Source / Courtesy: NY Times H. Gobind Khorana, who rose from a childhood of poverty in India to become a biochemist and share in a Nobel Prize for his role in deciphering the genetic code, died on Wednesday in Concord, Mass. He was 89. His death was announced by the Massachusetts Institute […]
Source: MEMRI.ORG: November 13, 2011 A visitor at the Koran exhibition in Delhi (image courtesy: Roznama Ummat) In September 2011, Ahmadiyya Jamaat India held what was to be a three-day exhibition, from September 23-25, on the Koran and Islam’s message at the Constitution Club in New Delhi. However, the exhibit was […]
by Zahid Maqbool, Hill Post Srinagar: In a culture where party culture is looked down upon, social networking sites in this Himalayan region is not only helping people to connect but it has also become an alternate platform for holding celebrations, including religious ones. Popular social networking sites are Facebook, […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A prominent Indian leader from Hyderabad who performed this year’s Haj said his party has created the right template for the success of Indian Muslims in democratic India. Speaking at a packed Al-Hayat Continental Hotel on Wednesday, Akbaruddin Owaisi, whose Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party […]
China’s ambassador to India has become involved in a heated exchange over a map that showed parts of India within China’s border, media reports say. Read More…
And when the girl-child buried alive is questioned about, ‘For what crime was she killed?’ (Al Quran 81:9-10) http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=world/2011/10/30/nr-bilchik-india-unwanted.cnn
Courtesy: CNN http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=world/2011/10/28/udas-worlds-biggest-family.cnn Click here to go to the original source This is why Islam restricts the number of wives to four and allows only under specific circumstances.
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Source/Credit: Aljazeera Dr Neelam Singh is on the front line of India’s battle to save its girls. Modern medical technology – specifically ultrasounds for determining the baby’s sex – coupled with ancient cultural values which give preference to boys, mean that hundreds of thousands of girls are never being born. […]
Source / Courtesy: BBC online And when people are brought together, and when the girl-child buried alive is questioned about, ‘For what crime was she killed?’ (Al Quran 81:8-10) More than 200 Indian girls whose names mean “unwanted” in Hindi have been given a fresh start at a mass renaming […]
Source: Wasim Saroya of Bosnia and Friday Times. It was early winter, in 1947. Lal Chowk, the city centre of Srinagar, was about to be “historic”. Thousands of people who had gathered in the square were listening to Jawaharlal Nehru who was standing up on a make […]
The Swiss government is hosting Indian President Pratibha Patil in the capital Bern for talks on boosting bilateral relations, including financial and research cooperation. During the two-day visit Patil will be received by the entire cabinet, including President and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, and will travel to the Lake Geneva […]
RAMALLAH (AFP) – Jordan Times. The Palestinians have secured eight Security Council yes votes for their UN membership bid, just one short of the nine they need, the Palestinian foreign minister said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in Ramallah, Riyad Al Malki said he had received assurances from two additional […]
Source: The Hindu A three-day exhibition on the teachings of the Quran by Ahmadiyya Muslim Jammat, Delhi, that opened at the Constitution Club here on Friday ran into trouble when All-India Muslim Personal Law Board member Kamaal Farooqui and Syed Yahya Bukhari, brother of the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, along with their supporters denounced […]
SOURCE: THE DALAI LAMA I am extremely delighted to attend this inter faith seminar on the Preservation of Religious Harmony, Coexistence and Universal Peace organised by the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF), Ladakh group. Thank you very much for the detailed explanation of the association’s history, activities, objectives and their relevance […]
SOURCE: HIS HOLYNESS THE DALAI LAMA Introduction My fellow Tibetans, both in and outside Tibet, all those who follow the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and everyone who has a connection to Tibet and Tibetans: due to the foresight of our ancient kings, ministers and scholar-adepts, the complete teaching of the Buddha, […]
Source: The New York Times GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A strong earthquake shook northeastern India and Nepal on Sunday evening, touching off landslides, wrecking buildings and sending people fleeing into the streets of Katmandu, the Nepalese capital, and other cities. Initial reports indicated that at least 16 people were […]
Source: The New York Times Chinese and Indian drug makers have taken over much of the global trade in medicines and now manufacture more than 80 percent of the active ingredients in drugs sold worldwide. But they had never been able to copy the complex and expensive biotech medicines increasingly […]
Source: The New York Times LUCKNOW, India — The first doctor to die, a senior government health administrator, was shot on his morning walk last October by two men on a motorbike. Six months later, his successor, a cardiologist, was shot to death while out on a predawn stroll. A […]
The Book, bestowed by the Almighty for the whole of mankind; the Holy Quran, the word of Gracious God revealed to Prophet Mohammad, the Champion of Peace (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). It is a manifestation of Divine Grace. It establishes peace, teaches love and promotes brotherhood. It […]