Source: gazette.net Although it started out of negative circumstances, the Greater Olney Interfaith Ministerium has evolved into a positive — bringing the various faith communities of the area to work together […]
Source: redcrossblood.org Red Cross blood drive part of Muslims for Life campaign HAZELWOOD, Mo. (Nov. 18, 2013) — Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]
WASHINGTON — A few months of scrambled economic data have not altered the Federal Reserve’s basic view that the American economy is gaining strength, nor its intention to start pulling back soon from its stimulus campaign, the Fed’s chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, said Tuesday evening. Mr. Bernanke, in a speech with […]
By Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent KABUL – While many Americans have been led to believe the war in Afghanistan will soon be over, a draft of a […]
(Reuters) – The Obama administration said on Tuesday that budget negotiators in Congress would probably fail to strike a far-reaching deal unless Republicans agree to raise revenues and overhaul the tax code. A 29-member congressional committee is trying to set spending levels for the fiscal year that began last month, […]
By Barton Gellman and Ellen Nakashima, Published: August 31 washington Post U.S. intelligence services carried out 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, the leading edge of a clandestine campaign that embraces the Internet as a theater of spying, sabotage and war, according to top-secret documents obtained by The Washington Post. That […]
Part 2: For two decades, the U.S. military has been unable to submit to an audit, flouting federal law and concealing waste and fraud totaling billions of dollars LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania – Linda Woodford spent the last 15 years of her career inserting phony numbers in the U.S. […]
Source: China Daily JERUSALEM – US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Israel on Friday to discuss a proposed deal between world powers and Iran on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Netanyahu has condemned a proposal, endorsed by Washington, to […]
More than two years after the failure of MF Global, customers are finally on the verge of getting all of their money back. The defunct brokerage, which had been run by former New Jersey governor and senator Jon Corzine, was ordered by a federal court to pay back more than […]
Source: Yahoo By GILLIAN MOHNEY and ANTHONY CASTELLANO | Good Morning America – 57 minutes ago Search and recovery operations are underway after severe storms and tornadoes wreaked havoc on the Midwest, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more after powerful winds flattened homes and decimated much of the town […]
by Hamid Dabashi Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. On the evening of November 13, I flew back from Gwangju, South Korea – where I was invited to participate in Gwangju Biennale – to JFK airport in New York. Upon exiting […]
by John Hall THE INDEPENDENT It’s a question pondered by philosophers, scientists and the devout since the dawn of time: is there an afterlife? While the religious would argue that life on earth is a mere warm up for an eternity spent in heaven or hell, and many scientists would […]
Source: nola.com One of the oldest chapters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the country on Saturday celebrated the grand opening of its brand new Kenner community center, in a celebration studded with […]
By JAMES BARRON Published: November 15, 2013 David N. Redden recited the opening of the 23rd Psalm the way he had memorized it as a child: “The Lord is my […]
Source: thestarphoenix.com The question of whether prayer belongs at public, non-religious events is still stewing in Saskatoon (Canada). On Wednesday the Ahmadiyya Muslim Students’ Association at the University of Saskatchewan hosted […]
Source: finalcall.com When I learned that Saviours’ Day 2014 would be held in Detroit, Michigan, my mind went to the steps that Allah (God) guided Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) […]
By William McKenzie wmckenzie@dallasnews.com Published: 04 November 2013 09:13 PM Updated: 04 November 2013 09:13 PM Wiry John Hammond speaks fast and greets a stranger with a broad smile. He watches his […]
‘Risalat New York,’ the Arab world’s only non-Israeli Jewish-hosted radio show, offers perspective from Brooklyn By Joseph Braude|November 14, 2013 12:00 AM the Tablet Sunday night for me is always […]
(Reuters) – Applications for U.S. home loans slipped in the latest week, although a drop in the previous week was revised to a smaller fall than previously reported, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which […]
Source: edition.cnn.com (CNN) — Here’s a look at what you need to know about Islam. The word Islam translates as “submission” or “surrender.” Surrender to the will of Allah – Arabic for God. Beliefs/Practices: Islam is partially based on the Judeo-Christian religions. It has a monotheistic (belief in one God) message, and […]