Bunny Business: Court decision leaves bad taste in Lindt’s mouth
Mar 28, 2013 – 15:06 Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli has lost a court battle to protect its gold foil-wrapped Easter bunnies being imitated by a German rival. Lindt, […]
Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles, Theology of Liberation : A Summer School in Granada, Spain
Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles, Theology of Liberation and Islamic Revival Granada, Spain-June 10-21, 2013 FINAL ROUND APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 15, 2013 The international Summer School, Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles, Theology of Liberation and Islamic Revival, is an intensive seminar composed of several courses (all of them held in […]
Ramadan Relief: Islam Leader Calls for Muslim Holidays in Germany
Source: Spiegel International Germany is home to some 4 million Muslims. With the long Easter weekend around the corner, a leading member of the country’s Muslim community has called for legal recognition of two Muslim holidays, drawing criticism from among Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling conservatives. In 2010 former German President Christian […]
Is the Secret to Olive Oil in Its Scent?
Why is olive oil, the crown jewel of the Mediterranean diet, so good for your health? Nutritionists point to its abundance of antioxidants and oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat that protects the heart. But new research suggests that some of the benefits of olive oil might be contained in its […]
Turin shroud makes rare appearance on TV amid claims that it is not a forgery
theguardian:by Lizzy Davies. Cloth seen by Catholics as burial shroud of Jesus, and medieval forgery by scientists, to be shown on TV for first time in 30 years The shroud of Turin is to be shown on television for the first time in 40 years on Easter Saturday as a […]
Video: Response to Daily Mail and David Goodhart Article on Cultural Integration i
MKA videos: Published on Mar 28, 2013 How Britain’s Largest Mosque is a Shining example of Integration into British Society . On the 24th of March the writer David Goodhart, published an […]
Basharat Mosque: The First since 1492 Reconquista, in Spain
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Basharat Mosque Basic information Location Pedro Abad Spain Geographic coordinates 37°57′56″N 4°27′42″W / 37.96556°N 4.46167°W / 37.96556; -4.46167Coordinates: 37°57′56″N 4°27′42″W / […]
Persecution News of Ahmadiyya Community
Source: Mr Abdi Khan London The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s exclu- sion from the election process has been in place since 1985 when the right-wing dictator, General Zia-ul-Haq passed legislation which divided citizens’ voting rights depending on their religion. That law has manifested itself in the electoral processes administered by Pakistan’s […]
Risk of poverty lower in Germany than in EU
Source: The Local The share of people at risk of poverty in the population stood at 15.8 percent in Germany — or just over one in six — compared with an EU average of 16.9 percent, Destatis said in a statement. A person is defined as being at risk of […]
Bullet in the arm reminds Bulgaria’s Muslims of repression
By Vessela Sergueva Daily Star, Lebanon KORNITSA, Bulgaria: “Here, feel the bullet, it was never taken out,” says Ibrahim Byalk, presenting his arm where a bullet is still lodged 40 […]
Innocent victims: “Sanctions must not punish the wrong people”
by Mohamed Cherif, swissinfo.ch Mar 27, 2013 – 11:00 The aim of international sanctions is to de-escalate and solve conflicts, but there must be no hidden agendas, says Hans-Christof von […]
Smarten Up: Measuring the real impact of sanctions
by Andrea Ornelas and Marcela Aguila Rubin with input from Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch Mar 27, 2013 Since the end of the Cold War the United Nations Security Council has increasingly […]
Spain: World Muslim leader inaugurates 2nd mosque built by ‘followers of the Muhammadan-Massiah’
Ahmadiyya Times |By Imran Jattala : The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Spain sees the opening of their second mosque in few days. The newly built Baitur Rahman Mosque, located in […]
‘BRICS Development Bank would shift the tectonic plates of geopolitics and geo-economics’
Russian TV: The BRICS Development Bank is the beginning of the end of the existing monetary management system, Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar told RT. RT: There’s no doubt about it, […]
Media Release – Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Applauded for Message of Peace at the Silver Jubilee Conference in Auckland
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of New Zealand’s Silver Jubilee celebration held at the Mt. Eden War Memorial Hall, Auckland on Sunday 24th March 2013 was a huge success, graced by […]
Islam and the British Dream: A Response to David Goodhart
David Goodhart in the Daily Mail On 24th March 2013 David Goodhart wrote a piece in the Daily Mail titled, “A mega mosque in a suburb that was 90 per cent white 30 years ago and the polite apartheid dividing Britain.” [1] In the article he stated that “for many of the white […]
Irish Catholics continue to flee the church
Global Post: BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Malachi O’Doherty says his nieces and nephews are helpless at funerals. Raised without religion, they are flummoxed by the practices and customs that accompany a Catholic ritual. Though he himself left the church as a teenager in the 1960s, he’s ambivalent about the loss […]
Muslim convert quits Catholic Church, says it’s too weak against Islam
Washington Post: VATICAN CITY — A high-profile Italian Muslim who converted to Catholicism and was baptized by Pope Benedict XVI announced on Monday (March 25) that he will leave the church to protest its soft stance against Islam. Egyptian-born Magdi Cristiano Allam, 61, a prominent journalist and outspoken critic of […]