Islamic Sciences Encyclopedia Issued
Egyptian scholars hope the encyclopedia would help correct misconceptions about Islam and Muslims in the WestCairo: In an attempt to correct misconceptions about Islam and Muslims in the West, a new...
View ArticleArab street view of Obama’s Mideast visit
Ordinary people agree that the US president wasted a historic opportunity to restart stalled peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians by spending his time on rhetoric rather than actionBy...
View ArticlePakistan -- A Week Under Caretaker Governments
106 Killed,18 Kidnapped,10 Women Raped,Tortured, MissingBy Abbas KassarHyderabad: With the departure of elected governments and induction of caretakers in center and provinces, the crime rate has...
View Article‘Being’ a Muslim
Humra Quraishi wonders what it will take for us to break away from the strange stereotypes we associate with Muslims.In the last few years, I’ve attended several public meetings held in New Delhi that...
View ArticleSolidarity in Muslim community: The Spirit Of Islam
By Shaukat M ZafarSocial solidarity is one of the principles that Islam has established to enable man to lead a decent life. Solidarity among Muslims is a Shari‘ah-based obligation, enjoined by Allah...
View ArticleAga Khan - the fraudulent Imam and a lover of Dajaal
By Gulshan AalaniI don't think there is a single Muslim who doesn't know what is in the Quran, and what is halaal (permissible) and haraam (forbidden).Even though, Arabic is not their language, but...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia eases ban on women riding bikes
Local newspaper says kingdom's religious police now allow women to ride bicycles in recreational areas.Saudi Arabia will now allow women to ride motorbikes and bicycles but only in restricted areas, a...
View ArticleMuslim women decry topless gender protests
"Muslimah Pride Day" launched on internet to denounce motives of Ukrainian group Femen, which held "Topless Jihad Day".A group of Muslim women has launched an online campaign in response to...
View ArticleForeskin Man is back to battle Muslim circumcision
By Jennifer LipmanSuperman, Spiderman and all manner of superheroes have returned for sequel outings during which they saved the world and got the girl. So it should come as no surprise that Foreskin...
View ArticleA Bosnian Muslim welcome to Pope Francis
By Mustafa CericThe election of Argentine Pope Francis, the 266th Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church, deserves both our congratulations and our reflection for the future of...
View ArticleMAS: Promoting Islamic finance is not just about tax
By Helen BurggrafA top official in the Monetary Authority of Singapore has stressed that the promotion of the island’s Islamic finance industry remains key, even though two tax incentives aimed at...
View ArticleIslamic Finance Entrepreneurs: The Coming of the Next Islamic Finance...
With hiring at an all time low, and an overall sense that banks are not the place where the bigger problems of humanity get solved, a new kind of professional is quietly emerging: the Islamic finance...
View ArticleForming your own opinion
Rushdi believes that a change agent must tell the truth to a benevolent dictator, religious hardliner, and compassionately connect with youth and have nots.By Rushdi Siddiqui“I never considered a...
View ArticlePak woman makes history with run in May vote
Islamabad: A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country's northwest tribal region, a highly conservative area that is a haven...
View ArticlePakistan: Fair Elections Under Toothless Election Commission A Dream
By Abbas KassarHyderabad (Pakistan): It is widely being trumpetted that elections 2013 in Pakistan will be held in fair and transparent manner. No doubt after the end of most corruptible government...
View ArticleFormer Alderman Sayyed challenges incumbent John W. Valle
By Tausif MalikOakbrook Terrace resident Ahmed Sayyed is challenging the current incumbent John W. Valle for the position of York Township supervisor.Sayyed is a former ward 3 Alderman for the City of...
View ArticleA. Sayeed elected new national president of SDPI
By Pervez BariCoimbatore: A. Sayeed was unanimously elected new national president of Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), for two years for the period of 2013-15 at the two-day National...
View ArticleAn Overview of Socio Economic Profile of Muslims in Maharashtra
By Prof. Vibhuti PatelMaharashtra’s multicultural milieu is marked by crucial contribution made by Muslims. The Sachar Committee Report, 2006 stated that the condition of Muslim in Maharashtra demands...
View ArticleIMO EXCLUSIVE: Bangladesh Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus' nephew Syed Islam...
[The Indian Muslim Observer is presenting a stunning revelation in the own words of an American woman Susie Mann, a Bridal Wears Designer, who says that Syed Islam, the Nephew of the Nobel Peace Prize...
View ArticleThe Mosque of Al-Azhar
By Idris TawfiqAl-Azhar, ‘The Resplendent’. is one of the most famous and venerable Islamic institutions in the world. Its very name shows the esteem and the honour in which Al-Azhar is held by...
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