Muslims Rank as Most Generous Donor Group in British Survey
salon.com: A U.K. poll found that Muslims in that nation donate more on average to charity than other religious groups, NBC News reports. Adherents of Islam gave an average of $567 to […]
Philippines Muslim teachers told to remove veils
Source: Gulf News Manila: The majority-Catholic Philippines told Muslim teachers Tuesday to remove their veils inside classrooms, in part to promote better relationships between teachers and pupils.Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the move was part of reforms to make schools more sensitive to religion.Muslim schoolgirls will still be allowed to […]
Saudi passenger ejected from plane for offensive remarks
Source: Gulf news: Dubai: A male passenger was ejected from a Saudi flight on Tuesday after he made improper remarks to a stewardess onboard. Saudi Arabian Airlines flight SV 1055 was set to take off from Riyadh to head to Jeddah when a disturbance in the cabin forced the delay […]
Britain used agents working among Ismaeli Shi’ites and the Ahmadyya sect to pioneer the creation of an artificial country
Source: Asia Times: The British Raj worked for 10 years to create Pakistan. In 1930, the British began to polarize irreconcilable enmities between Hindus and Muslim. Britain used agents working among Ismaeli Shi’ites and the Ahmadyya sect to pioneer the creation of an artificial country – by yoking together independent […]
White House attacks plans to curb NSA data collection
Source: BBC The White House is urging Congress to reject an attempt to stop the National Security Agency (NSA) collecting Americans’ phone records.With a key vote coming up, President Barack Obama’s spokesman said curbs on the NSA would “hastily dismantle” a vital counter-terrorism tool.NSA chief Gen Keith Alexander spent Tuesday […]
The Two-Muslim theory
Source: Dawn.com By Tahir Mehdi I am not referring to sectarian differences within Islam as these are much more than two. Sects are not unique to our religion. All religions have these. The followers of one sect are not a completely homologous group either, as they may differ on other counts […]
Afghan women win Magsaysay awards for work amid conflict
Source: TOI: MANILA: Afghanistan’s first woman governor and a Myanmar civil society organiser, who both helped families displaced by conflict in their home nations, are among five winners of Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize this year. The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation on Wednesday singled out Afghanistan’s Habiba Sarabi, a […]
Bulgaria: Police end parliament siege
Source: TOI SOFIA ( BULGARIA): Bulgarian police on Wednesday broke up a blockade of parliament and escorted out more than 100 lawmakers and ministers who had been trapped inside the besieged building for more than eight hours by anti-government protesters seeking to oust the left-leaning government. Police in riot gear […]
Hundreds of thousands of Catholics swarm Rio beach
Source: TOI RIO DE JANEIRO: Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics packed the beach of Copacabana on Tuesday for the start of a weeklong religious event in Rio de Janeiro that includes gatherings with Pope Francis. Rain clouds cleared in time and pilgrims from around the world waved flags, sang […]
US becomes battleground for Hindu-Muslim political feud
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: As if politics in Washington and the United States isn’t divisive enough, Hindus and Muslims from the subcontinent have brought their decades-old partisan feud to America. A tactically leaked letter by 65 Indian lawmakers, many of them Muslims, to US President Barack Obama, pressing him not to […]
Drunk inventors caught cruising in car-pool
Source: The Local. German police were left speechless at the weekend when they stopped a group of inventive revellers cruising around town in a unique swimming-pool-car of their own creation – sloshing water onto the pavement at every turn. More:
Ahmaddiya Passport Form & Pak Consulate Issue
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden Click HERE for interesting Video. (From minute 20 onwards)
Evolution And God: Only 21% Of Americans Believe Humans Evolved Without Divine Guidance
Though the number of Americans who believe that human beings evolved without God’s influence has increased since 2004, the percentage may still prove surprising to some. According to a YouGov poll, only 21% of Americans believe that human beings evolved without the involvement of God, and 25% of those […]