North Korea seeks German economic advice
Source: The Local North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is looking to Germany for advice on how to attract international investment to his isolated dictatorship in 2013, a newspaper reported on Saturday. More:
Ahmadiyya Muslim Prize for Advancement of Peace: The New Nobel Standard for Peace
Main Source: Alislam.org Islam focuses on securing peace in every sphere of human activity. It encourages all to promote education, respect and tolerance, improve social and interfaith harmony, support charitable […]
Virtual Autopsies Provide New Insights into Death
Source: Spiegel By Frank Thadeusz Universität Zürich Institut für Rechtsmedizin It used to be that the cause of death could only be determined by cutting a corpse open. But a new, virtual procedure developed by Swiss researchers is providing new insights into dead bodies. It could help identify previously undiscovered murders. […]
2013: The Year France Confronts Islam?
How a New Year’s celebration reveals France’s divided society BY RICHARD PALMER Fireworks are the most traditional way to celebrate the New Year. But there are other traditions. In Japan, Buddhist monks hit a gong 108 times. In Spain, people eat 12 grapes. And in certain French cities, they burn […]
Taliban gunshot victim Malala walks out of UK hospital
Daily Telegraph: The 15-year-old was shot in the head by a Taliban assassin as she took a bus home from school in the country’s North West in early October. She […]
Europe in 2013: A Year of Decision
Source: Stratfor. By George Friedman The end of the year always prompts questions about what the most important issue of the next year may be. It’s a simplistic question, since every year sees many things happen and for each of us a different one might be important. But it is […]
His toy-inspired idea can save thousands of Afghan lives
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABPRESS Friday 4 January 2013 Childhood toys lost in a war-torn field have inspired an odd-looking invention like a giant dandelion seed head which its young Dutch […]
Mr. Ijaz Ahmad of Hamburg honoured by federal President of Germany
By Zubair Khan Hard work and devotion to any cause is always rewarded by Allah Almighty. Some times the Blessings are showered early while some times these are bestowed bit late. Mr. Ijaz Ahmad an extremely hard working and devotee member of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hamburg, since many years, is […]
People who have a spiritual understanding of life in the absence of a religious framework are vulnerable to mental disorder.
Source: BJ Psych. We analysed data collected from interviews with 7403 people who participated in the third National Psychiatric Morbidity Study in England. Some Details.
A third of volunteer military recruits drop out
Source: The Local The 30.4 percent drop-out rate is an increase on a year ago when the rate was 27 percent. Defence Ministry figures released on Wednesday showed that 11,150 people completed a voluntary military service which lasts on average 13 months. Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziére set a target […]
OIC slams French caricature of Prophet
ARAB NEWS Thursday 3 January 2013 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has slammed caricatures of the Prophet (peace be upon him), published in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Croydon’s Wiqar-e-Amal on New Year’s Day
Source: ThisIsCroydonToday On Tuesday, New Year’s Day , more than 50 volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association took to the streets of Croydon on to clean up following the winter […]
French magazine sparks another controversy over Mohammed cartoons
Russian TV: A French satire magazine has published a special issue containing cartoons on the life of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed. Similar images, which are deemed blasphemous by Muslims, have sparked […]
Woman jailed after pulling hijab from victim in racist attack
Source: By ASHLIE MCANALLY Published on Tuesday 1 January 2013 00:11 A WOMAN who launched a racist attack against a Muslim and pulled her hijab from her head as she robbed her of her phone has been jailed for more than two years. Eileen Kennedy, 28, and her 16-year-old niece […]
Muslims Burn About 1,200 cars on New Year’s Eve in France
Source: The Conservative Papers via Mr Hasan Notice the Arabic Graffiti painted on one of the burned cars. Interior Minister Manuel Valls said Tuesday that 1,193 vehicles were burned overnight around the country. Clashes between police and offenders in the New Year’s Eve took place in the Muslim majority districts […]
The Legend and the Mystique of Alhambra
Prologue by Zia H Shah MD The charm and mystique of any good fiction lies in the conflict, tension and drama between the characters. Alhambra lives in the imagination of […]
Top Economic Advisers Forecast World War
Washington post Blog: Kyle Bass, Larry Edelson, Charles Nenner, Jim Rogers and Marc Faber Predict Widespread War Kyle Bass writes: Trillions of dollars of debts will be restructured and millions of […]
What a unique way to WELCOME THE NEW YEAR?
By Zubair Khan Each segment of human society has its own way to welcome the new year. Some prefer fire work, some prefer get together, some organize parties while some like going for drinks and dance etc. Suffice to say there are hundreds of ways and styles to welcome the […]
Happy New Year Gift: A Wonderful World – By BBC and David Attenborough
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Epigraph: “He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens […]
Losing faith? Belgium to charge Church of Scientology with fraud and extortion – reports
After a long lasting legal battle Belgium prosecutors demand to label the Church of Scientology as a criminal organization and charge it and its leaders with extortion, fraud, privacy breaches, and the illegal practice of medicine. The subpoenas have been sent to the scientologists, the local financial newspaper De Tijd […]