India’s top court calls for new law to curb mob violence
Source: Associated Press By AIJAZ HUSSAIN NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s highest court on Tuesday asked the federal government to consider enacting a law to deal with an increase in […]
Pakistan general elections: US-designated terror group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen announces support for Imran Khan’s PTI
World Press Trust of India Jul 18, 2018 Islamabad: Fazlur Rehman Khalil, the founder of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) terrror group and a US-designated global terrorist with links to al-Qaeda, on Tuesday […]
Pakistan’s Religious Alliance Not Conducive to Coming Elections
Published July 18th, 2018 Pakistan’s election campaign fever (Twitter) Rahimullah Yusufzai Things are not that conducive for the five-party religious alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) in the upcoming elections, compared to […]
Death Descends on Pakistan
By Tarek Fatah https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/fatah-death-descends-on-pakistan The nuclear state of Pakistan is going through a farcical election in which hundreds have died at the hands of government-backed jihadi death squads, tens of thousands have disappeared, feared kidnapped and killed by security agencies. At the same time, Pakistan’s newspapers and TV networks face a crackdown […]
Pakistan: Ahmadis won’t vote on 25th: spokesperson
LAHORE: Spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan Saleem-ud-Din has dissociated the community from the upcoming general elections. He said though the elections are ostensibly being held under a joint […]
What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe?
As Jehovah’s Witnesses, we strive to adhere to the form of Christianity that Jesus taught and that his apostles practiced. This article summarizes our basic beliefs. God. We worship the one true and Almighty God, the Creator, whose name is Jehovah. (Psalm 83:18; Revelation 4:11) He is the God of […]
Life Could Not Be More Difficult For Pakistan’s Ahmadis?
Ewelina U. Ochab Contributor i Jul 17, 2018, 05:28pm 423 views #ForeignAffairs The recent USCIRF report highlights the plight of religious minorities in Pakistan. Religious minority groups such as Hindus, […]
’69 People on My 69th Birthday’ / Suicide Casts Doubts On German Deportation Policies
As Germany’s interior minister joked about deporting 69 refugees on his birthday last week, news emerged that one of those Afghan deportees had committed suicide in Kabul. The man’s […]
Muslim World League joins Moroccan league in fight against extremism
MWL Secretary-General Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa with Ahmed Al-Abadi, secretary-general of Mohammadian League of Scholars. SPA Mohammed Al-Sulami July 17, 2018 22:26 Cultural communication generates understanding among nations The […]
Saudi efforts to ‘heal Afghan division’ win royal approval
King Salman chairs the Cabinet session in Jeddah on Tuesday. SPA Arab News July 17, 2018 The forum urged all Afghan factions to halt the fighting and work toward “reconciliation […]
JORDAN: Marriage training mandatory for under 18 couples
By Renad Aljadid – Jul 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Chief Islamic Justice Department has announced that engaged couples under 18 will have to undergo a mandatory training […]
Tel Aviv warns Syrians away from frontier as Assad closes in
Syrian state TV says captured hill from rebels overlooking Golan By Reuters – Jul 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A photo taken on Tuesday from the Israeli-annexed Syrian Golan Heights shows […]
Israel’s nation-state bill underscores its fascist nature
Osama Al Sharif Jul 17,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Israel is about to adopt one of the most controversial laws in its history, possibly more contentious than its declaration of independence […]
Violent Extremist or Political Candidate? In Pakistan Election, You Can Be Both
Source: The New York Times By Maria Abi-Habib, Shah Meer Baloch and Zia ur-Rehman KARACHI, Pakistan — Aurangzeb Farooqi is a leader of a political party that is banned in Pakistan for espousing […]
Pakistan: Elections and religious minorities
As the elections fast approach and the country is under virtual martial law designed to favour one particular party, nobody is even discussing the continuing marginalisation of religious minorities in […]
The High Status of Women in Islam
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) It’s a stereotype too common to mention: Islam oppresses women and the religion is inherently hostile to the desires, needs and concerns […]
In India, a Missing Key to a Temple’s Treasure Vault Ignites a Furor
Source: The New York Times By Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj PURI, India — A group of men in loincloths assembled outside a 12th-century temple on a hot April day […]
Cows are sacred to India’s Hindu majority. For Muslims who trade cattle, that means growing trouble.
Source: The Washington Post MAHABAN, India — In the year since an extremist Hindu monk was tapped to lead one of India’s biggest states, the country’s Muslim cattle traders have […]
About His Holiness – Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Mir-za Mas-roor Ah-mad), is the fifth Khalifa (Caliph) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Elected to this lifelong position on 22nd April 2003, he serves as […]
Parties play religious cards as Pakistan poll looms
Islamist groups threaten to deepen social divisions and further discriminate against minorities, women A vendor arranges election party symbols, including lions for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of Shahbaz […]