India PM Modi in surprise Pakistan visit
Source: BBC Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif after landing in the Pakistani city of Lahore on a surprise visit. Mr Modi was on […]
Source: BBC Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif after landing in the Pakistani city of Lahore on a surprise visit. Mr Modi was on […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Any one who saves a life would be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity; by his or […]
Source: BBC Pope Francis tackled war, terrorism and the migrant crisis in a wide-ranging Christmas message, calling for peace and reconciliation around the world. The pontiff said he prayed for […]
Dec 25, 2015 15:45 IST Dhaka: A bomb exploded Friday at a mosque of the minority Ahmadi Muslim group in Bangladesh’s northwestern town of Bagmara leaving the suspected suicide bomber dead and four other people injured, police said. Police said the bomb blast occurred when the small Ahmadiya Muslim Jamaat […]
RELIGIOUS SPACES Shrines in the Valley are much more than just spiritual retreats. Chitralekha Zutshi · Today · 12:30 pm Photo Credit: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Tucked away on the edge of a forest in a corner of the Lolab Valley lies a makeshift shrine, now in a state of disrepair. Next […]
Source: Pew Research Center Nine-in-ten Americans say they celebrate Christmas, and three-quarters say they believe in the virgin birth of Jesus. But only about half see Christmas mostly as a […]
Source: Pew Research Center Wherever Americans stand on holiday-time debates about Starbucks cups, zombie nativity scenes and billboards encouraging people to skip church, it would be hard to disagree that […]
BY UMER ALI Jhelum survivors recount their stories It was just another day for Arsalan, who worked as a Sales Manager at Pakistan Chipboard Factory when he was informed about police arresting the Security In-charge of the factory over allegations of desecrating the Quran. Working past his office timings, […]
Chandigarh: The Ahmadiyya Muslim community has warned that events across the world in recent times were moving towards a third World War. “The world is passing through very turbulent times. The similarities to the period just before the Second World War continue to be cited and it seems clear […]
Posted: 12/22/2015 Saima Baig Blasphemy is a crime in Pakistan, the punishment for which can be death. The law is a left over of the Indian Penal Code that the British had introduced, and which was later expanded upon by the military dictator Zia ul Haq. More often […]
Chandigarh, Dec 24 (PTI) Followers from more than 30 countries are expected to participate in the 124th ‘Jalsa Salana’, the three-day annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, at its headquarters in Qadian town of Punjab’s Gurdaspur district from December 26 to December 28. Community representatives Maulana Hamid Kausar, […]
Israeli soldiers work around the body of a Palestinian after he was shoot dead by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Thursday. (AP) REUTERS Published — Friday 25 December 2015 JERUSALEM: Video footage of Jewish zealots mocking the death by arson of a Palestinian baby has […]
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Reuters) REUTERS Published — Friday 25 December 2015 NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, Dec 25 : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise stopover in Pakistan on Friday to meet his counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, the first time an Indian premier has visited the rival nation in over […]
By AFP – Dec 23,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – AFP Abdelhamid Al Swei, who is in charge of transporting bodies to the cemetery for the Red Crescent, looks at the grave of an unidentified migrant at the Bir El Osta Milad Cemetery, dubbed by locals as the ‘cemetery of the […]
Quartz Africa: by Omar Mohammed — An attempted militant attack on Monday (Dec. 21) on a bus heading to Mandera, a small town in northeast Kenya on the border with Somalia, was foiled after Muslim passengers refused to comply with the attackers’ demands that they identify Christians amongst them and […]
Source: Daily Star By Alex Hickson BRITISH Muslim cabbies and shopkeepers have defied negative stereotypes of Islam by handing out Christmas cards to their customers. The cards have pictures of […]
Source: The Guardian The immigration department has granted visas for the family of a young, terminally ill Pakistani student so they can visit him in Melbourne before he dies. Despite […]
Source: Pew Research Center Every year, we look back at our research to select the most memorable facts that illustrate important trends shaping our world. At Pew Research Center, the topics we analyze range from the specific subjects of video gaming and family caregivers to broader areas like political attitudes, global climate […]
Source: Pew Research Center More than half of Americans (53%) now say religion is very important in their lives, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. While this figure […]
Source: BBC Pope Francis has warned the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics not to be “intoxicated” by possessions in his annual Christmas homily. He called for more sobriety in a […]