By Nizar Visram 18 January, 2014 Countercurrents.org When the demise of Nelson Mandela was proclaimed to the nation by South African president Jacob Zuma the streets were hushed, and in restaurants, bars and nightclubs, there was pin drop silence as people listened in utter despondency. ANC described him as a …

Nasihah (Advice): With regards to the treatment of the wife, Allah says in the Holy Qur’an:  And treat them (your wives) in a good manner. If you dislike them, then it is quite likely that you dislike something and Allah has placed a lot of good in it (Surah an-Nisaa, …

Subject:  A Mercy to Humanity Allah, The Most Exalted, says: “And We have not sent you (Muhammad) except as a mercy to all the worlds” (Qur’an Al-Anbiyah 21:107)   The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)  was asked to curse the infidels. He said, “I have not been sent …

Oxfam warns Davos of ‘pernicious impact’ of the widening wealth gap         Nigel Morris Monday 20 January 2014     The 85 richest people on the planet have accumulated as much wealth between them as half of the world’s population, political and financial leaders have been warned …

  The day I tried (and failed) to arrest Tony Blair for war crimes over Iraq: An encounter between the former PM and Shoreditch barman Twiggy Garcia         Felicity Morse , Jonathan Owen Monday 20 January 2014     One is an internationally renowned statesman; the other …

  Agencies |  January 2014 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s statements that the Shiite holy city of Karbala must be the Qibla – the direction to which Muslims pray – has stirred controversy among Islamic scholars. “Karbala must be the Qibla of the Islamic world because Imam Hussein [the Prophet …

  New means of communication have rapidly turned the world into a global village. A village easily accessed by advanced modes of transport increasing the number of people who travel to a scale never witnessed before. Today many Muslims are “wandering” the world for various reasons, work, leisure, discovery or …

  Sakeena Suliman – Cii News | 20 January 2014/18 Rabi ul Awwal 1435 Five musallees (masjid attendendees) were arrested and several others “man handled” after about 15 to 20 Metro Police officers stormed Durban’s May Street Masjid during  Friday (Jumuah) prayers on January 17. Two metro police traffic officers …

Sharon led Israel down the path of isolation and apartheid. Last updated: 12 Jan 2014 10:19 In many ways, Ariel Sharon was the most complete Zionist of his generation. He embodied an expansionary, rapacious view of Jewish privilege in Palestine – the essential Zionism – well after many of his …

Political Career Was Unhindered by Massacres Of Civilians | by Philip Weiss (January 11, 2014, Boston, Sri Lanka Guardian) Ariel Sharon, who became prime minister of Israel despite a finding that he bore responsibility for the massacre of hundreds of Palestinian civilians two decades before, has died at 85 after …