Eid is around the corner, Hajj is right on its heels and the iPhone has just been released - it’s time to get your high-tech Islam on! For non-believers, it’s a prime opportunity to learn more about this ancient faith. Easy to do in Islamic countries, but what if you wish to delve into the Middle East’s minority religions - Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism, or Judaism? Now you can find your faith in the app store. A batch of new apps are looking to put God in your pocket - a ...

Man City interested in Paco Alcacer

It should go without saying that we shouldn’t paint all Muslims (or any group!) with the same brush. Yet if you follow world news networks, it seems like all Muslims are terrorists. Try to argue against that, and get smacked with the adage, “Well, not all Muslims are terrorists, but nearly all terrorists are Muslims .” Worse still, the world’s 1.6 billion followers of Islam have also been stereotyped as backwards extremists. Stereotyping is a lazy-brained way to view the world. In a fast-paced world, lurching rapidly from one Middle ...

As they say, an apple a day keeps the blackberry away (right?). It seems the case as last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the stage at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California and announced the highly anticipated iPhone 6 alongside it’s super-sized sibling, the iPhone 6 Plus. (Thirty years earlier, Steve Jobs launched the original Macintosh computer from that same stage!). Already this phone is selling out ( just like Blackberry supporters !) and Apple is adamant that the sexy new phones expand the Apple product line rather ...

Ronaldo is determined to leave Real Madrid next summer and would love a return to Manchester United - although a move to Manchester City is also an option.

Thirteen years after the horrific events of September 11, 2001 , that date is still burned into our collective consciousness. Most people can recall exactly where they were, what they were doing and who they were with when they first saw those unimaginable images of commercial airliners crashing into the World Trade Center towers. Now, years on, as commemorations continue on the anniversary of “911 ”, we wonder - is it now time to give that date, which is synonymous with terrorism, a new association? Centuries of human activity can’t ...

Chelsea plan 60 million pound bid to lure Ronaldo

Fabio Capello believes Chelsea and Bayern Munich are UCL favourites this season