eDigest: Obama Meets Sharif Today: Would They Discuss Religious Freedom for Ahmadiyya Community?

 

President Obama and Prime Minister Sharif

President Obama and Prime Minister Sharif

Lead post today collected by Dr. Falak Rahman, Philippines

 

USCIRF to President Obama: Raise Religious Freedom Concerns with Pakistani Prime Minister

Source: Press Release During his October 23 White House meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, USCIRF urges President Obama to raise concerns about the dire religious freedom situation in…

Islam is a shiny code of Russian culture

Source:  Morocco World News: MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Islam is one of the significant components of Russian cultural structure. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Islam was…

MUSLIM LEADER ARRIVES IN BRISBANE

Source: press@amjinternational.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has travelled to inaugurate the Baitul Masroor Mosque  The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrived in…

Deep Fried and Good for You

The NewYork Times: by Mark Bittman – Fried food is probably not on anyone’s lists of healthy eats, but you have to start with this: Fat is good for you.…

Security Check Now Starts Long Before You Fly

The NewYork Times: by Susan Stellin – The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its screening of passengers before they arrive at the airport by searching a wide array of government…

Swallowed by the Taliban

The Express Tribune: by Ayehsa Ijaz Khan – Contrary to many of my peers, I never felt as hopeless or dejected about Pakistan’s future as I did during the past…

Life as a refugee in your own land

The idea of being a refugee in your own land is alien to most of us that live in Europe. Yet that is the reality faced by hundreds of thousands…

Israeli Knesset discusses bill to divide al-Aqsa mosque between Muslims and Jews

Ahlul Bayt News Agency: Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage stated that members of Likud party led by the Deputy Knesset Speaker Moshe Feiglin have proposed a bill to divide…

France backs away from showdown over NSA snooping revelations

RFI France does not want an escalation of the row over US snooping on millions of French citizens’ telephone communications, the government’s spokesperson said Tuesday, after a breakfast meeting between…

UK Goverment issues Postal stamp to mark Ahmadiyya centenary

British government issued has issued a postal stamp to mark 100 years of Ahmadiyya community in the UK. Our motto Love for all, hatred for none is prominently displayed. courtesy…

10 Facts About The Transforming Global Religious Landscape

Source: The Huffington Post By Yasmine Hafiz Posted: 10/22/2013 8:08 am EDT  |  Updated: 10/22/2013 9:42 am EDT The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life conducted a comprehensive demographic…

How to Tackle Terrorism in Pakistan

By Obaid Ullah Khan Tackling terrorism, and dealing with terrorists are two separate issues. On the latter our leadership is obscuring the matter, thus delaying the immediate actions. If the terrorists are…

The muzzling of Canadian Scientists

Canadian government scientists can’t speak freely because of meddling: Survey An Environics survey suggests 86 per cent of scientists feel they could not speak out against dangerous departmental decisions without…

eDigest: A Secular Constitution for a Pluralist People – Atheist Ireland Submission to Constitutional Convention

Lead post today collected by Dr. Abdul Alim, Philippines   A Secular Constitution for a Pluralist People – Atheist Ireland Submission to Constitutional Convention By MICHAEL NUGENT on OCTOBER 18, 2013…

Muslim-Hating Racist Pavlo Lapshyn Admits Murdering Mohammed Saleem, Planting Mosque Bombs

Source: Huff Post ZK A man with a hatred of “non-whites” has admitted murdering a grandfather who was on his way home from a mosque. Ukranian student Pavlo Lapshyn also…

Saudi move ‘could shake world out of complacency’

Soruce: Arab News: KUWAIT CITY: Gulf countries and Egypt have applauded the Kingdom’s decision to reject a UN Security Council seat in protest at the world body’s failure to act…

Delayed Jobs Report Finds U.S. Adding Only 148,000 Jobs

American employers added 148,000 jobs in September, according to a delayed report released Tuesday by the Labor Department. The pace of growth was somewhat slower than what economists had been…

Bangladesh Parliament member sentenced to death for crimes against Hindus

Source: Washington Post By Richard S. Ehrlich| Religion News Service,October 03, 2013 RNS () — A court in Muslim-majority Bangladesh sentenced an Islamist member of Parliament to death for genocide…

Saudi Arabia’s refusal to sit on Security Council

Source: Morocco World News: Rabat- Morocco expressed understanding, on Monday, of the refusal of Saudi Arabia to sit on the UN Security Council, said a statement from the Ministry of Foreign…

What the Bible Says About Money (Shocking)

Source: Money News: Most people know Sean Hyman from his regular appearances on Fox Business, CNBC, and Bloomberg Television, but what they don’t know is that Sean is a former…

Targeting of Ahmadis continues in Pakistan

Source/Credit: X Index By Zofeen T. Ebrahim As the Muslim festival of Eid ul Adha drew to a close last week, it left a bad taste in the mouth of several…

White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite’s ‘Ode To Osama’ Poem Found On Laptop

Source: Huff Post UK Samantha Lewthwaite, the so-called ‘White Widow’, penned a dubious ditty to Osama Bin Laden, it has emerged. Kenyan police found the poem, littered with spelling errors…

Has David Cameron Resigned?

Source: HUFF POST Oops. WalesOnline lifted the hopes of the entire nation today – by starting a live blog announcing David Cameron’s resignation. More:…

Stoning, Flogging and Severing of Limbs to Be Introduced in Brunei

Time: The Sultan of Brunei announced on Tuesday the gradual introduction of harsh Islamic punishments, such as death by stoning for adulterers, severing of limbs for theft and flogging for…

Rights groups: Some U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen may be war crimes

By Jethro Mullen, CNN updated 6:35 AM EDT, Tue October 22, 2013 (CNN) – The villagers had congregated at the tent, as they often did at the end of the workday, to…

Why can’t a state be based upon the “real Islam”?

el-baghdadi.com: A common comment I hear from Muslims is that a government based upon “real Islam” will be a just and prosperous government. While as a Muslim I do believe that…

Australia braces for worst of wildfires

Source: CNN Blue Mountains, Australia (CNN) – A swath of wildfires nearly 1,000 miles long coursed through the most populous state in Australia Tuesday, and firefighters fear the worse is yet…

“Strong evidence” Pakistan military approved US drone strikes: UN report

Source: Dawn.Com A recently released UN report suggests there is “strong evidence” that top Pakistani military and intelligence officials approved US drone strikes on Pakistani soil during 2004 and 2008.…

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