Roma Stereotypes: How Racist Assumptions Fueled ‘Maria’ Fiasco
When Greek police stumbled upon a blond, blue-eyed girl when raiding a Roma settlement two weeks ago, it triggered a wave of worries fed by long-held stereotypes. The fears proved […]
£1bn Treasure Trove Stolen by Nazis Found Amid Rotting Food in Munich Apartment
By Fiona Keating : Subscribe to Fiona’s RSS feed | November 03, 2013 4:36 PM GMT Artworks worth nearly £1bn, including paintings by Marc Chagall, have been found in a […]
Poland asks European court to hide CIA secret torture prison case from public
Poland has asked the European Court of Human Rights to bar media and public presence during an upcoming hearing on Poland’s complicity with the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program that delivered […]
Hundreds of bodies found in Bosnia mass grave
Source: CNN via Wasim Sr. (CNN) — Investigators in Bosnia have uncovered a mass grave thought to contain several hundred bodies of victims of the conflict that followed the breakup of the former Yugoslavia two decades ago. The remains are believed to be those of victims of Bosniak and Croat ethnicity […]
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad inaugurates the Baitul Muqeet Mosque in New Zealand
Source: Press@amjinternational.org. The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, inaugurated Baitul Muqeet Mosque in Auckland on 1 November 2013 as he delivered […]
Exhibition of Rare Islamic Objects Opens in Spain
Spain has begun hosting an exhibition ‘Nur: Light in Art, Science from the Islamic World,’ which features 140 works from Muslim countries (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Appropriately for a region that was once home to a Muslim polity that remains famous for its advances in art and learning, the […]
Ireland: Government to consider removal of blasphemy law
http://www.breakingnews.ie: Removing the offence of blasphemy from Irish law will be discussed by the Convention on the Constitution this weekend. Academics and legal experts will give presentations at the two-day event, […]
Survey says world’s top 10 intellectuals are Muslims
Reuters: The bimonthly U.S. international affairs journal Foreign Policy has just published a survey of the world’s top 20 public intellectuals and the first 10 are all Muslims. They are certainly an interesting group […]
Baroness Warsi says banning the Muslim veil would be like clamping down on the miniskirt in the 60s
Source: Mirror News By Chris Richards The peer, Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister, said stopping people from wearing the veil “is not the British way” Baroness Warsi says banning Muslim women […]
Morden Ahmadiyya mosque to host free careers fair
Friday 1st November 2013 in News By Lauren May, Chief Reporter The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association is hosting a free careers and education fair at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden. […]
Prime Minister David Cameron Praises Young Ahmadi Muslims
Source: Oye! Times Young Muslims are planning to turn up at Heathrow Airport and London’s rail and underground stations in force – to collect money for the Poppy Appeal. Members […]
Ex-NSA man Edward Snowden meets German MP
Source: BBC A German Green politician says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has told him in Moscow that he is willing to speak to German investigators about the US spy agency’s activities. Hans-Christian Stroebele said the offer was contained in a letter to the German government which Mr Snowden gave him. […]
New Zeland TV Report: Islamic sect hopes to entice more members with the Largest Purpose Built Mosque in New Zealand
Onenews: In Islamic Sect that has been denounced over its modern interpretation of the Koran has celebrated the opening of a new mosque in Auckland. The 400-member strong Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Muslim women can be forced to show faces under new West Australian law
guradian: A new law requiring Muslim women to remove a burqa or niqab to prove their identity to West Australian police has been passed by the state’s parliament. The legislation […]
Putin topples Obama in Forbes power ranking
ET: NEW YORK: Having outfoxed him on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin has pipped Barack Obama to the title of the world’s most powerful leader as ranked by Forbes on Wednesday. […]
Jobless Rate in Euro Zone Stays at Record
FRANKFURT — The number of people out of work in the euro zone rose slightly in September, according to official data published on Thursday, showing that signs of renewed economic growth have not yet filtered through to the labor market. The jobless rate itself was 12.2 percent last month, a […]
The U.N. is forming an international asteroid defense team
Source: Salon Inspired by the meteor that took everyone by surprise when it exploded over Russia and informed by the recommendations of astronauts, the U.N.’s General Assembly approved plans to set up […]
Maori People: Wikipedia article
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with Maouri people or Mauri people. For the Māori people of the Cook Islands, see Cook Islanders. Māori Prominent Māori, l. to r., top to […]
Prayers for opening
The opening of New Zealand’s largest purpose-built mosque will be beamed live to millions of Muslims around the globe tomorrow. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community’s worldwide spiritual leader Hazrat Mirza Masroor […]