Arms forum Aug 22, 2016 – Switzerland is an active player in the global arms trade (Keystone) Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann has called on all signatories to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to work together to ensure that global rules are followed in the sale of weapons and munitions. Opening […]
Jobs hope Trying to make Kosovo work By Julie Hunt, Koso Aug 17, 2016 – 11:00 Ethnic flavour boosts tourism in Kosovo (swissinfo.ch ) Kosovo is a country on the mend after the 1999 war. But high unemployment and widespread poverty have spurred many Kosovars to leave. Switzerland is one […]
Just as Erdogan has become pals with Putin, the Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers have been embracing in Ankara with many a promise that their own talks will produce new alliances Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 18 August 2016 The Shias are winning. Two pictures prove it. The US-Iranian photo op […]
Meeting the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community In the leafy Hampshire countryside, more than 30,000 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community have gathered for the 50th anniversary of the Jalsa Salana. An annual convention attracting visitors from more than 100 countries, united in their creed, the Jalsa Salana is a religious festival celebrating […]
Source: thegazellenews.com | Breaking.com.ng Ahmadiyya Women Group To Meet On National Peace, Order In Abuja August 23, 2016 | News By Jumu’ah Abiodun, London The Ahmadiyya women group, Lajnal Immaillah, women between the ages of 15 to upwards are holding the 100 years commemoration annual Islamic conference in Abuja from 26th to […]
We, in the Muslim Times, are building the case for Nobel Peace Prize for PM Justin Trudeau, given his dedication to all minority groups and human rights for every […]
For 20 years, long before ISIS, he abetted terror plots in the U.K. and around the world. Now that he’s in jail, will he continue his work there? MAAJID NAWAZ 08.22.16 1:13 AM ET LONDON — Perhaps the world’s most mainstream pro-ISIS Western media agitator, Anjem Choudary, finally has […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Monday 22 August 2016 RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, deputy premier, minister of interior and chairman of the Supreme Haj Committee, has approved the Civil Defense plan to cope with emergencies during Haj, Director General of Civil Defense Lt. Gen. Sulaiman bin Abdullah Al-Amr […]
Source: Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — An ethnic Chinese rapper in Malaysia has been detained for allegedly insulting Islam in his latest music video. Wee Meng Chee, popularly […]
Source: Associated Press By AOMAR OUALI ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Mosques are going up, women are covering up, and shops selling alcoholic beverages are shutting down in a changing Algeria […]
Source: BBC Violent extremist prisoners could be held in separate special units inside jails under government plans to stop other inmates being radicalised. Justice Secretary Liz Truss will reveal the […]
Source: Reuters By Orhan Coskun and Daren Butler | ANKARA/ISTANBUL Turkey vowed on Monday to “completely cleanse” Islamic State militants from its border region after a suicide bomber suspected of links to the group killed 54 people, including 22 children, at a Kurdish wedding. Saturday’s attack in the southeastern city […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer When Rajeev Ram stood on the Olympic podium alongside doubles partner Venus Williams to receive their silver medal in tennis, children much like the […]
Source: BuzzFeed News By Talal Ansari BuzzFeed News Reporter A fire at a small one-story mosque in Tampa, Florida — originally thought to be caused by a faulty electrical cord — […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES and DAN FROSCH MIAMI—For the dozen or so pregnant women infected with the Zika virus in the care of Christine Curry, an […]
Cross-country #MobileMuslims tour reaches Victoria Members of a campaign called #MobileMuslims reached the legislature this weekend after a 40-day road trip across Canada focussed on peace and understanding. The journey, with members of Ahmadiyya Muslim community, began July 13 in St. John’s, NL, before coming to its final two stops […]
Source: youtube.com/TrueIslam Question: What is the theory of evolution in Islam? A video made by Abdul shafi Bharwana, Missionary in Sierra Leone; Editor African Crescent, Sierra Leone; Lecturer in Jamia Ahmadiyya, Sierra Leone; Secretary History Committee, Sierra Leone; Officially Incharge of Social Media Wing, Sierra Leone; Vice President, Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya, Sierra […]
Source: Time By Halil I. Danismaz Danismaz is president of the Turkish Heritage Organization ‘To cast Turkey loose now would forfeit our influence in the region and end a decades-long alliance’ […]
Source: BBC By Kelly Grovier Every so often, a photo stops the world in its tracks. The image of nine-year old Phan Kim Phúc, running naked down a street in […]
Source: BBC The debate about ebooks v paper books is nothing new. Keith Houston explains how a very similar debate raged as the first books came to be in ancient […]