Three hundred and fourteen thousand Bangladeshis either at home or abroad are living in conditions of “modern slavery,” an Australia-based rights organisations has said. According to the Global Slavery Index report of the Walk Free Foundation, a total of 29.8m people are “enslaved” around the globe. “Bangladesh is […]
The future of Bangladesh depends on two men who don’t live there, both heirs apparent to the South Asian nation’s most powerful political dynasties. One is a technology consultant who lives in the U.S. with his American wife and young daughter. The other is reportedly studying for a law degree […]
Reported by Abu Hurairah (RA): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “The slave (whose faults) Allah conceals in this world, Allah will also conceal (his faults) on the Day of Resurrection.” (Muslim) Source: http://www.hadithoftheday.com/
RT: Human Rights Watch has called on the Israeli military to stop harassing Addammeer, an advocacy group for Palestinian prisoners. The NGO has complained about the military targeting the group […]
RT: Human Rights Watch has called on the Israeli military to stop harassing Addammeer, an advocacy group for Palestinian prisoners. The NGO has complained about the military targeting the group […]
By Dominique Moisi The Daily Star Story Summary In reality, nearly three years after the beginning of the “Arab Spring,” Turkey is more in search of itself than it is of Europe, even if it needs Europe more than Turks are willing to admit. The Arab Spring was initially seen […]
Story Summary President Michel Sleiman (of Lebanon) said Saturday that the Qatari emir has informed him that Doha is exerting maximum efforts to help secure the release of the bishops kidnapped in Syria. The Maronite patriarch was also in Doha this week where he met with the Qatari emir over […]
Experts have called on the government to protect various ancient sites and mosques in Makkah because of their religious and historical importance. Talal Al-Sharif, an Islamic antiquities expert, said the […]
Source: The Malta Independent By Laiq Ahmed Atif More than a century ago the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Community was given the revelation of ‘the Calamity of Damascus’. It was apparent that Damascus would face some bad times. This revelation was fulfilled by the 1925 tragedy, for Damascus had never experienced […]
Source: NY Times: LEGIAN, Indonesia — They have defaced Britney Spears posters, denounced Pamela Anderson’s charitable work and threatened Lady Gaga and Miss World beauty pageant contestants. And now, hard-line Muslims in Indonesia, in concert with Islamic-based politicians, are eyeing new targets: Johnnie Walker, an award-winning local pilsner called Bintang, even […]
Viewpoint: by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid – How can I accept Malala to be a hero, when her speeches do not have any Islamic or nationalistic agenda? How can I consider her to be my future leader when nothing she says or does imbues a false sense of superiority in me […]
Ahmadiyah Al- Muslih mosque, in the Village Sukatali , District SITURAJA , SUMEDANG , West Java , again sealed by one of the cluster mass . According to one of […]
Source: Dawn Com. SLAMABAD: Pakistan’s plan to import natural gas by pipeline from neighboring Iran would be an economic ”death sentence” for the country because the gas price is too high, a Pakistani advocacy group said in a report released Wednesday. Despite US pressure, the Pakistani government struck a deal […]
October 26, 2013 – 08:04 DUBAI (Reuters) – Seventeen Iranian border guards were killed in clashes with “armed bandits” on the country’s southeastern boundary with Pakistan overnight, Iran’s state news agency reported. It gave no more detail on the identity of the armed group, but security forces have fought drug […]
Haj pilgrims have been flocking to the shores of the Red Sea to take in the sights and relax. They arrive in luxury buses to visit the famous Fatimah Al-Zahra […]
The Independent: by Deema Almashabi, Glen Carey – A group of Saudi Arabian women plan to protest today against the world’s only ban on female drivers. Organisers are urging women across the country to take to the roads. The group, named the “26th October Women’s Driving Campaign,” called on the […]
abcNews: by Mari Yamaguchi and Ken Moritsugu – An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck early Saturday off Japan’s east coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said, triggering small tsunamis but causing no apparent damage. Japan’s meteorological agency said the quake was an aftershock of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that […]
Morning Star: ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Police and a banned Islamic extremist group in Lahore, Pakistan are searching for a young Christian accused of blasphemy – with the extremist group calling for his death – after he sought to correct misconceptions about Christianity in a Muslim book, sources said. Sources […]
By SAPTARISHI DUTTA A week after Indian government archaeologists started digging for treasure with nothing more than the word of a Hindu holy man’s vision to guide them, they have […]