ET: LAHORE: Lahore police stopped various members of the Ahmadi community in Lahore from slaughtering animals as part of ‘Qurbani’ ritual on Eidul Azha, proclaiming that the ritual of animal sacrifice was an Islamic injunction whereas Ahmadis were not Muslims. The Express Tribune learnt that police from the Islampura Police Station directed Tahir* in […]
Asian Human Rights Commission: Following are excerpts from the press release of the Ahmadyya Jamat Report on the Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan, September 2013. The full report may be […]
Z-News: Police on Thursday stopped members of Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community from slaughtering animals here on Eid-u-Azha after Muslim clerics complained that the ritual of animal sacrifice “is an Islamic […]
Are Indonesia’s elderly changing course? BBC: A growing number of elderly people in Indonesia are opting to stay in a care home despite having a family willing to look after […]
Are Indonesia’s elderly changing course? BBC: A growing number of elderly people in Indonesia are opting to stay in a care home despite having a family willing to look after […]
BY V. ANBALAGAN OCTOBER 16, 2013 Sikhs will continue to use the word Allah in their religious practices as the word appeared numerous times in their holy scriptures, said the […]
Source: irinnews.org LAHORE, 17 October 2013 (IRIN) – Being a member of an ethnic or religious minority in Pakistan brings with it inherent risks – something dramatically illustrated in Peshawar last […]
Source: themalaysianinsider.com id al-Adha, or the Islamic Day of Sacrifice, underlines the message of equality in terms of poverty reduction. Economically speaking, the holiday encourages the real sector due to soaring demand for cattle such as cows and goats ahead of the celebration. People also prepare for special meals marking the […]
Source: tribune.com.pk City police told Ahmadis they could not perform the ritual sacrifice since they were not Muslims. LAHORE: Lahore police stopped various members of the Ahmadi community in Lahore from […]
Source: tribune.com.pk City police told Ahmadis they could not perform the ritual sacrifice since they were not Muslims. LAHORE: Lahore police stopped various members of the Ahmadi community in Lahore from […]
Source: Ch.Maqbool Ahmad, Journalist, Qadian. Eid-Ul-Adha celebrated in Qadian: Thousands of Muslim men, women and children offered the Eid prayer in Masjid Aqsa. Qadian 16th October (Ch.Maqbool Ahmad): Eid-Ul-Adha was celebrated here […]
Haaretz: Shaul Tchernichovsky‘s vision poem has been suggested as a substitute or alternative for Israel’s national anthem. Poem of the Week / This is the poem that could replace ‘Hatikvah’ […]
Haaretz: Shaul Tchernichovsky‘s vision poem has been suggested as a substitute or alternative for Israel’s national anthem. Poem of the Week / This is the poem that could replace ‘Hatikvah’ […]
May I be a sacrifice to your street, oh fatherland, where It has become custom that no-one shall go with head held high And that any lover who comes out on pilgrimage Must go with furtive looks, go in fear of body and life; Applied to the people of heart […]
Idul Adha, a legacy of a man, three wives and many religions The Jakarta Post: Myth and custom compels us to simplify Idul Adha as an Islamic holiday. Even The […]
Source: Spiegel: SPIEGEL: Mr. President, do you love your country? Assad: That is a simple, evident question. Of course. It’s human to love where you come from. But it is not just a question of the emotional relationship. It is also about what you, as a person, can do for your […]
Source: Spiegel: SPIEGEL: Mr. President, do you love your country? Assad: That is a simple, evident question. Of course. It’s human to love where you come from. But it is not just a question of the emotional relationship. It is also about what you, as a person, can do for your […]
Source: IRIN via Wasim Sr: The Ahmadi community Members of the minority Ahmadi community, which faced the worst attack in its history in 2010 in Lahore when around a 100 were killed, say they live in constant fear. The group considers itself Muslim, but was in 1974 declared non-Muslim under Pakistani law, […]
Huff Post: by Erik De Castro – LOON, Philippines, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The death toll from an earthquake in the Philippines rose to 144 on Wednesday as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings including an old church and a hospital. Nearly 3 million people were affected by […]
The Times of Israel: by Haviv Rettig Gur – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a thinly veiled defense of a possible Israeli preemptive strike on Iran during a Knesset commemoration Tuesday of the 40th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. In a speech to MKs about the war, in which Israel […]