The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan By Abdul Manan Published: February 14, 2013 LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has denied his request for a visit. The President had intended to visit the rival party chief in order to condole […]
Editor’s note: The Headline has been changed by the Muslim Times. The Holy Quran says: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with Him, and that some of us […]
AFP: Attackers threw petrol bombs at three churches in central Indonesia Thursday, in the latest assault on religious minorities in the world’s biggest Muslim-populated nation. Police in the south of […]
The Jakarta Globe: Indonesia’s beleaguered Ahmadiyah sect suffered another blow on Thursday as Bekasi’s mayor announced plans to shutdown a Pondok Gede mosque as part of a city-wide crackdown on […]
Source: Asia Times: A decade after the invasion of Iraq, an estimated 4.5 million children are now orphans, with 70% of them having lost their parents since the 2003 invasion. Sectarian strife is again on the rise, while power-hungry, wealth-amassing elites, and regional and Western interests hold sway over a […]
Source:TOI More than 200 Twitter accounts and dozens of other forums on the Internet offer services for Saudi men and women seeking spouses. RIYADH: In ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia, where the sexes are strictly segregated, traditional matchmakers face tough competition from blossoming marriage services on online social networks. More than 200 […]
Scoop Business: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns the NZ First MP Richard Prossers comments in which he suggested young Muslim men from “Wogistan” should be banned from flying on Western airlines.14 February 2013 The community was shocked by comments from a New Zealand Member of Parliament which was clearly a […]
Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’ath, Chennai AHMADIYYA MUSLIM JAMA’AT, TAMILNADU-NORTH ZONE conducted ZONAL CONFERENCE AND PEACE SYMPOSIUM Chennai, India: The Zonal Conference and the Peace Symposium of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’ath, Tamilnadu -North Zone was held at Chennai Hall on 10 th February 2013. The Inaugural Session session started with the […]
[The below is from an Initial Report received via phone] Assalaamu Alaikum, About 150 Hooligans of Tahaffuz Khatme Nabuwwat attacked a newly purchased Mission house in Kamareddy (Andhra Pradesh). Kamareddy […]
Source: The Economist: BENEDICT XVI became the first Pope to abdicate the papacy since 1415 when he announced his decision to retire at the end of February, saying that he is too old to continue. In many ways he has been a reformer. @Pontifex, the Pope’s official English-language Twitter feed, […]
Source: The Conservative Papers: Two recent developments – Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to the Middle East and the Chinese government’s financing of an Israeli cargo railway – hint at a reshuffling of alliances in the region. The Middle East’s most consequential divide is no longer the Arab/Israeli one but the […]
Source: Scoop Politics. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns the NZ First MP Richard Prosser’s comments in which he suggested young Muslim men from “Wogistan” should be banned from flying on Western airlines. The community was shocked by comments from a New Zealand Member of Parliament which was clearly a calculated […]
The eurozone suffered its third consecutive quarter of decline at the end of 2012 as exports from leading economies Germany and France sank, deepening a regional recession that has driven unemployment to record highs. Gross domestic product in the 17-nation euro area fell by 0.6% in the fourth quarter, leaving […]
Epigraph: “In the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of the night and the day there are indeed Signs for men of understanding; those who […]
Russian TV: British health officials warn a new deadly virus, similar to SARS, could spread from person to person. WHO officials are encouraging countries to be on the lookout for […]
Faith-inspiring accounts of love of God and His chosen people: Friday Sermon December 17th, 2010: By Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad Khalifa tul Masih the Vth. (ATBA) Hudhur (aba) gave a sermon on […]
Tando Allahyar school runs neck and neck with the mighty KGS Express Tribune: KARACHI: A boarding school in Tando Allahyar has accomplished what few would have wagered. It has beaten well known schools in Karachi to come right under Karachi Grammar School by bagging the third highest number of awards in […]
Barack Obama’s choice for CIA chief ‘converted to Islam’ former FBI agent claims John Guandolo claims John Brennan converted while in Saudi Arabia Former FBI agent says Mr Brennan visited Mecca and Medina during Hajj Source: Al Arabiya News By KERRY MCDERMOTT PUBLISHED: 09:54 EST, 12 February 2013 | UPDATED: 11:33 EST, 12 February 2013 […]
WASHINGTON — President Obama, seeking to put the prosperity and promise of the middle class at the heart of his second-term agenda, called on Congress on Tuesday night to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour, saying that would lift millions out of poverty and energize the economy. […]
Source: AMJ Press Desk London PRESS RELEASE In an age where certain countries are adopting controversial laws or policies, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has said that legislative bodies throughout the world should exercise their powers in a […]