[Urdu Artcile] Naseehato’n ka Guldasta (4) by Shamshad A Nasir
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Human Rights Watch condemns Syria inaction, US spying in annual report
Global Post: Human Rights Watch slammed international powers for not doing more in Syria and sharply criticized America’s “virtually unchecked mass electronic surveillance” in a report released Tuesday. The 667-page annual report highlights key human rights issues in 90 countries. Kenneth Roth, the New York-based advocacy group’s executive director, presented the findings […]
Letter to the Editor by Salman Tariq new imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, St. Louis
Source: news-leader.com I am the new imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, St. Louis chapter. I have dedicated my life to the service of God and mankind. Our mosque (Baitul Hafeez […]
The Achiever, the Peacemaker and the Life of the Party: How Birth Order Affects Personality
Huff Post: by Dr. Gail Gross — You’re going on a family road trip with your adult siblings. Which of these three scenarios sounds most like you? 1. You’ve been planning it for weeks, secured the hotel rooms, made restaurant reservations, had the car’s oil changed and have a tank […]
In Harlem, Catholics and Muslims Hold Interfaith Celebration to Remember Dr. King’s Non Violent Resistance
Source: Huffington Post By Sarah Sayeed, Ph.D.: Director of Community Partnerships, Interfaith Center of New York For the fourth year in a row, Catholics in Harlem convened an ecumenical and interfaith celebration […]
Opinion: Revival of the Idea
Author: Munir A.Varraich In July 2011 one of the Republicans from Reagan Era – (1979-1988) wrote an article titled: “Revival of the Idea-Islam”. Thanks for this article coming from a Republican from Reagan times. That was the time (1979 to 1988) when the US Administration and the UK made the […]
The radical MLK we need today
Salon.com: When Nelson Mandela died last month, I envied South Africans who had worked alongside him for freedom: Americans haven’t gotten to see many of our icons of justice get that old. My immediate thought was of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated at 39, though Bobby and John Kennedy, […]
Ahmadiyya Columnist reaches out for some answers on Christianity
Source: muslimwriters.org My column last month entitled “Focus on God should not be split” generated a few letters in response. You can read my Dec. column here. One letter came from Mr. George C. in Ontario and another from Mr. Tom V. in Chino Hills. Thank you both for your letters — […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Zion, USA: Goal – To Serve!
Source: muslimwriters.org Originally published in Zion-Benton News It is unfortunate that Islam is a misunderstood religion. As a practicing Muslim living in America, I feel it is my responsibility to clear […]
Probing America: Top German Prosecutor Considers NSA Investigation
Germany and the US appear to be edging closer to political confrontation. The Federal Prosecutor says there is sufficient evidence to open a politically explosive investigation into NSA spying on […]
The Bible vs. the Book of Mormon
By Gary F. Zeolla What do the Bible and the Book of Mormon have in common? They both claim to be the Word of God. Also, major portions of both describe supposedly historical events. The Histories The historical portions of the Old Testament in the Bible primarily focus on the […]
Borderline Views: What secret does Kerry have in store for us? By DAVID NEWMAN
JERUSALEM POST If the pro-peace camp take on the struggle with the same messianic zeal that the settlers and the peace spoilers have displayed until now, perhaps there is still […]
My Story- Mount Royal University Students sharing Stories of Faith
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Canadian Immigration sponsorship can take years
Immigration appeal delays separate couples for years Indrani Banerjee waited three years for a decision from immigration on her spousal sponsorship. Now, she must wait two years for an appeal hearing. Toronto Star, Jan 20, 2014 Indrani Banerjee wants to bring her husband, Mazhar Elahi Khan to Canada. She’s […]
I Have a Dream: President Obama will One day Comfort the Parents of Drone Victims
Epigraph: O ye people! be mindful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many […]
Humanity Is Becoming Increasingly Less Violent, with One Exception — Religious Violence
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Obama bans spying on leaders of U.S. allies, scales back NSA program
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama banned U.S. eavesdropping on the leaders of close friends and allies on Friday and began reining in the vast collection of Americans’ phone data in a series of limited reforms triggered by Edward Snowden’s revelations. In a major speech, Obama took steps to reassure Americans […]
Is the cost of college crippling?
http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/script/6.0/players/embed.js?videoid=/video/news/2013/09/03/n-cost-of-college-rising-education-middle-class-jobs.cnnmoney Yale, Harvard and some of the nation’s other most expensive and prestigious colleges are unveiling plans to boost enrollments of low-income students. At a White House summit on college […]
U.S. Congress Urged to Call For Ahmadi Muslim Prisoners’ Release in Saudi Arabia
examiner.com: An important U.S. Congressional hearing onPlight of Prisoners of Conscience was held by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission at Capitol Hill today, it is reported. The Chairman of the […]
A Century of African-American Islam: Ahmadiyya Roots
By Daniel Pipes: The Washington Times, December 27, 2013 The year 2013 marks the centenary of the reported founding of the Canaanite Temple in Newark, New Jersey. That was the very earliest form of an indigenous African-American Islam, one completely distinct from normative Islam, the 1,400 -year-old religion from Arabia founded by […]