Almost 300 assisted suicides in Switzerland per year
Five out of every 1,000 deaths in Switzerland now involve assisted suicide, with women more likely to die this way than men, according to the first official figures released. authorities […]
Assisted suicide: UK MP tells Commons how dying father took own life
An MP fought back tears last night as he told the Commons how his terminally ill father gassed himself alone in his car rather than die a “lingering, degrading death” […]
International Ahmadiyya Leader, Mirza Masroor Ahmad Cautions: ‘Atomic war could destroy the world!’
Courtesy: Jang Rawalpindi Referral: Sheikh Kaleem ur Rehman & Shaikhmutiur Rahman Kapurthallvi
France bars entry of radical imams
Credit: TOI Sarkozy to bar radical imams from entering France PARIS: France will bar radical Muslim preachers from entering the country to participate in an Islamic conference next month as part of a crackdown after shootings by an al-Qaida-inspired gunman, president Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday. Sarkozy, who has announced […]
Malta Peace Symposium 2012
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta organised its annual “Peace Symposium 2012” on Friday 16th March 2012, at the Grand Hotel Excelsior, Floriana, Malta. In this symposium Dr. Simon Busuttil MEP, […]
Mullah Krekar jailed for five years in Norway
Courtesy: BBC Mullah Krekar, the Kurdish founder of radical Islamic group Ansar al-Islam, has been sentenced to five years in jail in Norway for making death threats against officials and others. Mullah Krekar, 55, came to Norway as a refugee in 1991. Krekar, who says he is no longer involved […]
Switzerland: Swimming lessons also for Muslims
Lausanne, Switzerland. The federal court as expected upheld its decision of 3 years ago that Muslim children should not be given permission to skip the obligatory mixed-gender swimming lessons in […]
Faith and Europe’s enlightenment
Credit: Express Tribune: The Dark Ages is the period Europe spent in ignorance of Greek knowledge. How did Europe get out of this period? We saw last week — in my oped titled “A brief history of modernity” published in this newspaper on March 18 — how the foundations of […]
Sarkozy to bar radical imams from entering France
(Reuters) – France will bar radical Muslim preachers from entering the country to participate in an Islamic conference next month as part of a crackdown after shootings by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman, […]
Antibiotic crisis – Modern farming and its risks for human health.
Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization warns that resistance to antibiotics could bring “the end of modern medicine as we know it”. Already a scratch on the leg of a child could have fatal consequences. The problem is also caused by modern agriculture, where feeding antibiotics to cattle […]
First all-diamond, 150-carat ring worth $70 million crafted
By REUTERS ARABNEWS BERNE: Switzerland’s Shawish Jewelry has created the world’s first diamond ring. Not impressed? Well, consider that the entire ring is carved from a diamond, whereas most other […]
What women really want: income equality- Do they?
Global Post.Com: BERLIN, Germany — On average, it will take a German woman until March 23 to earn as much money as a male counterpart earned last year. That is the […]
Toulouse: French Teacher urges minute of silence for Merah
Global Post.Com: A French high school teacher faces disciplinary action after she urged students to observe a minute of silence for Mohammed Merah, the man who shot and killed three […]
Asma al-Assad: EU travel ban will not stop Bashar al-Assad’s wife travelling to UK
Asma al-Assad, the British-born wife of the Syrian president, has been subjected to a travel ban and asset freeze in the European Union, after revelations about an online shopping spree […]
John Sentamu attacks ‘aggressive atheism’
Christianity is under threat from a new, intolerant brand of “aggressive atheism” intent on driving religion out of public life, the Archbishop of York warned yesterday. Christianity is under threat […]
UK: Pain for motorists as filling car with petrol touches £100
The cost of filling a large family car with petrol rose to almost £100 yesterday, as forecourt prices reached record heights. The AA said the cost of unleaded petrol reached […]
Poland’s Vulnerability Amid Missile Diplomacy
Credit: Stratfor: JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L), German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (C) and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in Berlin on March 21 Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski visited Berlin on March 21 to meet informally with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Russian Foreign […]
Liam Neeson hints at converting to Islam
Express Tribune: Irish actor Liam Neeson has revealed he is considering giving up on his Catholic faith and converting to Islam, The Sun reported on Wednesday. The Hollywood star, 59, having recently filmed in […]
Baitul Ghafoor Mosque inaugurated by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat is pleased to announce that on 18 March 2012, its world leader, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Fifth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, inaugurated the new Baitul Ghafoor Mosque in Halesowen, a town in the West Midlands. Upon arriving at the premises, His Holiness officially […]
Minister Confirms Terror Suspect Merah Is Dead
Credit: Spiegel Germany oulouse Siege Over The man thought to be responsible for killing seven in a murder spree in southern France is dead, French Interior Minister Claude Guéant confirmed on Thursday. Mohamed Merah, who claimed he belonged to al-Qaida, had brought the country to a near standstill after killing […]