Equality Day For Women – Role of Islam
What Women’s Equality Day has to do with Islam ISLAM AUGUST 28, 2012 BY: DINA MALKI Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation members participated in last week’s celebration of Women’s Equality Day at Dallas […]
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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
School to triple in size after council buy back building (used by UK Jamia Ahmadiyya)
by Omar Oaks, Chief Reporter, GUARDIAN.co.uk The council has bought back a school building in Colliers Wood – which was sold a decade ago – to enable a primary school […]
The thinker: Sampang revisited (Indonesia: relations between Sunnis and Shiahs and Ahmadi-Muslims)
Yanto Soegiarto | August 29, 2012 JAKARTA GLOBE It is so sad to see Indonesia steadily becoming a pariah country. There are simply too many evils coupled with weak leadership which in turn produces prevalent cynicism and apathy in this country. The attack on the Shia community in Karanggayam village […]
Peace: A Christian Understanding of Jihad against ‘Self!’
By PAUL KOKOSKI Bishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979), one of the most remarkable Americans of the 20th century once remarked: “Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace unless there is soul peace.” One of the most common words spoken in the world today is […]
Clinton’s planned Pacific trip ‘sends message to China’
By Neil Sands (AFP) AVARUA, Cook Islands (AFP) ― U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to make a rare foray to the South Pacific this week, in a […]
FIJI’S FIRST COUP LEADER APOLOGIZES
The man responsible for Fiji’s first two military coups says the series of coups in the country has been a serious setback for democracy. Former Fijian army commander and prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka (Credit: AFP) Major General Sitiveni Rabuka staged two coups in Fiji in 1987 in an attempt to […]
GREAT EXHORTATION – MIND YOUR LANGUAGE
Mind your language during campaigns – Maulvi Wahab advises politicians Mankessim, Aug 27, GNA – Maulvi Wahab Adam, Head and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, has advised on political leaders and their supporters to engage in a clean electioneering campaign. He said it was […]
Map of the Internet
Source: Fast Company To Ruslan Enikeev, the Internet is “nature, sky, space, science, and fractals”–an image he shares on his website, The Internet Map, which uses an association algorithm and a Google Maps front end to show 350,000 sites as their own universe. “For other people data and math is […]
The silence….
Express Tribune: By Feisal H Naqvi. Pakistan’s slow-motion slide into sectarian hell has, so far, met with studied silence from all the major political players. In the case of the PPP, the silence is mere cowardice. In the case of the PML-N and the PTI, the silence is calculated; a cold-blooded conclusion […]
US Army guerrilla faction planned terror, Obama’s assassination
RT: A group of US soldiers planning to take over their base, blow up targets around the country, wrest control of the government and kill the president – it could be a Hollywood blockbuster, but it’s a developing story in the southern state of Georgia. Four US Army soldiers from […]
Three-person civil union sparks controversy in Brazil. (or in other words: polygamy).
A notary in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo has sparked controversy by accepting a civil union between three people. Public Notary Claudia do Nascimento Domingues has said the man and two women should be entitled to family rights. She says there is nothing in law to prevent such an […]
The Endless War: Saudi Arabia Goes on the Offensive against Iran
by Felix Imonti, Oilprice Saudi Arabia has gone on the offensive against Iran to protect its interests. Their involvement in Syria is the first battle in what is going to be a long bloody conflict that will know no frontiers or limits. Ongoing Disorders in the island kingdom of Bahrain […]
A Tragedy Shrouded in Silence: The Destruction of the Arab World’s Jewry
By Adi Schwartz A vast diaspora was utterly annihilated, but Israelis rarely talk about it. The pages are yellowing, nearly disintegrated. For decades they have lain forgotten, stuffed into crates piled high in the archives of Israel’s Ministry of Justice. No one reads them; no one even shows interest. Even […]
Muslim Community celebrates 25 years since Koran translated into Yiddish (yes, of course…)
(yes, of course, it is the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at). Group’s Israeli leader says aim was to show different face of Islam. By Revital Hovel HAARETZ ISRAEL Members of a Muslim […]
”The 99” Cartoons – Islamic Super-Heroes
Source: Qantara In the television series “The 99”, Islamic comic heroes fight against evil forces in the world. Western critics warn against religious propaganda – unjustly, says Jannis Hagman It’s […]
Home prices gain for fifth month in June: S&P
(Reuters) – U.S. single-family home prices gained for the fifth month in a row in June, a fresh sign of improvement in the housing market, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday. The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis, topping […]
Young cannabis smokers run risk of lower IQ, report claims
By Dominic Hughes: Health correspondent, BBC News Young people who smoke cannabis for years run the risk of a significant and irreversible reduction in their IQ, research suggests. The findings come from a study of around 1,000 people in New Zealand. An international team found those who started using cannabis […]
Egyptian President Morsi reassures Israel that peace treaty is safe
During an interview with Reuters, Egypt’s new Islamist president vows to pursue a ‘balanced’ foreign policy. By Avi Issacharoff | Aug.28,2012 | 7:18 AM Egypt’s new Islamist president said on […]
Pakistani Muslim leaders support Christian girl accused of blasphemy
Unprecedented move comes after 11-year-old thought to have Down’s syndrome charged with desecrating the Qur’an Islamic leaders in Pakistan on Monday came out in support of a Christian girl with […]
Amir and Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana advises on Election of Ghana.
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