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  Vatican 'wants to see' 1,500-year-old ancient script Handwritten in gold-lettered Aramaic A secret Bible in which Jesus is believed to predict the coming of the Prophet Muhammad to Earth has sparked serious interest from the Vatican.   Pope Benedict XVI is claimed to want to see the 1,500-year-old book, which many say is the Gospel of Barnabas.   The …

Prince Charles, heir to the British Throne, has called time and again for a better understanding of Islam and urged the West to learn from Islam. He has made several public statements endorsing Islam as the solution to the spiritual and cultural ills of Britain and the West. His public advocacy of Islam appears to go back to 1989. Following …

Journey of the Midnight Sun Mosque from Nilufer Rahman on Vimeo.   In Islam, much depends on the sun. The devout offer a prayer at sunrise and another at sunset. Simple enough in most of the Muslim world. But a little tricky in Yellowknife, land of the midnight sun, noontime dim and North America's northernmost mosque. At this time of …

  If the end of a year is a time for stock taking, the end of a decade is time for reflection and to see which way history has been moving. If progress is defined as a qualitative change for the better, then we have seen advancement in science and technology, arts and aesthetics and trade and business. But in …