]
Paranoid Hitler had ‘messiah complex’: secret U.K. analysis
LONDON: Adolf Hitler had a “messiah complex” and became increasingly obsessed with the perceived Jewish “enemy within” as World War II turned against Germany, according to a secret 1942 assessment […]
Rising cost of living worries Arab youth
By JEDDAH: AHMED HASSAN ARAB NEWS Published: May 4, 2012 01:44 Updated: May 4, 2012 01:44 The rising cost of living is the greatest concern for young people in the Middle East, according to a poll of young Arab men and women in 12 Arab nations, including the six Gulf […]
S&P biased: Turkey
By AGENCIES ARABNEWS ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced Standard and Poor’s rating agency yesterday, saying its downgrading of Turkey’s outlook was clouded by an “ideological approach.” Erdogan […]
Kuwait MPs pass death penalty for blasphemy
AFP | May 03,2012 | JORDAN TIMES KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait’s parliament on Thursday passed a bill stipulating the death penalty for Muslims who curse God, the Muslim holy book, all prophets and the wives of Islam’s Prophet Mohammad. Forty MPs, including Cabinet ministers, voted for the bill in the […]
Sitara Brooj Akbar – A Brief Interview
A young Sitara Brooj Akbar from Rabwah, Pakistan is the holder of both Pakistani and world records based on her passing of O Level chemistry, biology, English and mathematics. Click here for her brief interview
Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association undertakes homeless feedings
Guardian.co.uk A project to feed the homeless, undertaken by one of the region of Majlish Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya (Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association), started on Friday, the 10th of February, 2012 in […]
Sam Harris, Will You Visit A Mosque With Me?
Huff Post Sam Harris–I know you’re a busy man, but I’d like to ask you out. Will you go to mosque with me? I’m not trying to convert you to Islam. Like you, I’m not a Muslim. Like you, I don’t believe in any gods. I’m happily, openly atheist. A […]
Favorite Prayers: A Collection In Honor Of National Day Of Prayer
Huff Post Prayer is one of the most interesting ways to understand a person’s inner life. It’s a deeply personal practice that is sometimes made in a public setting. For some, disbelief or dispair is the reason for prayer. For others, prayer is rooted in unshakable trust or overflowing gratitude. […]
Israel admits ‘administrative detention’ is unnecessary
The Jerusalem Post: Less than three weeks after at least 1,400 Palestinians in Israeli prisons launched a widespread hunger strike, Israeli Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch on Thursday made several […]
Anti-Ahmedi laws: Police act as worship place ‘looks like a mosque’
The Express Tribune: Policemen scratched out Quranic verses written on the walls of an Ahmedi place of worship and ordered them to cover up short minarets at the entrance as they made the place look like a mosque, The Express Tribune has learnt. After receiving a complaint about the place […]
Bangladesh Is South Asia’s Standard-Bearer – The Wall Street Journal
Source: WSJ Online BY SADANAND DHUME Despite its 160-million strong population, Bangladesh can find it hard to elbow its way onto the global stage. It’s in an area where India is cast in the lead as the dominant economy, Pakistan plays the intermittent villain, and Sri Lanka and Nepal feature […]
Bangladesh teacher ‘burns’ legs of girl pupils
Source: BBC By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News, Dhaka Burn marks can clearly be seen on the legs of the madrassa pupils Continue reading the main story Related Stories Bangladesh plans madrassa reforms Swift justice in harassment case Police in Bangladesh are looking for a teacher from a Muslim religious school who […]
How happy is Bangladesh?
Photo: Sadatuddin Ahmed Amil Souce: The Daily Star by Mohammad Badrul Ahsan Pakistan has ranked higher than Bangladesh in the World Happiness Report 2012, holding the 85th position against our 104th. Even India lagged behind in the 94th position despite Pakistan’s reputation as a country rife with terrorism, religious […]
Big Google is Watching You
Source: Forbes. One way or another Google has a problem. Last week, the company released a full FCC report about its surreptitious collection of data from millions of unsecured Wi-Fi connections, using software developed six years ago for Street View, a multi-purpose technology that provides a direct view of virtually […]
Last year, 86 million Americans were not counted in the labor force because they hadn’t recently looked for work. Here’s what they’ve been doing instead.
After serving in the Marine Corps for 12 years, I moved back home to San Antonio and eventually found a great position as a compliance coordinator for a trucking company. I worked there for about six years, but once the economy started going downhill, I was laid off. I found […]
An Insight into the Persecution of Ahmadiyya Islam
Source: http://my.telegraph.co.uk/ May 3rd, 2012 10:08 By shermeen Sheonah asked on a blog I wrote on persecution of Ahmadi Muslims the other day: ‘But none of the other sub-sects of Islam seem to believe the Ahmadis. How can this be?’ As I said then, there are three ways to […]
Saudi women: Pampered or oppressed?
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (CNN) — Samar Badawi, a 30-year-old mother of one, has served seven months in jail. Her crime? Disobeying her father. Badawi, 30, fell foul of Saudi Arabia’s guardianship laws, which require women to gain permission from their father, husband or even adult son for many daily activities. […]