Islamic Teachings on Ideal Family Life
by Mukhtar Ahmad Cheema Being a complete and final religion from God, Islam guides all aspects of our lives. This guidance is contained in the Holy Quran; the life-time […]
Lombard Odier wins first Islamic finance award
October 24, 2019 Lombard Odier has won ‘Best Islamic Wealth Management Proposition’ at the Islamic Business & Finance Awards 2019, reflecting both our growing franchise in the Middle East […]
One year later, our murdered friend Jamal has been proved right
(Brian Stauffer for The Washington Post) By Editorial Board September 30, 2019 JAMAL KHASHOGGI never intended to be a dissident. For many years, he wrote for and edited newspapers in […]
EU awards jailed Uighur activist rights prize, angering China
Oct 24, 2019 – By Francesco Guarascio and Ben Blanchard STRASBOURG/BEIJING (Reuters) – The European Parliament awarded its annual prize for the defence of human rights on Thursday to jailed […]
The Lebanese uprising won’t change anything while sectarian elites cling to power
The only way to create a modern state is to deconfessionalise it. But then Lebanon, whose very identity is sectarianism, would cease to exist Robert Fisk in Beirut @indyvoices […]
Kahlil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’: Why is it so loved?
Source: BBC By Shoku Amirani & Stephanie Hegarty Kahlil Gibran is said to be one of the world’s bestselling poets, and his life has inspired a play touring the UK […]
Catholic priests in Colorado sexually abused at least 166 children in the past 70 years
CNN: At least 166 children were abused by dozens of Catholic priests in Colorado since 1950, a report released Wednesday says. The 263-page report details decades of misconduct and reveals […]
Germany: The right-wing political party AfD instrumentalizes the mosque construction in Erfurt
Editor’s Note: The article is originally in the German language. Computer translation is being used. Please forgive the computer for its ‘lapses’. Original article here: https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/thueringen-wahl-afd-instrumentalisiert-moscheebau-in-erfurt-a-1292997.html Thuringia […]
Seychelles: President Faure meets with Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
21 October 2019 | Foreign Affairs London, United Kingdom: President Danny Faure met with Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon this morning, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations. […]
British government notes ‘deterioration’ of religious liberty in several countries
Charles Collins Oct 23, 2019 MANAGING EDITOR LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Religious freedom has deteriorated in several countries during the first half of 2019, according to a statement published […]
Indonesia’s Indrawati to stay on as finance minister, cheering rupiah
Oct 22, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch By Maikel Jefriando and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Tuesday she had been asked by […]
Iraq says U.S. forces withdrawing from Syria have no approval to stay
Oct 22, 2019 – 09:57 BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. forces that crossed into Iraq as part of a pull-out from Syria do not have permission to stay and can only […]
Senior Israeli official attends Bahrain security meeting focusing on Iran
Oct 21, 2019 – 13:06 MANAMA (Reuters) – A senior Israeli official attended a maritime security conference in Bahrain on Monday in another sign of Gulf Arab nations and Israel […]
India, Pakistan sign pact on cross-border temple visits
Oct 24, 2019 – swissinfo.ch KARACHI (Reuters) – India and Pakistan signed an agreement on Thursday allowing Indian pilgrims to cross the border to a Sikh shrine in Pakistan, rare […]
Grief, Isolation & Mental Health: A Special Interview with His Holiness, Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
28th August 2019 By Syed Amer Safir Isolation is a pressing issue for the world today. 7.2% of European Union citizens (over 30 million people) were found to be socially […]
Betty McCollum wants the US to stop subsidising torture of Palestinian children
Oct 23,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD In December 2018, 17-year-old Palestinian teen, Ayham Sabah, was sentenced by an Israeli military court to 35 years in prison for his […]
Quran Translator, Muslim Woman of 2005 Commemorated
Source: IQNA Tahereh Saffarzadeh was born in 1315 (1936) in the southern city of Sirjan, Kerman province. She graduated in English Literature from Tehran university and continued her education in […]
18-year-old becomes first female Muslim jockey to win major race: ‘I love proving people wrong’
Source: Metro By Natalie Morris 18-year-old Khadijah Mellah, from Peckham, made British history and global headlines in August when she became the first British female Muslim jockey to win a […]
Muslim Canadians Who Won in the 2019 Federal Election
Source The Muslim Link The 2019 Canadian Federal Election took place on Monday, October 21, 2019. The following is a list of recently elected, the majority of them re-elected, Members […]
‘Save Catholic church’ by lifting ban on female priests, activists say
Source: The Guardian By Angela Giuffrida in Rome Campaigners gather outside Vatican as church struggles with shortage of priests Campaigners have gathered in Rome to call for the lifting of a ban on female priests that would “save the Catholic Church” where it is failing to ordain enough men. Activists from […]