JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 7 April 2013 Facebook had a negative effect on the academic performance of 78 percent of Saudi secondary school students, said a recent survey conducted by Musaed bin Hamdan Al-Sharari, a Saudi student of Jordan’s Yarmouk University. “About 67 percent of Saudi students do not use […]
by Taylor Luck | Apr 06, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN/MAFRAQ — A Jordanian university student was killed while fighting alongside Syrian rebel forces on Friday, Islamist and Syrian sources said Saturday. According to Mousa Abdullat, representative of the Jordanian Salafist movement, 22-year-old University of Jordan student Walid Othman was […]
Source: The Daily Beast: Saudi women attend the Gulf youth conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 28, 2012. (Hassan Ammar/AP) The Kingdom’s government is reportedly allowing women to ride bicycles now. How nice—but what about actually doing something to end the country’s gender apartheid, asks David Keyes. More: […]
Source: TOI GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH, Pakistan: A cancelled rally, a loathed president and a party chairman kept out of the public glare because of Taliban threats — Gulzar Ali Khawaja has never seen anything like it. For the first time in his life, the once ardent supporter of the Pakistan […]
By Zubair Khan During Pervez Musharraf period electronic media started enjoying freedom of expression. With passage of time it continued.Setting aside the state controlled TV stations all other channel these days seemed to be involved in various activities exposing those aspects which for years remained no go areas of […]
Source: www.chinafile.com http://video.chinafile.com/players/s8YTlES9-ylyuUi5i.html China’s Hui Muslims are unique in many respects. The country’s second-largest ethnic minority share linguistic and cultural ties with the majority in China that have allowed them to […]
Source: www.jihadwatch.org How could this have happened in a peaceful, tolerant Muslim nation such as Bangladesh? Did they appoint Eric Posner, Sarah Chayes, or Nathan Lean (aka “Garibaldi“) as Internet czar? “Bangladesh arrests three atheist bloggers,” from AFP, April 2 (thanks to Lookmann): DHAKA: Bangladesh police have arrested three atheist bloggers for allegedly defaming Islam and […]
by Sheila Musaji Pamela Geller published an article On Passover, Muslims Stone Jews at the holiest site in Judaism, the Temple Mount and she calls them “savages”. Her partner Robert […]
Closed mosque: The al-Misbah mosque belonging to the Indonesia Ahmadiyah Congregation stands deserted after being sealed off by public order officers assisted by police officers and soldiers on early Friday. […]
The Jakarta Post: Around 50 Ahmadis in Bekasi, West Java, have sealed themselves in the Al-Misbah Mosque, which the municipal administration closed the day before in a crack down. The […]
Source: Daily Beast: As the spring weather warms and the snow melts off the high mountain passes separating Pakistan and Afghanistan, hundreds of Taliban fighters who spent the winter in Afghan refugee camps and other safe havens inside Pakistan are preparing to return to battle. But this year some insurgents […]
Express Tribune: KARACHI: Tragedy struck an Ahmedi family in Nawabshah once again when the son was shot at by an unidentified man only a few years after his father was killed. The victim A*, who is a lawyer, was at his brother’s shop – taking a break from his morning […]
Youtube: Tweet by Deden Sjana: Rehmat Effendi, Bekasi Mayor, has granted the request of islamic hardliner group to shut down an Ahmadiyah Mosque in Bekasi, a city located only 30 kilometers […]
Source: Prof Hamid Ahmad of Germany. All those associated with him and TI College: It pains me to tell you that our dear friend, Ch. Mahfooz-ur-Rehman passed away yesterday in Rabwah. Inna Lillahe wa Inna Ilaihe Rajeoon. May his sould rest in peace. His Janaza prayer is scheduled after Asar […]
Source: ET: As the nation prepares to head for historic polls next month, much of the country’s eyes will be focused on the youth, which is believed to be 25 million registered voters between the ages of 18 to 29 according to the results of a survey conducted by the […]
ANADRIYAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 6 April 2013 The Ministry of Health (of Saudi Arabia) is using 35 cartoon and other characters at the Janadriyah festival near Riyadh to teach children […]
Jasser Auda ARABNEWS Friday 5 April 2013 In his well-known book, Al-Hikam (Words of Wisdom), Sheikh Ahmad Ibn Ataa’illah As-Sakandari says: “Save yourself from worrying. Somebody else already took care of your affairs for you.” Relying on Allah (tawakkul) is one of the important Islamic concepts that may be misunderstood […]
By Gaelle Sundelin | Apr 04, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Thirty years of archaeological excavations culminated in the “groundbreaking discovery” of a bronze workshop in Jerash’s Temple of Zeus, adding to the Jordan’s rich heritage, according to a French archaeologist. Speaking at a seminar on Wednesday organised by […]