Source: BDNews 24 Banks in the United Kingdom and the United States are not accepting transactions made through the Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, President of the BGMEA said on Thursday. In the backdrop of the unprecedented problem, apparel sector’s apex body has requested Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman to resolve […]
Huff Post: North Carolina state Rep. Michele Presnell (R-Burnsville) linked Islamic prayer to terrorism in an email sent to a constituent, the News & Observer reported Tuesday. In an email exchange obtained by the Raleigh newspaper, Presnell was asked by a constituent if she would support an Islamic prayer being said before a state […]
Source: Conference on teachings of Islam on Friday The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Contra Costa County will hold a conference Friday on the teachings of Islam at Los Medanos College. […]
Huff Post, by Khalid Husain. While in principle it might be important to teach character, one might ask, “Is it effective? What is it good for? Does it ultimately help academic performance?” As you might guess, people hold opposing viewpoints on those questions. As there is no way to determine […]
Source: Lutf Ur Rehman MD, President: Ahmadiyya Muslim Medical Association Three years ago at the annual meeting of Ahmadiyya Muslim Medical Association of USA, it was proposed that Ahmadi physicians […]
By Paul Berger The Forward Enraged alumni have threatened to physically block Jimmy Carter from entering Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law, where he is due to receive a peace award on April 10. Daniel Rubin, 62, said about a dozen former alumni are planning an act of civil disobedience […]
The Telegraph The highly anticipated New York trial of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law could be delayed because his court-appointed lawyers have been hit by US budget cuts. Martin Cohen, a […]
Mirza Hasan F.L. Ahmad Anderson – the first American #Ahmadi #Muslim (pic attached) #islam pic.twitter.com/gMwsArCT — Salaam Bhatti (@salawm) January 20, 2013 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Suggested Reading Was President Thomas Jefferson a Muslim?
Picture of the first session of the conference A three-day Quran conference started in the afternoon of Friday, April 5, 2013 and ended with great success at Bait-ur-Rahman Mosque, 15000 […]
Anti-Islam advocate and faith leader Terry Jones is upping the ante on his attacks on the Muslim faith. Rather than burning a Koran to mark the 12th anniversary of 9/11, […]
Tweet from Mustafa Qadiri: Public Library of UD Diplomacy Text search View Map Make Timegraph View Tags Image Library PAKISTAN: SUMMER OF DISCONTENT? Date: 1974 June 8, 05:40 (Saturday) Canonical ID: 1974ISLAMA05499_b Original Classification: LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Handling Restrictions: — N/A or Blank — Character Count: 7936 Executive Order: — N/A […]
Source: The Daily Beast: De Waal, an Emory University primatologist, has spent his career uncovering the surprising social behaviors of various primate species like chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, and—perhaps most famously—those peacemaking, enthusiastic … known as bonobos. In his more-than-a-dozen books, he has thoughtfully mined the goings-on of the ape world […]
Courtesy: The Daily Beast You Mean It’s Not Really that Much of a Meritocracy? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/07/you-mean-it-s-not-really-that-much-of-a-meritocracy.html
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Story Summary One of the most annoying aspects of spending time in the United States, as I have just done during a month’s working visit there, is to follow news coverage of Iran in the mainstream American media. Iran only exists for most […]
Source: The Daily Beast: First, evangelicals have had a genuine biblical conversion to how God wants us to respond to “the stranger” and especially when Jesus says how we treat them is how we treat him. Second, evangelicals have had a relational conversion as immigrant families, including the undocumented, have […]
Source: Daily Beast: By Leslie H. Gelb The White House press corps should ask President Obama this question: You’ve told Iran’s leaders that if they come close to marrying a nuclear warhead with a missile that can hit the United States or our allies, they should expect a U.S. military […]
Huff Post: Although the North Carolina House of Representatives killed a bill Thursday that would have paved the way for establishing an official state religion, a new national HuffPost/YouGov poll finds widespread support for doing so. The new survey finds that 34 percent of adults would favor establishing Christianity as the official state religion […]
Russian TV: Moscow has expressed its concern over the UN’s “inconsistent” and “unconstructive” approach to dealing with the charges of alleged chemical weapons use in Syria. Sara Flounders explains what could go wrong if the issue is not thoroughly addressed. Russia has accused the UN of yielding to the pressure […]