Mentoring the modern Muslim woman
By SAMAR FATANY AL ARABIYA NEWS Saturday, 22 December 2012 “Saudi Women in International Organizations” was the theme of a meeting which gathered together more than 150 professional women in […]
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Zia H Shah
He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
Trapped inside Burma’s refugee camps, the Rohingya people call for recognition
Source: Guardian Muslim group languishes in makeshift homes with no work, no schools and no citizenship rights from Burmese government. The helicopter cuts a sharp arc away from the sea and sweeps over pagoda-topped hills and dusty farmland until a mass of dirty white tents comes into view. Soon throngs […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to host 27th annual convention (West Coast USA)
CHINO – The 27th Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Jalsa Salana West Coast Convention will be held next weekend in Chino. The three-day convention will begin with the regular sermon and prayer […]
India Shaken from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
Source: http://zeenews.india.com & http://aajtak.intoday.in India is shaken from Kashmir to Kanyakumari! Rarely, if ever, have so many people taken to the streets in so many different places for a single […]
Putin says democracy solution to Syria crisis
BRUSSELS: ARAB NEWS Saturday 22 December 2012 Russian President Vladimir Putin met with European leaders in Brussels to discuss energy, Syria and human rights, but reached no agreements — as officials on both sides had predicted in advance. Putin said after yesterday’s meeting that Russia isn’t a defender of Syrian […]
हरयाणा के मुख्यमंत्री को दिया सालाना जलसे का निमंत्रण
सौजन्य : जागरण जासं, रोहतक : अहमदिया मुस्लिम जमाअत हरियाणा के मिशनरी इंचार्ज ताहिर अहमद तारीक के नेतृत्व में पांच सदस्यीय प्रतिनिधिमंडल ने प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री को 121वें सालाना जलसे में पहुंचने का निमंत्रण दिया है। यह कार्यक्रम 29 दिसंबर से 31 दिसंबर तक अहमदिया ग्राउंड कादियान जिला गुरुदासपुर पंजाब […]
80 देशों से लोग जुटेंगे सर्वधर्म सम्मेलन में
सौजन्य : जागरण कादियां में हो रहे सर्वधर्म सम्मेलन में अस्सी देशों के मुस्लिम डेलीगेट शामिल होंगे। उक्त विचार अहमदिया मुस्लिम जमात के प्रधान जहीर अहमद खादिम ने हेरीटेज में हुए पत्रकार सम्मेलन के दौरान व्यक्त किए। उन्होंने कहा कि हर साल की तरह इस साल भी 121वां जलसा वार्षिक […]
Islamic art helps world’s most-visited museum approach 10 million
The Louvre said on Thursday its new Islamic art wing helped cement its position as the world’s most-visited museum with nearly 10 million visitors in 2012, over a million more […]
The other day I saw a man on a bridge, about to jump. I said, “Don’t do it, brother!”
Author: Unknown He said, “Nobody loves me.” I said, “God loves you. Do you believe in God?” “Yes, of course.” I said, “Are you a Muslim or a non-Muslim?” “Muslim.” I said, “Me, too! Shia or Sunni?” “Sunni.” “Me, too! What mazhab?” “Hanafi.” “Me, too! Deobandi or Barelvi?” “Barelvi.” “Me […]
The Unequal State of America: a Reuters series
By KRISTINA COOKE, DAVID ROHDE AND RYAN MCNEILL INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, DECEMBER 20, 2012 The U.S. federal government spends hundreds of billions of dollars a year on aid to the poor. There isn’t enough to go around for Shaun Case. The 34-year-old Indiana native has learning disabilities and endured a childhood […]
On road to modernization, Church of England finds crisis
By Anthony Faiola, Published: December 19 In LONDON — The surprising defeat last month of a measure allowing the ordination of female bishops has plunged the Church of England into a crisis with one […]
Why Pakistan is not a failed state
Dawn Blog: byMichael Kugelman: It’s been about a week since the Connecticut school massacre, and Americans are still grieving. Yet we’re comforted by the thought that, with time, the bereaved community of Newtown will bounce back. Students will return to school, and victims’ families will somehow get on with their lives. […]
Fiji Military to Monitor Parliament: Radio NZ
Fiji’s military to ‘monitor’ parliament From:AAP FIJI’S ruling military has warned it will closely monitor parliament when the coup-plagued nation finally elects a new government, as officials wrapped up work on a draft constitution. Military leader Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in a 2006 coup and tore up the last […]
Are the US and Israel about to clash?
Source: Asia Times: By Ira Chernus Here’s the question few peole are asking as 2012 ends, especially given the effusive public support the Obama administration offered Israel in its recent conflict with Hamas in Gaza: will 2013 be a year of confrontation between Washington and Jerusalem? It’s true that the […]
For whom the Syrian bell tolls
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar The top geopolitical tragedy in 2012 is bound to remain the top geopolitical tragedy in 2013: the rape of Syria. Just as once in a while I go back to my favorite Hemingway passages, lately I’ve been going back to some footage I shot […]
The German roots of the Christmas tree
Source: The Local. Germans will drape decorations on around 30 million Christmas trees this year, after shelling out way over half a billion euros on a holiday tradition with Teutonic roots. More:
Family Minister in trouble for neutering God
Source: The Local Germany’s conservative Family Minister Kristina Schröder has angered colleagues in her Catholic-influenced Bavarian sister party for saying that the masculine definite article “doesn’t mean anything” when it comes to God. More:
Ahmadiyya in America
Source:Sierra Express Media: By: SEM Contributor on December 20, 2012. Patriotic Sierra Leoneans in Maryland, USA, have formed an organization to support Ahmadiyya schools in Sierra Leone. The organization is called Zintabah USA and was founded three months ago by an international business magnate, Kalilu Fadika. In an interview Yesterday […]
A blessed Professor: Dr Paul Weigl!
By Zubair Khan Photos: Courtesy of Mr. Abdullah Wagishauser. Some personalities are considered borne fortunate. Events in their lives keep on proving this fact. Professor Dr Paul Weigl is considered to one of such personalities. Since many years he is busy in Oral Implantology Department of Goethe University Frankfurt Germany. […]
Israel Is Set To Receive 5,000 US Bunker Buster Bombs After Delaying Its Attack On Iran
By Michael Kelley December 18, 2012 “Information Clearing House” – — Business Insider” — December 13, 2012 — In March President Barack Obama reportedly offered Israel bunker-buster bombs and other […]