Kashmir erupts demanding justice for young rape victim
Source: Aljazeera Activists say cases of rape and sexual violence on women are common as they decry ‘reluctant and delayed response’. by Rifat Fareed 20 hours ago Protesters demand justice […]
Commonwealth summit: The countries where it is illegal to be gay
Source: BBC News By Reality Check team BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Gay rights activists from Commonwealth countries are demanding that laws banning homosexuality should be overturned. Campaigner Peter Tatchell has […]
Suspect in anti-Semitic attack in Berlin turns himself in
Source: Reuters BERLIN (Reuters) – German police said on Thursday that a suspected perpetrator of an anti-Semitic attack had turned himself in after investigators managed to identify him with the help of witness accounts. Police launched the investigation after two men wearing Jewish skullcaps were insulted and attacked by three […]
Asylum claims in Canada reached highest level in decades in 2017
Source: Pew Research Center BY PHILLIP CONNOR AND JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD Asylum seekers wait to cross the border into Canada near Champlain, New York, in August 2017. (Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images) More people sought asylum in Canada in 2017 than at any point in at least a quarter-century, due in part to a spike […]
A majority of U.S. teens fear a shooting could happen at their school, and most parents share their concern
Source: Pew Research Center BY NIKKI GRAF (Comstock via Getty) In the aftermath of the deadly shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, a majority of American teens say they are very or somewhat worried about the possibility of a shooting happening […]
Americans Favor Protecting Information Freedoms Over Government Steps to Restrict False News Online
Source: Pew Research Center But 56% support steps from technology companies, even if it means some limits on publishing and accessing information BY AMY MITCHELL, ELIZABETH GRIECO AND NAMI SUMIDA The widespread concerns over misinformation online […]
Did the Prophets Ever Sin According to Islam?
Questioner Ahmad Reply Date Dec 06, 2017 Question As-salamu Alaykum Did Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, ever sin in his life? Did any of the prophets? Salam. Consultant Taqwa Saifulhaq Answer Short Answer: No. They were fallible human beings, though. Before they received revelation, it’s unclear if they […]
The Messiah and the Mahdi = One and the Same Person
From the Traditions of the Holy Prophet it is evident that the Promised Messiah was to be a follower of the Holy Prophet. One Tradition tells us that ‘the Mahdi […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Ahmadiyya in the Gold Coast and update…!
View Larger The Ahmadiyya in the Gold Coast Muslim Cosmopolitans in the British Empire John H. Hanson Distribution: World Publication date: 10/16/2017 Format: Paperback 14 b&w illus., 7 maps ISBN: […]
Spread of Islam in West Africa (part 3 of 3): The Empires of Kanem-Bornu and Hausa-Fulani Land
Description: How Islam spread into sub-Saharan region of West Africa, and the great civilizations it established there, taking its inhabitants out of paganism to the worship of One God. […]
Spread of Islam in West Africa (part 2 of 3): The Empires of Mali and Songhay
Description: How Islam spread into sub-Saharan region of West Africa, and the great civilizations it established there, taking its inhabitants out of paganism to the worship of One God. […]
Young Muslims from the Ahmadiyya Muslim children’s association walk for charity to help schools in Africa
Mahalia Mayne Reporter – Wimbledon Children from Ahmadiyya Muslim association walk for charity 1 comment Children put on their walking boots to help raise cash to build two schools in […]
Early Medieval Europeans were Migrants
Europe is inhabited by descendants of migrants, who moved around in the first millennium AC. Later people stopped mingling so much. Europe is presently trying to cope with a wave […]
Book Review: The Arab/Muslim Presence in Medieval Central Europe
Manfred W. Wenner International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 12, No. 1 (Aug., 1980), pp. 59-79 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/163627 source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/163627?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
A Strange Drawing Found in Sinai Could Undermine Our Entire Idea of Judaism
Is that a 3,000-year-old picture of god, his penis and his wife depicted by early Jews at Kuntillet Ajrud? More than four decades after its excavation wound down, a small […]
Germany and Immigration The Changing Face of the Country
Many Germans feel foreign in their own country and are afraid that immigration is changing their homeland rapidly. Every fifth person in Germany comes from an immigration background and […]
From phones to hospitals, Austria plans to clamp down on refugees
Reuters International This content was published on April 18, 2018 VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s government is proposing to make it harder for refugees to become citizens, confiscate asylum seekers’ cash […]
Wounded Gaza cyclist to miss Asian Games after amputation
By Reuters – Apr 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian cyclist Alaa Al Daly, 21, who lost his leg by a bullet fired by Israeli troops, talks with his sister while […]
US drops more bombs in Afghanistan than Iraq and Syria for first time in 4 years
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, prepares to receive fuel over Afghanistan from a KC-10 Extender, March […]
USA: Foreign-born recruits, promised fast track to citizenship, stuck in ‘mindless bureaucracy’
NOGA AMI-RAV/STARS AND STRIPES ILLUSTRATION By DIANNA CAHN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 9, 2018 WASHINGTON — Their brains, specialized talents and home country made them sought-after assets for […]