Russian Dilemma: Why EU Sanctions are a Bluff
By Christoph Schult, Jörg Schindler and Ralf Neukirch While the EU currently shows a united front on possible economic penalties against Russia for its interference in Ukraine, that could change […]
[Video] Final session of MTA International Conference 2014 (English)
Source: youtube.com Final session of MTA International Conference 2014, including an address delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may Allah be his Helper). Recorded on April 13, 2014. © Copyright MTA […]
Toddler survives 18-km running board stunt
Source: The Local Police in Lower Saxony were left in awe of a three-year-old girl’s “stuntman-like” skills on Thursday after she clung onto the outside of a van for 18 kilometres, travelling at speeds of up to 80 km/h. More:
British girl gets jail for attacking elderly Sikh man
Source: TOI LONDON: The British teenage girl who attacked an 80-year-old Sikh pensioner in a city centre in Britain’s Coventry last year has been jailed for two years by the Warwick crown court. Coral Millerchip, 20, attacked frail pensioner Joginder Singh at the city centre in August last year, an […]
UK: Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at attends Ahmadiyya seminary sports competition
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Following a prize distribution ceremony, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addressed the students and reminded them of the importance of maintaining physical fitness as a means to aid their learning… […]
Russia Prohibits Qur’an Translation
Source: Balkan Chronicle: The Russian system of justice once again shocked the whole world as the district court of Novorossiysk city recognized the Russian translation of the Holy Qur’an by the famous orientalist scholar Elmir Kuliev as an extremist book. This decision is based on the announcement made by the […]
Not to confuse the faithful believers with those who call themselves Muslims
Source: Balkan Chronicle. Muslims are the second largest religious group in Russia and they have peacefully coexisted with Orthodox believers over many centuries. However, in recent decades, some Russians have started behaving suspiciously towards Muslims, especially in the wake instability in certain regions and terrorist attacks. The Muslims of the […]
Osama Bin Putin-Putin displays Ukraine chess mastery
Source: Asia Times By Pepe Escobar Russia’s celebrations of the 69th anniversary of the defeat of fascism in World War II come just days after Ukrainian neo-fascists enacted an appalling Odessa massacre. For those who know their history, the graphic symbolism speaks for itself. And then a geopolitical chess gambit added outright puzzlement […]
Osama Bin Putin-Putin displays Ukraine chess mastery
Source: Asia Times By Pepe Escobar Russia’s celebrations of the 69th anniversary of the defeat of fascism in World War II come just days after Ukrainian neo-fascists enacted an appalling Odessa massacre. For those who know their history, the graphic symbolism speaks for itself. And then a geopolitical chess gambit added outright puzzlement […]
Decline of religious belief means we need more exorcists, say Catholics
Telegraph UK: By Nick Squires, Rome A six-day meeting in Rome aims to train about 200 Roman Catholic priests from more than 30 countries in how to cast out evil from people […]
UK ‘second best education in Europe’ Asian countries on Top
BBC: by Sean Coughlan — The UK is in second place among European countries and sixth overall in a global education league table. South Korea is top, with three other Asian countries and Finland making up the top five, in rankings from education and publishing firm, Pearson. The rankings include […]
French Soccer Club Hires Woman to Coach Its Men
Source: NY Times: Helena Costa, whose father did not like soccer and who often had to go to neighbors’ homes to watch games, will become the first woman to coach a men’s professional soccer team in France. Clermont Foot 63, a second-division club in Clermont-Ferrand, announced on Wednesday that Costa […]
Afghan immigrant attempts to cross the Channel on a raft with bedsheets for sails
Telegraph: Asif Hussainkhil was saved after being picked up less than two nautical miles off Sangatte near Calais. A young Afghan man has been rescued by the French coastguard after risking his life trying to reach Britain on a makeshift raft fashioned from three planks and propelled by a bed […]
Geert Wilders on ‘slippery slope’, Jewish group states
Telegraph: A Dutch Jewish group has attacked Geert Wilders for building alliances with far-Right-wing parties such as Marine Le Pen’s Front National. Geert Wilders on is on a “slippery slope” by forming a European election alliance with Marine Le Pen and an Austrian far-Right party with a “Brownshirt past”, a […]
Vatican tells UN committee 848 priests defrocked in past decade
In a second day of grilling by the UN, the Holy See released statistics on how many priests have been defrocked and disciplined over sex abuse in the past decade. Toronto Star, May 7, 2014 FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP/GETTY IMAGES Vatican envoy Silvano Tomasi, right, delivers a statement alongside Vatican […]
SWORN IN : Vatican’s Swiss guards take oath
May 6, 2014 – 16:05 Thirty new Swiss Guards were sworn in on Tuesday in a special ceremony at the Vatican, pledging their allegiance to Pope Francis and promising to […]
Crimean Karaites hail Russia’s takeover of peninsula
STORY SUMMARY Crimea’s tiny 800-strong Karaite minority — Turkic-speaking, not entirely Jewish and overwhelmingly pro-Russian — hopes that Moscow’s takeover of the peninsula will help them preserve their ancient culture. Hidden in the middle of a dense oak forest is the ancestral cemetery of Crimean Karaites: 7,000 ancient limestone graves, […]
Burton, UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association celebrated Holy Founders Day at the Caribbean Centre
Source: burtonmail.co.uk East Staffordshire mayor Michael Rodgers attended with Mayoress Julie Killoran as the chief guests. FAITH leaders and 100 guests packed out a Burton function centre to hear about Muslim […]
Muslim World Leader Calls for Religious Freedom in Pakistan
Source: prnewswire.co.uk LONDON, May 6, 2014 An online petition to Rt Hon David Cameron MP, The Prime Minister, has been set up to urge him as a friend of Pakistan to raise these issues […]
Borderlands: The New Strategic Landscape
Geopolitical Weekly TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014 – 03:03 Stratfor By George Friedman I will be leaving this week to visit a string of countries that are now on the front line between Russia and the European Peninsula: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Azerbaijan. A tour like that allows you […]