• Gunman kills hostage in NASA building
    • NASA contract worker took a handgun inside an office building Friday at the Johnson Space Center and fatally shot a hostage before killing himself, police said...
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    • Desktop, notebook, or tablet. If you like to type notes in class or work on papers in the library (or the quad), choose a notebook. Tablets work well in classrooms because the writing is ...
    • Sunday, November 30, 2003
    • 003 Reform of family law proves no incompatibility between Islam and democracy, ambassador The new Family law announced by Moroccan King Mohammed VI at the opening of the parliament session last month, proves that there ...
    • New French laws on Islam
    • am PARIS, New laws are being prepared in France to "protect women from (Islamic) fundamentalism," Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin announced Friday. "The legislative decision that we will choose will be...
    • Islamic plan unveiled for Malaysia
    • sia Malaysia's main opposition party, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), has unveiled its plans for an Islamic state, ahead of elections expected within a year. The document includes plans for implementing strict I...
    • Swedish Muslims Stick to Islamic Identity in Ramadan
    • dan OSTOCKHOLM The holy fasting month of Ramadan in Sweden gives Muslims a good chance to stick closer to their Islamic identity, with mosques teeming with worshippers and shops selling famous Arab food. Encouraged by a...
    • UNICEF to print textbook for Iraqis in Iran
    • Iran Tehran, The Director of Information of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has announced here that his organization will print here schools books for Iraqi children, which would th...
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    • cademy announces new award Cairo, The Cairo-based Scientific Academy for Research in the Qur’an and Sunnah has announced the launching of a new annual award for the scientific wonders of the Holy Qur’an. The award carrie...
    • 25 october
    • es Police to Stay Alert during Islamic Holy Month The FBI is urging extra vigilance for possible terrorist attacks and violence against Muslims during the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan. In its weekly bulletin...
    • Yemen to adopt new method of fighting poverty
    • ty Sana’a, The Yemeni Social Welfare Fund is in the process of adopting a new method of ameliorating the conditions of poverty among its citizens, and that is by giving training that would make them productive, accordi...
    • 18 October
    • popses setting up Islamic Free Trade Area Putrajya, Malaysia, The Organization of Islamic Conference has proposed setting up an Islamic Free Trade Area (IFTA) to boost trade and investment among the grouping members. The...
    • 15 October
    • foreign ministers lukewarm on new U-S draft resolution on Iraq Putrajaya, Malaysia-AP -- Some Muslim foreign ministers are acting coolly toward a new U-S draft resolution on Iraq.They say it doesn't give the United...
    • 14 October
    • ria to preach peace-loving Islam Jakarta, Indonesia and Algeria, two Muslim-dominated countries, have agreed to join hands in promoting Islam as a religion of peace that renounces violence and terrorism. "We agree t...
    • 7 October
    • aqi school spans chasms between religions  HILLA, IRAQ Just outside the sprawling mosque that used to be known as the Saddam Hussein Mosque in Hilla, a somber memorial recalls the city's dark history. On one end, ...
    • 6 October
    • y: Mosques hold Open Day Berlin, Around 1,000 mosques throughoutGermany held an Open Day for three consecutive days throughout the country, meant mainly for non-Muslims who wish to find out more about Islam, and to assur...
    • 4 October
    • Four Dusun Embrace Islamic Faiths in First Nine Months Tutong Some 54 Dusun people have embraced Islam as their new faith for the first nine months this year. Statistics released by the Islamic Dakwah Centre of the Tuto...
    • Lectures
    • res “Everything about Islam” will be read in Karelia Last weekPetrozavodsk hosted the first lecture “Everything about Islam”, organized by the Clerical Department of the Muslims of Karelia. As the press-service of the C...
    • 7 September
    • on Sidra opens at VCU-Q AN art exhibition, featuring photographer Rashed al-Muhannadi’s and painter Ali al-Sharif’s works focused on the Sidra tree, has begun at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Q...
    • 3 September
    • d, Islam Looks Harsher in Indonesia JAKARTA, Indonesia, The moderate strand of Islam that absorbed touches of Buddhism and Hinduism, and some mysticism, along its journey over the centuries here, is being eroded, some ...
    • 30 August
    • Teaching an unusual form of Islam Nominated as having links with Jemaah Islamiah, two schools give their side of the story to Matthew Moore and Karuni Rompies in Solo. In his turquoise shirt and black business tro...
    • 26 August
    • o dispel doubts on Islam Many Muslims are themselves not fully aware of Islam and are unable to counter propaganda against their religion and allay the fears of non-Muslims, says Tahir Khalid from the New Muslim Centre...
    • 25 August
    • c satellite channel to be set up by Azhar Cairo, The Azhar Council has decided to set up an Islamic education satellite channel, the main objective of which would be to spread the tolerant Islamic teachings, and to r...
    • 24 August
    • tan hosts commemoration of S. Abubakarov Over 30 girls and 40 boys took part in the contest of the elocutionists of the Qu´ran that was held within the framework of the 5th anniversary of the death of mufti of Daghes...
    • 21 August
    • mbique: Islamic broadcasting station soon Maputo, The first Islamic broadcasting station will start to air its programs here very soon. The station is sponsored by Libya-based World Islamic Propagation Organization (WIP...
    • 20 August
    • I had always sought guidance from the Quran DAMASCUS: Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad plans to record all his experiences in leading the country in the last 22 years in a book when he retires. The Prime Minister said t...
    • 18 August
    • c Bank takes investors' interest Investor interest in the Islamic Bank of Thailand remains high, whether it is in taking a direct shareholding in the bank or to co-invest in local businesses, President Anant Tangtats...
    • 17 August
    • Philosophers not Invited to Philosophy Congress Istanbul, Although the 21st World Philosophy Congress inIstanbul witnesses broad participation, many well-known Turkish philosophers are not there. Many philosophers say t...
    • 16 August
    • s Islam's relation with Judaism and Christianity? Both Jews and Christians hold a special status within Islam because of the Muslim belief that God revealed His will through His prophets, including Abraham, Moses, and J...
    • 14 August
    • oldiers Discover Islam in Iraq BAGHDAD, Discovering an Islam that is totally different from the one smeared in their media, a number of American servicemen and women were said to have embraced Islam and married Iraqis. ...
    • 13 August
    • w subject to replace Moral and Islamic Studies KUALA LUMPUR, Moral and Islamic Studies will be scrapped by 2005 and replaced by a new subject that will be studied by both Muslim and non-Muslim students. Education directo...
    • 11 August
    • arriages not against Islam’ LAHORE The Lahore High Court takes up at least one to two love-marriage cases as a matter of daily routine. In all such cases it has adopted a unanimous stance that marriage between two ad...
    • 9 August
    • er embraces Islam A ceremony was held at the Pg Mohd Yusof Seria Primary School yesterday afternoon to celebrate the Islamic conversion of one of the teachers there, Sarawah Majang, 49, who is now known by her Muslim nam...
    • 6 August
    • ark: Islamic Wakf mulled The process of setting up an Islamic Wakf (endowment) has started here, for the purpose of acquiring a cemetery for the Muslim community. Cemeteries in Europe cost a lot of money, because land...
    • 5 August
    • o review steps to remove wrong Islam perception Islamabad,  President Musharraf Monday stated that the forthcoming Summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Malaysia later this year would discuss all...
    • Islam in France
    • nce Though more than 80 percent of its population calls itself Catholic, and Catholicism permeates its history and culture, France resists the 'majoritarian' impulse with a vigour that has seldom wavered over the past ...
    • 3 August
    • : Basic belief and practice For decades Islam has evoked discussion and debate. The religion is under a microscope after the 9/11 attacks. Never before has Islam been as questioned as to the extent that is today. A few s...
    • 30 july
    • ralia Does Not Restrict Religious Schools Set Up South Wales There are no restrictions in conducting Islamic religious activities in Australia. Doctor Chalidin Yacob, Principal, Ashabul Khafi Language School of new South...
    • 29 july
    • st Islamic stock broking service launched The firstUK stock broking service complying with Islamic law has been launched. Britain's 1.8 million Muslims will be able to enjoy a tailored stock broking service which will...
    • 26 July
    • kbar S Ahmed lone Muslim voice in favour of Daniel Pipes nomination WASHINGTON: The Senate put off a vote on Daniel Pipes’s nomination to the governing board of the federally-funded US Institute of Peace last week but no...
    • 24 July
    • SA Islamic finance conference South Africa is hosting The First Islamic Finance and Investment Conference, to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, from the 1st to the 3rd of September 2003. The confe...
    • 20 July
    • rocco, Pak to encourage Islam Rabat Morocco and Pakistan have signed an agreement designed to encourage the practice of a moderate form of Islam in both countries through a program of exchanges, official sources said. T...
    • Investment firms to form Islamic banking alliance
    • Investment firms to form Islamic banking alliance Manama A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was announced yesterday between Malaysia's investment bank Commerce International Merchant Bankers (CIMB) and Al Tawfeek Co...
    • Islamic banking: Consumer beware
    • ic banking: Consumer beware Islamic banking is highly lucrative. No surprise then that it is now attracting the likes of Citibank. When banks make money, it can only come from one source – their customers. These Islamic b...
    • 16 july
    • istani Islamic party leaders leave for goodwill visit to India Delegation from Pakistan's radical Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Islamic party crossed into India at the Wagah border on Tuesday expressing the hope that their weekl...