Prayers in An Ahmadi Mosque by a Sunni Muslim
By Nasir Gondal MD Unless one came to the United States in the last five years, it is hard to think that one does not know about Shaheen Sweets. It started […]
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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
Ahmadi Muslims in UK call for urgent action against hate
Guardian: Members of a Muslim sect persecuted in Pakistan have called for action to prevent groups from peddling hate against them in the UK. The Ahmadiyya community in the UK […]
Nurse guilty of circumcision death
A nurse has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a four-week-old baby who bled to death after a botched home circumcision. Goodluck Caubergs died the day after Grace Adeleye carried out the procedure without anaesthetic and using only a pair of scissors, forceps and olive oil, a trial at […]
Attack on Afghanistan spy chief planned in Pakistan – ‘It was an absolutely professional attack’
Source: Kuwait Times KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday a suicide attack that wounded the country’s spy chief was planned in neighbouring Pakistan, and added he would raise the issue with Islamabad. The president did not openly blame Pakistan over the attack on Asadullah Khalid in Kabul on Thursday […]
Baloch people are facing state genocidal policies on their own land: BHRO
Posted on 2012-12-11 ( 496 reads ) Quetta : Baloch Human Rights Organisation (BHRO) staged simultaneous protest rallies in front of Quetta Press club and Arts council Karachi on International Day for Human Rights on Monday. A large number of Baloch women and children participated in the protest to urge […]
Understanding How Children Develop Empathy
HealthNews, NewYork Times: The mother was trying to hold the baby still, and I was pulling gently on the ear, angling for a better look at the infant’s eardrum. The wriggling baby didn’t like any of it, and her whimpering quickly turned to full-fledged wails. Suddenly the baby’s 3-year-old brother, […]
In Pakistan, you must be Muslim to have a monument named after you
Express Tribune: Noman Ansari. How far does religious background, rather than actual character, go towards establishing respect in this country? The news that the plans to rename the Shadman Chowk roundabout in Lahore after historically instrumental freedom fighter Bhagat Singh have been scrapped isn’t surprising, considering the rising level of intolerance in our nation. […]
Every Child is Precious and Every Human Life is Sacred
Epigraph: The Holy Quran equates killing of any innocent human to a genocide, to a holocaust, “We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — […]
25 People Dead, Mostly Children, at Connecticut Elementary School Shooting, in USA
Source Yahoo News More than two dozen people, mostly elementary school children, were shot and killed at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school this morning, federal and state sources tell ABC […]
The trial of the birth of a nation
Source: The Economist BANGLADESH suffered a violent birth. In the last days of 1971 the country then called East Pakistan was engulfed by torture, rape, mass-killing and other acts of genocide. The main perpetrators were Pakistani troops bent on preventing secession from “West Pakistan”. But the army had the support […]
‘Changing America’ exhibit explores America’s press for freedom for blacks
Washington Post: By Lonnae O’Neal Parker Beyond the unifying symmetry of the numbers, what binds and animates the new “Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963” […]
European rights court takes CIA to task on rendition in landmark ruling
The European Court of Human Rights Global Post: The European Court of Human Rights made history Thursday by ruling in favor of a Lebanese national who said he was tortured by a […]
Ahmadi graves desecration: The death of conscience
Dawn: When one is sitting thousands of miles away from Pakistan, every horrifying story and news event come across as more malicious than ever. Perhaps, living in safer countries, where rights are mutually respected and accepted, puts things into clearer perspective. There are times when I want to question God […]
Dr Syed Basharat Ahmed Shah, member of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany Honored.
Source: Kashmir Life and Ahmadiyya Bulletin Germany via Mr Haider Ali Zafar. By Zubair Khan Dr Syed Basharat Ahmed Shah from Bijbehra, now settled in Bonn, Germany, has been honoured with the membership/diplomat ship of Royal College of Veterinary surgeons, United Kingdom. Shah, a scientific consultant working for […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat honoured to start Islamic Teaching Classes In schools of Hessen State of Germany.
By Zubair Khan In unfortunate country of Pakistan the defence minister has to appear in the National Assembly to declare that no official department of Pakistan is authorised to consider […]
Politicians spread the poison of Hindu-Muslim divide, Justice Katju
Source: By Press Trust of India http://ibnlive.in.com/news/politicians-spread-the-poison-of-hindumuslim-divide-katju/310358-3.html Aligarh: Chairman of Press Council of India (PCI) Justice Markanday Katju on Thursday alleged that politicians in independent India “have played a major role in spreading deeper the poison of Hindu-Muslim divide, whose seeds were sown by the British, for serving their own […]
A Muslim student’s letter to Santa is going viral on the World Wide Web
Source: By Dan Evon http://www.inquisitr.com/436952/muslim-students-letter-to-santa-goes-viral/ The fourth grade Muslim student had never written a letter to Santa but did so for a school assignment. An image of the letter was […]
Iran hosts International Conference on Muslim Women Scholars
Source: http://presstv.com/detail/2012/12/13/277880/iran-holds-muslim-women-scholar-confab/ Iran has held the International Conference on Muslim Women Scholars, hosting researchers from different countries in the capital city of Tehran, Press TV reports. Scholars from Europe, Africa and Asia have participated in the event to discuss the role of women in science and technology, management and employment, […]
First Muslim Human Rights Commission to Launch End December
Source: Credit: Eva Bartlett/IPS: By Carey L. Biron: WASHINGTON, Dec 13 2012 (IPS) – Gathering for the first time here in Washington, representatives of the newly established human rights commission of […]
Return of single state option for Israel, Palestine
LONDON: ORLANDO CROWCROFT ARABNEWS Friday 14 December 2012 There are those who would argue that the two-state solution was dead long before the recent announcement of new settlements in the E1 area of East Jerusalem last month. But — should it go ahead — Tel Aviv’s controversial plans will be […]