From the section Africa Image copyrightAFPImage caption The Archbishop of Ouagadougou wishes a traditional chief a happy Eid The Pope has invited Burkina Faso’s president to the Vatican later this month to see what can be learnt from the West African nation’s example of religious tolerance. BBC Africa’s Lamine Konkobo is […]
By AP – Oct 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this March 28, 2015 file photo provided by Egypt’s state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi (right) talks with Saudi King Salman after the king arrived in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AP photo) CAIRO — Close allies […]
Source: The Local Merkel also underscored the need to “establish coherent cooperation” in development policy and military support in Mali, her first port of call. “The military cannot alone bring security and peace,” she said, addressing a news conference with Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. “It is important that Africa does not […]
Multiple Trajectories of Islam in Africa Islam had already spread into northern Africa by the mid-seventh century A.D., only a few decades after the Prophet Muhammad moved with his followers from Mecca to Medina on the neighboring Arabian Peninsula (622 A.D./1 A.H.). The Arab conquest of Spain and the push […]
theguardian: by Jason Burke — Accra academics win removal of Mahatma sculpture after petition denouncing Indian leader and saying African heroes ‘come first’ The Ghana university Gandhi statue, a focus for claims that the Indian leader was racist towards black South Africans. Photograph: Christian Thompson/AP A statue of Mahatma Gandhi […]
ON OCTOBER 7, 2016 The Amir, Head Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Nigeria; Dr Mashuud Fashola has commended the unique and unflinching sacrifices made by Nigerians since independence. Dr Fashola gave this commendation during his Friday sermon, saying the citizens must be ready to put government on its toes to deliver on […]
Oct 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh A culture of negativity has been on the increase in our society for some time now, and it needs to be reversed. It is no denying that the Arab region has, since 2011 in specific, been going through particularly difficult times. Politically, […]
Source:TQA Algeria’s Minister of Religious Affairs and Wakfs, Mohamed Aissa, says in coming days he’ll work hard to prosecute the members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community the Algerian Security Service have arrested last Friday for performing Friday prayers at a private villa. The arrests were made under the pretext of ‘public […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred; saving a life is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Reuters By Crispian Balmer | ROME More than 5,000 migrants […]
Reuters International OCT 2, 2016 – AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch photojournalist Jeroen Oerlemans has been shot dead by a sniper in Sirte, Libya, according to a report on Sunday on the website of the Belgian newspaper he had been working for. Knack said it had been informed of Oerlemans’ […]
Source: TOI A member of Egyptian parliament, Elhamy Agina, has reportedly said that universities should performvirginity tests on female students. “Any girl who enters university, we have to check her medical examination to prove that she is a Miss,” Agina told Egypt’s Youm 7 newspapers, according to Egyptian Streets, […]
Katy Romy / Flurina Rothenberger “If young people have access to these tools, maybe they won’t drown trying to reach Europe,” said Benjamin Yao, an Ivorian teacher, interpreting the hope behind MOOCs, free online courses open to everyone. The dream is to offer better educational prospects to a generation of […]
Now France has marched down the road of absolution for its collaboration with the Nazis, it’s time to close the Algerian chapter. But there’s a problem – its modern army of Egyptian workers Robert Fisk @indyvoices Now here is a deeply contemporary story. When the Frenchabandoned Algeria in 1962, they also […]
Sep 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER The last war in the Western hemisphere came to an end with the recent signing of the formal peace treaty between Colombia and the FARC rebels, a conflict that has raged on and off for 50 years. Fortunately, the cities have been […]
Sep 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Is there a single thing that helps us understand why the Arab world has turned into such a horror show of dictatorships and authoritarian governments, state and private political violence, corruption on a massive scale, social polarisation, state fragmentation, and the […]
Source: http://guardian.ng/features/ahmadiyya-tasks-leaders-on-righteous-deeds/ Ahmadiyya tasks leaders on righteous deeds By Shakirah Adunola | 23 September 2016 | 2:07 am The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at of Nigeria has enjoined the political leaders to turn back to Almighty Allah in their national course and ensure equity and fairness in their dealings […]
Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/sallah-ahmadiyya-dines-journalists/ Sallah: Ahmadiyya dines with Journalists ON SEPTEMBER 23, 201612:01 AMIN FACING THE KA’ABA, NEWS COMMENTS By Haroon Balogun The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Nigeria has urged leaders at all levels of governance to shun corrupt tendencies and take appropriate measures to ensure food sufficiency. The Amir of the group, Dr […]
Source: http://www.championnews.com.ng/ahmadiyya-muslim-jamaat-nigeria-eastern-region-dr-abdul-ghaniy-enahoro-and-co/ Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria, Eastern Region, Dr Abdul Ghaniy Enahoro and co. Photo Gallery Sep 21, 2016 MEDIA GET-TOGETHER: ( L-R) Naib Amir (Deputy Leader), Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria, Eastern Region, Dr Abdul Ghaniy Enahoro; Missionary-in-Charge, Cameroon, Chad and Equatorial Guinea, Maulvi Abdul Khalique Nayyar; former Naib Amir, Eastern […]
Source: Time By Aryn Baker According to the International Organization for Migration, Eritreans and Somalis make up some of the largest numbers of African refugees who have attempted to reach Europe by rubber boat and overloaded dinghy over the past two years. But most of them are not coming straight from […]
Source: BBC By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website Hints of an early exodus of modern humans from Africa may have been detected in living humans. People outside Africa […]