[embedded content] SHAFAQNA – Often portrayed by mainstream media as Weste allies’ staunchest ally and strategic supporter against terror, the kingdom hides a troubling reality. Away from politicians’ smiles and lucrative contracts, Saudi Arabia remains the world’s most violent, and reactionary Wahh...

SHAFAQNA- US president says Muslim-Americans are ‘most important partners’ in fight against violent. US President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans not to stigmatize Muslims following this week’s deadly attacks in Brussels, saying that doing so is “counterproductive” in the fight against radi...

SHAFAQNA- By Jaideep Singh February 10, Abdul Jamil Kamawal, a 68-year-old Afghani American man, was bludgeoned to death with a shovel in a suburb of Portland, Oregon. Remembered as “a pillar in the Muslim community,” he had helped refugees settle in the region for over two decades. Abdul Jamil Kama...

SHAFAQNA – Poverty is on the rise and inequality has reached unprecedented levels, even in the developed world. No-one expected a world with so many intelligent minds and with such abundant methods of communication between them to decline in such a ma er, in spite of our astonishing technological ad...

SHAFAQNA – The city of Flint lies on the outskirts of Dearbo , Michigan, in the United States of America. Flint has been suffering from aserious health conce which, for several years, has been falling on deaf ears. After the city’s water sources were changed from the Detroit River to the Flint River...

ISIS and Al Qaeda terrorist attacks on Weste ers is evil. And as a white American from a Judeo-Christian background, I am repulsed by the fact that ISIS is targeting Christians in Syria and Iraq with brutal murder … including crucifixion. [And these crimes are invariably not reported by the Weste me...

SHAFAQNA – “Both countries are determined to develop mutual ties, especially in the field of economy,” said President Rouhani after signing of 6 cooperation agreements between Iran and Pakistan. The documents were signed by the high-ranking delegations of Iran and Pakistan at the presence of Preside...

SHAFAQNA – There is a small “halo-halo” outlet in Sultan Kudarat’s seaside Lebak town helping sustain almost u oticeably the solidarity among local Muslim and Christian folks for three decades now. The “R. Alarcon Snack Haus,” known for its delicious halo-halo at only P50 per serving, is now an icon...

SHAFAQNA – After Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Belgium , it took no time for Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) and Donald Trump to compete over who could be tougher on Muslims. Aside from the usual rhetoric about locking down the borders and halting refugees, Mr. Cruz called f...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi answered a question about giving financial help to satellite cha els. Question: Is it allowed to give financial help to satellite cha els to spread Islamic education? The Grand Ayatollah Makarem: If their activities relate to spreading Islamic education...

SHAFAQNA – Wealth is a tool which is utilised to get to the unjust position and status. Human beings sacrifice wealth to get to a position and the position is preferred to wealth. Therefore, wealth can be used as a tool for misguiding and dominating people which will lead to their slavery. On the ot...

SHAFAQNA – There are various holy verses in the Quran and narrations which refer to the important issue of the charity and its effects on the society and those who engage in charitable deeds. For example, it is narrated from the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) who said: The whole earth is covered with fire ...

SHAFAQNA – A country in perpetual war Afghanistan has seen more violence and bloodshed than any other countries in the region. Sitting atop a powerful juncture of geopolitical lay lines, this broken institutional shell of a nation has ironically been plagued by its untapped financial potential – bot...

LONDON, UK - JULY 2011: Arab women shop on London's busy Oxford Street, one of the busiest in Europe. SHAFAQNA – Muslims living in Westchester and Rockland are in agreement that those who commit acts of terror in the name of Islam are corrupting their religion. The terror attacks in Brussels — and t...

SHAFAQNA – U.S. Sen. Angus King said Friday that despite robust intelligence gathering, Islamic State terrorist attacks are “more or less inevitable.” Yet he cautioned strongly against discriminating against or marginalizing all Muslims, especially those in this country. King spoke to reporters Frid...

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 26: Aliza Fatima, 12, of Queens and a descendent of Pakistani parents, participates in the American Muslim Day Parade on September 26, 2010 in New York, New York. The a ual parade celebrates the presence and contributions of Muslims in New York City and surrounding areas. The pa...

SHAFAQNA – Belgium has confirmed plans to carry out airstrikes on Daesh targets as part of the US-led coalition after the Brussels deadly attacks earlier this week, the country’s prime minister, Charles Michel, said Friday. On Tuesday, two suicide blasts hit the departures hall of Brussels’ Zaventem...

SHAFAQNA – Boko Haram gunmen have abducted 16 women in a remote area of northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa state, police, a lawmaker and locals said on Thursday. “We received report of the kidnap of 14 women and two girls by gunmen believed to be Boko Haram insurgents near Sabon Garin Madagali village”, sa...

SHAFAQNA – However tragic and painfully criminal Brussels’ terror may have been it is our reaction to such attacks which will ultimately determine their success … and I would hope their failure. While there is little doubt as to whose hands were in fact involved in such senseless bloodshed, it is te...

SHAFAQNA – Human being must take care about eating, making sure the food is Halal and clean and suitable for individual health. Eating too much and waste must be avoided because the basis of healthiness is the observance of eating the right portion and avoidance of eating too much. Following a suita...