Arctic Ramadan: fasting in land of midnight sun comes with a challenge
Source: The Guardian BY Ashifa Kassam in Iqaluit In Canada’s Arctic, summers are marked by a bright light that bathes the treeless tundra for more than 20 hours a day. For […]
France’s ban on the veil looks far more sinister in historical context
Framing restrictions as liberating long justified colonial violence By Catherine PhippsCatherine Phipps is a doctoral student in global and imperial history at the University of Oxford and co-founder of the History of the Gendered Body seminar series.April 13, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. GMT+2 The French Senate recently voted to increase restrictions […]
Oh Allah! Why do Islamic radicals want to kill your children in your name?
Savio Rodrigues source Oh Allah! Why do Islamic radicals want to kill your children in your name? – Goa Chronicle I woke up this morning to a horrific video of […]
Ramadan of God’s chosen ones: A glimpse of the services of Khulafa-e-Ahmadiyyat during Ramadan
9th April 2021 Ata-ul-Haye Nasir, Al Hakam Ramadan is a very special month in a Muslim’s life. It is a source of blessings, mercy and forgiveness from God Almighty. The Holy […]
Chocolate, painkillers and cheese: The emergency pack the Swiss government wants you to have (no, really)
The Local news@thelocal.ch@thelocalswitzer27 February 2020 Updated1 April 2021 Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash Here’s a peak inside the government’s care package recommended for every Swiss household in the case […]
TLP protests
TLP protests EditorialPublished April 14, 2021 – APPEASEMENT of reactionary forces amounts to playing with fire — and, ultimately, to setting one’s own house alight. That reality is once again starkly evident, […]
Hostage to extremism
Hostage to extremism Zahid Hussain Published April 14, 2021 IT is not for the first time that a religiously motivated group has disrupted civic life but what happened this week is extremely serious. […]
Is Ibn Khaldun the Forgotten Father of Economics? Special Interview with the Economist Dániel Oláh
Daniel Olah ECONOMICS 13th April 2021Add Comment8 Min Read Economic history is a treasure trove of extraordinary theories, intellectual currents and imaginations. And yet, a large section of the history of […]
US to pull out troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11
1 / 2The Taliban announcement came one day after the insurgents refused to attend negotiations, dealing a blow to the ongoing Afghan peace process. (Supplied) 2 / 2Biden will remove all US […]
Israel shocked by self-immolation of traumatized ex-soldier
An honour guard of Israeli soldiers with their rifles stands to attention during a one minute siren, as they partake in a state ceremony for Memorial Day in Jerusalem on […]
India Supreme Court dismisses plea to scrap 26 verses from Quran, says it is ‘absolutely frivolous’
Source: The Hindu The writ petition, filed by former chief of Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board Waseem Rizwi, said the verses ‘promoted terror’. The Supreme Court on Monday threw […]
PM Trudeau wishes ‘Ramadan Mubarak’
PRIME Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday issued the following statement on Ramadan: “Tonight at sunset, Muslims in Canada and around the world will mark the start of Ramadan. “This month-long […]
New Christ statue in Brazil’s Encantado to be taller than Rio’s
Source: BBC A new statue of Christ being built in Brazil will be taller than the famous Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. Christ the Protector in the southern city […]
What is Novavax, Australia’s third COVID vaccine option? And when will we get it?
Source: Conversation As AstraZeneca is no longer the preferred vaccine for Australian adults under 50, attention is turning to what other COVID-19 vaccine options are in our arsenal. The federal government has […]
Ramadan in Covid
12th April 20210Share Last Updated on 12th April 2021 M Adam Ahmad, Al Hakam This year, Ramadan is starting in the month of April. Coincidently, April is known as the Earth month and […]
Ramadhan: An All You Can Eat Buffet?
Qasim Choudhary ISLAM 12th April 2021Add Comment Qasim Choudhary, U.S.A. With Ramadhan right around the corner, here’s some food for thought (pun intended). Notice how your social media feed is […]
The 1974 ouster of the ‘heretics’: What really happened?
Nadeem F. Paracha Published November 21, 2013 The sole culprit? The legacy of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, is a mixed bag of praise, platitudes and panning. Where, on […]
Muslims open Ramazan with social distanced prayers, vaccines
APPublished April 13, 2021 Muslims began marking Ramazan with communal prayers on Tuesday in a socially distanced contrast to the empty mosques of a year ago when the holy month coincided […]
Protests continue across Pakistan for a second day against detention of TLP chief
Imran Gabol | Imtiaz Ali | Shakeel Qarar | AFP Published April 13, 2021 – Updated 24 minutes agoFacebook CountTwitter Share 6 Protests continued in parts of the country on Tuesday for a second day as supporters of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) demonstrated against the arrest of party chief Allama Saad Hussain Rizvi. Major intersections remained closed in Lahore while traffic […]
Another Ahmadiyya Mosque attacked in Muzaffargar, Pakistan.
Another Ahmadiyya Mosque attacked in Muzaffargar under the watch of Police & several Ahmadi Muslims arrested for no reason. This is the second attack in a month in Punjab.This is the worst form of persecution but you won’t find any outrage or many speaking about it because raising this issue, […]