Muslim Group Presents Tribute to Mother Mary
Source: The Recorder & Times – Muslim youth group that promotes peace and condemns terrorism will stop in Brockville on Saturday to present a tribute to Mother Mary for an […]
WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE?
Extreme modesty, or freedom gone wild? Why the debate over the veil is much more complicated than you think. Anne Kingston No item of female apparel summons more attention, animosity, […]
As U.S.-Pakistani relations sink, nations try to figure out ‘a new normal’
Courtesy Washington Post: In a call to her Pakistani counterpart this month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated the Obama administration’s counterterrorism “red line”: The United States reserved the right […]
Ahmadiyya Youth, promoting peace one town at a time.
Source: Niagara This Week A Muslim youth group will be hosting an open house at the Grimsby Public Library this Saturday. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada has been promoting peace, condemning terrorism and dispelling myths about Islam as part of a national campaign for the past year. The […]
Ahmadiyya Youth, Spreading a message of tolerance.
Source: Woodstock Sentential Review- NORWICH – They came to bring a message of peace, educate the curious and clear up misconceptions about a religion that is misunderstood across the western world. They were met with intolerance and resistance. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA), an auxiliary branch of […]
The Theological Differences Behind Evangelical Unease With Romney
Courtesy NY Times: Mr. Roberts has traveled throughout the United States, and to some countries abroad, preaching that Mormonism is heretical to Christianity. His message is a theological one, but […]
24 Stats To Crush Anyone Who Thinks America Has A Bright Economic Future
Beware of bubbles of false hope. Right now there is a lot of talk about how the U.S. economy is improving, but it is all a lie. The mainstream media can be very seductive. When you sit down to watch television your brain tends to go into a very relaxed […]
Muslim group reaching out to communities with presentations
Source: Cornwall Standard Freeholder CORNWALL – Rizwan Rabbani has seen his religion painted in a negative light through the actions of extremists, and is hoping the series of information events he organizes as the national executive director of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada will present a more positive […]
Killing Iranian Nuclear Scientists Is Counterproductive and Wrong
By A Vaez & Charles Ferguson Wednesday’s assassination of Mostafa Ahmadi-Rowshan makes nuclear negotiations more difficult and a nuclear Iran more likely Mostafa Ahmadi-Rowshan was on his way to a […]
Fear and loathing in Central Asia: Will the US go to war with Iran? Not If, but When?
Source RT: Katerina Azarova: A statement made by Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the Russian Duma Committee for International Affairs, said that “a military operation against Iran could have grave consequences. And […]
Bai’Tun Nur Mosque one of the Six must-see places in Calgary
The Star By Petti Fong Western Bureau CALGARY—The mayor of a city isn’t supposed to admit to having a favorite neighborhood but Naheed Nenshi doesn’t need much persuading to reveal […]
Dangerous Tension With Iran
Source: NY Times With tensions rising over Iran’s nuclear program, the Obama administration has now warned the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that Iran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz would provoke an American response. Earlier this week, international monitors confirmed that Iran has begun enriching uranium at a […]
U.S. Sends Top Iranian Leader a Warning on Strait Threat
source: NY Times Ebrahim Noroozi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Iranian Navy conducted exercises in the Strait of Hormuz on Jan. 1. The government of Iran has threatened to close the strait. WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is relying on a secret channel of communication to warn Iran’s supreme leader, […]
The risks of conflict
Source:TOI Over the past few weeks, some Syrian opposition leaders have requested foreign military intervention to oust President Bashar al-Assad and his regime from power. Count the US out in any such endeavour. While an intervention involving the American military may, if successful, bring an end to the humanitarian crisis […]
U.S. Sends Top Iranian Leader a Warning on Strait Threat
NY Times: ……officials declined to describe the unusual contact between the two governments, and whether there had been an Iranian reply. Senior Obama administration officials have said publicly that Iran […]
PEW: The Battle Between The Rich And Poor In America Is Getting Fierce
It was only a matter of time before movements like Occupy Wall Street started to bring years of tension between the rich and the poor bubbling to the surface. Two-thirds of respondents in a Pew Research Center survey of more than 2,000 consumers said there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts between […]
Saudi Binladin Group can’t be sued for 9/11 compensation
By ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 13, 2012 01:45 Updated: Jan 13, 2012 01:47 NEW YORK: The Saudi Binladin Group, founded in the 1930s, cannot be sued for damages over the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a US judge has ruled. Manhattan federal court judge George Daniels ruled against plaintiffs who said […]
Shoppers pulled back at the holidays
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Consumers pulled back on their spending in December despite the holiday shopping season, according to a government report released Thursday. The Commerce Department report showed that overall retail sales rose only 0.1% compared to November — falling short of forecasts of economists surveyed by Briefing.com, who […]