UK: Archbishop Rowan Williams defends outspoken approach
Guardian: The archbishop of Canterbury has said that making “risky and anything but infallible judgments” is a key part of the job as spiritual head of the Church of England, […]
Russia bans controversial anti-Islam video
Source: TOI MOSCOW: A Russian court paved the way for a potential closure of the video-sharing website YouTube by banning an anti-Islam video on Monday that sparked violent protests across the Muslim world. Moscow’s Tverskoy Court ruled that the crude video, which was made in the United States and portrays […]
Nuclear Technology for Iran : German Investigators Uncover Illegal Exports
Source: Spiegel. Recent arrests suggest that Germany remains a hub for sales of prohibited supplies to Iran that are being used in Iran’s nuclear program. Illegal exports are undermining Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has pursued an embargo policy in order to prevent a possible war in the Middle East […]
UN considers imposing global taxes
Russian TV: The United Nations will stay busy even after the annual General Assembly meetings wrap up this week, and on the agenda for upcoming debates are whether several global […]
Turkish ruling party model for Muslim states – Erdogan
Source: BBC Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has said his ruling political party has become a model for others to follow in Muslim states. He was addressing a […]
German court tells Catholics to serve both God and money
Some say you cannot serve both God and money, but a top German court has ruled that Catholic worshippers must do just that. In Germany, registered Catholics pay a religious […]
British universities receive Saudi (and other Arab) funds
ARAB NEWS Sunday 30 September 2012 JEDDAH: Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia has been the largest source of donations from Islamic states and royal families to British universities, much of which is devoted to the study of Islam, the Middle East and Arabic literature. A large share of this […]
The Lives Of Salafists’ Wives
Source: Spiegel-Germany By Özlem Gezer and Barbara Hardinghaus Djamila Grossman/ DER SPIEGEL Salafist men wear beards, hand out copies of the Koran and cause headaches for Germany’s domestic intelligence agency. But how do the women feel? SPIEGEL spends a weekend with two veiled women and learns about their vision of […]
‘West wants end of Syria as a functioning independent state’
Russian TV: The Syrian insurgency will never win its war because its means are unsupported even among the opposition, political analyst Dan Glazebrook told RT. But thanks to a flood of weapons from the West, they will continue to destabilize the country. Syria, Glazebrook says, is the only link keeping Western […]
Antarctic research at risk as British government cuts back on science
A base that discovered the lethal hole in the ozone layer is threatened by David Cameron’s ‘greenest government ever’. In the early 1980s British meteorologist Joe Farman, based at the […]
British fatalities in Nepal plane crash: Pilot error likely cause of plane crash
The plane crash in Nepal which left 19 dead was likely caused by a “panic-stricken” pilot, according to Nepalese aviation officials. The plane’s right engine burst into flames after being […]
Pope’s butler goes on trial in ‘Vatileaks’ scandal
Source: TOI VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler Paolo Gabriele goes on trial on Saturday for leaking confidential Vatican memos that revealed cloak-and-dagger politics among the pope’s closest aides. A once loyal servant who said he grew disgusted by the “evil and corruption” he witnessed, Gabriele told investigators he […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim leader condemns deadly protests against ‘Innocence of Muslims’ movie
Source: Wimbledon Guardian Thousands of worshippers turned out in force on Friday to hear their spiritual leader condemn violent protests across the world against an anti-Islamic film. Members of the […]
Carla del Ponte joins UN Syria commission
Del Ponte, who has also served as a Swiss ambassador and federal prosecutor, was named on Friday to serve on the commission alongside Vitit Muntarbhorn, a Thai expert and veteran UN investigator, American Karen Abuzayd and Brazilian Paulo Pinheiro. The international inquiry, led by Pinheiro, was set up a year […]
Barclays new vault opens for gold
REUTERS ARABNEWS Friday 28 September 2012 LONDON: Too much gold and just nowhere to put it? A high security solution to bullion storage issues is at hand at a secret […]
Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya, an auxiliary organisation of Ahmadiyya Muslim community Germany asks in Nieder-Eschbach Mosque for blood donation!
Source: Frankfurter Neue Presse via Zafarullah Khan (English translation with the help of google translator without taking any responsibility of mistakes. Any one can improve it). Men donate blood in Eschbacher Bait us Sabuh Mosque , many of them for the first time. The Islamic community, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, wishes […]
New Zealand News Agency (spoken off in Friday Sermon) Covers Ahmadiyya View
Video and Image Source: ONENews Credit: Ahmadiyya Times (yes they got a YouTube channel now)
Head of Russian church opposes ‘mindless copying’ of western values
Russian TV: Patriarch Kirill said the Orthodox Church did not intend to merge with the state but advised to stop copying western ways and values as this would mean ‘an […]
Muslim student must attend swimming lessons
Credit: WAZ via Zafarullah Khan of Germany English Translation of the News (done through google translator without taking responsibility of any mistake. Any one can improve it) The Hessian Administrative Court dismissed the lawsuit of a Muslim high school student in Frankfurt, who for religious reasons did not want to […]
Czech President Vaclav Klaus shot at with replica gun, not hurt
Credit: TOI Czech President Vaclav Klaus was left shaken on Friday after a man clad in camouflage gear shot at him with a so-called airsoft replica gun, local media reported. PRAGUE: Czech President Vaclav Klaus was left shaken on Friday after a man clad in camouflage gear shot at him […]