“I did not want to ‘trade in’ my culture. I wanted access to new meanings.” – How an American writer born of a Jewish father and a Christian mother found spiritual fulfillment in Islam. After twenty-five years a writer in America, I wanted something to soften my cynicism. I was searching for new terms by which to see. The way …

  It might be a bad dream, but it feels real enough. The mantle of warfare slips seamlessly from one president to another, from one party to another, from one decade to another, from one generation to another. The impetus of national aggression transcends race, creed, socio-economic status, age and geography. Our collective sin is the bald lie that we …

The West is well known for its hypocrisy which is seen in many spheres of activity, not the least in their attitude towards animal rights. It is often quick to condemn the Islamic method of slaughtering animals for food as ‘barbaric’, notwithstanding the fact that the Islamic method of slaughter known as dhabh is quick and painless, besides purifying the …

Scientific facts that proves ‘The holy Kaaba’ is the center of the world.

A University political science professor became the first Muslim ever to be appointed to the Superior Court in New Jersey on Jan. 27 when he was sworn in to the Family Division of the Court in Somerset County. Hany Mawla, 36, is also the youngest to be appointed to the Superior Court in the state, said Hesham Mahmoud, media chair …

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be at the top of Dubai’s wanted list if the Israeli foreign intelligence service Mossad is proven to be behind the killing of a senior Hamas official, the Dubai Police chief said yesterday. Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim told The National that “Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, will be the first to …