Editor ‘s note: Heading is mine. Source: The Daily Times VIEW: The weight of persecution by Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari 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 […]
Irfan A. Agha, MD; MRCP (UK) It is a self fulfilling prophecy that an issue with tribal, ethnic, religious and militant overtones when grossly mismanaged for over a decade will inevitably turn into a veritable Gordian knot. So it is with the problem of the Pakistani Taliban (the term Pakistani Taliban […]
By HABIB ZAHORI THE NEW YORK TIMES Afghanistan is a country built on legends – we trade on the tales we’ve told and retold each other over many generations. There’s a favorite subgenre of stories here, about foreigners going local, that particularly seem to linger in memory. Accounts of Soviet […]
Source: nation.com.pk Every time, I’d try to open a torrent site, the message pops up on my screen, saying: ‘Surf Safely’. This website is not accessible’. Goddamn it! Just what does […]
Source: gulfnews.com Militants step up attacks against state since army deposed Mursi Two Islamic shrines were damaged by bomb attacks in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, the state news agency said, […]
Source: jconline.com The Islamic Society of Greater Lafayette will host an Eid al-Fitr morning prayer and breakfast to mark the end of Ramadan. The celebration will be held at 8 a.m. Thursday or Friday at Burtsfield Gym, 1838 N. Salisbury St. in West Lafayette. Members of the community are asked to bring […]
Source: examiner.co.uk Worshippers are marking the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which draws to an end on Wednesday. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association have been reflecting […]
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Source: The Economist THE Greek founders of philosophy constantly debated how best to live the good life. Some contended that personal pleasure is the key. Others pointed out that serving society and finding purpose is vital. Socrates was in the latter camp, fiercely arguing that an unvirtuous person could not be […]
Why does the Egyptian crisis appear so simple to our political leaders yet so complicated when you actually turn up in Cairo? Let’s start with the Egyptian press. Flowering after the 2011 revolution, the Egyptian media moved into lockstep the moment General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and the lads chucked President […]
By Saeed Qureshi Musharraf was lucky because instead of being removed as Army head, arrested or even blown off in the air, he became, in matter of hours, the chief […]
STORY SUMMARY Iran’s new president also acknowledged that he was a candidate who won a national election, based on a platform, and this was anchored in the promise of improving […]
2 August 2013, 18:09 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Lake Urmia still needs some 25 billion cm of water to reach its normal level, Director of West Azerbaijan Water Company Naghi Karimi […]
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Inter-religious friction is prone to occur in a number of areas in the country. In West Nusa Tenggara and Bogor, for example, a number of Ahmadis were […]
Breaking Fast with Ahmadis in Wonosobo, Indonesia TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – In the evening of Tuesday 29 July 2013. Azan voice was heard in the big mosque Al-Mubarok, The mosque is […]
RIYADH: SHAHZEEN ERAM Published — Saturday 3 August 2013 The soon-to-be-launched “Peace Mobile,” an Islamic smartphone, is a useful media gadget that reconciles Qur’an with modern science. The smartphone was […]
Zakat (alms) is one of the five pillars of Islam. Its importance can be realized from the fact that in 82 verses of the Qur’an, Zakat is associated with prayer […]
A TORRENT of economic numbers rained down from Washington last week. They provided a sharper historical perspective on the economy back to 1929. Yet the deluge of statistics did little to clarify an urgent question: How strong is the economy right now? It’s a basic issue — one that affects […]
Zemtv: a very well documented programme on deep level of corruption and collusion between Army and JUI worth watching https://dailymotion.com/video/x12p3aw Watch: