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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: Aljazeera By Hatem Bazian Hatem Bazian is a lecturer in the Departments of Near Eastern and Ethnic Studies at University of California, Berkeley. Switzerland banned the construction of minarets, Spain and […]
Source: The Washington Post By Heba Habib A little mosque in the Danish capital of Copenhagen joined a quiet revolution last week by hosting its first Friday prayer led by […]
MIGRATION SERIES (PART 1) Defining the 25% foreign population in Switzerland By Duc-Quang Nguyen AUG 31, 2016 For the first time, Switzerland has 2 million foreigners living in its midst. As of last year, these non-Swiss – often the subject of political debate – accounted for nearly a quarter of the nation’s […]
Ben Moshinsky Aug. 21, 2016, 10:30 AM AP If you want a university degree that boosts your earning power, go and study in Switzerland. Swiss universities occupy the top four spots of Emolument.com‘s table of European colleges with the highest earning graduates. The University of St. Gallen, known for its […]
ANADOLU AGENCY PARIS Tents of a migrant camp are pictured at the Parc des Olieux in Lille, northern France, on August 30, 2016 (AFP Photo) France is set to open its first approved refugee camp in the capital by the end of September, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced Wednesday. Hidalgo […]
Photo: Screen shot/Ouest France Bretons bathe fully clothed as Muslim asked to leave beach Published: 29 Aug 2016 Protesters in Brittany take to the sea fully clothed after video emerges of a veil-wearing Muslim woman being asked to leave the beach in Nice, despite France’s top court ruling burqini-bans are […]
Jörg Meuthen and a cake. Photo: DPA Far-right AfD leader injured by flying frozen cake Published: 30 Aug 2016 The co-leader of the far-right AfD party was attacked with a cake while attending a political event on Monday. But the fact the dessert was frozen made the act “dangerous”, according […]
Source: Independent By Jon Stone The British public want to ban Muslim women from wearing the Islamic veil or burqa by an overwhelming margin of more than two-to-one, a poll has […]
Source: http://www.tvtechnology.com/thewire/presteigne-broadcast-hire-supports-50th-jalsa-uk/6829/view Crawley, West Sussex, 31 August, 2016 – The 50th anniversary of Jalsa Salana UK, the three-day international convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, took place at Hadiqat-ul-Mahdi (Oaklands Farm, near Alton, Hampshire) from 12-14 August, attracting upwards of 40,000 Ahmadi Muslims plus other interested dignitaries and participants from around […]
Source: Press Release Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says Islam has liberated women and granted them true freedomThe Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 30 August 2016, the […]
Source: The Guardian By Paul Valley Mother Teresa once went to a cash-and-carry-in London. She filled a huge trolley with food for her hostel for homeless men in Waterloo. At […]
Source: The Guardian While the burkini debate has stoked considerable coverage and discussion abroad, the debate is nothing new at home. To me, it seems to be a follow-up in […]
The ban on burkinis in France is not only ‘‘a grave and illegal breach of fundamental freedoms’‘ but a ‘‘stupid reaction’‘ to recent terror attacks, the UN human rights office has said. Demanding its immediate end, a spokesperson for the rights agency insisted the suspension had only succeeded in increasing […]
Source: ET The decision to bar men from the prayers drew criticism from Syria-born Danish lawmaker Naser Khader, who told broadcaster TV 2 that it was not “good enough” in a country like Denmark — known for having a high level of gender equality — to shy away from letting […]
By Zubair Khan An email came. Sender was President International Women Club Zagreb. The club, somehow, came to know that we (husband and wife) originally belonged to Pakistan and it invited us to represent Pakistan in the International Christmas Bazar, an annual event organised regularly for many decades in prestigious […]