Microsoft’s UK data centres power up cloud services
Source: BBC Microsoft has announced that its first UK cloud computing data centres are up and running. The facilities are located in London, Durham and Cardiff. They should help the […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community speaks of risks of refugee crisis and rise of the Far-Right in Europe
● SUNDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addresses non-Ahmadi guests and members of Lajna Imaillah on day 2 of Jalsa Salana Germany On Saturday 3 September 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addressed an audience of more than […]
Delay in EU visa liberalization for Turkish citizens out of question, Pres. Spox says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo Turkey will not accept a delay for visa-free travel to the European Union until the end of the year, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said on Tuesday, in response to allegations claiming that Turkey has accepted the delay. Speaking during a live broadcast on NTV news […]
It’s sad but true that in colonial times, our government was better at responding to human rights abuses abroad than it is now
Those we trust to represent us will not take up the battle against injustice these days because they are now too involved in the infliction of this injustice, albeit by proxy Robert Fisk @indyvoices Friday 5 August 2016 Yemen children waving national flags at rally in support of the Houthi rebels on […]
Scotland: Murderer Tanveer Ahmed (of Martyred Ahmadi Muslim Asad Shah) appeals sentence
Source: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14609687.Asad_Shah_murder__Killer__laughed_and_laughed__as_Glasgow_shopkeeper_lay_dying/ Asad Shah murder: Killer ‘laughed and laughed’ as Glasgow shopkeeper lay dying The brother of murdered shopkeeper Asad Shah has described the torment of trying to rescue his sibling from sectarian killer Tanveer Ahmed. Asad Shah murder: Brother describes fight to defend him from sectarian attacker The brother of […]
UK: MP Margaret Ferrier speaks at annual conference of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; meets its Supreme Head & Caliph His Holiness Hazrath Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Source: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/margaret-ferrier-mp-speaks-annual-8772690 MP Margaret Ferrier meets His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Caliph of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Hamilton West MP Margaret Ferrier has called for communities to work together to fight radicalisation and extremism. She was speaking at an annual conference in Alton which brought together global members of […]
These Are the 5 Big Foreign Policy Stories for the Fall
Source: Time By Ian Bremmer Say this for the summer of 2016: at least Russia didn’t invade anywhere. These are the geopolitical stories to pay attention to this fall. It’s your back-to-school edition of 5 Facts. 1. Turkey, Syria and the Middle East Aside from Brexit—more on that below—the most serious geopolitical […]
Jalsa Salana Germany 2016 Concludes with Faith-inspiring Address by Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
More than 38,000 people attend three-day convention in Karlsruhe. The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad concluded the 41st Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany on 4 September 2016 with an inspirational and faith […]
Meet Generation M: the young, affluent Muslims changing the world
Source: The Guardian Book Reviewed by Harriet Sherwood The book written by Shelina Janmohamed Burkinis, misery memoirs and people on camels: the caricatures of Islam don’t leave much room for […]
German boy, nine, saves young brother in Korbach pool
Source: BBC A nine-year-old German boy has been hailed a hero for resuscitating his two-year-old brother after he fell into a garden swimming pool. The brothers were being looked after […]
40,000 participate in the ’41st Jalsa Salana Germany’ of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
40 000 participants at meetings of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Source: Archy World News Rheinstetten (dpa / lsw) – At the annual meeting of the Muslim movement Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat […]
Pope Francis canonises Mother Teresa before St Peter’s Square masses
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood in Rome It was a typical Pope Francis touch, and one in keeping with the extraordinary life story of Saint Teresa of Kolkata, as the Catholic […]
Angela Merkel’s CDU ‘suffers Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania poll blow’
Source: BBC Angela Merkel’s ruling CDU party has been beaten into third place by an anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party in elections in a north-eastern German state, TV exit polls suggest. […]
Italy furious after Charlie Hebdo caricature depicts quake victims as pasta & lasagna
Source: RT Italian politicians and the public are fuming over a “disgusting” satirical cartoon published by controversial French weekly Charlie Hebdo, which made fun of the victims of an earthquake […]
Germany’s largest Islamic convention underway in Karlsruhe
Source: Rabwah Times Karlsruhe, a German city close to the French border is hosting Germany’s largest annual Islamic convention this weekend. Over 35,000 Muslims are expected to attend the Jalsa […]
Head Of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Speaks Of Risks Of Refugee Crisis and the Rise Of the Far-Right in Europe
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addresses non-Ahmadi guests and members of Lajna Imaillah on day 2 of Jalsa Salana Germany. On Saturday 3 September 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addressed an audience of more than 1,000 non-Ahmadi […]
Indian Leaders Head to the Vatican for Mother Teresa’s Canonization
Source: Time By Nikhil Kumar As Pope Francis prepares to declare Mother Teresa a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sept. 4, a string of top Indian politicians are heading to the Vatican to witness her canonization, underlining her popularity in her adopted home. Born in Skopje in present day […]
Germany: 41st Jalsa Salana (An Annual 3-day convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Communtiy – A Report
41st Jalsa Salana Germany begins in Karlsruhe Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad inaugurates Annual Convention The 41st Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany began earlier today with a Friday Sermondelivered by the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth […]
Inspection of arrangements for the 41st 3-day Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) Germany 2016 of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – A Report
Source: http://www.pressahmadiyya.com/2016/09/inspection-jalsa-germany-2016.html 3-day Annual Convention to begin in Karlsruhe later today The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad conducted an inspection for the arrangements of the 41st Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany on 1 September […]
Muslim women may wear veil ‘to allow them to integrate more’
Source:The Guardian Women at Southwark Eid festival in Burgess Park, south London. Photograph: Rob Stothard/Getty Images By Amelia Hill Young, highly educated Muslim women who live in modern, urban environments may be choosing to wear the veil because it enables them to mix with non-Muslim friends, work outside the home and […]