Source: The Local: One third of all marriages in Germany will end in divorce, new statistics show. Yet those couples who do so now wait longer than they used to before throwing in the towel. One in three German marriages will end in divorce, according to statistics released by the […]
Source: The Local: Schools can separate girls and boys for sports lessons, a court in Berlin said on Tuesday. The ruling rejects a complaint from parents who said separate lessons were sexist discrimination. More:
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar In a show trial/kangaroo court with an American twist, worthy of the Cultural Revolution in 1960s China, Bradley Manning was predictably found guilty of multiple counts of violating the Espionage Act. More:
Source: Abid Khan, Press Secretary AMJ International: Despite hope of change arising out of Pakistan’s general elections, Pakistan’s Ahmadi Muslims remain subjected to sustained and serious oppression because of their faith. In this edition, we report on four attempted murders, an attempted kidnapping of a nine year old Ahmadi Muslim […]
Source:CNN “I was really shocked at first. I couldn’t believe we were being given this baby girl,” said Suriya Bilqees, now a mother of a two-week old. “I was extremely happy.”Another baby, a boy, is due to be given to another couple at some point in the coming days.The show’s […]
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rabwah.net: On July 11, the first day of Ramazan, a group of Sunnis beat up the Ahmedis and kicked them out of the place of worship, telling them not to […]
bps.org.uk: British Muslim women who wear the hijab feel generally better about their body image than those who don’t wear the hijab suggests research published in the British Journal of Psychology […]
latino.foxnews.com: MEXICO CITY – When Moroccan national Said Louahabi arrived in Mexico City in 1994, he and fellow Muslims had to attend religious services at the Pakistani embassy because there were no mosques or Islamic centers. “I started looking for Muslims and a mosque when I first arrived,” Louahabi, an […]
nationalinterest.org: Last month, militants murderednine foreign mountain climbers at a base camp on Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat peak. Many observers noted that it was the first attack of its kind. But in fact, one aspect of the attack—which received little news coverage—was depressingly familiar. This is because there was a tenth casualty—a […]
Source: dc-epaper.com | dailypioneer.com | zeenews.india.com Telangana will be India’s 29th State. Facing a political washout in Andhra Pradesh (AP), the Congress on Tuesday decided to divide the southern State to offset its losses in […]
July 31, 2013 Swissinfo.ch Ramadan, the ritual Muslim fasting, is taking place. The challenge for those who are celebrating it in Europe are the longer days in which they have to go without either eating or drinking. Many of course miss the familiar atmosphere. (swissinfo.ch, Raffaella Rossello & Islah Bakhat) […]
by Susan Vogel-Misicka, swissinfo.ch July 30, 2013 – 19:59 Sales of alcoholic beverages in Switzerland are at their lowest level in about 60 years. However, the authorities caution that it’s […]
RIYADH: ALI FAYYAZ Wednesday 31 July 2013 Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will arrive in Jeddah on Thursday to hold talks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah […]
JEDDAH: NADEEM AL-HAMID Wednesday 31 July 2013 Mosques have a special place in the hearts of Muslims, especially in the holy month of Ramadan. They spend more time in them […]
The Muslim Times’ has slightly modified the title to Why are millennials leaving church? Try Islam before Atheism. The original title was: Why are millennials leaving church? Try atheism. Most of the […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the Marshall Islands has released the first ever Micronesian Muslim publication. Micronesia’s muslims get their own newspaper (Credit: ABC) The publication, which released it’s first […]
Source: nzherald.co.nz A Muslim sect is taking its faith to the streets of Auckland this Ramadan month to counter “Kiwi ignorance” of Islam. The Ahmadiyya community, which considers itself Muslim but […]