“The word of wisdom is the lost property of a Muslim, so that wherever he finds it, he should take it, as he is the most entitled to it!” The Holy Prophet Muhammad … Source / Courtesy NY Times By THOMAS NAGEL Published: March 11, 2011 Readers of his Op-Ed column […]
The thing about Italy’s proposed law to ban women from wearing veils that cover their faces is that it’s not clear what difference it would make. Just like in France or Belgium, which have introduced similar measures, Italy does not have a large population of women who wear the burqa […]
Reuters) – The confessed killer of 76 people in Friday’s bomb and gun attacks in Norway described Japan as a model country in a document he distributed on the Internet, praising it for shying away from multiculturalism, Kyodo news agency reported. In a rambling 1,500-page manifesto posted online shortly before […]
Everett, Washington (CNN) — The Boeing 787 Dreamliner sparkled Saturday in rare Pacific northwest sunshine as the plane made its long-awaited debut. Three years overdue and billions of dollars over the budget, Boeing will finally deliver the 787 Dreamliner to Japan’s All Nippon Airways next month in Tokyo. Read more
Dr Ghassan Khatib, the Special Envoy of the Palestinian Authority President, last week addressed the Capital Jewish Forum in the Victorian Parliament House. (J-Wire, Jewish online news from Australia and New Zealand) Dr Khatib spoke on ‘Statehood: Palestine and Israel’ and was introduced by Mr Izzat Abdulhadi, Palestinian Authority Head […]
By ROGER HARRISON | ARAB NEWS The value of dates as food has long been known and a simple analysis establishing them as a source of protein, glucose, vitamins and minerals is fact. Far less of an established fact is the folkloric record of their medicinal properties. As with many […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) on Sunday opened the newly established international terminal at Prince Muhammad International Airport in Madinah that can handle 35 flights daily. “The new terminal has the capacity to accommodate 600 passengers per hour,” GACA said, […]
By ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: “High rents have wrecked my plans to spend Ramadan in a spiritual atmosphere in the vicinity of the Grand Mosque,” declared Muhammad Husain, a domestic pilgrim. There are not many vacant hotel rooms in Makkah since the beginning of Ramadan this year, despite the astronomically high […]
DAMASCUS/ JEDDAH (Agencies) – Jordan Times. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah demanded an end to the bloodshed in Syria in the early hours of Monday, and said he was withdrawing his country’s ambassador from Damascus. “What is happening in Syria is not acceptable for Saudi Arabia,” he said in a written […]
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Courtesy: Alislam.org By Dr. Nasim Rehmatullah and Dr. Zia H Shah With the political turmoil spreading from one Arab country to the next, during the last few weeks, several fears and demons have been reawakened. Could these changes herald development of a theocracy or establishment of Caliphate in some Muslim country? […]
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald The Norwegian who admitted to the Oslo bombing and Utoya island massacre that killed 77 people had traces of drugs in his blood at the time of his arrest. Samples were taken from Anders Behring Breivik after his arrest on July 22, his lawyer said […]
Here is a good one: A man is out walking in New York when he sees a girl being savaged by a fierce dog. He fights off the dog by beating about the head with a stick and saves the girl’s life. The girl’s mother rushes over to him: “Thank […]
Video Missionary Wasim Saroya of Bosnia just sent the link. Recorded by Aljazeera TV
Sorry for innocent bear. Pravda Ru: The British NATO contingent wastes up to 100,000 USD of their taxpayers’ money per aircraft per hour, every single day since February 17, bombing kids, strafing water supplies, murdering babies, targeting civilian structures, in Libya. Now in Norway a polar bear has been shot […]
Rfi. France: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has told RFI that its internal election on Saturday was an exercise in democracy. The previously banned group appointed three new senior figures for the organisation’s newly formed Freedom and Justice party. The Brotherhood says a new political “era” in Egypt should be inclusive and […]
Gordon Ramsay claims his wife’s father stole $2.3 million from their company to fund a secret second family, writes Jonathan Wynne-Jones By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, The Sunday Telegraph He is notorious for the fiery rows that boil over in his restaurants’ kitchens, but now Gordon Ramsay has turned up the heat […]
France24: Despite a persistent negative stereotype about French hygiene practices – which at least one historian says has a ring of truth – a study has found that the French may actually be more fastidious than their European neighbours. If cleanliness is next to godliness, then the French – and […]
by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, globalresearch.ca TRIPOLI, July 28, 2011 The division of Libya into three separate countries is part of the US-NATO imperial design. It is part of a project shared by the U.S., Britain, Italy, and France. The NATO war launched against Libya in March 2011 was geared towards […]
Scholars from different religions answer the question Question: What role does humour play in life? ABDUL RASHID is a member of the Ottawa Muslim community, the Christian-Muslim Dialogue and the Capital Region Interfaith Council. Humour is a natural human characteristic and an essential component of a complete human personality. Although […]