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CANTERBURY, England (RNS) A former archbishop of Canterbury has warned that the Church of England faces extinction in less than 25 years unless it can attract more young people now. Talking to 300 churchgoers in Shropshire, West England (Nov. 18) on the eve of a church agreement to start a campaign to evangelize England, Lord George Carey said: “We ought to be ashamed of ourselves. We are one generation away from extinction and if we do not invest in young people there is going to be no one in the future.” Carey was Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the […]

اسلام مخالف طاقتیں، تحریکیں اور مختلف مذہبی ،سماجی اور سیاسی فلسفے ونظریات پوری دنیا میں اسلام کے خلاف برسر پیکار ہیں، لیکن اسلام اللہ تعالی کی مدد و نصرت سے اور اپنی ذاتی جاذبیت اور تعلیمات کی تاثیر سے پھیلتا ہی جا رہا ہے۔ حالانکہ یہ بھی حقیقت ہے کہ مسلمان پوری دنیا میں ناگفتہ بہ حالات سے گزر رہے ہیں۔ حکومتوں کی جانب سے اور وسائل ابلاغ کی جانب سے اور ان کو بدنام کرنے اور دنیا کو بدگمان کرنے کے لیے علمی، ثقافتی اور سیاسی وسائل اختیار کیے جا رہے ہیں ، اس سب کے باوجود ذرائع نشر […]

Question: What could be said about comprehending the essential natures of the soul and the conscience, which play a dramatic role in the rise and fall of human beings? The nature of human beings bears both material and divine aspects. Some other expressions, like angelic-satanic, material-moral, corporeal-spiritual, and sensual-conscientious, are also used to refer, with nuance, to the same dichotomy. To us, it is much more suitable to handle and assess the moral and material aspects of human beings, one by one, as distinct mechanisms apart from each other. I would rather call the moral one as “the mechanism of […]

Listen to me, Oh the people of the world!, Razed to the ground, but I shall remain; In the living memories of all the humans, Who have some conscience, and are sane. My physical form may have disappeared, But my history has broadened my domain; I have occupied a place, none can forget, My shameless foes have nothing to gain. My agony will shake heavens and earth, Wait for the time, you will realize my pain; Those who are happy with their misdeeds, Will soon find me as a dangerous terrain. Law and justice will weep over their fate, When […]

There is no doubt that enduring political tyranny is the fundamental root-cause of the many ills plaguing the Arab world from Morocco to Bahrain. Hence, it is essential that this tyranny be eradicated if the estimated 300 million Arabs will have any real hope for a better tomorrow. We all know that there is not a single Arab country that really enjoys any real semblance of democracy, perhaps with the exception of Lebanon, a country with 35 religious sects and denominations which have maintained an uneasy and often bloody coexistence since independence in the mid 1940s. Some Arab regimes have […]

We learn about a new gene everyday that is specifically associated with a certain human behavior or that causes a certain physical situation. One gene is responsible for crime, whereas another gene is the cause for baldness. This leads us to blame nature and physiology for these faults. Some recent findings, however, have proven that, contrary to popular perception, genetic expression is also regulated by a person’s physical environment and its socio-cultural influences, thus human behavior is not just dictated by genetics. Genes, gene-dependent synthesized hormones, and culture are involved in the shaping of human nature. Behaviors appear in a […]

On Tuesday, November 12, President Mohamed Morsi issued the following statement to the Great Egyptian People and the whole nation from Borg Al-Arab Prison (west of Cairo) where he is being kept Captive: Dear Egyptian people, This is the first opportunity I have found to update you on what has happened since June 30, and until today. What happened is indeed a full-fledged military coup. In order to achieve stability in our homeland and reconciliation among its people, all honorable Egyptians must stand up firm, realizing that this coup is a crime, an act of treason. It is a crime […]

Turkish President Abdullah Gül has called on Muslim countries to take more responsibility and offer “their own solutions” for the resolution of the ongoing crisis in Syria, during a meeting of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Gül’s remarks came early on Thursday as he delivered the opening speech of the 29th meeting of the OIC Standing Committee for Economic and Trade Cooperation (COMCEC) in İstanbul. “If we do not come up with solutions for the problems of the Islamic world, others will impose their own solutions. Putting our house in order is our responsibility before everyone else. If the […]

The weak and oppressed Muslims of the country have recently observed 6th December as Black Day. Twenty one years ago historic Babri Masjid was demolished on this day by a satanic conspiracy under the patronage of guards of Constitution and watchdogs of Law. The tragedy occurred in broad daylight with a live telecast in a country; the biggest laboratory of democracy.  The then late President of the Republic called it an act of hooliganism. Situation worsened throughout the country but government arranged safe return journey of hooligans to their homes. And instead of healing the wounds of oppressed Muslims; they […]

Drones have become the weapon of choice for the US because no American casualties are involved. If innocents are killed, that is just “collateral damage”. The US is not at war with Pakistan; at least that is what it claims officially. In fact, the US presents Pakistan as an ally in its unending war on terror. Yet US policy, especially as it relates to drone strikes is anything but friendly. US drone strikes are acts of war against innocent people in Pakistan of whom thousands have been killed since the murderous campaign was launched in 2004. Most of the strikes […]