Source: RT Clashes erupted across the globe as thousands of enthusiastic people armed themselves and took to the streets. Police were helpless to do anything about it. They did not dare to stop International Pillow Fight Day. Globally hosted flash mobs with participants using pillows to bash at each other […]
Philippine News Filipino penitents are nailed to wooden crosses during a reenactment of the crucifixion during Good Friday. (Erik de Castro – Reuters) The devotees say they endure the pain to give thanks, atone for their sins and pray during Holy Week. “I feel good because my suffering has ended,” […]
Khalifa of Islam condemns Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti for calling for Churches to be destroyed Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says such statements bear no relation to teachings of Islam The worldwide […]
By Kecia Ali Associate Professor of Religion, Boston University It’s spring again. The forsythia are in bloom and the days grow longer. Somehow, spring always takes me by surprise — and that’s no different this year, even after a winter so mild it barely deserved the name. But even as […]
Source: Huff Post My local paper sent a notice around to all the local clergy asking the question: “What relevance does Easter have in the world today?” What world? In the Buddhist, Jewish, Jain, Zoroastrian, Shinto, Zen, Islamic, Sikh, Wiccan, Atheist and Secularist worlds, Easter has as much relevance, I […]
By Herbert W. Armstrong (1892-1986) 1957, 1973 edition Courtesy: Missionary Inam ul Haq Kauser The Resurrection was not on Easter Sunday! Easter is not a Christian name, but the title of the idolatrous […]
Source: The Express Tribune Author: M. Hassan Khan For the last decade or so, the global community has been fighting a war in Afghanistan which has its roots originating from the Soviet-Afghan war of the 1980s. The current war has various stakeholders involved who are vying for greater influence in […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: April 8, 2012 NEW DELHI: Addressing the media after holding private talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on […]
Source: AFP ANKARA — A senior Iraqi minister met Turkish officials this week for talks on bilateral ties already strained over a political crisis engulfing neighbouring Iraq, a Turkish diplomat said Saturday. Iraqi National Security Minister Falih al-Fayyad held closed-door talks in Istanbul and Ankara beginning April 3 with a […]
Source: The Local As children across Germany search homes and gardens for eggs left by the Easter Bunny, parents preparing to them the truth should think twice – a psychologist […]
The Jakarta Globe: Sandwiched between the Indian and the Pacific oceans and home to more than 1,000 ethnic groups and 300 distinct languages, Indonesia looks different to each person who […]
Arutz Sheva: Gunter GrassInterior Minister Eli Yishai has banned German poet Gunter Grass from entering Israel. Yishai declared Grass “persona non grata” in the Jewish State on Sunday, saying his […]
(Reuters) – The shooting began over the course of weeks, but if Bosnia’s war needs a beginning to mark, then it’s April 6, 1992, twenty years ago this Friday. That’s […]
Washigton Post: By Robert A. Burt, Published: April 7 Throughout the Bible, God repeatedly doubts humanity’s worth. We see these misgivings in the book of Genesis, when God decides to kill nearly all […]
Dailytimes.com: It seems that state officials are taking advantage of the discriminatory status of Ahmedis to freely brutalise members of the community. Police officials continuously persecute these people because of […]
Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-082-2012 April 8, 2012 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: No inquiry has yet been initiated in to […]
GMA News: Lately, there has been no shortage of press coverage on the religiosity of politicians. The current Vice-President Jejomar Binay projects himself as a devotee of the Sacred Heart of Jesus […]
Source: Sambad Soro, Balasore Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Soro recently organized a peace conference at the Radhanath Smruti Mandap in the Balasore district from the Indian state of Odisha . Leaders […]
By JEDDAH: MD AL-SULAMI, ARAB NEWS STAFF Secondary school students Bakar Abdul Rahman Bakar and Inas Al-Bar have bagged first prizes in the Holy Qur’an Memorization Competition held as part […]
by Nadia Amad | Apr 08,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Twenty children with disabilities from the New Hope Centre in Zarqa participated in the 19th annual Dead Sea Ultra […]