By Jay Janson

Cornel West, professor of African American Studies at Princeton and of Religious Philosophy and Christian Studies at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, the most outspoken anti-imperialist lecturer and writer, the most well known defender of Black and minority civil rights since Martin Luther King Jr. and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has been for years a severe critic of the Obama administration. This week he came to say flat out that the president is a war criminal.

by Friends of Al-Aqsa

Israeli police closed the al-Aqsa sanctuary to visitors on Thursday following a number of clashes within the holy site, resulting from extremist Israelis attempting to trespass into the area. On Wednesday, clashes took place when a number of Israelis forced their way into the compound and were confronted by worshippers. The attack followed a facebook campaign by the extremist group encouraging others to join them. 

By Stuart Littlewood

The Church felt obliged to change some of it after Jewish leaders sought to interfere, one complaining that it was "an outrage to everything that interfaith dialogue stands for…  and closes the door on meaningful dialogue". Another said "it reads like an Inquisition-era polemic against Jews and Judaism."

by Roshan Aboosally
Trustee -Dafther Jailani Mohiyadeen Masjid - Kuragala, Thanjatenne, Balangoda

DAFTHER JAILANI MOHIYADEEN MASJID is a mosque situated at the edge of the Balangoda plateau in Kuragala  Balangoda .This place has a long history of Muslims visiting this site from ancient times first as a resting place from their journey from the South of Sri Lanka to Adam’s Peak and then as a holy site where one of Islam’s greatest Saints namely SHEIKH MOHIYADEEN ABDUL QADIR GILANI meditated on a ledge accessible through  a cave known as “ Soranga Malai ‘ or the ‘Mountain of the Cave’

From the 16th Century when Sri Lanka  was colonized by the Portuguese, this route from the South was disused  and was reclaimed by the jungle until it  was rediscovered by a Mowlana from the Lakadive Islands in 1875 (who knew about the visit of the Saint to this site )

By Dr.M.A.M Shukri (PhD) Edin

Paper presented at the Conference on “Building Word Peace – Role of Islamic Buddhist Dialogue” 

This important need is being increasingly felt today than ever before due to  ever increasing violence and bloodshed , ethnic conflict, religious strife and many other challenges that are threatening the stable social order, peace and security. Many conferences are being held in various part of the world in the form of Dialogue between Islam and Christianity and Islam and Judaism.

By Dr. Spahic Omer

These important do's and don'ts by the learned author are recommended to present day mosque administrators most of whom do everything contrary to what was preached by our Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) about mosque administration and maintenance.

These points were extracted from the author's book "Studies in the Islamic Built Environment",

பொது ஷூறா கவுன்ஸிலை உருவாக்குவதற்கு முஸ்லிம் அமைப்புக்கள் ஒன்றுபடுகின்றன

லதீப் பாரூக்

கடந்த இரண்டாம் திகதி முதன் முறையாக முஸ்லிம் அமைப்புக்கள் தமது வேற்றுமைகளை மறந்து, இடைக் கால ஆலோசனை சபையொன்றை அமைப்பதற்கான அறிவித்தலை விடுப்பதற்காக வெள்ளவத்தை மியாமி வரவேற்பு மண்டபத்தில் சந்தித்துக் கொண்டன. முஸ்லிம் சமூகம் எதிர்நோக்கி வருகின்ற பிரதான சவால்களை எதிர் கொள்வதோடு, தேசத்தைக் கட்டியெழுப்புவதில் காத்திரமானதொரு பாத்திரத்தை வகிப்பதும் இச்சபையின் நோக்கமாகும்.  

By Ameen Izzadeen

Clad in Pakistan Army’s camouflage uniform and carrying the staff in his left hand, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani walked into a polling booth in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, produced his national identity card, got the ballot papers and then cast his vote in last Saturday’s general and provincial elections.

In previous elections, army chiefs, including Kayani, sent their ballots in the post. The deviation this time, perhaps, signals that General Kayani has sent a message that the days of military coups are over.

By Alex Kane

America's allies are terrorists, warlords, and corrupt officials, plied with bounty payments and quid-pro-quo assassinations.

The recent revelation that the Central Intelligence Agency has handed tens of millions of dollars over to the offices of the president of Afghanistan should come as no surprise. The CIA has a long history of this sort of activity.

By Phil Greaves

The Syrian Army’s Success on the ground. Covert Proxy Strategy has come to an almost Standstill

The US government and its “Re-directional” middle east policy planners are buying time in Syria. The current softening of US rhetoric is merely a smokescreen to enable the US Government and its autocratic GCC (Gulf Co-Operation Council) allies to shift strategies and proxy allegiances, in their aggressive regime