The biggest emergency in the UN’s history Syrians ‘forced to eat cats and dogs’ to survive the war as three-quarters of population of 22 million will need aid to survive next year Patrick Cockburn Monday 16 December 2013 As Syrian society teeters on the edge of final collapse after …

Insults and propaganda against Islam and the Muslims are nothing new. It is rather inevitable. From the very inception of Islam, Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam had to deal with the insults of the disbelievers and hypocrites. He was mocked, ridiculed, sworn at, and attacked verbally and physically. This is …

15 Dec 2013  Organizers of annual Islamic congregation said they would not allow the use of tobacco and polythene in the premises. Just like every year, around one million Muslims from worldwide countries have flocked to the Indian central city of Bhopal to mark the annual Aalmi Tablighi Ijtima, the …

  By Ann Jones 16 December, 2013 TomDispatch.com Congress surely meant to do the right thing when, in the fall of 2008, it passed the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA). The law was designed to protect kids worldwide from being forced to fight the wars of Big Men. From then …

  by pri.org Source: pri.org Muslimvillage   By: pri.org   Source: http://www.pri.org/   Roughly half of the city’s 40,000-odd cabbies are Muslims who hail from countries all over the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere — and a great number of the drivers are observant, praying five times a day. Which raises the …

By Countercurrents.org With Inputs From Eva Bartlett Of In Gaza Blog 16 December, 2013   Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced because of severe flooding. (Eyad Al Baba / APA images) According to the United Nations, over 10,000 Palestinians were displaced after a rare winter storm and torrential …

    uswatulmuslimah.co.za     School had just closed and all the children in the lift club were excited and making plans for their holiday. Little Taskeen barely entered her home, hugged her mother, gave her a kiss and asked: “Mummy! Please can I go?” “Where to my darling?” replied …

Q. Is it permissible to make dua e maghfirat for a person who died as a non Muslim ? (Question published as received) A. It is not permissible to make Dua for forgiveness or mercy for those who have passed away as non-Muslims. The Qur’an clearly mentions the prohibition in …

Israel destroyed 30 Palestinian properties in occupied territory, displacing families for second time in two weeks. The United Nations has condemned Israel’s demolition of 30 Palestinian properties in the occupied West Bank, saying it displaced families for the second time in less than two weeks. “I am concerned about the …

In latest row between Israel and EU, Romania refuses to allow its workers to build illegal settlements in the West Bank. A diplomatic spat has erupted between Israel and Romania after Bucharest reportedly refused to allow Romanian construction workers to be employed in settlements being built in the occupied West …