Mecca for the Rich: Islam’s holiest site ‘turning into Vegas’ Historic and culturally important landmarks are being destroyed to make way for luxury hotels and malls “Both [Mecca and Medina] are historically almost finished. You do not find anything except skyscrapers.” – Dr Irfan al-Alawi, executive director, Islamic Heritage Research […]
Source: The Hindu A three-day exhibition on the teachings of the Quran by Ahmadiyya Muslim Jammat, Delhi, that opened at the Constitution Club here on Friday ran into trouble when All-India Muslim Personal Law Board member Kamaal Farooqui and Syed Yahya Bukhari, brother of the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, along with their supporters denounced […]
SOURCE: THE DALAI LAMA I am extremely delighted to attend this inter faith seminar on the Preservation of Religious Harmony, Coexistence and Universal Peace organised by the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF), Ladakh group. Thank you very much for the detailed explanation of the association’s history, activities, objectives and their relevance […]
SOURCE: HIS HOLYNESS THE DALAI LAMA Introduction My fellow Tibetans, both in and outside Tibet, all those who follow the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and everyone who has a connection to Tibet and Tibetans: due to the foresight of our ancient kings, ministers and scholar-adepts, the complete teaching of the Buddha, […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Have you seen any strange debris?. If you have, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) of the United States wants to know you. What you have found could be debris from one of its satelite that have plunged back to earth. Members of the public are advised not […]
An Islamic cultural centre near the site of the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center held its first exhibit Wednesday evening, the enthusiasm at the opening belying its troubled beginnings. As a small orchestra played traditional Middle Eastern instruments, people crowded into the centre, where a photo exhibit […]
In the aftermath of violent protests by Uighurs, a Muslim minority in China’s far northwest, authorities deepened their campaign against religious practices. September 11, 2011|By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Beijing — At a teachers college in far northwestern China, students were irritated to find that their professors […]
NAtional Post: On Monday, three Muslim women spoke at the Heliconian Hall in downtown Toronto at an event titled “Islamism’s war against women.” Journalist and activist Raheel Raza argued that the legal code known as sharia has no basis in religion – but rather is a political artifice created as […]
National Post: Areport on domestic violence among South Asian immigrants, released last week at Toronto police headquarters, recommends that the words “honour killing” be shunned in legal and civic discourse. The rationale for the recommendation is that providing a motivation for the crime – “honour” – implies a defence for […]
National Post The following is a condensed version of a speech delivered by National Post columnist Barbara Kay on Monday at the “Islamism’s War Against Women” seminar in Toronto. Every time I write about honour killings of girls or women in which the father or brother who killed them claimed, […]
An Australian human rights researcher detained by Indonesian authorities on Monday remains in detention awaiting what is likely to be her imminent deportation. The researcher and Human Rights Watch activist Andreas Harsono were taken into custody by police in Sampang, East Java, as they attempted to investigate the local Shia […]
Source: Qantara Under the banner “Bound to live together”, an international peace congress promoting dialogue and reconciliation was held in Munich with representatives from all major religions. Yet, issues such as the Middle East conflict, the Arab Spring, and the role of Islam in Europe pose new challenges for Jews, […]
Source: The Local Pope Benedict XVI met representatives of the German Muslim community on Friday before leaving Berlin to head for the heart of Lutheranism. While Muslim leaders were pleased with his inclusive comments, he left some Protestants disappointed he did not make more of an ecumenical gesture. “We […]
Source: Spiegel International At the UN on Friday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appealed for recognition of an independent Palestinian state in a statesmanlike speech. His appearance may have won Palestinians sympathy abroad — but it does little to advance their cause. He kept the most dramatic statement for the […]
Source: Physics World Event Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 4:00 PM BST We learn at school that Newton is the father of modern optics, Copernicus heralded the birth of astronomy, and Snell deduced the law of refraction. But what debt do these men owe to the physicists and astronomers […]
Source/Credit:Dawn.com Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign minister on Saturday warned the United States against sending ground troops to her country to fight an Afghan militant group that America alleges is used as a proxy by Pakistan’s top intelligence agency for attacks in neighboring Afghanistan. The warning came as […]
By ARAB NEWS Published: Sep 24, 2011 00:03 Updated: Sep 24, 2011 00:09 JEDDAH: The International Islamic Relief Organization-Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) has distributed more than 8 million kg of food in addition to clothes and medicine in famine-ravaged Somalia. The tragic situation caused by the famine is being further aggravated […]
source. dawn.com GERMANY took a much-needed breather this week from its unsought role as eurozone saviour to engage in some painful soul-searching on faith and religion. The reason for the change in gear? The first official visit to his home country by German-born Pope Benedict XVI. Hopes that the brief […]
source: TOI on Line All power comes from the preservation and sublimation of the vitality that is responsible for the creation of life” – Mahatma Gandhi, as quoted in Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph’s book, Postmodern Gandhi and Other Essays. Long before Anna Hazare boasted about the power of his brahmacharya […]
Source : Chatham Daily News When American pastor Terry Jones burned the Quran, Muslim-Canadian youth got fired up. Not with hate or revenge, but with a burning desire to show Canadians the similarities between Islam and Western religions. “We talk about the commonality, we don’t talk about the differences,” said […]