India bypasses Iran oil sanctions
Source: Indian Punchline: Last week petroleum minister Veerappa Moily denied the western media reports that India is terminating its oil imports from Iran. The manner in which Moily articulated the denial caught the mind’s eye. He said, “These are strategic calls to be taken and we will not cut down […]
I’ll trust God to unfold the moments, Just as He unfolds the rose… God’s Rosebud
A new minister was walking with an older, more seasoned minister in the garden one day. Feeling a bit insecure about what God had for him to do, he was asking the older preacher for some advice. The older preacher walked up to a rosebush and handed the young preacher […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Delhi Celebrates MKA Platinum Jubilee
All praise belongs to Allah(swt)! Ahmadiyya Muslim Community celebrated platinum jubilee of establishment of it’s youth wing Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya(MKA) on 31st March 2013. Event comprised of sports competitions and competitions of religious nature.
Holi-Festival Of Colors
Source: Huff Post, by Jahnabi Barooah. Holi (also known as Dol Jatra, Basantotsav) is the Hindu festival of colors. It is celebrated at the end of the winter season, on the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna. In 2013, Holi will be celebrated on March 27. Holi is observed with great fanfare by Hindus […]
Real to reel: the story of a Muslim woman and a Brahmin widow
Source: Indian Express Thirteen years ago, a Muslim housewife in Kerala had stopped an old and destitute Brahmin widow from jumping in front of a train and ending a life for which she saw no hope. The Muslim woman, then 34, took the 76-year-old high-caste Namboothiri woman home, gave her […]
Report: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaa’t Bhagalpur (Bihar)’s Third All Religions Conference
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaa’t Bhagalpur Zone Organized The All Religions Conference on 17th March 2013 at Modern Marriage Garden,Tatapur Bhagalpur.under the guidance of Ameer Jamaa’t Bhagalpur zone Janab Syed Abdul Naqui […]
Celebrating Platinum Jublee, Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Ernakulam Zone, Kerala, India conducted 2nd Masroor Badminton Tournament
2nd Masroor badminton tournament was organized by Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Ernakulam zone on 24th March 2013 as a part of Platinum Jublee Celebrations. Event was inaugurated with silent prayers by […]
Ford India apologises for Berlusconi advert
The Indian unit of Ford Motor Company has apologised for an advertisement showing former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in the boot of a […]
Bhagat Singh’s sacrifice
Bhagat Singh’s sacrifice It’s time to remember his ideals by Kuldip Nayar Even Mahatma Gandhi had a tendency to mix religion with popular movements. True, it aroused wide response but in the process it also sowed narrow religious feelings in the minds of people and destroyed the secular ethos of […]
Italy to send 2 marines accused of killing fishermen back to India
Source: CNN (CNN) — Italy has moved to defuse a diplomatic dispute with India by agreeing to send back two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen last year. The two Italian marines are due to face trial in India over the allegations, but after the Indian Supreme Court […]
RabindraNath Tagore’s, The First Non-European Nobel Laureate in Literature, Homage to Islam
Google books: English Writings of Tagore: A Micellany: More: Youtube: Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) (7 May 1861 — 7 August 1941), sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped […]
Swiss woman ‘gang-raped’ in central India
Source: BBC.COM A Swiss woman has been gang-raped by a group of men in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police say. The woman was camping with her husband at a village in Datia district on Friday during a cycling trip when they were attacked by seven or eight […]
Tit-for-tat resolutions: Indo-Pak tensions rise
NEW DELHI: ARAB NEWS Saturday 16 March 2013 .India’s hanging of a Kashmiri man convicted in a terror attack is threatening to damage further relations with Pakistan. New Delhi reacted angrily to a resolution adopted by Pakistan’s National Assembly condemning the execution last month of Mohammed Afzal Guru, who was […]
2002 Gujarat riots: Real hero Latifa a driving force behind communal harmony
Source: IBNlive Ahmedabad: CNN-IBN Real Hero Latifa Giteli, a housewife from Gujarat, is doing her bit to transform lives post 2002 Godhra riots. The 2002 Godhra carnage transformed Latifa Giteli from a housewife to the driving force behind communal harmony. “After the 2002 carnage, I went to a madarsa to […]
National Muslim strategy: We need to change the gear
Source: TwoCircles.net Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood, In the holy Quran (17.70) God says that on each human being He has bestowed equal dignity. Elsewhere (49.13) He reveals that, for the sake of facilitating mutual cognitive and interactive convenience, He has apportioned the humanity into nations and tribes. That way, both […]
India moves to downgrade diplomatic ties with Italy
Source: TOI NEW DELHI: India is downgrading its diplomatic ties with Italy and has asked its ambassador-designate to that country Basant Kumar Gupta, who was scheduled to leave for Rome on Friday, not to proceed to take up his posting. The government which is reviewing the entire gamut of bilateral […]
King of Saudi Arabia’s interfaith initiative inspires Indians
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Friday 15 March 2013 Inspired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s interfaith dialogue initiative, the Kochi-based International Interfaith Dialogue India (IIDI) recently […]
Tahrik-e-Jadeed Refresher Course report – Mumbai Zone, Maharashtra, India
Mohammad Basheeruddin | Zonal Sec Tahrik-e-Jadeed | Mumbai Zone We are pleased to inform you that, by the grace of Allah the Almighty that, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC) Mumbai zone […]