Mataf bridge ready to ease Umrah for disabled, elderly
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Monday 22 July 2013 The new mataf bridge around the Holy Kaaba opens for pilgrims this week. Only disabled and elderly pilgrims will be allowed to […]
Did Muhammad promise women in heaven for martyrs?
Epigraph: ‘Those who follow the Messenger, the Prophet, the Immaculate one (Muhammad), whom they find mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel which are with them. He enjoins on them […]
Video: The Holy Prophet Muhammad – A Prophet for all Times
Epigraph: “Say, ‘O mankind! truly I am a Messenger to you all from Allah.” (Al Quran 7:159 ) Speech by Maulana Mubarak Ahmad Nazir (Missionary Incharge Canada), on July 6, 2013 – 37th Annual Convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Canada.
Saudi Arabia transfers $2 billion to Egypt
Source: Hindustan Times: Saudi Arabia has transferred $2 billion to the Central Bank of Egypt as a deposit for five years without interest, state-run Ahram Online reported Sunday. On July 9, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ordered financial assistance worth $5 billion to Egypt, including $2 billion in […]
Questions raised about the judicial system in the Gulf state
Source: Hindustan Times via Wasim Sr A Norwegian interior designer jailed in Dubai for illicit sex after she reported being raped says she has no regrets about coming forward if her warning will protect others from a similar fate. A court on July 17 sentenced Marte Deborah Dalelv to 16 […]
Policy revision: Fresh plan proposed to fight terrorism
Source: ET Reforms to run the strategy The National Counter Terrorism Force (NCTF) shall be established. It will have intelligence and law enforcement powers. It will collect information and strike at the terrorists itself. “Regular police will continue to do its routine crime control work and cooperate with NCTF in […]
Malala, Salam and Zafrullah
Source: Daily Times via Wasim Sr: As I looked at Dr Salam’s tombstone, I felt a pang of guilt and shame at what we have done to the Ahmadis in Pakistan. We have abolished their religious freedom and in the process our own The disgusting manner in which Malala Yousafzai […]
Video: Chastity and Morality in a Secular Society
Epigraph: And come not near unto adultery; surely, it is a foul thing and an evil way. (Al Quran 17:33) Speech by Ataul Wahid Lahaye (Secretary Wafq Jadid – Nau Mobaeen), on July 5, 2013 – 37th Annual Convention, Canada […]
Health Benefits of Green Coffee Bean Extract
Courtesy: Muad Oudeh, Haifa, Israel There are Many ! Chlorogenic acid, the key component of green coffee bean extract, is a powerful natural anitoxidant which combats free radicals in the […]
Summer illusions of a speech that would change Israel
SOURCE: HAARETZ In my dream I see Benjamin Netanyahu giving the speech of his life, which is the speech of our lives. In my dream I see Benjamin Netanyahu giving […]
President Barack Obama’s Speech on Racism and Profiling
President Barack Obama gave a speech Friday on the verdict in the Trayvon Martin murder trial in which George Zimmerman was found not guilty of second degree murder and manslaughter last Saturday. Here is a transcript text of Obama’s full address: I wanted to come out here, first of all, […]
Timeline: Israeli-Palestinian peace moves since 1993
AFP EGYPT INDEPENDENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Friday that Israel and the Palestinians have agreed on the basis to resume peace talks. Here is a chronology of events: 1991: – Nov 1: The Madrid Peace Conference sets peace process framework. 1993: – Sept 13: Israel and […]
The coronavirus in the Middle East: will Hajj pilgrims bring it to home countries?
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization announced that MERS — the new coronavirus in the Middle East — is not yet considered a public health emergency. But emergency or not, the situation is a serious one. To date, MERS has infected 88 people and killed 45 people — some of […]
Living Connection with God ~ Urdu Speech at Annual Convention Germany 2012 ~ Islam Ahmadiyya
Speech by Mubarak Nazir, Missionary In charge, Canada
HPV virus ‘linked to a third of throat cancer cases’
Source: BBC One third of people diagnosed with throat cancer are infected with a form of the HPV virus, a study suggests. HPV (human papillomavirus) is the major cause of cervical cancer, and the virus is known to spread through genital or oral contact. Actor Michael Douglas is reported to […]
Allama Sir Mohammad Iqbal was an Ahmadi Muslim Until a few years before his Death
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood failed the most basic test – feeding the people
by Ruth Pollard Middle East Correspondent The Sydney Morning Herald Cairo: A tiny woman dressed all in black sits at a crowded communal table in the Cairo neighbourhood of Agouza, […]
Syria: a new battlefield for Shias and Sunnis — Manish Rai
Source: dailytimes.com.pk The Islamic sectarian divide, which was just a political divide over the legacy of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), has a long list of sectarian atrocities and the conflict in Syria is just one of its new chapters Islam as a religion was divided between Shias and Sunnis after the death […]