No Place for ‘Honour Killing’ in Islam -Ahmadiyya Muslim Point of View
PR News Wire: The gruesome murder of 25-year old pregnant Farzana Parveen on 27th May in Pakistan, by some 20 of her own close relations, including her two brothers and […]
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No Place for 'Honour Killing' in Islam -Ahmadiyya Muslim Point of View
PR News Wire: The gruesome murder of 25-year old pregnant Farzana Parveen on 27th May in Pakistan, by some 20 of her own close relations, including her two brothers and […]
Five Muslims among Forbes’ list of 100 most powerful women
Pakistan Today: Five Muslim women have made it to Forbes’ list of the 100 most powerful women published online on Wednesday. Prime Minister of Bagladesh Shiekh Hasina Wajid has been […]
PMA (Pakistan Medical Association) condemns Dr Mehdi’s killing
Karachi : Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Centre and PMA Karachi on Tuesday strongly condemned the brutal murder of Cardiac Surgeon Dr Mehdi Ali Qamar, who had come to Pakistan two […]
Faith Based Approach to the Bullying Crisis
By Fozia Khawaja, Edmonton A unique Interfaith Symposium held by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association Edmonton, Canada It is hard to believe that faith can provide solutions to the bullying […]
Pope Francis Says ‘Door Is Always Open’ to Rethink Priestly Celibacy
Epigraph: “And one of His Signs is this, that He has created wives for you from among yourselves that you may find peace of mind in them, and He has […]
Canadian Muslims need new narrative
Author: Zaib Shaikh Source: Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/03/02/muslims_are_proud_canadians_too.html Last Sunday, about 15 million Canadians tuned into the CBC to watch the Canadian men’s hockey team win the gold medal in Sochi. That’s almost half the country. During the game, CBC broadcast live shots of towns and meeting places where Canadians had congregated […]
Slogan of Women’s day: Love for All Hatred for None
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Quebec leaders avoided divisions unleashed by Quebec charter:
The Star: Quebec party leaders sidestepped opportunity to have an adult conversation with Quebecers about the charter of Quebec values. An important question went unanswered Thursday night in the Quebec election’s second televised leaders’ debate. Opening the segment on the infamous charter of Quebec values, host Pierre Bruneau noted that […]
Spainâs Apology: Jews are Not the Only Ones Who Suffered; Muslims Also Owed Corrections for Historical Wrongs
By Faisal Kutty (about the author) The Spanish government’s offer of the “right of return” to the descendants of Jews expelled in 1492 is a “bit late, but nevertheless worthy […]
Malaysian Ahmadiyah community Interfaith Symposium
Politicians have failed so ordinary folks must stand up Source:The Malaysian Insider Politicians, from Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat, have failed to protect the freedom of worship for all religions […]
Muslim History in the Southern Philippines
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Najashi: The king who supported Muslim emigrants
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Muslim women build bridges through an interfaith book club
Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir It all started with a simple letter to the editor of the Washington Post, which among many was read by Tazeen Ahmad, of Potomac, Maryland. The letter was written by Bob Hirshon, a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring. Hirshon, through his letter, delivered […]
Lack of Sleep leads to Brain Damage
Source: BBC Health Sleep loss may be more serious than previously thought, causing a permanent loss of brain cells, research suggests. In mice, prolonged lack of sleep led to 25% of certain brain cells dying, according to a study in The Journal of Neuroscience. If the same is true in humans, […]
People in Pelican Narrows, Saskatoon mourn loss of an Ahmadi teacher
Source: CBC Munir Ahmad moved from Pakistan to Canada in 1999, died of a heart attack last week Saskatoon’s Muslim community and people in Pelican Narrows, Sask. came together in […]
Election: Ahmadiyah refugees have high hopes for change
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Is the Bible Literally True? No, of Course Not!
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5 things you didn’t know about Islam and Europe
Source: The Wandering Musulman We are all just distant relatives. Why not share this with some Europeans or Muslim friends of yours and watch the bridging of that fictionalized ‘gap’ between […]
Mullah can not sleep – Ahmadiyya too Successful
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