Category: Miscellany
Vatican Signs First Treaty with ‘State of Palestine’
Vatican: The Vatican signed its first treaty with the "State of Palestine" last month, calling for "courageous decisions" to end the Israeli-Palest [...]
Use ‘jihad’ to Combat Destructive Emotions: Dalai Lama
London: The real meaning of 'jihad' was not harming others, but to use "constructive emotion" to combat destructive emotions, the Dalai Lama said as [...]
36 Muslims in Civil Services Success List
New Delhi: Only 36 Muslim names were identifiable in the list of 1,236 candidates who cleared this year's Civil Services exam and recommended for appo [...]
Germany’s First Islamic Bank Opens in Frankfurt City
Frankfurt: Germany has opened its first Islamic bank representing a full range of banking services in accordance with the laws of Sharia. The Frank [...]
School Kids and Grown Ups Go Green on World Environment Day 2015
Bangalore: On the 5th of June, World Environment Day, 2015, the initiative in support of "One Tree By One Person" was celebrated with great enthusias [...]
Mosques on Wheels
By Tom Balmforth
Moscow: Are you a Muslim in Moscow? Do you find when it's time to pray, there's never a minaret in sight? Do you remember that t [...]
Talking Interfaith Relations in the Hills
Coonoor: The Henry Martyn Institute, International Centre for Research, Interfaith Relations and Reconciliation (HMI),based in Hyderabad, organized it [...]
Catholic Archbishop Teaches Quran to Christians, Muslims
By Dennis Sadowski
University Heights, Ohio: There's a book that Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald believes can inspire Christians to appreciate th [...]
Man from UP Bridging Gap between Muslims and Jews
By Mahmood Asim
Mumbai: A 70 year old man from Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh is fighting all odds and has dedicated his life to bridge the gap [...]
Afghan National greets with Indian Hands
Kochi: Abdul Rahim who lost his hands while defusing mines, got them back after a complicated hand transplant procedure.
The second double hand tran [...]