5/9/2008
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Hadith Of The Day: Pillars of Islam
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Allah's Apostle said: Islam is based on (the following) five (principles): 1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Apostle. 2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers dutifully and perfectly. 3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity) . 4. To perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca) 5. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.
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Fighting rages in Chadian capital
Fighting rages in Chadian capital
Tanks rolled through Chad's capital on Sunday, turning the streets into a battle zone between the government and rebels littered with bodies.
Source: AP

New law allows Baathists to reclaim jobs
Iraq's presidency council on Sunday issued a controversial law that allows lower-ranking former Baath party members to reclaim government jobs, the final step for the first U.S.-backed benchmark approved by parliament.
Source: AP

Serbia votes amid Kosovo tensions
Serbians voted Sunday in a runoff presidential election that may bring an ally of late hardline President Slobodan Milosevic back to power, before a potentially explosive split by the Serbian province of Kosovo.
Source: AP

Colombia hostages 'to be freed'
Colombia's Farc rebels have said they will release three hostages captured over six years ago, for health reasons.
Source: CNN

Afghan appreciates efforts to save Journalist
Amid international outrage over a student journalist sentenced to death for blaspheming Islam, the Afghan government Saturday said it was
Source: CNN

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Some non-Christians feel left out of election
Some non-Christians feel left out of election
In a U.S. election campaign where presidential candidates from both major parties have talked openly about their Christian faith, some non-Christians feel shut out or turned off.
Source: AP

Romney wins Maine caucuses
Mitt Romney coasted to a win in presidential preference voting by Maine Republicans on Saturday, claiming his third victory in a caucus state and fourth overall.
Source: AP

Obama Says He Can Win Votes That Clinton Can
Presidential candidate Barack Obama said he can win votes in the November general election that Hillary Clinton, his Democratic opponent, can't get.
Source: AP

British Muslim MP Bugged
British Muslim MP Bugged
Scotland Yard has illegally bugged British Muslim Labour MP Sidiq Khan during his meetings with one of his constituents in prison, The Sunday Times has revealed.
Source: Islam Online

UK Schools Twined With Madrassahs
The British government will link schools at home with madrassahs (Islamic schools) in restive Muslim countries in an effort to combat extremist ideologies, the Times on Sunday reported.
Source: Islam Online

Is There Really a Clash of Cultures?
Islam is a religion, and the West is a geographical term. Why not juxtapose Islam and Christendom, given that both are religions that span many cultures? Or Middle East and the West, given that both are geographical entities?
Source: iViews


 
     
Tanks rolled through Chad's capital on Sunday, turning the streets into a battle zone between the government and rebels littered with bodies.
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