The resounding victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India’s recently concluded general election is being interpreted by some as a religious vote in favour of the Hindu nationalist party. It is true that the politically crucial states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh – the two account for 120 of the […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 31 May 2014 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will mobilize more humanitarian organizations to join the humanitarian alliance and also prepare an integrated program of humanitarian intervention to provide emergency assistance to those affected by the crisis in Central Africa. The humanitarian mission, […]
by Matt Allen, swissinfo.ch May 30, 2014 – 11:00 While protests in Brazil overshadow the on-pitch spectacle to come, football’s Zurich-based ruling body FIFA has been facing harsh criticism for its choice of host countries for the 2018 and 2022 editions: Russia and Qatar. The association has admitted it made […]
By Zubair Khan Recently devastating floods hit South East Europe. Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia were severely affected. In Croatia villages alongside river Sava in Slavonic region of the country faced main damages. This region occupies the largest part of eastern continental Croatia. It lies between the regions of Posavina, Podravina, […]
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday asked Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah to head a new national unity government which will bring together the feuding Hamas and Fateh parties. The announcement satisfies a five-week deadline following the groups’ reconciliation pact on April 23, but the two sides […]
HARUN YAHYA Published — Saturday 31 May 2014 Throughout its history, Middle East — the land of the prophets — has been the starting point of peace and harmony envisaged in the divine revelations. People learned to coexist as a result of the preaching of prophets in this part of […]
STORY SUMMARY There was much irony, confusion and incompetence in President Barack Obama’s speech at West Point earlier this week. If Obama is really concerned about this, he should convene an honest, dispassionate commission of enquiry into the full consequences of the 2003 war on Iraq that was energetically led […]
By Zubair Khan There were lot of activities and hectic efforts in Germany to elect two members for Heidelberg City parliament. Good luck helped Mr Waseem Butt of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community who after having received 7390 votes from the residents of Heidelberg managed his election and got a seat for […]
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in […]
Canadian/American Cardiologist Assassinated in Pakistan – Body Being Flown Back to Toronto Dr Mehdi Ali Shaheed Thousands of Canadians and Americans to be in attendance Event: The body of Dr. Mehdi Ali (Bashir-ud-Din) Qamar, the Canadian & American Cardiologist, assassinated in Pakistan due to his religious beliefs arrives in […]
SAO PAULO // In a rundown Sao Paulo street, squeezed between a graffiti-covered sports bar and a dilapidated unisex hairdressers, lies a little haven of Islamic tranquillity. Here, while Brazil is rushing to be ready in time for next month’s Fifa World Cup, staff at the Federation of Muslim Associations in […]
Source: Spiegel Andrei Deshchytsia, foreign minister in Ukraine’s transitional government, taps the note cards on the table in front of him and begins to speak. He is nervous, his “th” in English sounds more like a D and his Rs roll a bit too much. But his words are polite: […]
When the hosts of the 2014 World Cup take on Croatia in the opening match of the tournament on June 12th, God will also be on the pitch. And whoever opens the score sheet for Brazil, it’s likely that Jesus will get the credit. Everyone knows that football is a […]
Pakistan Today: Five Muslim women have made it to Forbes’ list of the 100 most powerful women published online on Wednesday. Prime Minister of Bagladesh Shiekh Hasina Wajid has been […]
Geert Wilders distributed an anti-Islam sticker to supporters in parliamentary envelopes, which is a ‘highly unusual’ action to take, the Volkskrant reports on Friday. Foreign minister Frans Timmermans is to visit Saudi Arabia soon in an effort to calm Saudi anger about the anti-Islam sticker which reads, in Arabic, ‘Islam […]
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) The lead posts collected by Zia H Shah MD and Dr. Abdul Alim Two Hundred Verses […]
Like hundreds of other Ahmadi Muslims, Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was murdered only for his faith. Combined, education and compassion can conquer such extremism. Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was the type of friend every American would proudly brag about. He was a loyal U.S. citizen. He was only 50, a […]
The Windsor Star: letter by Dr. Kashif Ahmed — The future of Pakistan rests in the hands of its citizens. These citizens must ask themselves one question. What kind of Pakistan do they want to live in? One where people have equal rights, freedom of worship, an independent judicial system […]
BBC: by Judith Burns — The Home Office is putting £90,000 into a pilot scheme to combat student binge drinking Alcohol-based initiation ceremonies and pub crawls may become a thing of the past on university campuses in England and Wales under a new project. Instead the aim is to create […]
Pew Research Center: by Angelina Theodorou — Apostasy and blasphemy may seem to many like artifacts of history. But in dozens of countries around the world, laws against apostasy and blasphemy remain even today. Earlier this month, the U.S. embassy in Khartoum said it was “deeply disturbed” that Sudan had sentenced a pregnant […]