PULLING BACK: ICRC cuts activities in Afghanistan
July 23, 2013 – 20:08 After the attack on its Jalalabad office in May, the Swiss-run International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has reduced the scope of its activities […]
Saudi Arabia: Youth distribute food among the needy
JEDDAH: RIMA AL-MUKHTAR Tuesday 23 July 2013 For the fourth year running, the Young Initiative Group (YIG) has been carrying out a Ramadan initiative that revolves around distributing iftar meals to the less fortunate across Jeddah. Young Initiative Group (YIG) is a Jeddah-based volunteer group that has been implementing Ramadan […]
Military & Defense: The World’s Special Forces Quietly Held Their ‘Counterterrorism Olympics’ At A Compound In Jordan
The world’s most elite military special forces met up at a military compound in Jordan to compete in what organizers call “the Olympics of counterterrorism.” Contributing editor to Rolling Stone Magazine Josh Eells was there for the competition, which consisted of 32 teams from 17 countries and the Palestinian territories. […]
A Pointless New Prince: The Argument Against Royal Families
Time: Before the last two centuries, royal babies were the dominant players of human history. Their births were auspicious occasions, attended by astrologers and mendicants, court intrigues and elaborate sacrifices […]
STATE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN PAKISTAN CONSIDERED ‘DIRE’
todaycatholicnews: By Zoey Di Mauro WASHINGTON (CNS) — Panelists at a religious freedom session on Pakistan called for reform of the nation’s laws, calling the situation for minorities dire. In June alone, 47 religious minorities were killed in Pakistan, according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. The victims […]
The Disgraceful and Discriminatory Ordinance XX in the Constitution Should be Repealed
2 6th April, 1984 –Blackout History of Pakistan, from the very outset, has been blemished by grisly incidents including infamous resolutions, unwanted wars and silly coup d’états. The country is not which our ancestors dreamt of. Extremism turned out to be an undefeatable monster which devoured almost everything leaving the state […]
America’s Religious Future: Dechristianization (Not Secularization)
Huff Post: What is this country coming to? Anyone who pays attention to religion in America can see monumental changes and conflicts affecting the present and looming in the future. And anyone with a smidgen of historical awareness knows that religion has always been at the core of American society. […]
NY mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner admits more lewd photos
Source: BBC New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has admitted sending explicit messages to a woman, two years after he left Congress over a similar affair. An unnamed woman told […]
Pearls of Wisdom from Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (pbuh): Promised Messiah and Mehdi
Author: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian,The Promised Messiah on: Righteousness, Thinking ill of Others, Arrogance & Universal Compassion Source: Essence of Islam Volume II (Excerpts from the Writings of the […]
Is religion good or evil?
Is religion good or evil? Scientist and atheist Richard Dawkins is challenged on whether religion is a force for good or evil in the world. 20 Jul 2013 Watch the video: http://aje.me/R1Ruy7 With the headlines covering fanaticism, fundamentalism, superstition and ignorance, religion is getting a bad press these days. And […]
The Markets’ Worst Kept Secret
Source: Forbes Here’s what your stockbroker and the media aren’t telling you: the world is more indebted now than it was at the height of the financial bubble in 2007. That’s right. Despite the extraordinary government intervention of the past six years. Despite continuing optimism of a recovery. Despite the […]
Six Fundamentals Every Entrepreneur Needs to Succeed
source: HBR.org Six Fundamentals Every Entrepreneur Needs to Succeed by Bob Diener | 11:00 AM July 19, 2013 As an entrepreneur who founded and runs a successful and growing business, Getaroom, I see many entrepreneurs with great ideas but no clue how the business will be profitable. For certain websites […]
Shelling destroys centuries-old mausoleum of a companion of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Hazrat Khaled bin Walid (ra)’s shrine
Source: nation.com.pk BEIRUT – Shelling destroyed the centuries-old mausoleum of a companion of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the central city of Homs on Monday, a monitoring group and activists said. […]
Why did Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian claim to be ‘reincarnation’ of all prophets?
Source: youtube.com Q1 @ 1:35 May a Muslim buy a product that is made out of leather of pigs? Q2 @ 8:38 Usage of the name Allah in Churches? Q3 @ 14:30 In a Hadith it is […]
H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad –
Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan (born October 15, 1966 in Amman, Jordan) is a Jordanian prince, professor of philosophy, and claims to be a direct descendant of the Prophet […]
The Holy War: The Great Debate Between the Christians and the Muslims in the Sub-continent
Epigraph: Is he, then, who knows that what has been revealed to thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is the truth, like one who is blind? But only those gifted with understanding will […]
Address to National Ijtima Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya UK 2013 by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba)
Source: vimeo.com Concluding address delivered on July 7, 2013 by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may Allah be his Helper) on the occasion of Ijtema Khuddamul Ahmadiyya United Kingdom. alislam.org
Why I Believe in God – Jalsa Salana Canada 2013 – Islam Ahmadiyya
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Your task is not to seek for love …
Source: dawn.com The depth of one’s spirituality is directly proportionate to one’s level of tolerance for other people’s beliefs. This means the more convinced a person is in his/her own beliefs […]
Govt urged to disband Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)
Jakarta, NU Online The government should use a recently-passed law on mass organizations to disband the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front, known as the FPI, if it continues to conduct acts […]