Baitul Futuh: A New Beginning (Foundation Stone Laying)
Baitul Futuh: A New Beginning (Foundation Stone Laying) On the 4th March 2018, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad (May Allah be his helper) laid the foundation stone for the new […]
After 100 hours in Tibet, I knew it was time to leave
Source: BBC News By Pico Iyer 8 March 2018 In time, like space, a curious mathematics often takes hold. The fewer things you have in your memory, the more space […]
India Supreme Court restores ‘love jihad’ marriage
Source: BBC News An Indian woman at the centre of an inter-religious marriage row may now live with her husband, the Supreme Court has ruled. Hadiya Jahan, who is in […]
International Women’s Day: Eight moments that make it the Year of the Woman
Source: BBC News The #MeToo movement against male harassment has empowered women in the US and elsewhere, but it is not the only women’s movement to have an impact over […]
Can we bring hearts back from the dead?
Source: BBC News By David Cox 8 March 2018 Surgeons like to say that when someone suffers a heart attack, time is muscle. The heart depends on a continuous supply […]
France’s Macron vows to fight anti-Semitism online and off
Source: Associated Press By PHILIPPE SOTTO PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron pledged Wednesday to fight firmly against anti-Semitism wherever it surfaces, whether in the street or online, and […]
India, with eye on China ties, bans Tibetans rally in New Delhi
Source: Reuters By Rupam Jain 4 MIN READ NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has banned Tibetans from holding a rally with the Dalai Lama in New Delhi this month to […]
Special Report: By rewriting history, Hindu nationalists aim to assert their dominance over India
Source:Reuters BY Rupam Jain, Tom Lasseter 12 MIN READ The government of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi had quietly appointed the committee of scholars about six months earlier. Details of […]
Irish Supreme Court clears the way for May referendum on abortion
Source: Reuters DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for an abortion referendum planned for the end of May, ruling that the unborn do not have […]
Sri Lanka blocks social media as deadly violence continues
Source: The Guardian Michael Safi in Colombo and Amantha Perera Reports of attack on Buddhist temple sparks anti-Muslim riots in Kandy district Michael Safi in Colombo and Amantha Perera Sri Lankan security forces clean […]
Buddhist mobs target Sri Lanka’s Muslims despite state of emergency
Source: Reuters COLOMBO (Reuters) – Buddhist mobs attacked mosques and businesses belonging to Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims overnight, police said on Wednesday, despite the imposition of a state of emergency […]
View from Turkey: The Pentagon’s latest gamble with regional terrorism
MELIH ALTINOK @melihaltinok Earlier this week, the U.S. Embassy in Ankara announced that it would be closed to the public for two days. The mission gave a security threat as justification for the closure. Ankara said that it had heightened security measures, announcing that four Daesh militants had been […]
India’s top court upholds marriage in alleged case of “Love Jihad”
Reuters International This content was published on March 8, 2018 1:52 PMMar 8, 2018 – 13:52 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court on Thursday permitted a Hindu woman who converted to Islam to live with her Muslim husband, a man federal investigators accused of being a recruiter for […]
Shake-up: New management appointed to run Geneva mosque
This content was published on March 8, 2018 A view inside the Geneva mosque in Petit-Saconnex (Keystone) Switzerland’s largest mosque, which has been embroiled in various controversies, has a new […]
Saudi Crown Prince commits to interfaith tolerance, says Anglican church
Reuters International This content was published on March 8, 2018 Britain’s Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby accompanies The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman for a private […]
How democracies are (re) born
Mar 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – RICARDO HAUSMANN CAMBRIDGE — Much in life looks obvious after the fact. The challenge is to understand events and trends earlier, which is especially important when the issue is the demise of democracy. In their excellent new book “How Democracies Die”, Harvard professors Steven […]
Drama over Saudi-owned channel’s Turkish soaps
By AFP – Mar 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — Criticism mounted in Turkey on Wednesday over a decision by Saudi-owned broadcaster MBC to stop airing Turkish soap operas, stoking tensions between Ankara and Riyadh. Viewers in the Arab world have in recent years become voracious consumers of Turkish soaps […]
Al Maktoum Foundation ready with plans to support Jordan’s development, youth
His Majesty discusses ties with Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum By JT – Mar 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE’s Minister […]
Muslim group purchases Oro-Medonte church in Barrie, Canada
Source: Barrie Today By: Dave Dawson One of the largest and fastest growing Muslim organizations in Canada has purchased the building that was formerly home to Trinity Community Presbyterian Church […]
No ‘Dalits’ or ‘Qadianis’
BY K K Shahid Such labels should not be used if the communities in question do not endorse them On both local and international media Krishna Kumari Kohli is […]