Non-veiled but devout women defend choice
Women who choose to dress in Western style say it does not compromise their commitment to religion By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Published: 15:12 August 2, 2013 GULF NEWS Manama: […]
Hazrath Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad Sahib by Mian Abdus Sami Noon
Late Mian Abdul Sami Noon narrates: In 1978 General Yahya Khan (then President of Pakistan) came to USA for treatment when he fell sick. He arrived straight at Hazrat Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad Sahib’s house along with his wife and son. His family stayed at M. M. Ahmad Sahib’s house and M. M. Ahmad Sahib got General Yahya Khan Sahib admitted in the […]
Message of Pope Francis to the Muslims of the World for the End of Ramadan
To Muslims throughout the World It gives me great pleasure to greet you as you celebrate ‘Id al-Fitr’, so concluding the month of Ramadan, dedicated mainly to fasting, prayer and […]
Ball State University Bans Teaching Intelligent Design In Science Classes
Source: The Huffington Post By Tyler Kingkade Ball State University president Jo Ann Gora announced that the school would no longer teach intelligent design in science classes following a complaint about the curriculum at the public university. In a statement released Wednesday, Gora said “intelligent design and creation science do […]
CAIR-CAN changes its name hoping to distance itself from Brotherhood
Clarionproject.org The Council on American Islamic Relations-Canada (CAIR-CAN) has changed its name to the National Council of Canadian Muslims, hoping to distance itself from the reputation of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entity. It actually wants you to believe that CAIR-Canada isn’t connected to CAIR. http://secure.clarionproject.org/analysis/cair-canada-alters-name-to-dodge-islamist-links CAIR-CA made the announcement on […]
How to Transform Your Life When You’re Short on Time
Healthy Living: by Lisa Arends. If you’re anything like me, you find that your life’s to-do list grows longer each year while your available time seems to grow shorter. Perhaps you make the same resolutions each season (lose weight, eat better, stress less… sound familiar?) only to find that you […]
Israeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks Against Palestine
‘Scoop’ World: Friday, 2 August 2013, 2:11 pm Press Release: Palestinian Centre For Human Rights Israeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians and Property In the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) · Israeli forces continued to fire at Palestinian civilians in border areas in the Gaza Strip. – 2 Palestinian […]
When victimless crimes matter and victims don’t: the trial of Bradley Manning
by Josh Dougherty 2 August 2013 On October 22, 2010, the group WikiLeaks released the Iraq War Logs, a series of nearly 400,000 classified military records, also known as “SIGACTs”. These documents have remained publicly available on the internet in various forms since the original release, and IBC has been […]
Bringing Hearts Together in the Ahmedim Mosque in Kababir
iflac.wordpress.com: As the first woman, Ada was invited to speak in the Ahmedim Mosque in Haifa. Ada speaking in the Ahmedim Mosque in Kababir Ada writes: “A wonderful thing happened […]
Anti-Muslim violence: A wakeup call for European governments
loonwatch: BY MARWAN MUHAMMAD, ELSA RAY AND MICHAËL PRIVOT BRUSSELS – A police check of a Muslim woman wearing the full-face veil recently sparked riots in a Paris suburb, and […]
Bangladesh Court Strikes Down Jamaat-e-Islami’s Electoral Registration
Wall street Journal By SYED ZAIN AL-MAHMOOD Jamaat-e-Islami Styles Itself After Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood DHAKA—A court in Bangladesh struck down the electoral registration of the country’s largest Islamist party, leading to fears of further political instability ahead of elections due early next year. The three-member high court panel on Thursday […]
Indonesia: Human Rights Committee Makes Recommendations
Friday, 2 August 2013, 3:05 pm Press Release: Amnesty International Indonesia: Human Rights Committee Makes Recommendations On Civil and Political Rights Amnesty International urges the Indonesian government to take concrete and immediate steps to implement recommendations made by the UN Human Rights Committee to ensure that civil and political rights are […]
Shahbaz Taseer killed in Drone Attack: Taliban sources
The Frontier Post: PESHAWAR (INP): Shahbaz Taseer, son of slain Governor of Punjab Salman Taseer was killed in a drone attack in Shawal valley of the North Waziristan tribal area, in 2012, claimed Taliban […]
Bangladesh high court declares rules against Islamist party
Source: CNN By Farid Ahmed and Saeed Ahmed, CNN Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) — Bangladesh’s high court has declared the registration of the country’s largest Islamist party, the Jamaat-e-Islami, illegal. Jamaat is one of two […]
Zionist Crimes Against Christianity
Introduction For the Zionists the Palestinian Christians represent an obstacle to their plan to create a Jewish State in Palestine that would be 100% Jewish. In 1948, the Zionists expelled […]
Robert Fisk: Baroness Ashton’s low-key approach gets her all the way to Mohamed Morsi’s secret location The 2011 Revolution showed how mature Egyptians were, even after dictatorships
What is Catherine Ashton for? She couldn’t even tell us what Mohamed Morsi said to her. Or even if she called him “President Morsi” or “Mr Morsi”. Or maybe just “Sir”. And why, by the way, is she called a “High” Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security […]
In raging Middle East, Israel wins time with Palestinian peace talks
Reuters / Jordan Times OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Pressured by Washington, worried about its international standing and perturbed by Middle East turmoil, Israel had many reasons to return to peace talks with the Palestinians this week after a three year hiatus. On the surface, Israelis saw little reason to jump back […]
Jordan: Smuggled weapons, ammo seized at Northern border
Jordan Times AMMAN — Northern border troops on Thursday evening seized various weapons and large amounts of ammunition and drugs that were to be smuggled into the Kingdom, according to an official source from the Jordan Armed Forces. No further details were disclosed on the incident.
If You are in Houston, You are Invited to an Iftar Dinner with Your Family
Muslims all over the world are observing Holy month of Ramadan. On behalf of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, I cordially invite you to an Iftar dinner on 3rd August 2013. Please see below for details. Your presence will be highly appreciated by our community members. IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE […]