London attack: Eight held after armed police raids
Source: UK Eight arrests have been made in raids in London, Birmingham and elsewhere following an attack in Westminster that left four dead, police have said. Hundreds of detectives worked […]
Jordan King’s important role in renovating the Church of Holy Sepulcher
King’s important role in renovating Jerusalem’s holy grave Mar 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab For centuries, historic Christian churches have been unable to agree on a way to refurbish […]
Laptop ban sparks ire among Mideast travellers
By AFP – Mar 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian passenger travelling to the United States through Amman types on his laptop before entering Beirut International Airport’s departure lounge on Wednesday (AFP photo) DUBAI — Travellers across the Middle East expressed frustration Wednesday at a ban on large electronic […]
Number of women working past 70 in UK doubles in four years
theguardian: by Julia Kollewe — ONS finds pronounced rise in women working past traditional retirement age, from 5.6% to 11.3% between 2012 and 2016 Many older workers say they are happy to continue in employment, but pension experts say women in particular have low levels of savings. Photograph: Getty The […]
Disappointed at refusal for Ahmadi mosque
Letter to the Editor South Wales Echo, UK Cardiff council has once again utterly disappointed me. The planning application to build an Ahmadi mosque in Canton has been in and out of council corridors for more than two years and the council couldn’t distinguish between Ahmadi Muslims and non-Ahmadi Muslims […]
More Evidence Supporting the House of Debt
AUGUST 8, 2014 BY ATIF MIAN AND AMIR SUFI Economists of all stripes are baffled by continued economic weakness in the United States. The easiest way to see the weakness is to compare where we are in terms of GDP today relative to historical trend growth, something we did in […]
From The Archives: The Search for “Enlightened Moderation” in Pakistan
Dr. Atif Mian – USA As part of an occasional series highlighting notable articles from the archives of The Review of Religions, we are pleased to present the following piece, originally published in 2004 in response to an op-ed written in The Washington Post on May 31, 2004, by then-President […]
Jesus’s tomb unveiled after $4m restoration
Source: The Guardian Wednesday’s ceremony will mark completion of nine-month renovation of most sacred monument in Christianity BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The restored tomb in which Jesus’s body is believed […]
London attack: What we know so far
Source: BBC Four people have died and 20 people have been injured after what police are treating as terrorist attacks in Westminster, earlier on Wednesday. Here is what we know […]
Supermarkets Keep Slashing Prices and It’s Not Working
Source: Time By Jennifer Calfas Mar 21, 2017 Supermarkets are slashing prices to the point where for the first time in nearly 50 years, prices on items decreased on average. The […]
President Trump’s Former Campaign Chair Paul Manafort Once Worked to Advance Putin’s Interests
Source: Time BY Jeff Horwitz and Chad Day/AP Mar 22, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests […]
Whatever happened to Generation X?
Source: BBC By Lindsay Baker 21 March 2017 It’s a familiar and ongoing feud: baby boomers in one corner and millennials in the other. It seems the two generations are […]
Do all mammals know how to swim?
Source: BBC By Josh Gabbatiss 21 March 2017 My girlfriend’s grandparents, Audrey and Hamish, are an inquisitive pair with a keen interest in all things biological. One day, they decided […]
The microbes in your body that you could not live without
Source: BBC By Adam Rutherford 22 March 2017 It began with what can only be described as an ingenious invention. It’s a fold-out sheet, with sticky tabs at the front […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Ladies from Carshalton visit Saint Hill Church of Scientology to improve Interfaith relations
Source: http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/15171919.Ahmadiyya_Muslim_Ladies_from_Carshalton_visit_Saint_Hill_Church_of_Scientology_to_improve_Interfaith_relations/ Scientology might be well known in the US and in East Grinstead but in the Ahmadiyya Muslim community very few people know about it. So when my friend Amelia Cavanagh invited me to visit her Church I arranged a group tour for Muslim ladies to see what they have […]
four dead in London terror incident, Westminster in lock down
Four people, including an armed police officer and a man believed to be the attacker, have died in a terrorist incident near the UK’s Houses of Parliament, Scotland Yard has said.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/parliament-shooting-latest-news-man-shot-explosions-heard-westminster-london-a7643686.html One of the victims was among several pedestrians hit by a car on Westminster Bridge, before it crashed. An […]
UK: Ahmadi Muslims display more than 50 translations of Holy Qur’an in Newham exhibition
Source: http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/home/ahmadi_muslims_share_translations_of_qur_an_in_newham_exhibition_1_4942217 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association of Newham welcomed people to The Froud Centre in Romford Road, Manor Park, on Saturday last week to view more than 50 translated Qur’ans and complementary information stands. The minority Muslim sect, whose followers are persecuted as apostates in Pakistan, is known for its peaceful […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Connecticut at the Baitul Aman mosque in South Meriden supports tough laws for hate crime
Source: http://www.myrecordjournal.com/news/state/10126232-154/bill-to-toughen-hate-crime-laws-spurred-in-part-by.html By Mike Savino Record-Journal staff Bill to toughen hate crime laws spurred in part by Meriden mosque incident HARTFORD — Democrats are pushing a bill to toughen the state’s hate crime law and expand the number of groups protected, saying a series of high-profile incidents shows the changes are […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association’s volunteers from Manchester, Preston & Liverpool plant new trees at woodland
Source: http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/102679/volunteers-plant-new-trees-at-woodland Volunteers plant new trees at woodland Reporter: Lucy Kenderdine | Date online: 21 March 2017 DOZENS of volunteers braved the cold and mud to help plant hundreds of trees at a new community woodland in Oldham on Saturday. Armed with spades, gloves and much-needed wellies, the volunteers helped to transform […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community promoting harmony at an event at the Silver Spring Township Administration
Source: http://abc27.com/2017/03/21/local-muslim-community-hosts-meet-and-greet/ http://up.anv.bz/latest/anvload.html?key=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 MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Local Muslims met Monday night with residents on the West Shore. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community held a friendly conversation about current issues and promoting harmony at an event at the Silver Spring Township Administration. “A community is not a bunch of separate entities co-existing. […]