More in France Are Turning to Islam, Challenging a Nation’s Idea of Itself
The Sahaba mosque in Créteil, a Paris suburb, popular with those converting to Islam, which is a small but growing number – Agnes Dherbeys for The New York Times Source: […]
Lord Tariq receives Pakistan President Zardari on behalf of Queen
Rabwah.Net: Lord Tariq receives Pakistan President Zardari on behalf of Queen LONDON: Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon received President Asif Ali Zardari on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen when he arrived at […]
Stricken Mohammad Ali could be dead in days
Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/ MUHAMMAD Ali’s brother says the ailing boxing icon is on the verge of death — and his final days are being marred by a bitter family feud fuelled by his wife. The former heavyweight champion, 71, is gripped by Parkinson’s and Rahman Ali fears he is in terminal […]
Muslim World in need of constant Prayers, as Many Countries are on the Brink of Destruction
Source: Press Department Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK. The World Head and Fifth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jamaat), Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has called on all Ahmadi Muslims to pray for the plight of the Muslim world. His Holiness said the majority of the Muslim world was riven with conflict and […]
Documentary: Silence in the House of God
Except for the Vatican picture the other details are from a Wikipedia article: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God is a 2012 documentary film directed by Alex […]
Khomeini himself asked me to kill the Pope’
Indian Express: The Turk who shot pope John Paul II in St Peter’s Square in 1981, claimed in a new book Friday that the founder of the Iranian revolution, the […]
New Research Links Spiritual-Not-Religious People to Mental Disorder
People who have a spiritual understanding of life in the absence of a religious framework are vulnerable to mental disorder Written by Elizabeth Drescher British psychiatry researchers recently stirred the […]
Global Leadership Vacuum: Europe Incapable, America Unwilling
Source: The Spiegel. An Analysis By Gregor Peter Schmitz in Munich AP US President Obama with Vice President Biden: “A decade of war is now ending.” US Vice President Joe Biden is visiting Germany this week in an effort to strengthen trans-Atlantic ties. Global politics have come to a standstill in […]
Red Cross seeks greater access to Syria
The head of the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross called on all sides of the Syrian conflict to help his organization access more of the war-ravaged country with […]
Tourists warned about rising baggage thefts on Swiss trains
Switzerland’s fast and efficient rail service may be the envy of the world but while the trains still run to time they are no longer as safe as they once […]
“Deep Down, Muslims Feel That They Have Failed” Hoodbhoy to Der Spiegel
gatesofvienna: Posted by Baron Bodissey: In the following interview from Der Spiegel, a Pakistani nuclear physicist gives a lucid account of the state of Islam in the 21st century. Notice that […]
Customs catch Iranian with €54 million cheque
Source: The Local: Customs officers confiscated a foreign currency cheque worth €54 million on Friday after catching an Iranian man trying to smuggle it illegally into the country at Dusseldorf airport. More:
European rights court orders France to pay four million euros to sects
Rfi. The European court ordered the French exchequer to pay 3,636,437 euros to two groups set up by the Aumism cult, founded by Gilbert Bourdin in 1969 and based at the “holy city” of Mandarom in the French Alps. The two groups collected money for the construction of temples at Mandarom, […]
Amnesty asks France to investigate deadly airstrike
France24. By Joseph BAMAT . Amnesty International said on Friday that Malian civilians have faced grave danger from warring Malian troops and Islamist fighters, but also potentially from French forces during the ongoing conflict in the West African country. Malian soldiers have committed human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, before […]
British court opens door to Sharia divorces
theaustralian.com: THE prospect of divorce cases in Britain being settled by sharia and religious courts has been opened up by a landmark legal decision. A Jewish couple have had their […]
Today is World Hijab Day
Hijab for a day: Non-Muslim women who try the headscarf Source: BBC World Hijab Day calls on non-Muslim women to try out life under the traditional head scarf. Can it […]
Swiss tax haven is over
Russian TV: Switzerland will now assist international tax authorities in disclosing information on bank accounts held by foreigners who avoid taxation at home. Joint efforts by the EU, the US […]
Event in Germany – Tracing the triumphant discovery “Higgs Boson” with Tom Kibble
Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany Year 2012 witnessed incredible discovery of Higgs Boson. To applause this historic milestone, the co founder of Higgs Theory, Professor Tom Kibble of Imperial College […]
One for All?: German Court to Decide on EU Benefits Case
Source: Spiegel: Are immigrants from EU states entitled to claim welfare benefits in Germany? Chancellor Merkel’s government has tried to prevent this from happening, but Germany’s Federal Social Court will soon rule on the issue — and potentially set a costly precedent. More:
Reversing Population Decline: Germany’s New Immigrant Influx
Source: Spiegel: Despite a low birthrate, the population in Germany is growing because of increasing immigration from other European Union countries. For the third year in a row, more people came to the Germany than left it in 2012. This development balances out the natural population decline from deaths and […]