Riyadh: Abdul Latif Al Shaikh’s effort follows moves by King Abdullah to loosen some restrictions on Saudis and improve the position of women in Saudi society, changes intended to ease the kind of social and economic pressures that fuelled the Arab Spring revolutions that challenged governments across the region. Read […]
Source: The Review of Religions & http://www.ahmadiyya.org.uk: BUCKINGHAM PALACE 18TH July, 2012 Your Holiness, The Queen has asked me to thank you for your letter which accompanied the beautiful gifts […]
NewsPakistan.pk: Despite many challenges on different fronts, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that Pakistan strongly remains steadfast in its commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights. In her opening statement at the 14th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, […]
مسجد نبوی کی توسيع کے بہانے سعودی عرب کے بنیاد پرست حکمران طبقے نے اسلام کی تین قدیم ترین مساجد کو منہدم کرنے کا پروگرام بنایا ہے . اس سے پہلے بھی سعودی عرب اسلامی ثقافتی اور تاریخی مقامات کو منہدم کر چکا ہے جن میں اہم شخصیات کے مزار، […]
Russian TV: The key Islamic heritage site, including Prophet Mohammed’s shrine, is to be bulldozed, as Saudi Arabia plans a $ 6 billion expansion of Medina’s holy Masjid an-Nabawi Mosque. However, Muslims remain silent on the possible destruction. Work on the Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina, is planned to start as […]
Business Insider: The huge amount of flooding and standing water in the wake of Sandy’s innundation of the East coast isn’t just leaving power outages and destroyed houses in its path, it can leave a wake of disease as well. Marissa Fessenden explains in the Scientific American live blog about Sandy: […]
Philippine News: Election fever is on, in both the United States and in the Philippines. In the Philippines, the filing of certificate of candidacies for candidates in the Senate, Lower House, and local government units has started. The election campaign in the United States for the presidency, the Senate, and […]
Dawn.com: Peggy Reynolds. WHEN I was a young lecturer a knock came at my office door. “Oh”, said the young man as I opened it, “So sorry — I was looking for Dr Reynolds.” This is a story from the ‘olden days’ but things have not changed that much. I […]
Ahmadiyya Times: Source/Credit: Grassroot Diplomat: Edited by Imran Jattala London, UK: – Dr Iftikhar Ayaz, OBE, Consul General of the Tuvalu Islands, has been nominated for the first ever Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Awards. According to a press release by Grassroot Diplimat, “the award looks to recognize outstanding diplomats and politicians in the UK for their dedication, commitment and […]
U.S. Statement on the UPR of Pakistan 14th Session – October 30, 2012 Note: An abbreviated version of this text was delivered at the Universal Periodic Review due to time constraints. Source: US State Department: The United States welcomes H.E. Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Pakistani […]