Thomas Paine's Quote about Titles
In the Rights of Man, Thomas Paine presents an impassioned defense of the Enlightenment principles of freedom and equality that he believed would soon sweep the “arbitrary authority” of monarchy […]
Robert Fisk: It took decades for truth to be revealed in Algeria. How long will it take Syria? Algeria’s ‘timid’ historians shy away from revealing the ugly reality about war
Major General Jamaa Jamaa was not a popular man in Beirut. One of Syria’s most senior intelligence officers in Lebanon until the withdrawal of Bashar al-Assad’s troops in 2005, he was headquartered in the run-down Beau Rivage Hotel in west Beirut and also in the Bekaa town of Anjaar, where […]
Norway issues global alert for Syria-bound teenage sisters
Search under way for pair, aged 16 and 19, who left message saying they were going to help Syrian Muslims ‘any way we can’ Peter Walker theguardian.com, Monday 21 October 2013 Police and security officials in Norway have issued an international alert for two teenage sisters who disappeared from their […]
‘Bling bishop’ meets with Pope for crisis talks
Source: The Local A big-spending Catholic bishop was called before Pope Francis on Monday, as speculation grows over whether he will be forced to resign for his high-roller lifestyle. More:
'Bling bishop' meets with Pope for crisis talks
Source: The Local A big-spending Catholic bishop was called before Pope Francis on Monday, as speculation grows over whether he will be forced to resign for his high-roller lifestyle. More:
Family of Egyptian doctor refuses Israel honour
A member of the family of the first Arab honoured by Israel for risking his life to save Jews during the Holocaust says the family isn’t interested in the recognition. […]
Protest against Ahmadiyah in Central Java
Summary: Dozens of members of Indonesian Solidarity Anti-Oppression ( SIAP ) group hit tables in the Solo Parliament on Monday ( 21/10/2013 ) . They protested against the statement of […]
The Virtue in Suffering
By ZACH PIERCE September of 1922 on the Aegean Sea: The diminutive bodies of two newborn twins, a boy and a girl, are dumped over the side of a Greek […]
Why Jews win so many Nobel prizes
Forget the genius genes or bookish culture hocus pocus. Jewish achievement in the sciences is a modern phenomenon, but the passions that drove it are now ebbing away. Haaretz, By […]
Exhibition Of Books, France.
21.10.2013. Jama’at Ahmadiyya Masjid Mobarak, France participated in a book fair held in Saint Prix on 20th October 2013. More than twenty translations of Holy Qoran were on display. It included French, English, Russian and Chinese translations. Imam Naseer Ahmad Shahid Sahib, Mr. Omar Ahmad and Mr. Larbi Ogouzul attended […]
100 Women
Source: BBC They hail from all over the world, and from walks of life. They do all kinds of things: they make music, save lives, raise children, run businesses, write, preach, act and tell jokes. They campaign for their causes and strive for a better world for themselves and their […]
Kenya CCTV ‘shows soldiers looting’
Source: BBC.COM Security camera footage has emerged which appears to show Kenyan security forces looting goods during last month’s siege of the Westgate mall. In the footage, some Kenyan soldiers can be seen carrying white shopping bags, while others appear to take white boxes from a mobile phone store. At […]
Kenya CCTV 'shows soldiers looting'
Source: BBC.COM Security camera footage has emerged which appears to show Kenyan security forces looting goods during last month’s siege of the Westgate mall. In the footage, some Kenyan soldiers can be seen carrying white shopping bags, while others appear to take white boxes from a mobile phone store. At […]
Vigilantes Defeat Boko Haram in Its Nigerian Base
Source: NY Times: BENISHEIK, Nigeria — The men from Boko Haram came tearing through this rural town, setting fire to houses, looting, shooting and yelling, “God is great!” residents and officials said. The gunmen shot motorists point-blank on the road, dragged young men out of homes for execution and ordered […]
Canadian Muslim Leader honored for his long service
Following citation is from Ontario Non-profit Housing Associaiton http://www.onpha.on.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=ONPHA_awards&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=14899 Lal Khan Malik Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace, Finch Ave. West. Weston, Ontario Lal was appointed as assistant administrator of Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace in March 1993. He successfully took on the challenge of setting up policies and procedures for the new […]
Mayoral Race Threatens to Shake Up Tradition Where Jesus Grew Up
Source: NY Times: NAZARETH, Israel — Ramiz Jaraisi has been the mayor of this bustling Arab city in northern Israel for nearly 20 years. For 20 years before that, he served as deputy mayor. The local party slate he heads, the Nazareth Democratic Front, a coalition of the Communist Party […]
eDigest: Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Inaugurates ‘Khilafat Centenary Hall’ in Sydney
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Inaugurates ‘Khilafat Centenary Hall’ in Sydney Source: Press Release Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivers keynote address appealing for world peace On 18 October 2013, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jamaat) and the Fifth… Wielding the religious sword in Malaysia — […]
Breast Milk Donated or Sold Online Is Often Tainted
Source: NY Times: A cottage industry has sprung up facilitating the sale and donation of human breast milk on the Internet, but a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics confirms the concerns of health professionals over this unregulated marketplace. More:
Terrorist blast kills at least 5, injures over 20 in Volgograd, central Russia
RT Preliminary data suggests that a female suicide bomber conducted the attack on the bus in Volgograd, central Russia, killing six people and injuring 20, according to the Russian Investigative Committee. A terrorist act has been confirmed by the National Anti-terrorist Committee. “Today at 2:05pm Moscow time [10:05 GMT] in […]
B.C’S LARGEST MOSQUE OPEN:
Exterior view of the Baitur Rahman Mosque, located on River Road in Delta. The recently opened mosque is B.C.’s largest. Photograph by: Ric Ernst , VANCOUVER SUN The Ahmadiyya Muslim community started out in the basement of a small house in Burnaby in the mid 1960s. Now prayers are said in […]