Huff Post: by Trevor Grundy. LONDON (RNS) Leaders of Britain’s 2.8 million Muslims reacted with horror and anger following Wednesday’s (May 22) slaughter with knives and machetes of an off-duty British soldier in the streets outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in south London. A statement from the Muslim Council of […]
Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaida affiliate, consolidates position as scramble for control of wells accelerates by Julian Borger and Mona Mahmood THE GUARDIAN The EU decision to lift Syrian oil sanctions […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Saturday 25 May 2013 TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet yesterday formally denied months-long rumors that the premier had not moved into his official residence […]
By Associated Press, Published: May 24 ANKARA, Turkey — A look at legislation passed in Turkey’s parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly Muslim but […]
by Qasim Rashid We read with interest the Trentonian Editorial Board’s article, “U.S.-Approved ‘Muslims’” (May 21). While we appreciate the newspaper’s efforts to highlight some of the repression that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community faces, we must take exception to several of the article’s erroneous and speculative assertions concerning the Community. […]
CBC NEWS CALGARY | May 24, 2013 | 4:35 INTERVIEW: Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad The world leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslims speaks to recent attacks in the name of Islam. Watch video in CBC […]
GENEVA: ARAB NEWS Saturday 25 May 2013 The World Health Organization said yesterday it would help Saudi Arabia dig deeper into deadly outbreaks of a new SARS-like virus to draw […]
By Kevin Sullivan, Saturday, May 25, 2013 ISKENDERUN, Turkey — The Nissos Rodos, a 630-foot ferry, used to cruise the Greek islands, moving tourists from one sunny paradise to the next. Business dried up when the Greek economic crisis hit three years ago. But then came the war in Syria, […]
Source: The Local A leading German Catholic cardinal says the government should encourage women to stay at home and breed – rather than bring immigrants into the country to solve its demographic problems. More:
Washington Post: WASHINGTON — The U.S. expressed concern Thursday over increased attacks on religious minorities in Indonesia, but human rights groups accused Washington of downplaying the problem as it looks to forge stronger relations with Jakarta. Muslim-majority Indonesia has emerged as Southeast Asia’s most robust democracy since the fall of […]
Jakarta Post: The Priangan Barat chapter of Jemaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI) in West Java say Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali takes side and cheerleads intolerance. Ekky Mubariq of the chapter questioned Suryadharma’s claim that 20 Ahmadi followers had quit JAI. On May 21, 2013, Suryadharma witnessed the 20 Ahmadis […]
Washington Post: Pope Francis’s pronouncement that God has “redeemed all of us … even the atheists”Wednesday surprised both believers and nonbelievers around the world, who are used to stricter edicts from the […]
Huff Post: Is Pope Francis A Heretic? No, But He Does Raise Questions By David Gibson Religion News Service (RNS) Is Pope Francis endorsing heresy? It might look that way from the eye-catching headlines this week that made it appear everyone was bound for heaven — “even atheists!” — thanks […]
Time: Violence and fear travel swiftly, and faster still in the era of tweets and status updates and 24-hour rolling news. Just after 2 pm on May 22, police answered a call to an incident in Woolwich, southeast London. A 25-year-old soldier, Drummer Lee Rigby, leaving the local barracks, had been […]
Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk Rawalpindi: The personality of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) is the fountain of blessings and a source of guidance in all the matters for the Muslims, if they follow the teachings of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and commandments of Almighty Allah truly and […]
Source: www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk Five thousand Muslims gathered at Morden mosque this afternoon to condemn the Woolwich terror attack. Worshippers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim community congregated at the Baitul Futuh Mosque, in London […]
Carolina Jemsby and David Bartal, Special for USA TODAY STORY HIGHLIGHTS Stockholm is one of the world’s richest cities, but it is also very segregated 15% of residents in the […]
ET: LONDON: Britain launched fighter jets on Friday to escort a Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying 297 passengers from Lahore after it was diverted from Manchester, a spokesman for the Defence Ministry said. Flight PK709 from the city of Lahore in Pakistan was due to land at Manchester Airport in north […]