Peter Robinson insists remarks in support of pastor who compared Muslims to the IRA were “hyped up” and “given a meaning that was never intended” Northern Ireland’s first minister, Peter Robinson, has said he did not “want to insult” the Muslim community after he defended a pastor who branded Islam […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” wrote Robert Frost. This something is someone now: Pope Francis. In a strong, apparently unscripted move on his recent visit to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, on Sunday the pontiff suddenly waved to the driver of his Popemobile, […]
The Swiss Canton of Zurich has decided against the opening of the first Islamic kindergarten in the country, stating that the proposed institution’s ideological component was too strong and contradicted […]
swissinfo.ch May 26, 2014 – 20:20 The energy ministers of Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday in Bern, pledging cooperation between the two […]
STORY SUMMARY Armenia on Tuesday invited Turkey’s leader to events next year marking the 100th anniversary of World War I-era massacres that Armenians say amounted to genocide, despite Ankara’s fierce rejection of the term. Relations between the two countries have long been soured by disputes over the massacres, in which […]
STORY SUMMARY Several hundred African migrants have charged a barbed-wire border fence in Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla with many managing to get across, but dozens of others were […]
Telegraph: Israeli tourists murdered in an attack on a Jewish museum in Brussels could have been targeted for their intelligence work, an Israeli newspaper has claimed. An Israeli couple who were gunned down outside a Jewish museum in Brussels could have been killed because of their work with the government, an Israeli […]
Robert Fisk: Our addiction to the internet is as harmful as any drug – and what passes for comment these days is often simply foul abuse – The focus on ‘surfing’ rather than proper reading has impoverished literature Read more: http://www.themuslimtimes.org#ixzz32uU3DMzd Something is rotten in the state of technology. I […]
IslamAAAklAlAl Islam — After Prophethood, Khilafat is the most important institution in Islam. Khulafa are ultimately appointed by God through His Divine guidance. Though Khilafat had disappeared, it has been re-established as prophecied by The Holy Prophet, Muhammad sa. .more… “Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good […]
Source: itv.com Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (AMYA), including one from Yorkshire, are today scaling the UK’s highest three mountains to raise money for charity and to promote peace. The […]
May 26, 2014 – 15:39 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Pope Francis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded words on Monday over the language spoken by Jesus two millennia ago. “Jesus was here, in this land. He spoke Hebrew,” Netanyahu told Francis, at a public meeting in Jerusalem in which the […]
CHENAB NAGAR: 26.05.2014. A member of the Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya was shot dead in Chenab Nagar on Monday allegedly because of his faith. Cardiologist Dr Mehdi Ali was on his was way back from a graveyard when two men on a motorbike opened fire. He was shot 11 times, a spokesperson for […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Far-right parties appear poised to secure a stronger foothold in the European Parliament after a vote that France’s Prime Minister described as an “earthquake.” France’s far-right National Front party was projected to win a nationwide election for the first time on Sunday following the parliamentary vote, […]
Real struck three times in the second period of extra time. The Star 2014/05/25 Shaun Botterill / GETTY IMAGES Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates Real Madrid’s victory over Atletico in the Champions League final on Saturday in Lisbon. By: The Associated Press Published on Sat May 24 2014 LISBON, PORTUGAL—Real Madrid’s record […]
Source: N Y Times: BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Pope Francis waded into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace-making soon after arriving here on Sunday, issuing an extraordinary invitation to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and President Shimon Peres of Israel to join him in his home in the Vatican […]
swissinfo.ch and agencies May 24, 2014 – 11:47 Journalist Glenn Greenwald, who broke revelations about spying by the United States government, says Switzerland should offer whistleblower Edward Snowden asylum and wouldn’t be punished for doing so. But he adds the Swiss are a partner in certain US spy operations. “A […]
MARY FOGARTY – UPDATED 22 MAY 2014 03:02 PM ACCLAIMED journalist Robert Fisk was in Enniskerry recently, where he was interviewed by David McWilliams for a live and enraptured audience. Fisk lives and works in the Lebanon, basing his existence around a flat in Beirut. He is the Middle Eastern […]
Source: glasgowwestend.co.uk The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association 5k Fun Run is back!! Sunday 1st June, Kelvingrove Park The fourth annual AMYA 5k Fun Run takes place in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow […]
Robert Fisk: Our modern gods: Amnesty International, the Geneva Conventions and the United Nations They provide a reflection of our universal need for human protection, but are without artistic merit Why did we give up on the old, grumpy, whimsical, brutal gods of old, with their adulterous, murderous, gentle, […]