Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will celebrate Canada Day at its 35th Annual Convention VAUGHAN, ON, June 29, 2011 /CNW/ – More than 15,000 delegates will gather at the International Centre in Mississauga to participate in the largest indoor Canada Day Celebrations (Friday July 1st at 4:30 pm). In addition, delegates from […]
The Department of Defense has identified 1,633 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans this week: BERNIER, Nicholas P., 21, Specialist, Army; East Kingston, N.H.; 10th Mountain Division. GOYET, Mark R., 22, Lance […]
See our News of June 20th, 2011. This is an update: Officials with the group said they had to follow the guidelines of the International Weightlifting Federation, which mandated that elbows and knees be uncovered so judges could tell that athletes had fully locked them out when they lifted By […]
Robert Stolarik for The New York Times Outside the main criminal courts building in Manhattan, the crowds started to gather in the early-morning hours on Friday, preparing for the latest twists in the legal saga of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Mr. Strauss-Kahn arrived shortly before 11 a.m., about a half-hour before […]
// http://www.google.com.pk/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&lang=en The Financial Times quoted Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar as saying that Pakistan has already stopped US drone flights from the Shamsi air base.—Reuters photo // http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?correlator=1309531550883&output=json_html&callback=GA_googleSetAdContentsBySlotForSync&impl=s&prev_afc=1&pstok=FXX5x-KrrMcKBBCh00U&client=ca-pub-8258178831251847&slotname=Dawn_ROS_Banner&page_slots=Dawn_ROS_detail_top_728x90%2CDawn_ROS_Banner&cookie=ID%3D7bc0595e8816825a%3AT%3D1303908499%3AS%3DALNI_MaWM22AkqRAF5fH1tLDjMKxcxeZPw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dawn.com%2F2011%2F07%2F01%2Fus-rejects-demand-to-vacate-shamsi-base.html&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F&lmt=1309531550&dt=1309531552996&cc=100&biw=1263&bih=718&ifi=2&adk=2388668355&u_tz=120&u_his=11&u_h=1024&u_w=1280&u_ah=994&u_aw=1280&u_cd=24&u_nplug=7&u_nmime=23&flash=10.0.2&gads=v2&ga_vid=1596574767.1309515058&ga_sid=1309530385&ga_hid=506422198&ga_fc=true // WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: The US is rejecting demands from Pakistan that American personnel abandon a military base used by the […]
On Sunday, Toronto’s gay community will celebrate Pride on downtown streets. At the same time, Muslims attending a major Islamic conference at the nearby Metro Toronto Convention Centre will hear from two speakers who say gays should be killed. Journey of Faith is the same annual event that drew criticism […]
The US wants India to become one of its top 10 trading partners, treasury secretary Timothy Geithner said as the two countries agreed on improving access to each other’s markets. He made the remarks after meeting India’s Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at the second India-US Economic and Financial Partnership. India is currently the […]
Kashif Chaudhry: Jersey City Islam Examiner The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA will host its 63rd Annual Convention from Friday July 1st through Sunday July 3rd at the PA Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, PA. Thousands of delegates will attend from across America and overseas. Among the purposes of […]
This news item dates back to October, 2009. We show it so that our readers can see the views of the new Director General of the International Monetary Fund, regarding Islamic Finance. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (photo) is leading a governmental drive to attract investment from Muslim countries, in […]
By BRETT ZONGKER | AP WASHINGTON: A prize-winning journalist who reported for The Washington Post went public Wednesday with a secret he has been keeping for nearly two decades: He is an illegal immigrant. Jose Antonio Vargas, whose mother sent him from the Philippines to live with his grandparents in […]
How funny it is that people will support the right to free speech only when it applies to them, but when it comes to Israel, the rules never applied. You can question the existence of God, insult Jesus or even call our president by any name in the book and […]
http://www.toronto.com/article/689492 Long before India had information technology or outsourcing services or a booming economy, it had Bollywood — older and bigger than Hollywood. But when I was growing up in India, Bollywood was thought of as a purveyor of “pageant for peasants,” a view my parents shared. I got to […]
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq’s parliament speaker, who is on a visit to Washington, will query American officials about $17 billion in missing oil money, a lawmaker in Baghdad said on Wednesday. Osama Al Nujaifi, who left for Washington on Tuesday, will bring up the question of the missing billions, which […]
(CNN) — Residents in Minot, North Dakota, have until Wednesday evening to leave their homes after authorities ordered the evacuation of some 12,000 people from the area because of expected record flooding. Minot, located in the north-central part of the state, is the fourth-largest city in North Dakota. Are you preparing […]
Some people who need medical care but can’t afford it go to the emergency room. Others just hope they’ll get better. James Richard Verone robbed a bank. Earlier this month, Verone (pictured), a 59-year-old convenience store clerk, walked into a Gaston, N.C., bank and handed the cashier a note demanding […]
Telling the Human Story, 15 June 2011 © UNHCR/K. McKinsey Pakistani refugee Muhammmed Zakaria handing over his family’s passports to UNHCR’s Severine Weber to process them for resettlement. They left China for Canada in May. YANJIAO, China, June 15 (UNHCR) – Not many people can remember precisely what they were […]
The West Central Wildcats rebounded from last Saturday’s 20-11 loss to the Indiana Generals in their season opener to get a dominant 34-0 win Saturday against the Kosciuscko County Mustangs. After the Mustangs’ first drive sputtered out, West Central took a quick lead on a trick play. Quarterback Cogan Keith […]
One of the Indian Primier Mirar Ji Desai was famous to drink his urine. He used to argue that it enhaces the lfie span. Did US authroities know this argument of Mirar Ji Desai? Probably not. Other wise they could have avoided this big flush PORTLAND, OREGON: Call it the […]
PISCATAWAY — Saheela Ibraheem wasn’t sure any college would want to admit a 15-year-old. So the Piscataway teen hedged her bets and filled out applications to 14 schools from New Jersey to California. “It’s the age thing. I wanted to make sure I had options,” said Saheela, a senior at […]
MONTREAL — A former Lac St. Louis soccer referee is blowing the whistle on rules she said prevent her from practising her religion. Sarah Benkirane, 15, was told after two years of refereeing for the soccer association that she was out of a job, after a complaint surfaced over her […]