London: The real meaning of ‘jihad’ was not harming others, but to use “constructive emotion” to combat destructive emotions, the Dalai Lama said as he used his appearance at the Glastonbury music festival to describe Islamic State’s violence as “unthinkable”. In a 30-minute speech before hundreds of rain-soaked campers, the Tibetan spiritual leader stressed the…
Bangalore: On the 5th of June, World Environment Day, 2015, the initiative in support of “One Tree By One Person” was celebrated with great enthusiasm in the Magnifique Public School on Kanakapura Main Road. The green event, in a serene location, attracted a huge crowd that consisted of people of all age groups. The event…
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 time you had to pray in the filthy fire escape of some business center? Wouldn’t you just prefer it if you could summon a mosque to come…
Coonoor: The Henry Martyn Institute, International Centre for Research, Interfaith Relations and Reconciliation (HMI),based in Hyderabad, organized its 42nd Summer Course on Interfaith Relations from May 4 to 14,2015, at St Theodore’s Sanatorium, in The Nilgiris, Coonoor. HMI is an ecumenical Christian organisation, dedicated to the objective study and teaching of religions, the promotion of…
By Dennis Sadowski University Heights, Ohio: There’s a book that Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald believes can inspire Christians to appreciate the God of all creation. And it’s not just the Bible. Archbishop Fitzgerald, who retired at the end of 2012 as the papal nuncio to Egypt, said the Quran, with all of its names for…
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 between Muslims and Jews in the country. In the aftermath of the Palestine crisis, Jews and Muslims are often seen as arch-enemies, although Jews had a history…
Kochi: Abdul Rahim who lost his hands while defusing mines, got them back after a complicated hand transplant procedure. The second double hand transplant in the country was successfully completed at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences here on April 10. The recipient of the hands is Abdul Rahim, a 30-year-old from Afghanistan, who lost…
This Ramadan pledge to convey the message of the Quran to mankind by helping to sponsor distribution of translations of the Quran. The Prophet of Islam has said: “If God grants guidance to a single person through you, it is better than all the things upon which the sun rises.” The Quran says: “Those who…
A Little boy went to a telephone booth which was at the cash counter of a store and dialled a number. The store-owner observed and listened to the conversation: Boy: “Madam, can you give me the job of cutting your lawn?” Woman: (at the other end of the phone line) “I already have someone to…
Hussainsagar is a heritage monument. It was ordered to be dug by the third Qutb Shahi king, Quli Qutb Shah 450 years ago in 1562. Hyderabad: A project has been undertaken to rejuvenate the historic and scenic water reservoir Hussainsagar here. Under the Rs. 75 crore project, the lake would be first emptied, then left…
