Moscow rejects Saudi offer to drop Assad for arms deal
Global Post: Moscow has rejected a Saudi proposal to abandon Syria‘s president in return for a huge arms deal and a pledge to boost Russian influence in the Arab world, diplomats […]
FIRST ON CNN: State Department pulls diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan, amid terror threat
Washington (CNN) — The State Department has evacuated most of its diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan in response to a terrorist threat against the U.S. consulate, senior State Department and other senior U.S. officials told CNN. “We have picked up what we regard as a threat worthy of taking this action,” one […]
Muslims break fast worldwide after Ramadan as Eid al-Fitr festival gets underway
Euro news: Muslims around the world have been celebrating Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan. The holy month of fasting is now followed by a festival lasting several days. […]
Harris Zafar on Mike Huckabee Radio Show
Harris zafar, National Spokesman for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA Click here to listen: http://mikehuckabee.com/_cache/files/ef774815-0509-4cbe-b1c4-172901ebef83/Harris%20Zafar%208%208%2013.mp3
Fashion brightens Muslim fast’s end
By JoAnne Viviano It was just a week before the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, but neither 15-year-old Nadia Mirza nor her older sister, Summer, had decided what to wear for […]
VIEW : The weight of persecution — Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari
VIEW : The weight of persecution — Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari Source: The Daily Times Pakistan has seemingly ensured that no Ahmedi demographic, including the dead, are spared the harsh reminder that they do not belong “That looks very biblical,” I said out loud while approaching the place Ahmedis call their […]
US President Barack Obama greets Muslims on Eid
Source: The Economic Times WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Thursday sent their warmest greetings to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr around the world, calling it “part of […]
JPMorgan Reveals It Faces Criminal and Civil Inquiries
JPMorgan Chase disclosed on Wednesday that it faced a criminal and civil investigation into whether it sold shoddy mortgage securities to investors in the run-up to the financial crisis, the latest legal threat to the nation’s biggest bank. JPMorgan acknowledged for the first time the existence of the investigation — […]
Sikh delegation told to remove turbans at Rome airport
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s gurdwara management committee president Manjeet Singh GK and other members of a Sikh delegation were not cleared to board a flight from Rome after they refused to […]
Assad shown unharmed after Syria rebels report attack
August 8, 2013 – 13:59 By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said on Thursday they targeted President Bashar al-Assad’s motorcade heading to a Damascus mosque to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, but state television showed him unharmed and the government denied he had been attacked. […]
Switzerland: Permanently Provisional: Foreigners stuck in an asylum limbo
by Stefania Summermatter, swissinfo.ch August 8, 2013 – 11:00 Over the last ten years, Switzerland has given more than 43,000 asylum seekers the provisional right to remain. But many cannot […]
The untold story
Aug 07, 2013 | 23:38 JORDAN TIMES Jordan, a country with limited resources, has become the main refuge for Syrians fleeing the violence in their country, with thousands entering the Kingdom on a daily basis at one point. Recent studies indicate that there will be one Syrian for every six […]
US army chief to visit Jordan
Petra | Aug 07, 2013 | 23:40 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs-of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey will pay an official visit to Jordan in coming few days, during which he is scheduled to meet several officials. Dempsey will also meet Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff […]
Eid Al-Fitr begins
Today is the first day of Eid Al-Fitr in Saudi Arabia as the Supreme Court yesterday confirmed the sighting of Shawwal crescent by reliable witnesses, the Royal Court announced. The Supreme Court, meanwhile, congratulated Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, Crown Prince Salman, other members of the royal […]
Qur’an offers panacea for modern problems
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Thursday 8 August 2013 Source: Arabnews http://arabnews.com/news/460618 There is an urgent need to spread the divine message of Qur’an in the modern world, which […]
Woodbridge, Ontario family celebrates Ramadhan and Eid
Melinda Maldonado, Staff Reporter The Toronto Star, Aug 7, 2013 Days before Eid, a Woodbridge family marks the holy month like millions of others, with a little karate and bangle-jingling thrown in. Mansoora Chaudhery and her daughter Areej Ahmed, 9, pray during a meal breaking their daytime fast in their […]
Saudi thief steals 28,000 riyals from bag containing 2 million
Source: Gulf News: Manama: Police in the northwestern city of Tabuk in Saudi Arabia were reportedly baffled by a claim that a thief stole only 28,000 riyals (Dh27,412) from a bag that contained 2 million riyals. An expatriate reported that someone had broken into his car parked in front of […]
TV station blunder forces to end fast 20 minutes early
Source: Gulf News: Ras Al Khaimah: An unknown number of residents in Ras Al Khaimah will have to fast an extra day following a TV station blunder that aired the Maghreb adhan on Friday about 20 minutes earlier than the actual timing. RAK television, widely followed by residents here especially […]
US lawmaker compares Edward Snowden with Mahatma Gandhi
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: A senior lawmaker from President Barack Obama’s Democratic party has compared US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden with Mahatma Gandhi, saying the controversial whistleblower was engaged in a “non-violent” act of “civil disobedience”. John Lewis, one of America’s most revered civil rights leaders, says Snowden, who has come […]