Video: Richard Dawkins on How Humans Face Death
Clinton Richard Dawkins FRS FRSL (born 26 March 1941) is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University […]
Germany threatens to ban Turkish politicians from entering country
Source: The Local Angela Merkel’s chief of staff warned Turkey on Wednesday that Germany is prepared to stop Turkish politicians from entering the country, in light of provocative rhetoric from Ankara. Chief of staff Peter Altmaier told the Funke Mediengruppe that Germany had the legal possibility of banning foreign politicians […]
Prudent Merkel meets unpredictable Trump amid tense ties
Source: The Local Europe’s most powerful leader, Angela Merkel, meets for the first time on Tuesday America’s flamboyant President Donald Trump, whose arrival in the White House has sent shockwaves across the Atlantic. While former US president Barack Obama had labelled Merkel his “closest international partner”, there has been little […]
Lack of neighbourliness in modern societies.
Source: The Local A 91-year-old woman was discovered dead in her apartment over the weekend – but police say she had passed away in 2015. Munich police reported on Tuesday that the 91-year-old woman was discovered after a neighbour told them he had not seen her in a long time. […]
History Channel Video: Bible Secrets Revealed – Lost in Translation
Source: History channel The Bible is one of the most influential and important books ever written and is considered by millions around the world to be the actual word of […]
Germany warns social media firms over illegal content
Source: BBC Social media firms in Germany could face fines of up to 50 million euros if they take too long to remove illegal content including fake news. Germany’s justice […]
‘The Ahmadis of Algeria’, By Jacob Lindelöw Berntson
Source: https://conflictcauses.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/the-ahmadis-of-algeria-the-governments-most-convenient-security-threat/ Despite numbering in the few thousands, the followers of this branch of Islam have been branded a major security threat by the Algerian state. Now, they are facing both a crackdown and a propaganda war. By Jacob Lindelöw Berntson In the last six months, at least 70 individuals belonging […]
UK: Hundreds of volunteers, politicians & Muslims joined launch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association’s Charity Walk for Peace in Stratford
Source: http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/home/ilford_walk_for_peace_organisers_hope_to_break_previous_fundraising_records_1_4930891 By Sebastian Murphy-Bates Last year’s Charity Walk for Peace resulted in the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (AMA) raising £500,000 for UK charities. With 2017 marking the walk’s 29th year, regional AMA co-ordinator Mubashir Siddiqi, of Ilford, welcomed charity representatives to a launch dinner where about 300 people were invited to sign […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association’s cross country campaign connected with Non-Muslim Canadians to dispel Islamophobia
Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/tony-norman/2017/03/14/Tony-Norman-Door-to-door-Muslims-Canada/stories/201703140086 By Tony Norman / Pittsburgh Post-Gazettte Tony Norman: Door-to-door Muslims, only in Canada While Canadians have a reputation for being among the most tolerant and least xenophobic people on the planet, even they aren’t immune to the kind of soft and hard bigotry that constantly oozes up from their […]
Malta: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta & KSU invite you to the annual Peace Symposium 2017, titled “Jihad & Terrorism”
Source: https://ahmadiyyamalta.org/2017/03/14/peace-symposium-2017-jihad-terrorism/ Invitation to Peace Symposium 2017 titled ‘Jihad and Terrorism’ Posted on March 14, 2017 by Laiq Ahmed Atif The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta & KSU invite you to the annual Peace Symposium 2017, titled “JIHAD & TERRORISM”. Please reserve your place through sending an email on: amjmalta@gmail.com , secretary@ksu.org.mt […]
EU European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that employers can ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that employers can ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols at work in the first case of its kind before the EU’s […]
USA: Ahmadi Muslims in Houston address the misconceptions on their faith #MeetAMuslim
Source: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2017/03/13/191554/hoping-to-dispel-misconceptions-young-muslims-welcome-questions-about-their-faith/ TRAVIS BUBENIK | POSTED ONMARCH 13, 2017, 1:56 PM Hoping To Dispel Misconceptions, Young Muslims Welcome Questions About Their Faith Saturday’s “Meet a Muslim” event in Houston was one of many held across the U.S. A nationwide outreach effort involves handshakes and friendly conversation, with the goal of changing how […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association (AMWA) Carshalton hold Inter-faith Peace Conference
Source: http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/yournews/15152360.To_coincide_with_International_Women___s_Day__the_Ahmadiyya_Muslim_Women___s_Association__AMWA__held_a_Peace_Conference/ To coincide with International Women’s Day, the Carshalton branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association (AMWA) held a Peace Conference, inviting women from local churches, synagogues, temples and other places of worship to discuss how interfaith harmony could be spread in the Borough. Delegates from the Carshalton Beeches Baptist […]
ADL plans Silicon Valley center to fight cyberhate
Source: USA Today By Jon Swartz , USA TODAYPublished 5:59 p.m. ET March 12, 2017 | Updated 24 hours ago Thousands have flooded into Austin, Texas to experience the 31st Annual […]
UK: Caliph of Islam Ahmadiyya keen to spread Muslim message of peace, love & harmony
Source: http://www.haslemereherald.com/article.cfm?id=117752&headline=Caliph%20keen%20to%20spread%20Muslim%20message%20of%20peace,%20love%20and%20harmony§ionIs=news&searchyear=2017 By Farnham Herald in Community News THE global head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, leader of tens of millions of followers around the world, paid a special visit to Haslemere last Saturday. His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, presided over the fifth convocation ceremony of the Muslim community’s only […]
States aiming to block Trump travel ban from taking effect
Source: Associated Press By CHRIS GRYGIEL SEATTLE (AP) — More than a half-dozen states trying to block President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban moved forward Monday with a pair of […]
The Netherlands Warily Takes Center Stage as a Pivotal Election Nears
Source: Time By Charlotte McDonald-Gibson / Kerkrade, The Netherlands Mar 13, 2017 They were hardly the headlines the Dutch ruling party would have wanted days before they contest general elections. First, […]
Obamacare Helped Working Moms Breastfeed — And It’s One Thing Republicans Might Keep
Source: Time By Tessa Berenson | Madeline Farber From the outside, the lactation room looks like any other door in the office building, except for the sign. “Breastfeeding Is Welcome […]
The 10 Most Addictive Foods and How to Stop Eating Them
Source: Time BY Selene Yeager / Health.com It’s not your imagination. There are foods that give you such a rush of pleasure from the very first bite that your brain screams […]
EU workplace headscarf ban ‘can be legal’, says ECJ
Source: BBC Workplace bans on the wearing of “any political, philosophical or religious sign” such as headscarves need not constitute direct discrimination, Europe’s top court has ruled. But the ban […]