Allah Almighty wants Muslims to be affectionate and loving
By HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 2 January 2015 In the verse, “Do not direct your eyes longingly to what We have given certain of them to enjoy. Do not […]
Saudi Arabia: (but not only!) Heavy social media use ‘damaging family ties’
JUBAIL: SULTAN AL-SUGHAIR Published — Friday 2 January 2015 Many here believe that heavy use of social media is harming family life in the Kingdom and can cause psychological problems. […]
Is the world now a more deadly place?
Source: CNN But is it really? Is it really a more dangerous place, particularly for the United States, than in the past? Or is this a mistaken impression, fueled by a 24/7 news cycle that relentlessly funnels disasters into our living rooms and smart phones? Let’s take a look at […]
Sweden hit by third mosque attack in a week
Source: Arab News. STOCKHOLM: Swedish police were hunting Thursday for at least one suspect following what is believed to be the third arson attack on a mosque in a week.“Someone threw a firebomb, a Molotov cocktail at the building,” Torsten Hemlin a spokesman for Uppsala police told Swedish news agency […]
Shoura refers birth control issue to king after a second no vote
Source: Arab News: Saudi economists have emphasized the need for population control to preserve the country’s economic resources. “Families have to apply birth control in order to reduce expenses and provide better education and facilities to their children,” said Fadhel Al-Bouainain, an economist. He described the Kingdom’s population growth as […]
Rober Fisk: Retrial for Al Jazeera journalists: The ‘gates of hope’ may have opened, but the media is still shut out of Egypt An Arab military autocrat has locked up three innocent reporters for more than a year – and got away with it
Yes, but. That’s the only way to react to the news from Cairo. Yes, it’s good news there’s to be a retrial of the three Al Jazeera journos fraudulently banged […]
Rouhani criticizes west’s intervention in Muslim world
Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 2 By Umid Niayesh – Trend: Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has criticized western powers’ intervention in the Islamic countries, the Islamic Republic’s IRNA news agency reported Jan. 2. “Why strangers should be able to make decisions upon the fate of the Muslims?” Rouhani said, criticizing the US […]
Imran Khan marries
Source: TOI KARACHI: Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has secretly married a former BBC anchor Reham Khan in a hush hush wedding, according to media reports. The 62-year-old Imran is believed to have tied the knot last weekend with Pakistani news anchor Reham, 41, who is a divorcee and mother-of-three. She lived in Britain […]
One-a-Day Commandment of the Holy Quran – 339. Commandment – The food of the People of the Book is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them
339. Commandment – The food of the People of the Book is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them [5:6] This day all good things have been made lawful for you. And the food of the People of the Book is lawful for you, and your food […]
Best Muslim Scientific Achievements in 2014
Source: OnIslam.net Seems that 2014 was a fruitful year from a scientific point of view for Muslim scientists and Muslim countries. This is a summary review of some of the […]
Glasgow Muslims start 2015 with post-Hogmanay community clean-up to show ‘true nature of Islam’
dailyrecord.co.uk: A GROUP of Glasgow Muslims started off the new year with a community clean-up. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth took to the streets of the west end this […]
Partner gov’t in peace and development: President John Dramani Mahama
Ghana web: President John Dramani Mahama has commended the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission of Ghana for the great role it is playing in ensuring peace and tranquility in Ghana and the world at large.President Mahama made the remark when a high-powered Ahmadi Muslim delegation led by the newly appointed Ameer and […]
Dawn Editorial: Words that wound
Source: Dawn. THE past few days have seen criticism against content aired on a recent episode of Geo’s Subah-i-Pakistan programme — hosted by Amir Liaquat — in which clerics invited on the show made several unpalatable accusations against the country’s already stigmatised and persecuted Ahmadi community. Following a show cause […]
Busy doing nothing
Source: ET Those intent on bombing Pakistan back to the Stone Age — the Taliban — must have rubbed their hands with glee at the government response to the slaughter at the Army Public School in Peshawar on December 16. And that response was? Form a committee. Moreover, don’t just form one […]
Pig’s head hung on Mosque door
Source: The Local The imam of the Kocatepe mosque spoke to the Andadolu press agency about the incident, condemning the vandalism as an “unacceptable” act. The head of the Turkish-Islamist Union in Vienna (ATIB), Fatih Karadaş, condemned the attack saying that “this is not an attack against Muslims but the […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel New Year’s address
Source: The Local Photo: DPA The chancellor mentioned demographics, the rapid ageing of the German population, as one of the key national challenges and called immigration “a gain for all of us”. Touching on the case of a Kurdish refugee who has settled in Germany, she said that it is […]
A New Book: Invocations of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings of Allah be on him
Epigraph: Indeed, you have in the Prophet of Allah an excellent model, for him who fears Allah and the Last Day and who remembers Allah much. (Al Quran 33:22) Written […]
Abul Ala Maududi: An existentialist history
By Nadeem F. Paracha is a cultural critic and senior columnist for Dawn Newspaper and Dawn.com He tweets @NadeemfParacha To most Pakistanis and to those who have been associated with various […]
The Damnation of Pakistan’s Second Amendment
Posted: 04/09/2014 10:37 BST Updated: 04/11/2014 10:59 GMT HUFFINGTON POST Four million people are discriminated against in a land of 180 million. The Second Amendment of the constitution is devoted to enshrining the legal basis to do so. Thesecond; a religious ruling as constitutional law. It reads: 1- Short title and commencement. […]