By Avaaz.org
A humanitarian catastrophe of terrifying proportions is unfolding in Pakistan, with a fifth of the country under water, and millions of people homeless and desperately needing assistance.
Some relief efforts are underway, but the international response to the mega-disaster has been irresponsibly slow and weak -the UN has urgently appealed for $460 million of vital […]
READ MORE | Posted in diary, cover | Comments Off
From the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), through our Environmental Conservation Program “Med-O-Med: Cultural Landscapes in the Mediterranean and the Middle East”, we wish you a very happy month of Ramadan
READ MORE | Posted in diary, cover | Comments Off
The American Library in Paris helds an exhibition on islamic calligraphy, by Abdessatar Jmei*
“The style of my calligraphy relates to nature and the coexistence of languages; in this exhibit Arabic, English and French. These colourful letters invite themselves on my blank sheet, like the stranger invited to my table. They are there, one on top […]
READ MORE | Posted in diary, cover | Comments Off
Nestor Martinez and Basilio Rodriguez, from FUNCI (Fundación de Cultura Islámica, Madrid), have returned to Syria to make a follow up trip, with the intention to start the construction of the Al-Andalus style garden which will be held in Al-Amma public park of Aleppo, in the frame of MED-O-MED Program.
Before traveling to this city, FUNCI […]
READ MORE | Posted in articles, cover | Comments Off
By Shazia Kamal*
Source: IslamiCity
7/7/2010
As an American Muslim living in what I like to call the “Things Taken Out of Context Era,” I am enthused about the idea of Muslims joining people of other faiths at the religion table to discuss theology and history in context. I hope to see the program responding to an urgent […]
READ MORE | Posted in issues, cover | Comments Off
The Islamic Culture Foundation’s (FUNCI) “MED-O-MED, Cultural Landscapes in the Mediterranean and the Middle East” program has been nominated to the Anna Lindh Foundation’s Euro-Med Award for the Dialogue between Cultures.
If you are an ALF organisation, vote our Program!
EUROMED AWARD
READ MORE | Posted in diary, cover | Comments Off
(Author Unknown)
I love Beirut for its opposites.
I love Beirut because I see a girl in a mini-skirt and her sister in a tchador.
I love Beirut because it is neither West nor East it is both.
I love Beirut because one can party till 6:00 in the morning and not realize that it is Tuesday morning.
I love […]
READ MORE | Posted in articles, cover | No Comments »
INTRODUCTION
From: islamicity.com
Dr. Maurice Bucaille (1920-1998) was an eminent French surgeon, scientist, scholar and author of “THE BIBLE, THE QUR’AN AND SCIENCE” which contains the result of his research into the Judeo-Christian Revelation and the Qur’an. It is a unique contribution in the field of religion and science.
Being an outstanding Scientist, he was selected to […]
READ MORE | Posted in issues, cover | No Comments »
Proposal of Candidature Harmony Award Prince of Asturias 2010 to the Moorish-Andalusíes’ descendants
By: moriscosconcordia.com
The ones who sign below, in our own names and after a deep individual reflection, have decided to promote the candidature Harmony Award Prince of Asturias 2010 to the Moorish-Andalusíes’ descendants. As it coincides with the four hundred anniversary of their last […]
READ MORE | Posted in issues, cover | Comments Off
By: Paul Craig Roberts
Source: islamicity.com
3/11/2010
Muslims are numerous but powerless. Divisions among Muslims, especially between Sunni and Shi’ites, have consigned the Muslim Middle East to almost a century of Western control. Muslims cannot even play together. The Islamic Solidarity Games, a regional version of the Olympics, which were to be held in April in Iran, have […]
READ MORE | Posted in issues, cover | Comments Off