Meetings of Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat with European Leaders
On 3rd and 4th December 2012, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad held a series of meetings at the European Parliament […]
A Point of View: Which comes first – trust or trustworthiness?
Source: BBC Ten years after her Reith lectures on trust, the philosopher Onora O’Neill revisits the subject, and wonders if the often-asked question, “How can we restore trust?” is missing the point. During the past year, the headlines have publicised lots of cases of untrustworthy behaviour, some of it lurid, […]
Helvetas director forced to leave Laos
Laos has expelled the director of the Swiss non-governmental organisation Helvetas, accusing her of criticising the government in a letter to donors in which she criticised the one-party regime for […]
Zardari in Paris to attend conference on Malala
Express Tribune: PARIS: President Asif Ali Zardari arrived here on Sunday to attend a conference on “Stand up for Malala — Stand up for girl’s right to education” being organised jointly by […]
What the Pope will tweet and what I will tweet back?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=bestoftv/2012/12/08/exp-pope-twitter-spokesman.cnn I am following Pope Benedict XVI in Twitter. He has some 24000 followers and is following some 200 accounts. I would […]
Khalifa of Islam honours Frankfurt with his Holy Presence
By Zubair Khan After having delivered very powerful and inspiring address at European Parliament, Khalifa of Islam graced the city of Hamburg with his presence from 05-09 of December-2012. On 09th of December-2012 his Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad left for Frankfurt. After having made few stops en route his Holiness […]
The West is signing its own death sentence
Capitalism is, by its nature, dynamic. George Osborne’s attempt to engineer the ‘perfect society’ undermines the logic of the free market By Janet Daley for THE TELEGRAPH When the Edward […]
UK Foreign Secretary confirms ‘evidence’ of Syrian chemical weapons
Global Post: Without providing details, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Saturday the UK and the US have evidence suggesting Bashar al Assad’s Syrian government is readying its chemical weapons. […]
Benedict gets revamped Mercedes ‘Popemobile’
The Local Mercedes-Benz presented Pope Benedict XVI with a sleek, ecologically-friendly “Popemobile” on Friday which has been vamped up with the latest gadgets for maximum comfort, the Vatican said. More:
UK Nurse Suicide: Duchess of Cambridge hospital accuses DJs of humiliating nurses with prank call
By Claire Duffin and Laura Donnelly of The Telegraph Two Australian DJs who made a hoax call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge subjected its nurses to “humiliation”, […]
List of Western Films about the Prophet Muhammad
The best movie about the prophet is perhaps — The Message: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Muhammad Muḥammad – (محمد) General Information[show] Family[show] Names and Titles[show] Life[show] Career[show] Attributed […]
Innocence of Muslims 2? Belgium alarmed as another controversial film to be released
Belgium has heightened its terror alert level ahead of the release of another highly provocative film exploring Islam, reportedly made in cooperation with the notorious Koran-burning US pastor Terry Jones. […]
Graduating against all odds
sunderlandecho.com A STUDENT who survived a gun attack which claimed the lives of his brother and uncle has told of his pride after he graduated just weeks after his ordeal. […]
Switzerland: Illegal residents to get vocational training
Source: Swissinfo.com Young foreigners living illegally in Switzerland will be allowed to undertake apprenticeships, but only if they are well integrated and if they have attended school for at least […]
Meetings of the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at European Parliament
Source:press@ahmadiyya.org.uk On 3rd and 4th December 2012, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the Fifth Khalifa, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad held a series of meetings at the European Parliament with political leaders and dignitaries from across Europe. During each meeting, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad conveyed Islam’s teachings […]
UK: Rise in proportion of young Muslims in jail
The proportion of young offenders in England and Wales describing themselves as Muslim has risen. One in five males in young offender institutions (YOIs) identified themselves as Muslim in 2011/12, […]
French Muslim groups sue magazine over cartoons
France24: Two organisations – the Algerian Democratic Union for Peace and Progress (RDAP) and the Organisation of Arab Union – are claiming a total of €780,000 in costs and damages, according to AFP. The organisations say the court action is to “defend and support Islamic and/or Arabic people”. According to […]
Book Review: The New Religious Intolerance — US Vs. Europe
Source: Guardian UK By Giles Fraser Martha Nussbaum and the new religious intolerance ‘Is it right to allow nuns to teach in full habit but to ban Muslim teachers wearing […]
Hospital nurse found dead after taking prank call on Catherine
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&contentId=world/2012/12/07/quest-london-hospital-suicide.cnn London (CNN) — A nurse at the hospital that was duped by a prank call from two Australian radio DJs concerning Prince William’s pregnant wife, Catherine, has apparently committed suicide, the hospital confirmed Friday. The nurse “was recently the victim of a hoax call,” King Edward VII Hospital said in […]
Roman Catholic church reveals sex abuse figures
Source: The Local Germany’s Roman Catholic Church revealed on Friday that at least 66 clergy members had been accused of sexually abusing children and adults over a 10-year period, with most of the victims male. The findings were part of a scientific study ordered after the Church was thrown into […]