Battle for Mosul: IS defeat imminent, says state TV
Source: BBC News So-called Islamic State (IS) defences in the Iraqi city of Mosul are collapsing fast and troops expect to take full control in the next few hours, state […]
Young unemployed people are twice as likely to suffer mental ill health
Source: BBC News Tomasz Frymorgen If you are young and unemployed, you’re more than twice as likely to report having poor mental health, a new UCL study has shown. In a […]
‘How To Be A Muslim’ Author On Being A Spokesperson For His Faith
Source: NPR Growing up in New England as a first-generation Pakistani-American, Haroon Moghul was taught that practicing his Islamic faith would make life his better. What he didn’t anticipate was […]
Cardiff Imam jailed for 13 years for sexually abusing girls
Dawn.com July 08, 2017 An Imam has been jailed for 13 years reportedly for indecent and sexual assaults in Cardiff, the Guardian reported on Friday. Mohammad Haji Saddique, an Imam at a […]
Is Ahmadiyya included in Incomplete Atlas of Self-Proclaimed Messiahs?
Source: The Cable Mirza Ghulam Aḥmad, who lived in British India in the 19th century and founded the Ahmadiyya movement, which has millions of present-day adherents. Abu Isa. This eighth-century self-proclaimed Jewish prophet led a rebellion against the caliph of Persia and was killed shortly thereafter. His followers believed he […]
Highlighting Indonesian culture by revisiting the past, glimpsing the future
ART & CULTURE TUNGGUL WIRAJUDAA MEDIA PRACTITIONER FOR OVER 10 YEARS IN BOTH TV AND PRINT. Jakarta | Fri, July 7, 2017 | A female visitor marveling at one of T. Sutanto’s works. (JP/Tunggul Wirajuda) The figure sat atop the horse, both man and beast resplendent in their rich […]
G20 communique agreed apart from climate issue: EU officials
Delegates attend the official dinner at the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017.REUTERS/Kay Nietfeld By Paul Carrel and Noah Barkin | HAMBURG World leaders meeting for a summit in Germany have agreed every aspect of a joint statement apart from the section on […]
Post-deadline Gulf crisis
KILIÇ BUĞRA KANAT@KilicKanat The Trump administration seems to be taking some initiatives now that the deadline has passed in the Gulf crisis Articles COLUMNSThe future of Qatar crisis remains vague COLUMNSAre Gulf states on the same side as the US in the Qatar rift? COLUMNSUrgent need for active […]
Turkey takes control of nearly 1,000 companies since failed coup – deputy PM
Reuters International JULY 7, 2017 ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have seized or appointed an administrator to 965 companies with total annual sales of some 21.9 billion lira (£4.7 billion) in the year since an attempted coup in July 2016, Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli said […]
UNHCR chief urges Myanmar to grant Rohingya citizenship
Reuters International JULY 7, 2017 UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi gestures during a news conference at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (reuters_tickers) By Donna Airoldi BANGKOK (Reuters) – The head of the U.N. refugee agency urged Myanmar on Friday to grant citizenship […]
We should have learned after Iraq – but Brexit shows we are still willing to blindly follow politicians into disaster
Sir John Chilcot’s new comments on Tony Blair relying on ‘belief rather than fact’ has chilling parallels with our present day political dilemma James Moore @JimMooreJourno In a wide ranging interview with the BBC, Sir John Chilcot said Tony Blair was “not straight with the nation” and relied on belief rather than fact […]
Here in Iraq, Isis is being defeated – but with US policy in disarray, it doesn’t feel any safer
‘We don’t have a policy in Syria,’ one former US State Department official told me. ‘Everybody in the Middle East knows that whatever is said by the Pentagon, State Department or National Security Council lacks authority because whatever assurances they give may be contradicted within the hour by a presidential tweet or […]
Canada rewards terrorists; Israel punishes them
BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, JULY 04, 2017 04:55 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, JULY 04, 2017 08:04 PM EDThttp://www.torontosun.com/2017/07/04/canada-rewards-terrorists-israel-punishes-them?token=366f0b8d9ffe3ff7aec4e27c63875998&utm_source=addThis&utm_medium=addthis_button_gmail&utm_campaign=Canada+rewards+terrorists%3B+Israel+punishes+them+%7C+FATAH+%7C+Columnists+%7C+Opinion+%7C#.WVwjHLUcFJ4.gmail Two news stories concerning terrorism should make Canadians realize that not only are we being governed under the doctrine of ‘sock and awe’, but that our values have turned upside down in […]
‘Jordan has key interest in restoring security in Syria’
Gov’t downplays accusations of hampering opposition’s participation in Astana talks By Mohammad Ghazal – Jul 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian girl carries a large jug of water on her back while on her way home, in the Kallaseh district of the northern city of Aleppo, on Wednesday (AFP […]
Nigeria: “Real enemy of Nigeria is injustice, corruption, fraud — Leader of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Dr Mashud Fashola
Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/real-enemy-nigeria-injustice-corruption-not-tribe-ahmadiyya/ By Wahab Abdulah If you think ethnic or tribal differences is the cog in the wheel of Nigeria as a nation, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria has a different view of this. In its Eid-el-Fitr message to Muslims in Nigeria made available to Vanguard, the leader of the Jama’at, […]
Ghana: Akyem Achiase Chief Lauds the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: http://www.mkaghana.org/akyem-achiase-chief-lauds-the-ahmadiyya-muslim-community/ | Story by Malek Appiah Affum, Qaid Ilaqa, Eastern Region The Chief of Akyem Achiase Dasebre Gyenin Kantan II has described the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as peace loving and disciplined Muslims who do not subscribe to violence. Dasebre Gyenin Kantan II who is also the acting Nifahene of the Akyem […]
Ghana: Religious bodies can’t be blamed for moral degeneration, says Suleman A. Sakyi, Circuit President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission
Source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/religion/Religious-bodies-can-t-be-blamed-for-the-continued-moral-degeneration-Suleman-Adam-Sakyi-554241 Mr Suleman Adam Sakyi, Abura Circuit President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, has said religious bodies cannot be solely blamed for the continued moral degeneration, especially among the youth in the country. He said but for the stringent efforts by the religious groups, things would have been worse in […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslims to donate $2M to Mackenzie Health Foundation
Source: https://www.yorkregion.com/community-story/7400725-ahmadiyya-muslims-donate-2m-to-mackenzie-health-foundation/ | by Ali Raza The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada has pledged $2 million to the Mackenzie Health Foundation as part of the hospital’s “Exceptional Care Belongs Here” campaign. The donation adds to the $250 million campaign that aims to equip the hospital with “state-of-the-art” equipment and service. To celebrate the gift, […]
Canada: Celebrating Canada Day Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat gifts $7,500 cheque to the Town of Bradford West
Source: http://www.bradfordtimes.ca/2017/07/05/a-gift-from-the-amj | By Bradford Times Staff The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat (Community) presented the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury with a cheque for $7,500 at Canada Day – representing funds raised for Recreation, Culture, Heritage and Health by the annual AMJ Run for Bradford (BWG) held earlier this year. “Without the participation of […]
Canada: Bait-ul-Islam, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque celerates Canada Day in Vaughan
Source: http://www.citynews.ca/2017/07/01/ontarians-mark-canada-150-citizenship-ceremony-community-celebrations/ | BY BRENNAN DOHERTY, THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada Day parties ran across the province. One such celebration was held at the Baitul Islam Mosque, an Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Vaughan, Ont., north of Toronto. Lal Khan Malik, national president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at of Canada, said that Canada Day is […]