Source: The Jakarta Post The now suspended Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who was found guilty of blasphemy by the North Jakarta District Court and sentenced to two years […]
News DeskThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Wed, May 10, 2017 Balloons fill the front yard of City Hall in Jakarta on Monday. The balloons were sent by supporters of outgoing […]
Jakarta | Wed, May 10, 2017 Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat hold a press conference after the Jakarta gubernatorial runoff election on April 19. (JP/Seto Wardhana.) Acting […]
Source: CNN “So proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal Parliament!,” Waters tweeted. “We need more #women & parents in Parli.” The Australian Parliament changed its rules last year to allow female lawmakers to nurse their infants in the chamber. Before that, […]
Source: CNN President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey, sweeping away the man who is responsible for the bureau’s investigation into whether members of his campaign team colluded with Russia in its interference in last year’s election. The bombshell announcement that sent shock and surprise ricocheting through […]
REUTERS NEW YORK A measure to ban child marriage could become law this week in New Jersey, which would become the first of the 50 states in America to outlaw the practice without exception, activists say. Viewed as the strongest such bill to be considered in the United States, it […]
It’s hoped the initiative will make playtime more diverse RACHEL HOSIE @rachel_hosie Much fuss was made last year over the news that Mattel were launching Barbie dolls with more […]
Source: Mr Fatihulhaq The Huddersfield branch of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association held a Holy Qur’an exhibition in Huddersfield Town Hall.The purpose of holding the event was to show what the Holy Qur’an says on certain matters, such as the importance of interfaith work, Sharia and how the recent attacks in Westminster […]
Source: BBC By Bobby Azarian 8 May 2017 Many of us have our special ways of dealing with our feelings and emotions. For instance, when we are feeling stressed we […]
Source: World Bulletin Investigators widen probe into far-right cell within German armed forces World Bulletin / News Desk German police on Tuesday arrested a second soldier in connection with a […]
Source: The Washington Post By Rebekah Denn Her face framed by a delicate floral-print headscarf, Amanda Saab stepped into a Safeway. Ninety minutes later, the cashier rang up her groceries: […]
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies Shock sentence comes after hardline Islamist groups called for Christian official to be jailed for referencing Qur’an verse. Jakarta’s Christian governor […]
Source: Reuters Indonesia is to disband an Islamist group that calls for a state based on sharia law, citing concern it undermines a secular state ideology in the world’s biggest […]
Source: BBC German authorities have made another arrest linked to an alleged plot to murder a senior public figure. The man, a soldier, is accused of conspiring with another army […]
Source: Reuters By Scott Malone | BOSTON When the Masjid Al-Kareem mosque in Providence, Rhode Island, received a threatening letter in November calling Muslims a “vile and filthy people,” its […]
Source: Associated Press By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The first federal appeals court to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban appeared unconvinced that […]
Source: Associated Press By PAUL ELIAS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three judges appointed by President Bill Clinton will hear the appeal of Hawaii’s challenge to President Trump’s travel ban targeting […]
Source: https://www.jollofnews.com/2017/05/08/gambia-ahmadis-face-rising-persecution/ (JollofNews) – The Ahmadiyya Muslim community in the Gambia is coming under increased persecution by the country’s predominant Sunni Muslim sect. The small community of several thousands consider themselves Muslims, but that is a view rejected by mainstream Islamic sects. The Gambia’s main Muslim body, Supreme Islamic Council, responsible […]
Source: Time BY Lisa Eadicicco,Alex Fitzpatrick,Matt Peckham,John Patrick Pullen The latest technological breakthroughs can sometimes seem to emerge from nameless, faceless companies. But behind every corporate logo are individual people shaping […]
Source: http://fatunetwork.net/police-resolves-ahmadis-tallinding-youth-conflict-burial-rite-in-town-cemetery/ | By Alhagie Jobe Police Public Relations Officer Inspector Foday Conta said the Police through dialogue brokered a relative peace between them and the body was finally buried. Police in the Kanifing Municipality on Saturday, May 6th, resolved a situation which it called ‘was to be a serious confrontation’ between […]