Let us dig out all dead from graves?
Source: Express Pk story via Wasim Sr. Click HERE for a profound article. (only in Urdu)
I worked on the US drone program. The public should know what really goes on
Few of the politicians who so brazenly proclaim the benefits of drones have a real clue how it actually works (and doesn’t) Heather Linebaugh theguardian.com, Sunday 29 December 2013 Whenever I read comments by politicians defending the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Predator and Reaper program – aka drones – I wish […]
Yearender: Indonesia’s pluralism alive, but in awful shape
Indonesia may not be on the verge of becoming an Islamic theocracy, but it certainly has lost its credentials as a model for Muslim democracy. In the years following the downfall of Soeharto in 1998, persecution against minority groups intensified with the government largely seen as guilty of complicity in […]
Wedding bells for many at Ahmadiyya convention
Yudhvir Rana,TNN | Dec 31, 2013, TIMES OF INDIA AMRITSAR: Taking advantage of the Ahmadiyya Muslim annual convention, many couples tied the knot cross-border nuptial knot this time too-strengthening India-Pak people-to-people bonds. For 23-year-old Pakistani national Tehmida Naeem, India became her second home after she married Umar Abdul Qadir during […]
Another year of sham talks, hollow claims
RAMZY BAROUD ARABNEWS.COM Published — Tuesday 31 December 2013 During 2013 the so-called peace process charade was allowed to continue, leading Palestinians on yet another futile journey of broken promises. Meanwhile, the Israeli colonial project in the West Bank and East Jerusalem carried on unabated. But it was not entirely […]
122nd Jalsa Salana Qadian Concludes with Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad’s Address from London
The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, concluded the 122nd Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in India on […]
122nd Jalsa Salana Qadian Concludes with Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad's Address from London
The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, concluded the 122nd Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in India on […]
Islam’s academic tradition
New Straits Time: GERBERT d’Aurillac, the first French and 139th pope of the Catholic Church, was anointed Pope Sylvester II in 999 and remained so until his death in 1003. […]
Islam's academic tradition
New Straits Time: GERBERT d’Aurillac, the first French and 139th pope of the Catholic Church, was anointed Pope Sylvester II in 999 and remained so until his death in 1003. […]
No place for Ahmadis – living or dead!
Pakistan Today: It appears that Bishen Singh, a Sikh character from Saadat Hassan Manto’s Toba Tek Singh who was displaced after the partition of India and sent to a mental […]
eDigest: Rare portrayal of Muhammad’s youth in upcoming Iranian film
Epigraph “If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.” Karen Armstrong Mosque of Medina, first built in 1 AH Lead post contributed by Dr. Abdul Alim, Philippines Rare portrayal of Muhammad’s […]
Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit
BY SPIEGEL STAFF The NSA’s TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agency’s top secret weapon. It maintains its own covert network, infiltrates computers around the world and even intercepts shipping deliveries to plant back doors in electronics ordered by those it is targeting. In January 2010, numerous […]
Polygyny: What Was I Thinking?
By Aishah Schwartz American Writer, Activist & Photojournalist Monday, 30 December 2013 Introduction As we continue exploring polygyny in this series for OnIslam, I decided to freely share with readers that I am not embarking upon a discussion of the subject off the top of my head, or as the […]
Jat couple who fought their own to save Muslims
Muzaffarnagar, December 29 Torched houses and barren streets stare at you as you enter Fugana – one of the nine villages worst hit by the September 8 communal clashes that shook Western Uttar Pradesh and displaced more than 50,000 Muslims. Step a little deeper into the village, you will spot […]
Ahmadi man barred from burying wife in Pakistan graveyard
A man from the minority Ahmadi community has been barred from burying his wife in a graveyard in Pakistan’s Punjab province by a group of Muslims. The wife of Iqbal Ranhja, a resident of Faisalabad district, died yesterday. When Ranhja and members of the Ahmadi community took the body for […]