Shaukat Amin MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN Published — Sunday 17 April 2016 RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif ordered a cash reward on Friday for the Pakistani expatriate who saved the life of a citizen who was drowning in a valley in the Asir region. Shaukat Amin saw Fahd Al-Qahtani in danger […]
CLEAR VIEW: With the temporary mataf bridge partially dismantled, worshippers can now view the Kaaba right after entering the Grand Mosque. ARAB NEWS Published — Monday 18 April 2016 JEDDAH: […]
Source: The Guardian By Libby Brooks, Scotland correspondent Sikh, Jewish and Christian representatives attend campaign launch following death of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah Ahmadi Muslims in Scotland have launched an […]
Source: Dawn The Indian government is considering a proposal aimed to simplify the procedures for granting Indian citizenship to minority Hindus from Pakistan, the Times of India reported on Sunday. The proposal also envisages allowing “minority communities of Pakistan staying in India on a Long Term Visa” to buy property, […]
Source: International Business Times By Tom Porter The head of Britain’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has urged the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) to “take responsibility” and clamp down on hardliners, […]
Source: BBC By Jane Palmer Where armies of trees once stretched skywards, seemingly escaping from the thickets of ferns and shrubs that clawed at their roots, only scorched trunks remain. […]
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom Monkeys rarely give birth during the day. The darkness of night gives them better protection from any predators that are lurking. As a result, monkey […]
Source: Time By Melissa Chan Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Sunday signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana, making the state the 24th in the country to authorize a comprehensive medical marijuana program. The “truly historic legislation,” the governor said, gives patients with serious medical conditions access to medical marijuana with a […]
Source: Huffington Post By Lee Moran Trends Editor, The Huffington Post British Airways pilots said their aircraft was hit by a drone while approaching London’s Heathrow Airport on Sunday afternoon. Police […]
Source: CNN By Jeanne Sahadi So, you’ve probably just finished settling up your 2015 income tax bill with the IRS. (Or at least you should have, what with the due […]
Source: The Age By Michael Gordon Political editor, The Age Australia’s refugee intake would increase to 50,000 a year, including 10,000 via a new “skilled refugee” category, under a policy to […]
OTTAWA — The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize physician-assisted suicide for Canadians with a “serious and incurable illness,” which has brought them “enduring […]
Source: Ottawa Sun It was a sad day in Canadian history when the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the Criminal Code provisions against assisted suicide in the February 2015 […]
Provided by: Baylor University Most Americans pray for healing; more than one-fourth have practiced ‘laying on of hands’ Nearly nine of 10 Americans have relied upon healing prayer at some […]
Source: BBC Parliament in Brazil has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts. The “yes” camp comfortably won the required two-thirds majority in the vote in the lower house in Brasilia. The motion will now go to the upper house, the Senate, […]
Source: BBC Scotland’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community has launched a campaign promoting “peace, love and unity” following the death of Glasgow shop keeper Asad Shah. The message “united against extremism” will be carried on posters on 50 buses. Mr Shah was an Ahmadiyya, a group known for its peaceful interfaith concerns. He died after […]
Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, a University of California-Berkeley student and Iraqi refugee, says he was escorted out of Southwest flight after a passenger heard him speaking Arabic and reported him as a possible safety threat. http://gulfnews.com/news/americas/usa/california-student-says-airline-removed-him-for-speaking-in-arabic-1.1714951 LOS ANGELES: A University of California, Berkeley student who came to the US as an Iraqi […]
Soruce: Al Jazeerah Ex-serviceman who built communications infrastructure for US drone programme in Afghanistan speaks out against it. Norma Costello | 13 Apr 2016 07:39 GMT A US Air Force pilot […]
Apr 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Pope Francis’ brief meeting with US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Saturday at the Vatican may have been short in time but was long in symbolism and meaning. Sanders was at the Vatican to attend a conference at the Pontifical Academy of Social Justice, […]
Researcher Shiraz Maher wrote he does not ‘regard Ahmadis as Muslims’ Came days after man admitted killing Asad Shah for ‘disrespecting’ Islam Glasgow shopkeeper Mr Shah was part of the the Ahmadiyya community Maher has apologised for remarks which are being investigated by King’s College London By JULIAN ROBINSON FOR […]