37yrs for UK to clear immigration backlog
The SUN: IT will take 37 YEARS to clear a new backlog of half a million immigration cases, MPs reveal today. The Home Affairs Select Committee said it is “staggering” […]
UK new curriculum revised to include Islam history
Press TV: British Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced his national curriculum after revising it to include a module on the history of Islam. The changes were made after an […]
Why has chaos emerged from sublime Arab culture?
STORY SUMMARY Hisham Melhem, a prominent Lebanese journalist, recalls an emotional visit to the Great Mosque of Cordoba in Spain last May. That question of lost greatness has vexed Arabs […]
Italy racism row: Cecile Kyenge compared to orangutan
Epigraph: O ye who believe! let not one people deride another people, who may be better than they, nor let women deride other women, who may be better than they. […]
[Urdu Video] Rah-e-Huda – 13th July 2013 – Ask Questions about Islam Ahmadiyya
Source: vimeo.com An interactive talk show discussing and answering questions in relation to the beliefs of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, thus rectifying misconceptions.
Ramadhan Special: Questions and Answers about Ramadhan – Islam Ahmadiyya
Source: vimeo.com A special question and answer session with Munir-uddin Shams, Muneer Ahmad Javed, Abdul Majid and Naseer Ahmad Qamar based on Ramadhan. Recorded on October 29, 2005
DEGROWTH ACTIVIST: ‘Live simply to let others simply live’
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch July 14, 2013 – 11:00 Mirko Locatelli is a hardline critic of consumerism and the Western ideology of growth. The native Italian speaker, who lives in […]
Turkish Lawmakers Move to Curb Army’s Political Power
Source: NY Times: ISTANBUL — The Turkish Parliament on Saturday amended an army regulation that had paved the way for military intervention in politics — another step in years of […]
UK soldier and veteran suicides ‘outstrip Afghan deaths’
Source: BBC More British soldiers and veterans took their own lives in 2012 than died fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan over the same period. BBC Panorama learned that 21 serving soldiers killed themselves last year, along with 29 veterans. The Afghanistan death toll was 44, of whom 40 died in […]
Snowden chose not to release most damaging data’
Source: Hindustan Times: Edward Snowden possesses data that could prove far more “damaging” to the US government but the fugitive leaker has chosen not to release them, said a journalist who first broke the story.Glenn Greenwald told Argentina’s La Nacion paper that Snowden, who is currently stranded in Moscow, had […]
Pakistan Minister Paul Bhatti Sells Chrisitian Minorities Short in UK House of Commons on Blasphemy Law
Daily Times: VIEW : Challenging Pakistan’s blasphemy laws takes courage — Nasir Saeed Shahbaz Bhatti knew death was a risk that came with the role of being the minorities’ minister but […]
MTA Conference 2013 with Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Khalifa of Islam)
Alislam.org Reaching the Corner of the Earth with message of Peace from Promised Messiah and Mehdi
Polish parliament votes to uphold kosher slaughter ban
Polish Jewish community leaders: Decision harms Jews, Muslims. The Jerusalem Post: The Polish parliament voted on Friday to uphold a ban on Kosher slaughter in the country. A government sponsored […]
Citizens face off racist anti-asylum groups
Source:The Local A former school – which closed due to a lack of local children – is due to be converted into a home for around 400 refugees in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf area of Berlin. The plan has been greeted with hostility from some locals and sparked a campaign from members […]
Germany calls for Morsi release in Egypt
Source: The Local Morsi is currently being held in a “safe place, for his safety” and has not yet been charged with anything, according to the Egyptian foreign ministry, but military and judicial sources say he may eventually face charges.The German ministry spokesman said a “trusted institution” such as the […]
Ramadan — Virtues of Fasting by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Virtues of Fasting by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V (atba) NOTE: Alislam Team takes full responsibility for any errors or miscommunication in this Synopsis of the Friday Sermon […]
Woolwich Reaction: Tipton mosque blast was ‘terrorist attack’, say police
BBC: An explosion which left nails and debris strewn outside a mosque was “an act of terrorism”, police have said. The blast happened on a disused railway line near Binfield […]
Pakistani Teenager Shot by Taliban Comes to UN
UNITED NATIONS — A new report released to mark the 16th birthday of a Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls says 57 million children around […]
Pope criminalizes leaks, sex abuse in first laws
Source: TOI VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has overhauled the laws that govern the Vatican City State, criminalizing leaks of Vatican information and specifically listing sexual violence, prostitution and possession of child pornography as crimes against children. More:
Altaf Hussain under investigation by Police:
Source: ET LONDON: London Metropolitan Police said that an investigation is being carried out against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain on charges of money laundering and provocation to torture, BBC Urdu reported on Thursday. London Police wrote a written response to BBC Urdu Service, verifying the raids on Altaf Hussain’s residence […]