Pakistan: The Honor of Islam is Misplaced When It Kills Ahmadis and Shias
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) Source: The Daily Times The Honour of Islam is Misplaced When […]
494. Commandment – Challenge the non-believers
494. Commandment – Challenge the non-believers [3:62] Now whoso disputes with thee concerning him, after what has come to thee of knowledge, say to him, ‘Come, let us call our sons and your sons, and our women and your women, and our people and your people; then let us pray […]
495. Commandment – And say to those who believe not: ‘Act as best you can, we too are acting. ‘And wait ye, we too are waiting.
495. Commandment – And say to those who believe not: ‘Act as best you can, we too are acting. ‘And wait ye, we too are waiting.’ [11:122] And say to those who believe not: ‘Act as best you can, we too are acting. [11:123] ‘And wait ye, we too are […]
Marking the Spread of Generosity and Compassion
Review of Religions: On 17 March 2012, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad(aba), the Fifth Khalifa of the Promised Messiah(as) and Head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at (Community), inaugurated the Baitul […]
Stop the flow of ISIL militants through Turkish border, Obama says
ELMAU, Germany US President Barack Obama speaks to media during a bilateral meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi during the G-7 summit in Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Monday, June 8, 2015. AP Photo U.S. President Barack Obama has called on coalition partners to improve intelligence cooperation […]
Persecution Without Prosecution: The Fate of Minorities in Pakistan
FP: On Sunday morning, March 15th, 22-year-old Akash Bashir volunteered to guard the gates outside of St. John’s Catholic Church in Lahore, Pakistan. As the service drew to a close, an armed gunman strapped with explosives sprinted towards the entrance, firing at the gate. Bashir and a fellow security volunteer […]
Opinion: Post-disaster rebuilding of Nepal requires forward-thinking
OPINION Post-disaster rebuilding of Nepal requires forward-thinking By Kedar Neupane JUN 7, 2015 – 11:00 “Nepal has lurched ground like a ship on the high seas”. The headline of the Tribune de Genève after the second major earthquake of 7.3 magnitude rocked Nepal on May 12 said it all. By […]
Backed into corner, Turkey’s Erdogan shows hints of compromise
By Reuters – Jun 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) meets with Deniz Baykal, a veteran opposition lawmaker from the Republican People’s Party, in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) ANKARA — The choice of venue seemed to say it all. Straying from his vast new […]
A startling sight in Pakistan: Fast, affordable, air-conditioned buses
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis, the miserable, sweaty, cramped commute is coming to an end. Pakistan, […]
5 things you didn't know about religious veils
CNN: By Abed Awad, who is an attorney, a national Islamic law expert and an adjunct law professor at Rutgers School of Law and Pace Law School. Here are five […]
5 things you didn’t know about religious veils
CNN: By Abed Awad, who is an attorney, a national Islamic law expert and an adjunct law professor at Rutgers School of Law and Pace Law School. Here are five […]
Jamshedpur's Plastic Roads Initiative Is A Lesson For All Indian Cities
Source: India Times Disposal of waste plastic is no longer a problem in the steel city with Jamshedpur Utility and Services Company (JUSCO) using bitumen technology on waste plastic, ranging from polybags to biscuit packets, for constructing roads. JUSCO, a 100 per cent subsidiary company of Tata Steel which maintains […]
Jamshedpur’s Plastic Roads Initiative Is A Lesson For All Indian Cities
Source: India Times Disposal of waste plastic is no longer a problem in the steel city with Jamshedpur Utility and Services Company (JUSCO) using bitumen technology on waste plastic, ranging from polybags to biscuit packets, for constructing roads. JUSCO, a 100 per cent subsidiary company of Tata Steel which maintains […]
Saudi Arabia: Reformation: Wild party duo ordered to dig graves
Courtesy photo. ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Two young women and two men who were caught together at a wild party that involved in dancing and singing at a beach resort have been given interesting alternative sentences. The Criminal Court in Jeddah ordered the two girls to visit 10 patients at […]
Saudi Rial12m iftar meals for refugees
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif. (AP) ARAB NEWS Published — Wednesday 10 June 2015 JEDDAH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, has allocated SR12 million (US$ 3.2 million) to supply iftar meals to Syrian refugees and Somalis during the fasting month of Ramadan. The allocation […]
Four fast facts about Arabic, and other languages, you may not have known
Albawaba.com © Provided by Albawaba.com These statistics may make you want to finally crack open those language books.Arabic is well-known to have a major presence in several countries around the worldbeyond the Middle East. But to what degree? In fact Arabic stands tall in the rankings. That’s what you can […]
Pakistan to consider blasphemy law reforms amid worsening violence
Source: World News Group By Julia A. Seymour Lawmakers in Pakistan are considering reforms to the country’s blasphemy laws that could help curb persecution against Christians and other minorities. The proposed reforms […]
No, Hamza Ali Abbasi, you cannot shame us for talking about Pakistan’s minorities too!
Tribune: They say charity begins at home. But for many right-wing Pakistanis, it seems as if home is not Pakistan; it is the Muslim Ummah – just the Sunni-identifying part to be precise. Like the rest of us, these fellow Pakistanis seem to be rightly concerned about the current plight […]
How Secularism Can Help Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Malala Speaks Out In Support Of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our […]