Salman Hamdani’s sacrifice: New York honours Pakistani 9/11 hero
ET: KARACHI: Talat Hamdani is tired, but she still vows to fight on. “Injustice is injustice,” she says in a telephone interview. She stops to catch her breath as she […]
Putin Imposes Secret Sanctions on Pro-Gay Obama Campaign Donors
Source: The daily Beast: The Kremlin has expanded its secret “black list” of Americans banned from Russia to include Obama campaign fundraisers tied to the LGBT community and senior Congressmen, diplomatic sources tell The Daily Beast. Moscow’s list, these sources say, was expanded in retaliation to the Obama administration’s attack […]
Putin Imposes Secret Sanctions on Pro-Gay Obama Campaign Donors
Source: The daily Beast: The Kremlin has expanded its secret “black list” of Americans banned from Russia to include Obama campaign fundraisers tied to the LGBT community and senior Congressmen, diplomatic sources tell The Daily Beast. Moscow’s list, these sources say, was expanded in retaliation to the Obama administration’s attack […]
Outdoor Play Can Enhance Kids’ Spirituality
New research suggests playing outside for five-10 hours a week can increase a child’s spiritual connection with the environment. Michigan State University investigators found children who spend significant time outdoors […]
The Obama administration’s Asia pivot offers allies no security
May 01, 2014 12:11 AM By Brahma Chellaney The Daily Star Story Summary The deteriorating situation in Ukraine and rising tensions between Russia and the United States threaten to bury U.S. President Barack Obama’s floundering “pivot” toward Asia – the world’s most vibrant (but also possibly its most combustible) continent. […]
Seeking religious freedom
signalscv.com: by Amer Aziz — May 1, 2014 2:00 a.m. The United States government recently launched the Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus chaired by veteran Republican Congressman Frank Wolf. The caucus will strive to secure religious freedom for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which suffers from severe persecution in some Muslim countries. Ahmadi […]
American Ahmadi Muslims to educate St. Louisans about Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) today
Source: stltoday.com | Lilly Fowler The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Saint Louis has organized a conference to educate the public about the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The conference is tonight, Thursday, May 1, from 6 […]
Linden, NJ: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at organizes its first blood drive
Source: stabroeknews.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at under the auspices of Ministry of Health hosted its first blood drive in effort to raise 20 units of blood at its 198 Oronoque and […]
Crowning the dragon: China will become world’s largest economy by end of 2014
Source: economist.com The American Century ends, and the Pacific Century begins: UNTIL 1890 China was the world’s largest economy, before America surpassed it. By the end of 2014 China is on […]
Amer Aziz: Seeking religious freedom
Source: signalscv.com | Amer Aziz Amer Aziz is a resident of Santa Clarita and a member of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and The Muslim Writers Guild of America. A Pew research study found that, as of 2012, as many as 198 countries and territories around the world imposed restrictions on religious minorities, […]
5 Reasons the 9/11 Museum Should Drop ‘Islamist’
Huff Post: by Dr. Faheem Younus: Muslim, professor, doctor and philanthropist On May 21, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York is scheduled to release “The Rise of Al Qaeda,” […]
Hirsi Ali: Telling a Critic From an Islamophobe
Kashif N. Chaudhry Physician, writer and humanitarian Huffington Post Religion Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born U.S. citizen who is known — among other things — for her radical views on Islam. Her supporters consider her a leading critic, while many others believe she is guilty of Islamophobia and bigotry. […]
[Urdu Artcile] Naseehato’n ka Guldasta (17) by Imam Shamshad A. Nasir
Kindly click on the images to zoom them. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam of the Baitul Hameed Mosque, Chino, California. Imam Nasir currently serves as […]
Canadian Islamic Charity listed as terrorist organization
Ottawa has put IRFAN-Canada on a blacklist and RCMP has launched a terrorist financing probe, but group calls accusations against it “vague and unsupported.” Share on Facebook Tweet Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo Yavar Hameed, an Ottawa lawyer for IRFAN-Canada, said Ottawa’s allegations against the group appeared […]
Obama’s envoy meets Pakistan’s Religious Affairs minister, demands minorities’ protection
Daily Times: Harmony Sardar Muhammad Yusuf has said that the Constitution of 1973 provides full protection to all minorities and the government is taking all possible steps to forge interfaith […]
While you can talk until the cows come home
Source: NY Times: While you can talk about Ukraine until the cows come home, this story is 95 percent about Vladimir Putin and how he has chosen to define Russia’s interests. The truth is, Russia and its neighbors need a different definition of Russia’s interests. That, however, raises a series […]
The U.S. Opts for Ineffective Sanctions on Russia
Share The U.S. Opts for Ineffective Sanctions on Russia Geopolitical Weekly Tuesday, April 29, 2014 – 03:05 Print Text Size Stratfor By George Friedman The United States announced new sanctions on seven Russian government officials April 28. A long-used tactic, sanctions can yield unpredictable effects or have no effect at […]
Israel risks becoming ‘apartheid’ state: Kerry
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry told a group of senior international officials that Israel risks becoming an “apartheid” state if it does not make peace soon, a US news website reported. Kerry made the controversial remarks at a closed-door meeting of the influential Trilateral Commission on Friday, The […]