Muslim community to dedicate fun run to Boston and Woolwich victims
Source: STV Glasgow ‘Love for All, Hatred for None’ is a grand statement. But at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mosque, it is more than just a lofty adage – it […]
Poll: America losing its religion
Washington (CNN) – More than three in four of Americans say religion is losing its influence in the United States, according to a new survey, the highest such percentage in more than 40 years. A nearly identical percentage says that trend bodes ill for the country. “It may be happening, […]
Dhaka: A life=Tk 1 lakh
Source: The Daily Star By SUSHMITA S PREETHA Workers of Outwear Fashions Ltd take to the streets in Sheorapara in the capital demanding better pay and longer maternity leave. They blocked Rokeya Sarani and called on garment workers of other factories to join them. The workers of other factories, however, refused. […]
Expatriate life: Where Is Home for a Third-Culture Kid?
By DOREEN CARVAJAL International Herald Tribune PARIS — When golden poppies blanket the hills of Northern California, it’s the annual season to dispatch my daughter — a summertime American — for home. Home is a complex word in our stone farmhouse in the country outside Paris, where we all possess […]
Best Reads: The Power of the Pause by Maria Shriver (Journalist, Author & Activist)
Source: linkedin.com Remarks delivered on Friday, May 11, 2012 at University of Southern California’s Annenberg School Commencement Ceremony Good morning, Annenberg graduates — and congratulations! You’ve made it through one of […]
Why I’m Not an Atheist: The Case for Agnosticism
Epigraph: “Allah — there is no God but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. … He knows what is before them and what is behind them; and they encompass […]
Sometimes Failure Is Your Best Option
Business Insider: by Brad Feld. Some entrepreneurs and investors subscribe to the creed “failure is not an option.” I’m not one of them. I strongly believe that there are times you should call it quits on a business. Not everything works. And — even after trying incredibly hard, and for […]
Revisiting the war on terror
ALSIR SIDAHMED ARABNEWS Wednesday 29 May 2013 US President Barack Obama in his first major speech on terrorism has hinted that the ongoing fight against terror will ultimately have come to an end. And this is where Muslims, especially those living in the West, can help. In fact the contribution […]
Kerry’s four billion dollar lure (for Palestine)
OSAMA AL SHARIF ARABNEWS Wednesday 29 May 2013 US Secretary of State John Kerry $ 4 billion development plan to revitalize the Palestinian economy is as daring as it is fanciful. Since he took office last February, Kerry has made the resumption of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians […]
Most And Least Christian States In America
Huff Post: A study measuring religious bodies in the United States called the, “2010 U.S. Religious Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study (RCMS)” was recently released by the Association of […]
Video: We can’t just say that terrorism is a Muslim problem that requires a Muslim solution
current.com: Harris Zafar, National Spokesperson for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, Rick Ungar, Forbes.com contributor and Michael Hastings, correspondent at large for BuzzFeed, join Current TV’s John Fugelsang to discuss if terrorism is having its desired effect on U.S. policies such as public support for a drone policy and Guantanamo remaining open. We’ve all gotten to […]
Philadelphia, where the nation’s next terrorism attack will happen.
Source: Conservative Papers. Even while the clowns running the White House think the war on terror is dead, there are brand-new concerns about a massive terror strike on this major U.S. city. Some analysts are suggesting Philadelphia, the historic city of “Brotherly Love,” is where the nation’s next terrorism attack […]
The Death Spiral of US Influence in the Middle East
by John TirmanExecutive Director, MIT Center for International Studies HUFFPOST Enough has been said about President Obama’s speech on counter-terror last Thursday. Useful takes are Juan Cole’s good news/bad news analysis, and Stephen Walt’s Twitter comment, “Obama’s speech was step in right direction, but have learned to watch for what […]
Religious Secular divide narrower than believed
The Star: Atheists seem to crave ‘religious’ access to healthy living as much as others. We didn’t have to wait for the recently published data in the 2011 National Household […]
Guantanamo Bay prison guard converts to Islam because of the living faith of Muslim detainees
By Kay Campbell | kcampbell@al.com HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Terry Holdbrooks Jr., 29, wears the beard of a bald Amish guy, the tattoos of a punk kid, and the twitchy alertness […]
U.S. report says major weapons designs compromised by Chinese
May 28, 2013 – swissinfo.ch WASHINGTON/CANBERRA (Reuters) – Designs for more than two dozen major U.S. weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, a U.S. report said on Monday, […]
Obama joins thousands on Memorial Day to honor the nation’s fallen troops
Washington post: In the hush of quiet prayers, in a bugler’s strains of taps, in a widow’s vigil at her husband’s grave and a president’s caution not to forget a war that has not ended, the country on Monday remembered its fallentroops. The grieving and the reverent arrived early at Arlington National […]
Muslim Community to celebrate ‘Khilafat Day’
On 24 May 2013, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, delivered his weekly Friday Sermon from the Baitun Nur Mosque in […]
World Muslim leader condemns recent terror attacks during Calgary visit
Source: www.calgaryherald.com A world Muslim leader on Saturday denounced recent violent attacks carried out in the name of Islam as he brought his message of peace to Calgary. Hadhrat Mirza Masroor […]