Scandal of the hajj pilgrims who are cheated by devious tour operators
Source: The Guardian By Miles Brignall For Tariq Khan* and his family, the pilgrimage to Mecca should have been the trip of a lifetime. But after paying more than £16,000 to […]
Pope Francis names 13 new cardinals, including papal envoy to Syria
Source: The Guardian The papal envoy to Syria has been named as one of a group of new cardinals announced on Sunday by Pope Francis, including 13 who are eligible […]
New Frontiers In Breast Cancer
Source: Time By Alice Park There are paradigm shifts in how breast cancer is screened for and treated—and that’s good news for patients Terrifying as the C word can be, breast cancer today means something very different than it did a decade ago. Doctors know more than ever about what causes […]
How Donald Trump Turned 2016 Into a Referendum on Gender
Source: Time By Charlotte Alter If 2016 was going to be a Battle of the Sexes, everyone thought Hillary Clinton would be the main combatant. She’s the first woman to win […]
Russia implicated in MH17 crash in Ukraine
Source: Gulf News United Nations/Moscow: A Dutch-led investigation has concluded that the powerful surface-to-air missile system that was used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine two years […]
UK woman’s hijab ripped off in hate attack in London
Source: Gulf News London: In a racially-motivated attack, a young woman’s hijab was ripped off on a busy London street in broad daylight, prompting Scotland Yard to launch a probe into the assault. The force is treating the incident in north London as a racially motivated assault on the victim […]
IS ‘loses more than a quarter of its territory’ in Syria and Iraq
Source: BBC So-called Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of the territory it once controlled, new data shows. Security and defence analysts IHS say the group’s control has shrunk by 28% since its height in January 2015. In the first nine months of this year, IS’ territory […]
Omar Alghabra Faces Racist Messages After Criticizing Tories On Anti-Islamophobia Motion
Source: Huffington Post OTTAWA — A Liberal MP received violent and racist messages on social media this week after he highlighted the refusal of some Conservative MPs to denounce all […]
“One day we will win the hearts of people” – Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
http://www.thebengalitimes.com/english-times/2016/10/09/20024 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad interviewed by Canadian media at Jalsa Salana Canada “One day we will win the hearts of people” – Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community অ+অঅ-প্রিন্ট On 7 October 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor […]
Mississauga mayor files hate-crime complaint after inflammatory article
By SAN GREWALUrban Affairs Reporter Sun., Oct. 9, 2016 Bonnie Crombie says local web publication says crossed the line with article headlined, ‘Bonnie’s Muslims Are Molesting Teenage Girls in Mississauga Highschools.’ Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie says she has filed a hate-crime complaint with Peel police after a local website published an […]
Tourists refuse to flee erupting volcano in order to take photos
Volcanic material from the eruption of Mount Barujari is seen from Bayan, Lombok Island, Indonesia. The volcano erupted without warning on Tuesday afternoon, delaying flights from airports on the islands of Lombok and Bali. Photo: AP This is the latest in reckless tourist behaviour which has caused several deathsw all […]
Pakistan passes anti-honour killings and anti-rape bills
Dawn: by Muhammad Bilal — ISLAMABAD: A joint session of the Parliament unanimously approved anti-honour killing and anti-rape bills moved by PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar on Thursday. The legislation on honour killings will introduce strict punishment for the convicts making it tougher than the ordinary murder cases. Under the new […]
Toronto: Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmed, the Caliph condemns ‘extremist mullahs’
Courtesy : Saiful Islam, The Bangla Times, Toronto, October 7, 2016 Celebrating 50 years of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Canada. The true teaching of Islam has been misinterpreted by clerics, says the leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community condemn […]
Saudi Arabia grooves to new beat as entertainment sector opens up
Riyadh: With pumping hip hop beats and electrifying dancers, Saudi Arabia has launched what’s being hailed as an entertainment revolution for the conservative kingdom, which usually tightly restricts music, dance and theatre. Reference: http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudi-arabia-grooves-to-new-beat-as-entertainment-sector-opens-up-1.1908540
President Obama Lifts Economic Sanctions on Burma
Source: Time (WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama is lifting U.S. economic sanctions on the former pariah state of Burma. The White House says Obama signed an executive order lifting the sanctions on Friday. He had announced plans to do so last month, when Burma’s new civilian leader, Aung San Suu […]
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Source: Time (OSLO, Norway) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for his efforts to end a civil war that killed more than 200,000 Colombians. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the award should also be seen “as a tribute to the Colombian people who, despite […]
82 Killed After Saudi-led Coalition Airstrike Hits Yemen Funeral
Source: Time By Ahmed Al-Haj / AP (SANAA, Yemen) — A senior health official in Yemen says an airstrike by a Saudi-led coalition that targeted a funeral hall packed with mourners […]
Triple talaq not integral part of the religion: Centre in Supreme Court
Source: The Indian Express Written by Utkarsh Anand | New Delhi | Updated: October 8, 2016 8:32 am The Centre said these practices “cannot be regarded as essential or integral […]
How Sweden became an exporter of jihad
Source: BBC By Yalda Hakim BBC News. Gothenburg Sweden is a peaceful democratic state that has long been a safe haven for those fleeing conflict. Yet many young people whose families took refuge there are now turning their back on the country. More than 300 people have gone to fight […]
Russia deploys nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad
Source: BBC Russia has deployed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its Kaliningrad region, bordering Poland and Lithuania. Linas Linkevicius, foreign minister of Nato-member Lithuania, said that the aim of the move […]