Obama, Erdoğan reaffirm Assad must go
16 May 2013 /TODAY’S ZAMAN WITH WIRES, ANKARA US President Barack Obama said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad needs to leave power for a political solution in Syria after meeting with […]
German Christian Home-Schooling Romeike Family Loses U.S. Asylum Bid
By Krista Kapralos Religion News Service (RNS) A German family seeking asylum in the U.S. so they can home-school their children lost their appeal in federal court on Tuesday (May […]
Apartment construction slows sharply
A sharp pullback in apartment and condominium construction led to a big decline in overall home building in April, even as single-family home construction remained strong, according to government data released Thursday. The Census Bureau reported that housing starts fell 17% in the month to an annual pace of 853,000. […]
A fascinating map of the world’s most and least racially tolerant countries
Washington Post: When two Swedish economists set out to examine whether economic freedom made people any more or less racist, they knew how they would gauge economic freedom, but they needed […]
Picture of the Day: Khalifa of Islam Arrives in Canada
twitter.yfrog.com: Jason Kenny Canada’s Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalis welcoming Khalifa of Islam
His Holiness: Impressions of a Jewish Friend from Meeting with Khalifa of Islam
JewishJournal.com: by Rob Eshman Before His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, entered the gilded ballroom of the Montage Beverly Hills last Saturday afternoon, a spokesman took the microphone and explained the rules to the 500 or so acolytes, dignitaries and invited guests. First, when His Holiness the […]
Canada Ahmadiyya Mosque on Darul Aloom Karachi Magazine “Alblagh”
Source: Munir Munawwar of Austria and Fuzail Ayaz Ahmad Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi has a Wikipedia page and I am reproducing the first paragraph from there before the picture, in which they […]
Islamic Solution for World Peace
Alislam.org: By Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V May 11, 2013 at Montage Beverly Hills, CA, United States All distinguished guests السلام علیکم ورحمۃ اللہ وبرکاتہ (Peace and blessings of Allah be […]
Florida Business Forced Scientology on Employees, Feds Assert
By ALAN FARNHAM ABC NEWS May 14, 2013 The federal government is accusing a Miami business of having forced employees to practice Scientology. Dynamic Medical Services, which provides medical and […]
“This Key is reserved for only the most honoured people on Earth.”Key of LA presented to Khalifa of Islam.
Source: Lankaweb By A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at – Sri Lanka. According to our Press Department U.K., the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at a special reception held in his honour at the Montage in […]
Economic Recovery, Made in Bangladesh?
Source: NY Times By ADAM DAVIDSON A couple of years ago, I was in an industrial park in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as a textiles executive pitched me on becoming a rich T-shirt manufacturer. It was easy, he said, to teach basic sewing to even the most poorly educated farmers. If I […]
Best Religious Books of 2011: HuffPost Religion’s Top 11
Hundreds of religion books come across the HuffPost Religion desk each year. Stacked in mountains next to our computers, they remind us of the sacred wisdom, religious leadership and academic rigor that so many women and men have shared with us. This year was an especially rich, and we were […]
The Secret History of the Vietnam War
by Daniel Denvir If you thought you knew all there was to know about the Vietnam War, you were wrong. For example: ever heard of the “Mere Gook Rule,” a […]
Why Everyone Should Oppose Ten Commandments In Public Schools — Especially Religious People
Source: Huffington Post By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush: Senior Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Christianity is under attack! The sense of Christian victimhood has been ramping up in recent months. While conservative Christian […]
Local View: Boston bombing was terrorism, not jihad
Source: www.duluthnewstribune.com While the investigation continues, political analysts and U.S. officials portray Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, as “aspiring jihadists.” Vice President Joe Biden described them as […]
Reader’s view: Boston bombings were barbaric, un-Muslim
Source: www.duluthnewstribune.com Two Muslim brothers from Chechnya devastated the Boston Marathon on April 15, resulting in three deaths and many injuries. Apparently the brothers sought to justify this brutal act of violence by calling it a jihad in protest of American troops in Afghanistan. They were completely wrong. Islam clearly forbids […]
Los Angeles welcomes a Holy Man of Peace Ahmadiyya Khalifah
Source: City.data.com. “Your Holiness, welcome to the city of angels—a fitting name on this historic day. Los Angeles is a melting pot for all religious and ethnic groups. We are honored to host you.” Read more:
Meeting Ahmadiyya Community in Haifa, Israel
by a Canadian Student: This past weekend, I spent some time in Haifa. While I was there, I had that opportunity to learn about something that I had never thought […]