Ideal Spirit of Building and Populating Mosques
Lankaweb: Ahmadiyya Supreme Head inaugurated Bait ul Amaan, a new mosque in the city of Manchester, UK and gave a discourse on the ideal spirit of building and populating mosques. […]
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A Q Farhat
A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
Put Religious Freedom Before Harmony in Indonesia, Activist Urges
The Jakarta Globe: Michael Victor Sianipar | Efforts by the government to insert itself more prominently into religious matters, coupled with its unclear stance on the role of religion in the state, will only exacerbate interreligious tensions in the country, leading rights activists warn. Veteran human rights activist Todung Mulya […]
Israel joins UN list of states limiting human rights organizations
UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay lists Israel along with countries such as Belarus, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Ethiopia and Venezuela. Haaretz: A senior UN official in Geneva last week listed Israel among the countries that she says are restricting the activities of human rights groups. The statement, issued on Wednesday by […]
Why the sudden interest in East Jerusalem?
by Daoud Kuttab “The sudden flurry of visits also came after the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, publicly called on all who can to visit Jerusalem as a statement of solidarity. Abbas said what Faisal Husseini said in this regard, namely that visiting a prisoner doesn’t equate recognition of his jailers….Jerusalemite […]
Is visiting Jerusalem recognition of Israel?
Arab News; By ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM Since 1948 till today, the Arab states have been in a state of war with Israel. There were four major wars (1948-56-67-73) and many more military conflicts. And till 1979, there were no formal relations between any Arab country and Israel. The first breakthrough came […]
Dawam Rahardjo: Fighting for pluralism to the end
The Jakarta Post: No individuals or organizations — or even old age — can stop Muslim scholar Dawam Rahardjo from spreading the spirit of pluralism. The figure who struggles for the rights of minorities in the world’s most populous Muslim country continues to dedicate himself to the cause and dares […]
Indonesia: Banjar municipal govt. seals Ahmadiyya mosque
Source/Credit: Ahmadiyya Times / Metro News Banjar: Municipal Government (City Government) of Banjar, West Java, again sealed the Ahmadiyya Masjid Al Istiqomah on Wednesday (25/4) in Kampung Tanjungsukur, District Patamuran. […]
Israel’s top general says Iran unlikely to make bomb
(Reuters) – Israel’s military chief said he does not believe Iran will decide to build an atomic bomb and called its leaders “very rational” – comments that clashed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assessment. Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz’s remarks, in an interview published on Wednesday in the left-wing Haaretz newspaper, drew […]
Pakistani NGO Maps Religious Extremism in Pakistan
Pakistani NGO Maps Religious Extremism in Pakistan, Says Extremism Greater Menace than Terrorism MEMRI: (The Middle East Media Research Institute): In February 2012, a leading Pakistani research institute published a […]
Nasaruddin Umar speaks for minorities: ‘I want every citizen in our country to feel at ease’
Discourse : ‘I want every citizen in our country to feel at ease’ The Jakarta Post: Nasaruddin Umar Last Friday an unidentified group attacked an Ahmadiyah congregation in Tasikmalaya, West Java, the latest of hundreds of incidents against the minority group. Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said the Ahmadiyah community, […]
Opening Ceremony of Humanity First School in Haiti
The brand new Humanity First Primary School in Baie d’ Orange, Haiti is now successfully finished. Grand Opening Ceremony was held on Friday, April 20 and more than 300 people […]
Indonesia’s largest Islamic group (NU) has condemned Attack on Ahmadiyah mosque
NU ready to mediate Ahmadiyah conflict One of Indonesia’s largest Islamic groups has condemned the recent attack on an Ahmadiyah mosque in Tasikmalaya, West Java, saying that it could act […]
Minority groups have no legal guarantee, says deputy minister of Indonesia
Minority groups in this country need a legal basis to protect their rights Jakarta Post: On the heels of repetitive attacks against minority groups across the country, a high-ranking official […]
Muslim figure says Ahmadiyah still part of Islam
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta An executive of Muhammadiyah, the country’s second-largest Muslim organization, said that Ahmadiyah sect was still part of the Islamic society despite their different beliefs. Muhammadiyah’s secretary […]
Alleged rift seen at Relegious Affairs Ministry over Ahmadiyah
The Jakarta Post, Deputy Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar has won support from interfaith activists with his call for the National Police to take seriously the attack on an Ahmadiyah mosque in Tasikmalaya, West Java. He also urged police to bring the perpetrators to justice. Nasaruddin’s statement came as a […]
Israel punishes Palestinian hunger strikers by removing rights
Israeli authorities are trying new methods to end hunger strikes among Palestinian prisoners. The measures include canceling prisoners’ rights to family visits and confiscating of their possessions. “Privileges such as family visits have been revoked and items such as electronics have been confiscated,” Sivan Weizman, a spokesperson for the Israeli […]
Egyptian MPs. Calls on Top Sunni Cleric “Ali Gomaa” to Resign Over al-Quds Trip
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – The Egyptian MPs on Sunday voted to demand Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa to submit his resignation and apologize to both Arabs and Muslims, Reuters reported. […]
West Java – Ahmadis At Risk, Islamist Minister Demands ‘Conversion
A long post to start the day, but it’s important that people understand the pervasive Islamist bigotry this innocent minority faces. ———————————————————————- West Java Police have said they’ll be guarding other Ahmadi centres in their infamously intolerant province, but after last week’s vandalism we can only hope they’ll do a […]
No Suspects in West Java Ahmadiyah Mosque Attack: Police
Jakarta globe: Tasikmalaya. Local police are looking for suspects in video footage of last week’s mob attack on an Ahmadiyah mosque in West Java, an officer said on Monday. “We’re still analyzing recording,” Tasikmalaya police chief Sr. Adj. Comr. Irman Sugema said. A mob of 150 people stormed the mosque […]
Top official defends Ahmadiyah
Jakarta Post, Deputy Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar has taken a different viewpoint from his superior regarding an attack on an Ahmadiyah mosque in Tasikmalaya, West Java, on Friday. Nasaruddin was quoted by Antara news agency as saying that the police should take the incident in the Singaparna district seriously, […]