The sight of dozens and dozens of Sri Lankan Muslim youth cheering the Pakistan team and celebrating its victory over Sri Lanka at the last two one-day matches was something that had disturbed quite a few in this country. When a prominent local Muslim politician was asked for his interpretation of this scenario, he quipped, “Yes it is quite disturbing. …
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Next New Moon
The following diagrams (courtesy of crescentmoonwatch.org) show the visibility of the new crescent Moon over the first three days of the lunation. The unshaded areas indicate regions from which the Moon cannot be seen. The Moon becomes more easily visible from the regions of increasing colour intensity i.e. the Moon will be seen easily from the regions shown in red. …
Read More »History lessons for Muslims, By Aijaz Zaka Syed
My new place in Hyderabad, India, is a little, two-story affair that looks rather large to us after spending seven years in a two-bedroom apartment in Dubai. It’s not great, but offers a rare view of the magnificent Golconda Fort built by the Qutub Shahis. When threatened by the Moghals, the last Qutub Shahi King Abulhassan Tana Shah withdrew himself …
Read More »A French Revelation, or The Burning Bush, By JAMES A. HAUGHT
Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French President Jacques Chirac in early 2003 that Iraq must be invaded to thwart Gog and Magog, the Bible’s satanic agents of the Apocalypse. Honest. This isn’t a joke. The president of the United States, in a top-secret phone call to a major European ally, asked for French troops to join American soldiers in …
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Assalamu alaikum, Greetings from Preston International College – Chennai, Tamil Nadu – India. This is Suhail B coordinator admission and Promotion for PIC. I am incharge of handling the sponsorship of students for Preston International College (PIC). Dr. Bilal Philips told me to contact you for the sponsorship of students so that we can provide them scholarships. We have 3 …
Read More »Religious Fundamentalism In Israel, By Stephen Lendman
Israel Shahak’s (1933 – 2001) “Jewish History, Jewish Religion” argued that while Islamic fundamentalism is vilified in the West, comparable Jewish extremism is largely ignored. In the book’s forward, Edward Said wrote: “….Shahak’s mode of telling the truth has always been rigorous and uncompromising. There is nothing seductive about it, no attempt made to put it ‘nicely,’ no effort expended …
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