God the Creator from Surah Raad (The Thunder)
Almost every Surah of the Quran presents Monotheism in one metaphor or the other; often presenting God the Creator and arguing from tangible to the intangible. Several Surahs have long […]
2 UK mosques receive Islamophobic letter after quakes in Türkiye, Syria
BY ANADOLU AGENCY LONDON FEB 17, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A man displays a placard during a protest following the burning of the Quran in Stockholm, outside the Embassy of Sweden […]
Israel-Palestine conflict: Is Israeli ignorance contributing to the cycle of violence?
DAOUD KUTTAB February 17, 2023 Newton’s third law is very clear: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. But for some reason, whenever a violent action takes place […]
Israel tech ‘threat to world’, say activists after hacking report
Tal Hanan. (video grab) Updated 9 sec ago AFP February 18, 2023 RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement said Israel’s tech sector was “a threat to […]
Draft UN Security Council text slams Israel on settlements
By AFP – Feb 16,2023 – JORDAN TIMES A photo taken from the Palestinian village of Aqraba shows the Israeli settlement outpost of Gevat Arnon, near Nablus city in the southern occupied […]
Mullah Nasruddin Feeds His Coat
Part of Moral Tales Adapted from a Middle Eastern Islamic folk tale which is attributed to different countries, including Turkey and Syria. Mullah Nasruddin had been working in the fields all […]
The Mongol Transition to Islam
Hafsa Adil Chughtai History Home History Nomadic warriors, sophisticated weaponry, and brutal tactics: this moderately sums up what the Mongol Empire is widely known for. Their reputation as merciless fighters […]
Women and Islamic studies. Annemarie Schimmel’s pioneering take on Islam
This year Annemarie Schimmel, the great German scholar of Islamic studies, would have turned 100. Unique within the German and international academic community of her time, Schimmel’s pioneering work was […]
Natural Disasters or Divine Punishment?
Hazrat Mirza Tahir AhmadThe Review of Religions, December 1993 [ Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V ] Cataclysms of nature that antedate human existence and sometimes still occur in uninhabited […]
Three radical discourses after Türkiye earthquake
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN FEB 16, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Search and rescue teams search the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, Feb. 14, 2023. (AFP Photo) Lies on social […]
Israeli firm tried to manipulate elections in 30 countries: Report
BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL FEB 17, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Man holds a ballot for elections at an unspecified location in this undated file photo. (Shutterstock File Photo) An Israeli company tried […]
Can you dream in another language?
(Image credit: Emmanuel Lafont/BBC) By Sophie Hardach17th February 2023 Sleep has a more powerful role in language-learning than was previously thought. What does this reveal about our night-time brain? J Just […]
Mali junta cracks down on hookahs
Shisha bars have become popular in Bamako in recent years. (AFP/File) AFP February 16, 2023 DAKAR: The authorities in Mali have begun a crackdown on hookah smoking after giving a […]
The Politics of “Blasphemy” – Pakistan Blocks Wikipedia Over “Sacrilegious” Content
02/05/2023Dr. Craig Considine Censorship is increasing again in Pakistan. Media outlets are reporting that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has banned Wikipedia for hosting “sacrilegious” content that it deems to be “blasphemous.” […]
Why a Christian Can View Muhammad as a Prophet
01/21/2016Dr. Craig Considine As an advocate of interfaith dialogue, particularly between Christians and Muslims, I’m often faced with the issue of conversion. People ask me, “If you admire Prophet Muhammad […]
Looking back at the Iraq war. 2007.
The $3,850 per second war and its victims: Bernd Debusmann Bernd Debusmann 6 分で読む WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Assuming you read at average speed, by the time you get to the […]
Wieambilla shooting: Australia police ambush deemed religious terror attack
bbc.com By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney A shooting ambush in a remote Australian town that left six people dead has been declared a religiously-motivated terrorist attack. Authorities say it […]
Surah Yunus: From Tangible to Intangible
“Say [Prophet], ‘Who provides for you from the sky and the earth? Who controls hearing and sight? Who brings forth the living from the dead and the dead from the […]
Iran. Environmental diplomacy to help secure water rights
February 15, 2023 – TEHRAN – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has started environmental diplomacy with neighboring countries in a bid to secure water rights for the country’s wetlands. With […]