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A Q Farhat
A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Israel
Israel is a Jewish state that gives freedom of worship to all religions.
80 explosives found in Barrie home
Experts combing through the home have described the explosives as pipe bombs and improvised explosive devices, Butler said Tuesday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS BARRIE, Ont. — Police in Barrie, Ont., […]
Thousands head to Al Aqsa mosque for Friday Prayer
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Thousands of Palestinians traveled from inside Israel and the occupied West Bank to the Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform the first Friday prayers during the holy month of […]
An Ahmadi found hanging to the Ahmadiyya mosque tower in Jakarta
Ahmad Ibrahim was hanging lifeless with a broken neck. VIVAnews – An Ahmadiyah followers, Ibrahim Ahmad, was found dead in a dependent position in the tower of the Mosque of Al-Hidayah, Jalan Raya Ciputat No School Gang. 18 Rt. 10 Rw. 10, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta. Known victims were killed […]
Ramadan:147 Guarded Ahmadiyyah Village Cisalada
BOGOR – AFP: During Ramadan, the township inhabited by Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI), Cisalada, Udik Ciampea Village, District Ciampea, Bogor District, will continue to be maintained the combined forces of the […]
Feting pluralism in Ramadhan
The Jakarta Post | Editorial There is no better theme to celebrate during this year’s Ramadhan than pluralism. The fact that Muslims in Indonesia are widely divided about when the […]
Peres posts peaceful Ramadan message
Times of Israel President uploads video on YouTube in which he talks of shared values of justice, compassion and peace during Islamic holy month Shimon Peres wished the Muslims of […]
No rush to war in Israel over Bulgaria bombing
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel signaled on Thursday it would not rush into any open conflict with Iran or its Lebanese guerrilla ally Hezbollah despite blaming them for a deadly attack on its citizens in Bulgaria. A suicide bomber killed eight people on a bus carrying Israeli tourists […]
Govt needs to take stern action to stop violence against minorities
University of Indonesia (UI) has set up Abdurrahman Wahid Center (AWC) to serve as a forum to discuss issues related to democracy, global peace and social conflict. JakartaPost: The government […]
Convention and community; the Ahmadiyya
Michael Simpson, Staff Writer PART 1 – Convention While a few thousand Ukrainians got down to business celebrating their culture in Vegreville over the weekend of July 6-8, nearly 20,000 […]
Islamist Mob to Go Unpunished.
West Java Cop-Out? Islamist Mob to Go Unpunished. July 16th’s Jakarta Globe surely suggests more questions than answers, most notably on the Police’s interest in serving the community in a non-sectarian way. No one will be charged in Friday’s mob attack on members of Bogor’s Ahmadiyah community, the National Police […]
Ahmadiyya in Indonesia
A man face down covered in blood. Dying helpless. Such has not been satisfied, some violent people who stood around blade of bamboo struck again. Plaque!! A blow on the back of the head of the poor man ending his life. Shouted Takbir continues to reverberate, to celebrate his death. […]
Vitamin C, Linus Pauling was right all along.
Increase in RDA for vitamin C could help reduce heart disease, stroke, cancer CORVALLIS, Ore. – The recommended dietary allowance, or RDA, of vitamin C is less than half what it should be, scientists argue in a recent report, because medical experts insist on evaluating this natural, but critical nutrient […]
Mount Carmel
Carmel lights By Francis Gonsalves Ever heard of “Carmel” school or college? My sisters studied at Carmel School in Bandra, Mumbai. In boyhood I’d often tease them: “Why do you […]
Israel furious at UNESCO decision to back science chair at Islamic University of Gaza
Haaretz: Move represents endorsement of university, which trains Hamas engineers and bomb makers, Israeli officials say. Relations between Israel and UNESCO have reached a new low following the organization’s inauguration […]
Ahmadiyah Clash: Immigration to Verify Journalist Visas
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Head of the Bogor Immigration Office, Bambang Catur P., says the office plans to question four foreign journalists believed to have triggered an attack on an Ahmadiyah village. The questioning of the foreign nationals related to their immigration documents is scheduled for Monday. “After receiving reports from […]
Ahmadiyah Pressured Into Apologizing for Bogor Violence, Leaders Say No
Jakarta Globe: Ahmadiyah community members say they have been forced to apologize, while foreign journalists deny having incited violence against the sect’s followers in Bogor’s Cisalada village on Friday. According to Bogor Police, Ahmadiyah followers and local residents agreed to end the incident peacefully after leaders of Ahmadiyah apologized for […]
Indonesian NGO asks if Ahmadiyah Minority Marked for Destruction.
Media Indonesia reports on that latest Islamist assault on Ahmadis – Setara Institute has suggested the state apparatus’ indolence in defending this innocent minority is no mere manifestation of sloth but part of a larger scheme to achieve the end of Ahmadiyah in Indonesia. In the event that the […]