Google AI defeats human Go champion
Source: BBC Google’s DeepMind AlphaGo artificial intelligence has defeated the world’s number one Go player Ke Jie. AlphaGo secured the victory after winning the second game in a three-part match. […]
UK achieves solar power record as temperatures soar
Source: BBC A record amount of solar power was generated on Friday as Britain basked in sunshine and temperatures of up to 28C, the National Grid has said. It said […]
Young Muslims From Across the World on the Challenges and Joys of Ramadan
Source: Time BY Ryan Kilpatrick The holy month of Ramadan begins on Saturday for about 1.6 billion Muslims around the world. During the 30 days, Muslims will fast from dawn until dusk — abstaining from food, drink and acts or thoughts considered immoral. The month is also a time for Muslims […]
General election 2017: Corbyn pledges change ‘at home and abroad’ on terror
Source: BBC UK foreign policy would change under a Labour government to one that “reduces rather than increases the threat” to the country, Jeremy Corbyn has said. He said “many […]
Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack
Source: BBC Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others, officials say. The bus was travelling to the […]
Canada: 7th Annual Run for Bradford organized by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat raises $25,000
Source: http://www.bradfordtimes.ca/2017/05/18/community-run-for-bradford The 7th Annual Run for Bradford (BWG), organized by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, took place May 13, starting and finishing in the parkette between the Bradford Library and the Leisure Centre. “This time, the big thing is we have reached a wider community, with a good response from local […]
New Zealand: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns Manchester Terror Attack
Source: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1705/S00065/ahmadiyya-muslim-community-condemns-manchester-terror-attack.htm Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns Manchester Terror Attack Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 9:33 am Press Release: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community NZ 23 May 2017 Ahmadiyya Muslim Community New Zealand condemns the Manchester Terror Attack The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community New Zealand condemns the barbaric and senseless terror attack and the loss of […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA joins Kokomo Pride Youth Group’s “We the People” discussion on different religious groups
Source: http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/we-the-people-community-conversations-to-bring-local-focus-to/article_ee3b46f6-3fcf-11e7-a488-b7c06e48c679.html KOKOMO – An event at Bind Cafe in downtown Kokomo on Thursday will serve as the first of three events this summer aimed at increasing tolerance, acceptance and understanding in the local community. The event – the first in a three-part discussion series titled We the People involving local […]
Ghana: Central East Region branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Organisation holds 35th Annual Regional Rally (IJTEMAA)
Source: https://www.modernghana.com/news/777639/ahmadiyya-muslim-youth-organisation-celebrates-rally.html Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Organisation celebrates rally Agona Nsaba (C/R) May 24, GNA – Muhammad Kofi Twumasi Nayyar, Education Officer of Central East Majlis Khuddamul – Ahmadiyya Utema’a (Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Organisation), has called on Ahmadi’s to strive for high positions in the domain of spiritual and moral progress. Muhammad […]
Nigeria: Bishop Onaiyekan bags Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s International Peace Award
Source: http://www.onlinenigeria.com/2017/05/bishop-onaiyekan-bags-ahmadiyya-intl-peace-award/ | Nicholas By Haroon Balogun The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Nigeria will tomorrow confer International Peace Award on the Arch Bishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan during the group’s Jalsa Tarbiyya Islamic Training Conference for Northern Nigeria. The award which will hold at the International Conference Center, Abuja was meant to reward […]
Manchester Explosion
By Wajid Shamsul Hasan 24-May-17 I wanted to write my column on the astounding success of Karachi Literary Festival for the first time on Saturday at the hub of London’s cultural activities -the South Bank but then I was shell shocked and pulled away from my topic by an enormous tragic event […]
Is Ramadan different for American Muslims?
Source: Huffington Post Ramadan Mubarak! Insha’Allah, the first fast day of Ramadan will begin on Saturday, May 27, 2017 in the United States, Canada and the Americas. Is Ramadan different […]
Remembering a pioneer of girls education
THERE were no formal schools for girls in the holy city of Makkah until 1957. That year Sheikh Omar Yahya Abdul Jabbar, who passed away in 1970, became the first to establish an elementary school for girls in the city. Read more…..http://saudigazette.com.sa/saudi-arabia/remembering-pioneer-girls-education/
Boy, 6, too young to give blood to Manchester attack victims returned with snacks for nurses
A six-year-old boy who was turned away from his local hospital because he was too young to give blood to Manchester attack victims returned to give sweets to nurses instead. Read more….http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/26/boy-6-too-young-to-give-blood-to-manchester-attack-victims-returned-with-snacks-for-nurses-6663534/
Jeremy Corbyn blames foreign policy for terrorism in UK
Source: Sky News By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent By linking attacks to UK support for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, he faces being accused of exploiting the Manchester atrocity. […]
Qadian, India: Punjab Ed Board declares Matriculation results; all Nusrat Girls High students achieve first division
Today student were jubilant for achieving this success and school principal, Mrs. Ghazala Parveen, greeted the students, their parents and school staff for the celebrations of this success. Clockwise from left: 1-Syed Rubina Aziz | 2-Arbia Tahir | 3-Maria Kousar Times of Ahmad | News Watch | Int’l Desk Source/Credit: […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Imam at London’s Baitul Futuh Mosque drives to Manchester to pay tribute to attack victims
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/23/world/muslim-youth-show-support-for-manchester-attack-victims/ (CNN)Imams and Muslim youth from around the UK drove to Manchester, England on Tuesday in a display of solidarity after the city’s deadly terror attack. Zishan Ahmad, an imam at London’s Baitul Futuh Mosque, made the 8-hour round trip to pay tribute to the victims at a vigil outside […]
Letter: “Let it be clear that the terrorists are not practicing real Islam”, Dr Maleeha Mansur, an Ahmadi Muslim
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/23/standing-united-after-the-attack-in-manchester My heart sank as I awoke on Tuesday to the horrific news of terrorism perpetrated on innocent children in Manchester. Heavy-hearted, I thought of the grieving parents and their young daughters. But social media has given shining examples of solidarity from all walks of life. While our hearts […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association to hold vigil at Tooting Broadway Station to ‘stand together’ with Manchester
Source: http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/15308983.Ahmadiyya_Muslim_Association_to_hold_vigil_this_evening_to___39_stand_together__39__with_Manchester/ The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Tooting is holding a vigil today to ‘stand together’ with Manchester following the terrorist attack on Monday. A suicide bomber killed 22 people, including children, and wounded 59 at a pop concert by US singer Ariana Grande in Manchester Arena. President of Ahmadiyya Tooting Shakeel […]
How Your Solidarity Means The World To Refugees
Source: Huffington Post BY Hani Almadhoun, Contributor In a few days we will be ringing in Ramadan, when millions around the globe will fast with the hope of purifying their hearts […]