China pledges $60bn to develop Africa
Source: BBC China has announced $60bn (£40bn) of assistance and loans for Africa to help with the development of the continent. President Xi Jinping said the package would include zero-interest […]
San Bernardino shooting: Statistics behind US gun violence
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC US gun debate US gun violence in numbers […]
Koh-i-Noor diamond: Pakistan files petition for return of ‘stolen’ £100m British crown jewel
Source: The Independent ‘Grabbing and snatching it was a private, illegal act which is justified by no law,’ says lawyer Will Grice @WillGrice The Koh-i-Noor stone in the Queen Mother’s crown A petition demanding the return of the Koh-i-Noor diamond has been filed in a Pakistan court, reports say. The […]
Farmer recalls three decades of aggression against Palestinian landowners
Source: Jordan Times By Suzanna Goussous – Dec 02,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Abdelrahman Qasem speaks to activists and reporters in Amman on Wednesday (Photo by Suzanna Goussous) AMMAN — Farmer Abdelrahman Qasem has faced Israeli aggression on his land in Palestine for over 30 years, with settlers continually putting pressure […]
Obama’s silence
Dec 03,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – GEORGE S. HISHMEH All hopes were dashed last weekend when President Barrack Obama, who was in Paris at what has been described as one of the largest gatherings of world leaders in history to deal with the consequences of climate change, failed to highlight the […]
Hope for Thailand’s Pakistani Refugees
Bangkok’s little-known population of Pakistani asylum seekers uses community action to respond to the challenges facing refugees without a camp. In an unremarkable concrete apartment block on the outskirts of Bangkok, over 100 families from Pakistan wait. They are a fraction of the 8,000-strong population of refugees and asylum […]
Saudi Arabia uses terrorism as an excuse for human rights abuses
Aljazeera: Reports emerged last week that Saudi Arabia intends to imminently execute more than 50 people on a single day for alleged terrorist crimes. Although the kingdom hasn’t officially confirmed the reports, the evidence is building. Okas, the first outlet to publish the report, has close ties to the Saudi […]
How to help and support victims of the San Bernardino shooting, community
Foxnews.com: SAN BERNARDINO, Cali. — The mass shooting during a holiday party at Inland Regional Center on December 2 in San Bernardino, California, is the deadliest since the 2012 incident at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Here are some ways you can help and support victims and the San Bernardino […]
From the harem to Salomé: American Orientalism Painting as an Exploration of Changing Women’s Roles in the 19th Century
By Iram Ahmad MD In his 1580 essay, “On Presumption,” French essayist Michel de Montaigne wrote: … It is that I lower the value of the things I possess, because I possess them, and raise the value of things when they are foreign, absent, or not mine… between two similar […]
“Islam means peace”, says Imam & National President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Greece
Source: en.protothema.gr ” The word Islam is derived from the root word “Salema” which mean peace, purity, submission and obedience which are completely opposite to the basic definition of terrorism” By […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Los Angeles Condemns the San Bernardino shooting | Announces Prayer Vigil
Source: vvdailypress.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Thursday condemned the San Bernardino shooting and announced it had scheduled a prayer vigil for 6 p.m. Thursday at a mosque in Chino. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA also urged calm after 14 people were killed and 17 were injured Wednesday at the Inland […]
San Bernardino: What makes this shooting different?
Source: BBC San Bernardino in California remains in shock after a shooting at a disabled service centre, in which 14 died and 17 were injured. The motive is still unknown. […]
Why are Lebanon’s Palestinians leaving for Europe?
Source: Aljazeera Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp, Lebanon – The once-bustling main street of Lebanon’s most over-populated Palestinian refugee camp is noticeably empty. Storefronts, where dozens of chain-smoking young men perched […]
The ethnicity of San Bernardino shooters doesn’t matter
Source: Aljazeera By Khaled A Beydoun An assistant professor of law at the Barry University Dwayne O Andreas School of Law. Fourteen killed, and tens more injured. At approximately 11am […]
Catholic bishops ‘shocked and disturbed’ by abortion ruling
Source: The Irish Times Northern Ireland’s Catholic bishops have declared themselves “profoundly shocked and disturbed” by words used by a Belfast High Court judge in a landmark abortion ruling. Mr […]
The Marshall Islands Are Disappearing
Source: The New York Times Rising seas are claiming a vulnerable nation. BY CORAL DAVENPORT. PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO BY JOSH HANER. EBEYE, MARSHALL ISLANDS — Linber Anej waded out in low […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA plans a prayer vigil at San Bernardino County’s Baitul Hameed Mosque
Source: pe.com The faith-based community has begun to organize vigils and memorials for the victims of the San Bernardino shooting in which 14 people were killed and 17 wounded Wednesday, Dec. 2. Crossover Outreach Church, which held a vigil Wednesday night near Orange Show Road and Waterman Avenue, is planning a […]
Black Pastors Press Trump on Racially Charged Rhetoric
Source: Time (NEW YORK) — Dozens of black pastors pressed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday to address what some called his use of racially charged rhetoric, with several describing a meeting that became tense at times as attendees raised concerns about his blunt language. While some left the […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Urges Calm After Shooting in California
Source: nytimes.com | yourallen.dallasnews.com Muslim Leader Laments ‘Senseless Loss of Life’ Ahmadi Muslims belong to a sect that has been denounced and persecuted by extremists for adhering to an interpretation of Islam propounded more than a century ago by the sect’s messianic founder. A New York Times article gave an overview of the […]
Once Embraced by Chris Christie, New Jersey’s Muslims Feel Betrayed
Source: The New York Times The invitation arrived by email, bearing the seal of the State of New Jersey and the name of its new governor, Chris Christie. It asked […]