Five Ahmedis shot, injured in two incidents in Pakistan
Epigraph: Whoever kills a fellow human, it is as if he has triggered a genocide. (Al Quran 3:32/33) Source: Daily Times July 9, 2018 Lahore: Five Ahmedi citizens of Pakistan […]
Hundreds of young Muslims run and walk for charity
Date published: 09 July 2018 Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Rochdale Members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Rochdale travelled to Sheffield for the ‘Mercy for Mankind’ Charity Challenge on Sunday (8 July). […]
Like Maggie Thatcher all those years ago, Theresa May’s future and that of the country is in the hands of her (remaining) cabinet
If I were May, and I managed to get the cabinet – what’s left of it – behind me, then I would certainly tough it out, inviting the hard Brexiteers to come and get […]
Is it opportunity or disaster for the prime minister?
Source: BBC From watching the images of him leave his official residence for the last time, where he’d been holed up all day, he wore it heavily. No bellowed “hello” for the patient snappers. Leaving alongside his wife Marina Wheeler he looked not just a bit dishevelled, which is not […]
Turkey’s Erdogan ushers in presidential system, appoints son-in-law finance minister
Reuters International This content was published on July 10, 2018 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan poses with his new cabinet at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Umit […]
Imran Khan criticised for defence of Pakistan blasphemy laws
Source: Guardian PTI leader accused of using blasphemy issue to win backing of religious right By Memphis Barker in Islamabad Imran Khan has been accused of risking bloodshed for electoral […]
China’s Xi pledges $20 billion in loans to revive Middle East
Reuters International This content was published on July 10, 2018 Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks to representatives of Arab League member states at a China Arab forum at the Great […]
Trump’s policies are against Christian teaching – and that’s why Quakers across the UK will be protesting his visit
Source: Independent This will likely be the biggest Quaker Meeting outside of the annual gathering and the largest weekday protest in Britain for decades By Tim Gee, @TimCampaigns Christianity has […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Emergency response team “Humanity first” helping flood victims
日本Humanity Firstのボランティアチームが現地入りしました｡今夜は､岡山県倉敷市の福田第二小学校でお炊き出しをします｡ Report by Anees Ahmad Nadeem Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Japan Western Japan floods update: Reportedly two million people have been told to evacuate their houses because of the recent heavy rain in western Japan. Emergency response team of Humanity first Japan has entered in the affected area and started […]
Does the religious freedom debate make sense? Of course not, it’s the culture war
Jeff Sparrow The arguments put forward by politicians claiming Christians need legal protections defy sense @Jeff_Sparrow Tue 10 Jul 2018 ‘Could this enthusiast for Christian identity politics be the […]
Smugglers ‘abusing’ soft Ireland border checks to get people into UK, National Crime Agency warns
Exclusive: Organised criminals moving human cargo to Ireland via Schengen zone and then exploiting common travel area Lizzie Dearden Home Affairs Correspondent @lizziedearden The Independent Online Officials expressed concern over the rise […]
Nearly two decades on from Nato’s deadly bombing of civilians at Varvarin in Serbia, the wait for justice continues
‘I think our kids would have played together. When I come here or to the cemetery, I never cry. No one sees me cry. But there is a time when […]
How soccer and religion fight it out for the hearts of Africans
Source: Quartz In this age of globalization few events draw more attention than sport as the World Cup in Russia illustrates with billions of people across the globe glued to their screens. […]
Church of England threatens oil firm crackdown
Source: BBC News The Church of England is to sell its shares in oil and gas firms that fail to do enough to tackle climate change. It will pull its […]
Pope says walls, occupation and fundamentalism hamper Mideast peace
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella BARI, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis led a summit of Christian leaders on how to promote peace in the Middle East on Saturday and said […]
Al Qaeda-Backed Terrorist Group Has a New Target: Plastic Bags
Source: The New York Times By Rukmini Callimachi Over the years, the Shabab, a terrorist group in East Africa that has pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda, have banned music, cinemas, […]
Iran executes 8 over 2017 Islamic State attack on Tehran
Source: Associated Press By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran executed eight men convicted over the 2017 Islamic State attack on parliament and the shrine of […]
Japanese cult leader Shoko Asahara executed for Tokyo sarin attack
Source: CNN By James Griffiths and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN Tokyo (CNN)Seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, which carried out the deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, have been […]
Italian Catholic priests go to war with Salvini over immigration
Source: The Guardian BY Angela Giuffridaand Lorenzo Tondo Gianfranco Formenton, a priest in Umbria, has long preached against racism. Gianfranco Formenton, a priest in Italy’s central Umbria region who has long preached […]
Clash Between Duterte and Catholic Church in Philippines Intensifies
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Jake Maxwell Watts July 9, 2018 8:52 a.m. ET A public feud between President Rodrigo Duterte and the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines […]