Ahmadiyya Muslims plan Vestal community center (USA)
VESTAL — When Afzal Rehman arrived here more than 20 years ago for a medical residency, he didn’t know of any others locally who shared his religious faith. Rehman, an […]
Tolerance, cooperation cornerstones in interfaith dialogue — King of Jordan
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday underlined the need to promote tolerance and cooperation as basis for dialogue and understanding among all followers of the three monotheistic religions. […]
Saudi Arabia: US secretary of state arriving for key talks
RIYADH : ABDUL HANNAN TAGO ARABNEWS Thursday 21 February 2013 US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the first week of March as […]
Makkah crash survivor dubbed ‘Miracle Baby’
DAMMAM: SIRAJ WAHAB ARABNEWS Thursday 21 February 2013 The 2-year-old survivor of the horrific road accident in Makkah that claimed the lives of his parents, grandfather and two other close […]
Quick tips for writing the perfect Swiss CV (Just in case you are looking for a job there).
If you’re about to apply for a job, there’s no doubt that a good CV is more important than ever. Every country, though, has a slightly different approach to the perfect resume. Rebekka Affolter, who writes the blog for leading Swiss recruitment website swissjobs.ch, tells The Local how to polish […]
Christianity vs. Islam
Source: TheLibertyWeb. The main commonalities are that they both originated in the Middle East and also have common holy lands. They are both monotheistic religions, believing in just one personified God, and are religions that have just one supreme book of revelations in which their followers have recorded their absolute […]
Barclays Center Offers Separate Men’s And Women’s Seating
Source: Huff Post, by Ron Dicker. Several hundred seats are being set aside so that Jewish men and women can sit in separate areas — as is custom — at a Feb. 28 concert by violinist Itzhak Perlman. The night features Jewish music and cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot. The tickets […]
Ahmadi Muslim Delegates Visit Nearly 400 U.S. Congressional Offices
Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA. “As one of America’s oldest Muslim organizations, our Community firmly believes in the value of the democratic process,” said Amjad Mahmood Khan, National Director of Public Affairs for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA and event organizer. “Our annual ‘Day on the Hill’ event reflects our […]
Picture of the Day: Shias will Continue to be Murdered until they Address Ahmadiyya Muslim Persecution
Source: Twitter Picture by Tahir Imran Comment by Abdul Alim: This picture summarizes the contradictions in Pakistan. While Shias protest against murders of their fellows in Quetta after the grissly […]
Rallying in Shahbagh Square, Young Bangladesh Finds Its Voice
Source: Time Magazine. By Jason Motlagh / Dhaka A young girl’s call pierces through the din of the packed square. Like the macabre billboards that loom above featuring bearded old men in nooses, and the blood red headbands worn by scores of participants, her demands are direct and full-throated: “Hang […]
China Says Army Is Not Behind Attacks in Report
SHANGHAI — A day after a United States security company accused a People’s Liberation Army unit in Shanghai of engaging in cyberwarfare against American corporations, organizations and government agencies, China’s defense ministry issued a strong denial and insisted that the report was flawed. At a news conference in Beijing Wednesday, […]
Root out Lashkar-e-Jhangvi LeJ as a whole – by Dr. Taimur Rahman (Laal Band)
Source: The Local It is not enough to launch an operation against the individual perpetrators of the Quetta bombings, it must root out the entire Lashkar e Jhangvi from Pakistan. And those captured must be sentenced, not released. These terrorist attacks escalated when the Supreme Court released the leader of […]
Balkanization of Afghanistan beckons
Source: Asia Times. By Derek Henry Flood In his February 12 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama outlined the beginning of the end of American participation in Afghanistan’s now decades long civil war. The US would endure a phased troop withdrawal meant to halve the presence of American […]
Indonesia to Host Islam-Christianity Conference
The Jakarta Globe: Indonesia will host a conference of Asian Muslim and Christian leaders from Feb. 26 to March 1, a report said on Wednesday. Under the theme “Bringing a […]
4 questions about Canada’s new Office of Religious Freedom
CBS News: What will the Office of Religious Freedom do? Its mandate is to promote freedom of religion or belief. The government says this promotion will be a Canadian “foreign […]
Prime Minister Harper’s tribute to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Prime Minster Stephen Harper speaks at the unveiling ceremony of the Office of Religious Freedom at the Aiwan e Tahir Hall of the Ahmadiyya Bait ul Islam Mosque, Maple, Ontario, […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Celebrates Fulfilment of a Historic Prophecy
Hadhrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jamaat) is pleased to announce that today, 20th February 2013, marks the 127th anniversary of a famous prophecy made by its Founder, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian who was the Promised Messiah(as). On 20 February 1886, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad […]
What’s the most critical and under-appreciated issue in international security? World peace
Global Post: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The very phrase “world peace” has become something of a synonym for naiveté. Yet in recent years, compelling evidence has emerged to suggest that at […]
Biking for free in Berlin
Source: The Local: One man has made it his mission to set up a bike-sharing network in Berlin, loaning out Fahrräder for free. Trust advocate Graham Pope spoke to The Local about cycling into the future. More: