Restoring The Mausoleum That Helped Inspire The Taj Majal
by Julie McCarthy December 01, 2013 Think Taj Mahal and then try to imagine what came before it. What was the inspiration for that masterpiece? Archaeologists and architects say a […]
A beacon for interfaith peace
In Indonesia, the Nahdlatul Ulama preaches the spirit of brotherhood to maintain peaceful coexistence among the country’s Muslim-majority, diverse ethnic society. THE Global Peace Festival (GPF) Malaysia recently interviewed Dr […]
25 ways to enter Jannah
Source: jamiat.org.za The Arabic word Jannah means simply “Garden” and it refers to the blissful paradise that awaits believers after death. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) taught that […]
An open letter to Pakistan’s new army chief General Raheel Sharif
Source: LUBP To save the army and to save Pakistan, the only course of action is to come out openly against the Taliban and their LeJ-ASWJ partners. We know that PTI, PML-N, JI and JUI openly sympathize with the mass murderers of our civilians and army soldiers. We know that […]
Pakistani media blacks out the story of a severed head hanging from a bridge in Karachi
Source: LUBP On Friday (29 Nov 2013), DAWN TV reported that Takfiri Deobandi terrorists of Sipah Sahaba Taliban (ASWJ-TTP) beheaded a retired Pakistan Navy officer Saleem Raza alia Fauji in Buffer Zone Karachi. Later, they drilled his head and hung it with a rope on Sohrab Goth bridge with a […]
Sharing Ahmadiyya Islam Vision of World Peace with President of India
Source: Hamid Karim Ataur Rahman, President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Bharatpur, Murshidabad, West Bengal and Maulana Muzaffar Ahmad Amrohi Present of President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Agra Circle met President of […]
The Iranian puzzle – by URI AVNERY
THE greatest danger to Israel is not the putative Iranian nuclear bomb. The greatest danger is the stupidity of our leaders. This is not a uniquely Israeli phenomenon. A great many of the world’s leaders are plain stupid, and always have been. Enough to look at what happened in Europe […]
Jambi back to normal after eviction of Ahmadis
JAKARTA POST The situation in Singkut district, Sarolangun regency, has returned to normal following the ousting of two Ahmadiyah families, namely the Rukamanas and the Madjids, from the area by local residents and the village administration on Sunday. Despite the improved situation, Sarolangun Police Precinct chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Ridho […]
A Reminder through Hadees-e-Nabwi (saw) – Help Syrian Refugees – Worst Crisis in a Generation
Source: onislam.net A recent report in the NY Times described the Syrian refugee crisis as the most dire in a generation. According to the report, the Syrians predicament is even worse […]
Islamic charities, the domestic victims of the war on terror
Dr Sarah Marusek Friday, 29 November 2013 15:15 Dr Sarah MarusekIt has now been five years since the sentencing of the Holy Land Five: Muslim-American humanitarians who were falsely convicted of providing “material support for terrorism” because of their charitable work in Palestine. To mark the occasion, the daughters of […]
Western Education vs. Eastern Education, Part 2
Source: China Daily blogs By Michael Murphy It’s been some time ago that I wrote about the many differences between Western and Eastern Education. It has become far more interesting the more I learn about education here in China. Recently, I had students in my English Speaking (IELTS) class to describe […]
How Nawaz Sharif chose new Pak army chief in midnight meeting
Source: HT Pakistan’s Lieutenant-General Raheel Sharif attends a military exercise in Khairpure Tamay Wali in Pakistan’s Bahawalpur district. Reuters Just after midnight in early October, Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif and a coterie of his closest advisers met at his palatial Lahore home and made his toughest decision since coming […]
Water scarcity in region reaching alarming levels
Manama: Water challenges must be addressed if the Arab region is to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, attain prosperity, and reach a future of sustainable human development, says a new […]
Politicians see hope in region, Berri offers to help in Saudi-Iranian rift
STORY SUMMARY By Hussein Dakroub The Daily Star Lebanese politicians voiced hope Thursday that the nuclear deal with Iran would have a positive impact on Lebanon and the region, as […]
Iran, Gulf states make diplomatic overtures
STORY SUMMARY United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed on a rare visit to Iran Thursday called for a partnership with Tehran, ahead of a planned visit by […]
Philanthropists end Komala’s bill ordeal
SAUDI ARABIA: Two Pakistani philanthropists have paid the hospital bills of Komala Ahmed, the cancer-stricken 12-year-old Pakistani girl, who is currently being treated at the Saudi-German Hospital in the city. Manzur Ahmed, Komala’s father, said the two Pakistanis arrived on Wednesday evening to visit her and pay the medical bills. […]
‘Criminalize abuse of Prophet’
MADINAH: YUSUF MUHAMMED Published — Friday 29 November 2013 Delegates at a conference here have called on governments of Muslim majority nations to seek a United Nations resolution that would make the abuse of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), other prophets and caliphs a criminal offense. This was one […]
Grand Mosque project structure collapses
JEDDAH: MD AL-SULAMI Published — Friday 29 November 2013 A newly constructed structure at the Grand Mosque in Makkah collapsed on Thursday delaying work on the second phase of the […]
Pakistan: A British national Ahmadī doctor arrested, booked on blasphemy by Lahore police
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Giving into mob’s demands police charged Dr Masood with blasphemy under criminal code section 298-C, the anti-Ahmadī part of the blasphemy laws. An Ahmadi doctor is arrested and held […]
How did the Bible spread? Jerusalem exhibit traces a remarkable journey
Source: csmonitor.com ‘The Book of Books’ displays 200 of the rarest biblical manuscripts in an illuminating tale of how the world’s most-published book came to be. JERUSALEM — Copied by Jewish scribes […]