by Daniel George TNN CHENNAI: The Indian consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has introduced several high-tech measures for the 1,36,000 Haj pilgrims from India, including 3,330 from Tamil Nadu. Chief among them is an Internet-based, user-friendly smartphone application to address the issue of missing pilgrims, consul general of India B […]
Israel’s military says it has carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip in response to fresh rocket fire, hours before a ceasefire was set to expire. A child is reported to have died, and eyewitnesses say thousands of Gazans have been heading for UN shelters. Talks in Cairo to […]
The Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV), which represents more than 150,000 Muslims, has boycotted a scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Tony Abbott after he urged the Muslim community to join “Team Australia”. READ MORE…
Source: Spiegel Images of Yazidis fleeing parts of Iraq and Syria have shocked the world and the battle against the jihadists with the Islamic State has united Americans, Europeans, Kurds and Iranians. Can the Islamists be stopped? More:
ibrahim Kalın 19 August 2014, Tuesday The coverage of Turkey by European and American media outlets is becoming increasingly hysterical, and is far from the established rules of critical and objective journalism. Since the Gezi protests broke out in June 2013, Western journalists have faced a barrage of criticism. When […]
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014 Stratfor By George Friedman Russia and Ukraine continue to confront each other along their border. Iraq has splintered, leading to unabated internal warfare. And the situation in Gaza remains dire. These events should be enough to constitute the sum total of our global crises, but they’re […]
[22:78] O ye who believe! bow down and prostrate yourselves in Prayer, and worship your Lord, and do good deeds that you may prosper. [2:185] The prescribed fasting is for a fixed number of days, but whoso among you is sick or is on a journey shall fast the same […]
NBA: India touted as league’s ‘next great frontier’ The NBA has big hopes for developing basketball in India, the world’s second-most populous country. NBA Photos / NBAE/GETTY IMAGES Toronto native Sim Bhullar, left, the first person of Indian descent to sign an NBA contract, and Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The economic recovery may be continuing, but small business owners aren’t ready to put the rose-colored glasses back on. According to an exclusive CNNMoney-Manta survey released Tuesday, 28% of small business owners said the economy is the “biggest challenge” they’re currently facing, topping issues like sales, regulations […]
Racism in USA and Universal Brotherhood in Islam Another night of chaos 10 days after shooting of Michael Brown by police in Missouri dashes hopes of easing crisis Share 266 Rory […]
Al’humdulillah, The First National Ijtema of Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Tuvalu was held on August 16, 2014 located in Tepuka Islet, Funafuti. News Source: ahmadiyyatuvalu.wordpress.com It was the first National Ijtema of […]
On Monday, United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region of Africa Mary Robinson said UN forces will be “more robust” in addressing sexual violence and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She added there is still much work to be done to build peace and security […]
Kindly click on the images to zoom them. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam & missionary-in-charge of the Baitul ul Jaam’e Mosque, Glen Ellyn Cell Phone: 909-636-8332 | Email: Shamshadanasir@gmail.com
I call all my Catholic brothers and sisters to learn and follow the example of the Church, shown in such a balanced and attuned way by Professor George. Source: patheos.com In the […]
BBC News: Unidentified war planes may have carried out overnight air strikes on the Libyan capital Tripoli, according to local media. READ MORE…
BBC News: Four far-right Jewish protesters have been arrested at the wedding of a Jewish-born woman who converted to Islam and an Arab Muslim man in Israel. READ MORE…
Abstract Journal Contemporary Islam Volume 8, Issue 2 , pp 115-131 The role and incidence of the Ahmadiya community in Israeli society, with its around 2,000 members, is not related […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community heralded as antidote to extremism PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 18, 2014 Civic, political and religious leaders lauded the efforts of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA during its 66thAnnual Convention this past weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. More than 7,000 people attended the oldest and longest lasting Muslim […]
ceip.org: by Thomas Carothers, Lina Khatib, Marwan Muasher, Douglas H. Paal, Andrew S Weiss — The world can be an awfully dangerous and unpredictable place. As news was breaking that the United States initiated airstrikes against militants in Iraq, fears were mounting about the Russian troops amassed near the border […]
The Diplomat: by Hamza Mannan — Pakistan’s last election brought Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to power with a sweeping mandate. That was supposed to consolidate the democratic process for the country. This was the first time one civilian government had passed power onto another democratically elected government. The oft-repeated claim […]