Climate : The Time to Act is Now
Speech Statement by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon at UN General Assembly Climate and Sustainable Development for All Summit Published 3 April 2019 From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Lord Ahmad […]
Ahmadiyya group promotes understanding of Islam
In HOME Local news, Local news April 16, 2019 Chronicle Staff A group from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was recently in Gibraltar distributing 6,000 leaflets promoting a deeper understanding of […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim community center coming to site of former daycare in Salisbury
LEHIGH VALLEY Posted: Apr 15, 2019 10:07 AM EDT VIDEO Muslim community center coming to site of former daycare in Salisbury SALISBURY TWP., Pa. – A Muslim […]
‘Of everything, We have created pairs that you may reflect’ — The Quran
“Of everything, We have created pairs that you may reflect.” (Al Quran 51:49/50) Suggested reading Allah the Creator, the Maker and the Fashioner: Carnivorous Plants Allah the Creator, the Maker and […]
Ahmadiyya also used by Pakistan as a Cautionary Tale of Religious Fanaticism
Source: Wire As the BJP champions sectarianism in India, Pakistan’s trajectory is a striking example of the consequences of enabling and capitulating to religious zealots. By now, you are sure to have seen a tweet from @bjp4india which promises to roll out the National Register of Citizens all over India […]
Pakistan as a Cautionary Tale of Religious Fanaticism
As the BJP champions sectarianism in India, Pakistan’s trajectory is a striking example of the consequences of enabling and capitulating to religious zealots. By now, you are sure to […]
Ofcom fines UK Urdu-language news channel £75,000 for ‘hate speech’ against Muslim group
By Charlotte Tobitt Twitter Broadcast regulator Ofcom has fined an Urdu-language news and current affairs channel’s UK arm £75,000 for broadcasting “hate speech” against members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. […]
Indonesia: 193m people, 17,000 islands, one big election. Here’s what you need to know
Vote on 17 April is world’s biggest direct presidential election with more than 800,000 polling stations set up Kate Lamb in Jakarta @_KateLamb Mon 15 Apr 2019 Women participate […]
Amritsar centenary: Should Britain apologise for its colonial atrocities?
The massacre at Jallianwala Bagh saw more than 500 unarmed Indian men, women and children killed by British army riflemen. One hundred years on, families say the wounds still have not healed. Adam […]
Lebanon is struggling to cope with Syrian refugees, but young people are pushing the country to be positive
I am not a refugee, but a member of a community which suddenly found a million and a half refugees in our midst. Theresia Sarkis The Independent Voices Paddy Dowling […]
Of course Shamima Begum should get legal aid – Channel 4’s Derry Girls helps explain why
Snide comments from Jeremy Hunt may appease the Tory faithful, but they don’t help get to grips with what happened and why Jonathan Cooper @@jonathancoopr As we squirm with joy […]
David Lammy is spot on – the British right is tumbling into extremism and we should call it out before it’s too late
Having spent years throwing flammable material into our national debate, Brexiteers are now acting aghast at a big fire raging Sunny Hundal @sunny_hundal The backlash to David Lammy’s comments yesterday has been […]
See the moment Notre Dame’s spire falls
The spire collapses as smoke and flames engulf Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty Images While the cathedral’s two towers were saved, its spire collapsed in the massive […]
Here’s why Notre Dame cathedral is so important to Catholics worldwide
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke This week is Holy Week, when millions of Western Christians mark the death and resurrection of Jesus. Under normal circumstances, Notre Dame cathedral in Paris […]
A former pope blames the swinging sixties for clerical crimes
Source: The Economist JUST AS Pope Francis struggles to stop his well-regarded papacy being overshadowed by charges of laxity over child abuse, his predecessor has emerged from retirement to make […]
How Indonesia’s president has tried to claw back voter support in Muslim heartland
Source: Reuters BY Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Kanupriya Kapoor GARUT, Indonesia (Reuters) – When Wawan Setiawan, a volunteer for Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s re-election campaign, goes door-to-door in this conservative part of […]
India’s Hindu prime minister touts hometown’s Buddhist links as vote nears
Source: Religion News Service By Priyadarshini Sen VADNAGAR, India (RNS) — For generations, folk tales passed down by northern Gujarat’s nomadic goat herders described an ancient well atop Dhagolia hill […]
Suicide bombing at open-air market in Pakistan kills 20
Source: Associated Press BY ABDUL SATTAR QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted an open-air market in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 20 […]
Suicide bombing at open-air market in Pakistan kills 20
Source: Associated Press BY ABDUL SATTAR QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted an open-air market in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 20 […]
The attack that made me a maths genius
Source: BBC News By Sarah Keating Jason Padgett sees maths everywhere. Even something as ordinary as brushing his teeth is governed by mathematics – he turns the tap on and […]