JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Islamic micro-finance, which is based on profit-sharing and does not charge interest, can play a significant role in alleviating poverty and transforming the poor into successful entrepreneurs, said Mamoon Al-Azami, a senior community development specialist at the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB). “Nobel Laureate Mohammed Yunus […]
NY Times: WENZHOU, China — For nearly a year, the Sanjiang Church was the pride of this city’s growing Christian population. A landmark in the fast-developing northern suburbs, its 180-foot spire rose dramatically against a rocky promontory. Wenzhou, called “China’s Jerusalem” for the churches dotting the cityscape, was known for […]
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Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has described the stoning to death of a woman by her family in front of a Lahore court as “totally unacceptable”. Farzana Parveen, who […]
Today marks the best of days and today marks the worst of days. May 28 or as a true patriot would call it “Youm-e-Takbeer” marks the day when Pakistan registered its might in modern warfare and arsenal by successfully conducting a controlled nuclear explosion. Pakistan with its sensitive and strategic geographical location […]
A good part of the Greater Beirut area was paralyzed Wednesday when Syrian nationals streamed to their embassy to vote in their country’s presidential election. While the day’s events were […]
STORY SUMMARY Of all the Arab countries today that suffer violence or enjoy a superficial calm on the surface, Iraq is the saddest in my view, because of what it has not become in the last decade since the downfall of the hard and vicious Baathist regime. It is painful, […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS STAFF Published — Wednesday 28 May 2014 A senior Iranian official has voiced hope that talks between the Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers could begin soon. He, however, expressed doubts over whether the meeting would result in a swift solution to key issues. […]
Makkah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz led the washing of the Kaaba on Thursday at the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in Makkah, on behalf of Custodian of the […]
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Karachi : Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Centre and PMA Karachi on Tuesday strongly condemned the brutal murder of Cardiac Surgeon Dr Mehdi Ali Qamar, who had come to Pakistan two […]
Source: Saudi Gazette MAKKAH – The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz project for Zamzam has invented an automatic machine for the sale of Zamzam bottles to visitors and the public. The machine will dispense bottles within two minutes when a pre-obtained receipt that contains a barcode is placed on a screen […]
Targeted killing: Body of Ahmadi doctor flown to Canada By Rana Tanveer tribune.com.pk Published: May 28, 2014 Share this article Print this page Email The slain Dr Mehdi Ali Qamar. PHOTO: JAMAAT-E-AHMADIYYA LAHORE: The body of a cardiologist who was gunned down on Monday has been transported to Canada by his […]
By Sophia Saifi and Jethro Mullen, CNN Wed May 28, 2014 Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — A pregnant woman is beaten to death by her relatives outside a court building. Her crime? To elope with the man she loved rather than marry the groom chosen by her family. The terrible fate of Farzana Parveen, 25, […]
STORY SUMMARY Thousands of mostly pro-Assad supporters flocked to the Syrian Embassy Wednesday to cast ballots in the presidential elections, causing suffocating traffic jams around Beirut. The embassy opened its […]
It is a pamphlet by the Anti-Ahmadiyya organization, Khatam e Nubuwat and it says that getting treatment from an Ahmadi doctor or an Ahmadi hospital is absolutely forbidden in Islam and a major sin. I wonder, what they will say for a Christian, a Jewish, a Hindu, an atheist or […]
28th May 2010: Love for All, Hatred for None Abdul Alim Peace be upon all and the volunteers Love has coloured them red as Martyrs Tears have rolled down some eyes Watched by the One whose light fills the skies In the homeland of the pure Suffering and hurt endure Whispers […]
133. And remember Allah during the appointed number of days (of Pilgrimage) [2:204] And remember Allah during the appointed number of days; but whoso hastens to leave in two days, it shall be no sin for him; and whoso stays behind, it shall be no sin for him. This is […]
SOS message from Jerusalem Christians to Pope Francis I Your Holiness Pope Francis “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,…”Matthew 19:14 Our Lord Jesus said […]
Source: ET Ashir is just two-years-old. Yesterday, he was witness to the most horrific tragedy anyone can imagine. His father – a 50-year-old doctor – was brutally murdered in Pakistan. His crime: He belonged to the Ahmadiyya community. Dr Mehdi Ali was a US-trained cardiologist on a medical mission to […]