Teaser: Last March, the town of Meiktila, located at the city center of Myanmar and home to its Airforce Central Command, suffered a massacre of Muslims at the hands of Buddhist monks. According to government reports, 43 Muslims were killed;…
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Extremist group Boko Haram was cited as perpetrators of an attack on Nigerian soldiers that resulted in the killing of an Army officer and a number of civilians as well. The incident prompted a military operation in…
Teaser: Mohammed Tahir (alias Tahir-ul-Qadri) continues to lay a destructive path in the Muslim world with his exploitation of the under-educated and misinformed masses, by his latest fiasco, “The Long March.” Tahir claims the goal of his “Long March”…
Teaser: Pakistan – Three joint meetings were recently held in Pakistan attended by descendants of the Holy Last Messenger (peace and blessings upon him, his family and descendents), Mashayikh of the Qadiri Order, and members of the esteemed…
Cairo -When most people think of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the first thoughts that come to mind after Hajj and Mecca are fancy cars, oil sheikhs and palaces. The government flaunts and advertises its wealth and lavish lifestyle…
Deck: United Forces Beat Back Wahhabi-Salafi Terrorists Teaser: The desert strongholds of the entrenched extremist Wahhabi rebels who have terrorized and controlled the Northern Mali city of Konna and surrounding the ancient city of Timbuktu continue to be pounded…
Deck: Open exploitation of Canada’s hospitality committed by “Tahir-ul-Qadri” Teaser: The respectable Canadian authorities must be made aware that a very dangerous hooligan is exploiting the international hospitality and rights granted by Canada. The person in mention is named…
It is our duty as Muslims to command what is right and forbid what is wrong. Unfortunately, sometimes it is from the very ranks of the Muslim communities that some of the most absurd wrongs are committed as is the case of Baba Jani Sarkar who claims that on his forehead, Almighty God is displaying His most sacred name, Allah, on the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes. Some have even reported seeing the name of the Holy Last Messenger, Muhammad (peace be upon him) and the venerable names of Imam Ali and Hazrat Imam Hussein (ra) on Baba Jani’s face.
IP Teaser: Let’s be clear. There is one reason, and one reason only, that John Kiriakou pleaded guilty: for the certainty that he will be out of jail in 2 1/2 years to see his five children grow up….
Teaser: The 27th of October is being celebrated every year as the “Black Day” by every Pakistani and Kashmiri all over the world as a protest against the illegal Indian occupation of Kashmir, a day when India had forcibly…
The Mail revealed shocking new evidence of the full horrific impact of drone attacks in Pakistan. A damning dossier assembled from exhaustive research into the strikes’ targets sets out in heartbreaking detail the deaths of teachers, students and Pakistani…
Teaser: A federal US judge has rejected a new legal attempt to force YouTube to withdraw an anti-Islamic film which made a failed attempt to falsify the character and noble history of the Holy Last Messenger Muhammad (peace be…
ESSAM MOHAMMED, Associated Press Teaser: Attackers bulldozed a Sufi Muslim shrine and mosque in the Libyan capital on Saturday, one day after hardliners razed a similar shrine and library elsewhere in the country. It was not immediately clear who…
Michel Chossudovsky – Globalresearch.ca Teaser: Israel's Channel 10 suggests, in no uncertain terms, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "determined to attack Iran before the US elections" and that the "time for action is getting closer." Israel's Channel 10 …
Deck: Prominent thought leaders, authors, farmers and activists join to resist corporate control of food systems. Teaser: On February 27, an unprecedented alliance of more than 60 Occupy groups and 30 environmental, food and corporate accountability organizations joined together for…
IP TEHRAN — The son of U.S. filmmaker Oliver Stone, Sean, who recently converted to Shiism, was the guest of honor, in mid-February, at the 30th Fajr International Film Festival. Stone converted at the office of Shia cleric Ayatollah…
Teaser: Once banned under Ben Ali, many Middle Eastern Muslim scholars are now flocking to Tunisia to partake in the nation’s new found political freedoms. This unprecedented wave of visits sparked several interpretations online and has become a hot…
Deck: The doctors’ advisory board of the Abdul Qadir Gilani Institute of Sufic Sciences deplore inhumane use of electroconvulsive therapy and psychotropic drugs, which have never cured mental illness Teaser: Presently, more than two million people worldwide are being…
Teaser: South America continues to attract large foreign mining conglomerates which have invested 30% of the world’s mining investments. Recently, Xstrata, the Anglo-Swiss mining giant confirmed that it will proceed with its $4.2 billion Las Bambas copper project in…
Teaser: Editor Preface: Human Rights in Islam: “Son preference” has been forbidden in Islam for more than 1400 years. The Holy Last Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) also espoused rights of inheritance and choice in marriage to women…
Teaser: The world tends to turn a blind eye to the continued distress of a people when the spotlight of the media and the bold headlines desist, but the International Qur’anic Open University has steadied the course, not only…
Teaser: (IP) –Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein highlighted the unscrupulous world of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation in a Newsweek article, “Murdoch’s Watergate?” Bernstein hammers the naive as such: “The hacking scandal currently shaking Rupert Murdoch’s empire will surprise only…
Teaser: Government representatives and delegates representing worker and employer organizations attending a United Nations conference recently called for more rights for domestic workers: clear information on terms and conditions of employment, reasonable hours of work and rest, and freedom…
Tens of thousands of protesters have descended on Tahrir to join and support hundreds of campers who have staged a sit-in in the square since the beginning of the month. For four hours angry crowds voiced dissatisfaction and resentment…
Teaser: UTICA – The United Muslim Christian Forum, a delegation of American Muslims, were invited as guests of the Utica, New York Community of Sufi Muslims which hosted a Milad Program at the Radisson Hotel recently. Although the Burmese…
NEW DELHI- A Muslim cleric from Uttar Pradesh has issued a fatwa against female foeticide. A sharp drop in the sex ratio according to latest census figures, which has fallen to 899 from 916 against every 1,000 males registered…
Teaser: Just a couple of short weeks ago very few Americans knew the name Hosni Mubarak. Indeed Mr. Mubarak could have walked the streets with anonymity in my hometown of St. Louis, caught a movie, and went out to…
Teaser: The people of the Caribbean region are deeply saddened by news that the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Caribbean Service will end its broadcasts in March. BBC reports that due to a reduction in its Grant-in-Aid funding from the UK's Foreign & Commonwealth…
Deck: With the change of regime, one Tunisian Muslim lady is planning to return to her homeland proudly wearing her hijab. Teaser: The hijab (muslim woman’s head dress) recently received new status in Argentina and Tunisia. In the South American country…
Teaser: Egyptian security forces recently arrested several people suspected of belonging to an Israeli spy network operating in Egypt, reportedly consisting of two fugitive Israeli officers and four Egyptian nationals. Tarek Abdel Razek Hassan, an Egyptian accused of…