Day: March 16, 2017

By Salma Javid Khan on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

New Zealand’s Ahmadi Muslims to hold 9th annual charity walkathon

Source: http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/5/277733 http://community.scoop.co.nz/2017/03/new-zealands-ahmadi-muslims-to-hold-walk-for-humanity/ Thursday, 16 March, 2017 – 13:29 The Ahmadiyya Muslim community of New Zealand is holding its 9th annual charity walkathon on the 18th March 2017. Thousands of dollars raised by the participants will go towards supporting the New Zealand Blind Foundation and the Humanity First charities. Having raised […]

By Salma Javid Khan on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim’s Morden mosque Bait-ul-Futuh to host National Peace Symposium reconfirming Islam as a religion of peace

Source: http://www.swlondoner.co.uk/national-peace-symposium-morden/ By Matthew Robinson His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of the community, will provide the keynote speech Morden’s Baitul Futuh Mosque to host key Ahmadiyya Muslim Community event A Morden mosque will host a global Islamic community’s symposium promoting peace and cooperation this month. The National Peace Symposium, hosted […]

By Salma Javid Khan on March 16, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community & Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to host an interfaith symposium

Source: http://www.sbsun.com/social-affairs/20170315/refugees-migration-to-be-discussed-by-faith-leaders-at-san-bernardino-symposium By Staff report SAN BERNARDINO >> Local Muslim and Mormon communities will join together with representatives of various faith communities Thursday evening to talk about refugees and migration. The Inland Empire Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are hosting a […]

By rabyam on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

The Noise That Improves Your Sleep

Source: Time Amanda MacMillan Mar 08, 2017 Deep sleep is critical to maintaining a robust memory, but both decline with age. A small new study published in Frontiers in Human […]

By rabyam on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Helping kids grow up great

Source: Youtube Nearly half of all children in Vancouver’s Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood are vulnerable. United Way-funded after-school programs provide healthy food and snacks for neighbourhood children.

By rabyam on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Sufi leader shot, hacked to death in Bangladesh

Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Unknown assailants have shot and hacked to death a Sufi spiritual leader and his adopted daughter in northern Bangladesh, police said Tuesday. Local […]

By rabyam on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

The Guardian view on the headscarf ruling: the toughest decisions have been left to national courts

Source: The Guardian The right of Muslim women to wear the headscarf and full-face veil in workplaces and public spaces has never been under greater scrutiny. It is a right […]

By rabyam on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

The first solar eclipse to cross America in 99 years is coming. To some, it’s an act of God.

Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer March 15 Everyone in the continental United States will need safety glasses for looking at the sky during the August 21 eclipse. (Mark […]

By rabyam on March 16, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

167 House members ask Trump to retain ambassador to combat anti-Semitism

Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe | March 14, 2017 (RNS) Following a report that President Trump is thinking of scrapping the ambassador position assigned to combat global anti-Semitism, a bipartisan […]

By rabyam on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

MormonLeaks reposts LDS Church apostasy presentation, rebuffs faith’s copyright violation claim

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By BOB MIMS The MormonLeaks website on Tuesday reposted an LDS Church PowerPoint presentation dealing with the roots of apostasy, such as pornography, campaigns to […]

By rabyam on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Mother Divine, Who Took Over Her Husband’s Cult, Dies at 91

Source: The New York Times By WILLIAM GRIMES Photo Mother Divine with her husband, Father Divine, in September 1953.CreditPeter Stackpole/The LIFE Picture Collection, via Getty Images It came as a […]

By rabyam on March 16, 2017 ( 3 Comments )

Italian rabbis accuse biblical conference of fueling anti-Judaism

Source: RNS By Josephine McKenna | March 14, 2017 ROME (RNS) Two leading Italian rabbis have accused a Bible organization of promoting anti-Semitism by inviting scholars to debate the roots of […]

By zakariavirk on March 16, 2017 ( 2 Comments )

HYDERABAD WOMAN PUSHED BY SAUDI EMPLOYER FROM 3RD FLOOR OF THE BUILDING

March 16, 2017 Hyderabad, News, siasat.com . exploitation Hyderabad: In an appalling incident, a woman from Sanathnagar in the city was pushed off the third floor of a building by her employer in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Both her legs got fractured while she suffered injuries in the back. In a video […]

By Zia H Shah on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

This Muslim U.S. Marine Is Traveling The Country With An ‘Ask Anything’ Sign

The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles and videos to refute Islamophobia Source: Huffington Post He’s hoping to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman One Muslim […]

By Dr. Abdul Alim on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Book reviews: fresh insights on Islam and Isis

Source: Guardian By Anthony Sattin Four new books give much-needed insight into a misunderstood religion, from history and philosophy to life under Isis In the years since 9/11, there has […]

By Dr. Abdul Alim on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

BBC Video-Islam: The world’s fastest growing religion

Islam is the world’s second-largest religion, after Christianity. But this could change if the current demographic trends continue, according to research published by the US-based Pew Research Center. Video producers: Suniti Singh and Tulika Bhatnagar; Video editor: Michael Latham; Images courtesy of AP/AFP/Getty BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from […]

By Zubair Khan on March 16, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

Ahmadiyya mosque construction, Activists in German town protest with crucifixes

Source: RT The cross was later torn down by unknown persons, but re-erected shortly afterwards by the initiators – along with six more wooden crosses of varying sizes. The move came after the Ahmadiyya community announced plans to construct a mosque on the undeveloped grounds in a commercial zone in […]

By Zubair Khan on March 16, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

US judge blocks new executive order

Source: BBC A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, hours before it was due to begin after midnight on Thursday. US District Judge Derrick Watson cited “questionable evidence” in the government’s argument that the ban was a matter of national security. President Trump described […]

By Zubair Khan on March 16, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

The hidden costs of Asia’s ‘walking dead’

Source: Asia Time Anywhere you go in major cities in Japan, China or other Asian countries, you will see office workers slumbering in public areas – in metro trains, parks or even in restaurants. The cozy big armchairs at Starbucks are highly sought-after spots during lunch hour. Studies shows that […]

By Zubair Khan on March 16, 2017 ( 2 Comments )

Hindu ritual forces Nepali women into monthly exile

Source: Asia Times: The small thatched hut in western Nepal has no walls to keep out the cold. Inside is a raised platform where Pabitra Giri sleeps during her period, banished from her home by a centuries-old Hindu ritual. Below the hut, known as a chhau goth, Giri lights a small […]

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