theguardian: by Patrick Butler – Jeremy Hunt will today tell British families they should follow the example of people in Asia, by taking in elderly relatives once they can no longer live alone. It is important not to settle for “good enough care”, Hunt will say. Society has to rise to […]
By Christopher Alessi SPIEGEL.DE In Afghanistan, dangerous combat has helped post-war Germany’s reluctant armed forces gain self-confidence and expertise. But with the public and politicians loath to enter into new […]
By Hasnain Kazim spiegel.de A SPIEGEL journalist of Pakistani-German descent recently left Islamabad after four years of reporting there. In an essay, he describes life between two cultures and the conflicts his background often created for him as a foreign correspondent in Pakistan. When I got the chance to move […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK I stopped to buy walnuts in Sidon last week from a sunburned man sitting on the pavement of the old souk. Like the walnuts – soft, almost creamy inside their iron-hard husks – he came from the Syrian town of Bloudan. In years gone […]
by Scott Capper, swissinfo.ch October 17, 2013 – 20:00 Swiss and Georgian researchers have suggested that some of the earliest humans living 1.8 million years ago could all belong to […]
Nearly 30 million people around the world are living as slaves, according to a new index ranking 162 countries. The Global Slavery Index 2013 says India has the highest number of people living in conditions of slavery at 14 million. But Mauritania has the highest proportional figure with about 4% […]
Nearly 30 million people around the world are living as slaves, according to a new index ranking 162 countries. The Global Slavery Index 2013 says India has the highest number of people living in conditions of slavery at 14 million. But Mauritania has the highest proportional figure with about 4% […]
berwick news: By NARELLE COULTER THE worldwide leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community visited Melbourne last week to spread his message of love for all and hatred for none. His Holiness Hazrat Mirza […]
The global head of the Ahmadiyya Islamic Community is currently visiting Australia, with the visit focusing on the persecution against Ahmadis in Pakistan. Auskar Surbakti speaks with Mirza Masroor Ahmad, spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya […]
Alislam Press Release: With great love and tenderness His Holiness fed the birds Read Full story here:
Huff Post: by Neils Gerson Lohman – After a year of traveling, I had planned a last, short trip. I was going to take the train from Montreal to New Orleans. The travels I had been undertaking earlier this year had brought me to places that were meant to form […]
NY Times: Miriam Berger studied Arabic at Wesleyan University, lived twice as a student in Jordan, did thesis research in the West Bank and, after graduation, worked in Cairo. And like many of the Americans she has met each step of the way, she is Jewish. “I don’t see it […]
NY Times: JERUSALEM — Persistently strained relations between Israel and Turkey have not been helped by a report that last year Turkey revealed to Iran the identities of up to […]
ET: LAHORE: Lahore police stopped various members of the Ahmadi community in Lahore from slaughtering animals as part of ‘Qurbani’ ritual on Eidul Azha, proclaiming that the ritual of animal sacrifice was an Islamic injunction whereas Ahmadis were not Muslims. The Express Tribune learnt that police from the Islampura Police Station directed Tahir* in […]
ET: LAHORE: Lahore police stopped various members of the Ahmadi community in Lahore from slaughtering animals as part of ‘Qurbani’ ritual on Eidul Azha, proclaiming that the ritual of animal sacrifice was an Islamic injunction whereas Ahmadis were not Muslims. The Express Tribune learnt that police from the Islampura Police Station directed Tahir* in […]
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Asian Human Rights Commission: Following are excerpts from the press release of the Ahmadyya Jamat Report on the Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan, September 2013. The full report may be […]
Z-News: Police on Thursday stopped members of Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community from slaughtering animals here on Eid-u-Azha after Muslim clerics complained that the ritual of animal sacrifice “is an Islamic […]
Are Indonesia’s elderly changing course? BBC: A growing number of elderly people in Indonesia are opting to stay in a care home despite having a family willing to look after […]
Are Indonesia’s elderly changing course? BBC: A growing number of elderly people in Indonesia are opting to stay in a care home despite having a family willing to look after […]