World record robot car park at DIFC (Dubai)
Robots park your car for Dh5 an hour at world’s biggest automated parking facility which has made it to the Guinness World Records By Jay B. Hilotin, Chief Reporter, Gulf […]
54 countries aided CIA in renditions
Report highlights extent of global programme in US war on terror By Mick O’Reilly Senior Associate Editor GULF NEWS Dubai: Some were picked up as they travelled through airports, others […]
Muslim nations praise Jordan’s support for Syrians, Jerusalem
CAIRO — Leaders of Muslim nations on Thursday praised Jordan’s continuous efforts in safeguarding Jerusalem’s identity and hosting Syrian refugees, according to the closing statement of an Islamic summit held […]
The murder of Shokri Belaid is a sign that Tunisia’s ‘Jasmine Revolution’ is turning dark
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Blood spattered on Tunisia’s supposedly gentle “Jasmine Revolution” yesterday when Shokri Belaid became its most important martyr, shot down outside his home in Tunis and […]
Sharia: Relationship between Religion and Politics in Islam
A speech delivered by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Khalifatul Masih IV at the Inter‑religious Consults, Suriname, on 3rd June 1991: Your Lordship the Bishop, The General Secretary of this Association and all the distinguished […]
Attack on Jalsa Site: Pakistani cleric provoked attackers: Ahmadiyya leaders
The Daily Star: Leaders of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat yesterday alleged that a Pakistani Islamic cleric provoked a group of religious bigots into torching six tents at the persecuted community’s annual […]
In response: Don’t condemn Islam for the actions of a few corrupt rulers
By: M. Imran Hayee, for the News Tribune Clyde Nelson’s Local View column on Tuesday (“Islamists are out to dominate U.S.”) portrayed a dark picture of Islamic ideology. His observations were based on terrorist attacks committed by a handful of Muslims and on the unethical and inhuman treatment of minorities […]
प्लेटिनम जुबली धूमधाम से मनाई
सौजन्य : जागरण मजलिस खुदाम उल्ल अहमदिया द्वारा प्लेटिनम जुबली बड़ी धूमधाम से मनाई गई। चार फरवरी 1938 को उस समय के मुस्लिम जमाते अहमदिया के दूसरे रुहानी खलीफा हजरत मिर्जा बशीर उद्दीन अहमूद अहमद ने मजलिस खुदाम उल्ल अहमदिया नामक संस्था अस्तित्व में आई थी। इस मजलिस को 75 […]
UN lauds new tool enabling individual complaints on economic, social and cultural rights
UN.org: 6 February 2013 – The United Nations has applauded the upcoming availability of a new human rights instrument which, for the first time, will allow victims to file complaints […]
Orthodox corruption? Rising State and Church Relations in Russia
Aljazeera: People and Power: by Simon Ostrovsky and Veronika Dorman: Less than three decades ago, it would have been unthinkable for a Russian premier to have exchanged public expressions of solidarity and […]
Giving up: Der Spiegel is pulling out its only correspondent from Pakistan
Express Tribune: KARACHI: The respected German publication Der Spiegel is pulling out its Islamabad-based correspondent Hasnain Kazim this year and no one is coming to replace him. As he departs so does the […]
Don’t condemn Islam for the actions of a few corrupt rulers
Duluth News Tribune: Imran Hayee. The Quran champions religious freedom in these remarkable words, “There is no compulsion in religion.” It also promotes peaceful coexistence by pronouncing, “For you, your religion, and for me, my religion.” The Quran does not stipulate any secular punishment for apostasy and leaves the matter […]
New Film Investigates Rape, Politics in Pakistan
abc NEWS: Sheila Marikar. A 13-year-old says she got raped by four men, her country wants her to die: That’s the saga of Kainat Soomro, who’s been fighting for justice in Pakistan for four years. Since Soomro’s alleged rape, she and her relatives have lived in fear that a Pakistani tribunal will […]
Pakistani cleric provoked attackers: Ahmadiyya leaders
Source/Credit: The Daily Star Leaders of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat yesterday alleged that a Pakistani Islamic cleric provoked a group of religious bigots into torching six tents at the persecuted community’s annual convention venue in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir upazila Wednesday evening. “On February 3, the Pakistani Moulavi [Hanif Zalondhari] and some others […]
Saudi judiciary and Sorcery
Saudi- ‘Islam forbids practicing sorcery’ MENAFN – Arab News) Justice Minister Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Isa met Tuesday with a delegation from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to […]
OIC Resolution on Israel Palestine Conflict
…………. Reiterates its strong condemnation of Israel’s illegal colonial settlement campaign in all its manifestations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, in which constitutes a […]
Elite universities at the click of a mouse
February 07, 2013 Coursera is currently the most advanced platform for the latest studying trend, MOOCs – or Massive Open Online Courses. It was created to unite the world’s most […]
DHAKA: Bangladeshi Ahmadis on Thursday shifted the site for their centenary celebrations after thousands of religious rivals torched the original venue.
A mob, which witnesses said numbered around 20,000, attacked the venue at Kaliakoir, near Dhaka, late Wednesday where members of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat were due to mark 100 years since the movement began operating in what is now Bangladesh. “They attacked the venue from all corners, shouting Allahu Akbar (God […]
MTN Ghana Foundation supports Ahmadiyya SHS
February 7, 2013 | Filed under: Education | Posted by: vibeghana.com MTN Foundation Ghana together with Ashcell Limited, distributor of the MTN products, had presented gifts totalling GH¢3,200.00 in support […]
Jobless claims point to healing in labor market
(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week and a trend reading hit a near five-year low, a sign the grinding recovery in the labor market remains on track. Other data on Thursday showed a sharp drop in productivity in the fourth quarter […]