Source: The New York Times By CAITLIN DICKERSON Type the word refugees into Facebook and some alarming “news” will appear about a refugee rape crisis, a refugee flesh-eating disease epidemic […]
Source: Aljazeera By Creede Newton A Texas community has rallied behind its Muslim residents after their mosque burned to the ground shortly after President Donald Trump signed into effect a “Muslim […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey The liturgy read in churches across America on Sunday said: “Blessed are those who are persecuted.” What clergy said […]
Source: USA Today By Julie Garcia, Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — For members of the Islamic Society of Southern Texas, a mosque fire in Victoria “hit too close to home.” […]
Source: The New York Times Over the past decade, Christians in the United States have grown increasingly alarmed about the persecution of other Christians overseas, especially in the Middle East. […]
Source: Reuters By Kevin Dougherty (In this Jan. 29 story, corrects quote of tweet by Canadian legislator Greg Fergus to ‘demonizing’ instead of ‘sermonizing’) By Kevin Dougherty Six people were […]
Source: Times of Israel In a phone call with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud, the president pledged to “rigorously enforc[e] the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” referring to the deal’s formal name, according to a White House readout of the conversation. As a candidate, Trump often […]
Apr 28, 2016 George Winston War elephants depicted in Hannibal Barca crossing the Rhône, by Henri Motte, 1878. In 218 BC, Hannibal marched an army consisting of soldiers, mules, horses and elephants from Spain, over the Alps, and into Italy to attack the Romans at the start of the […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL In this Dec. 7, 2016, file photo, Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz speaks during the Starbucks 2016 Investor Day meeting in New York. (AP […]
LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL ISTANBUL Published January 25, 2017 Prof. Dr. Canan Efendigil Karatay also promotes olive consumption. You may have seen them on billboards, in the newspaper or as guests on Turkish talk shows, because the following healthy living and nutrition specialists have quickly become household names synonymous with losing weight […]
Source: The Gulf Today SHARJAH: His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, opened the library of Imam Ibn Al Jazri Mosque, launching a scheme for mosque libraries across the emirate. Sheikh Sultan, who was accompanied by Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Bin […]
Reuters International JAN 30, 2017 – Demonstrators shut down the traffic loops at LAX International Airport and yell slogans during a protest against the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ted Soqui […]
SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER Trump immigration order ‘goes in wrong direction’ JAN 29, 2017 – United States President Donald Trump’s new travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries is discriminatory and contrary to fundamental rights, warns Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter. Trump signed an order on Friday suspending the entry of people […]
Trump is no Roosevelt or Kennedy – not even a Bush, for what that’s worth. But May is no Churchill. Not even an Attlee or a Macmillan or even a John Major. It’s not just a failure of compassion – she does not have what Churchill spoke about very often […]
Source: Globe and Mail The latest Six people are dead, eight are wounded after a mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque Victims were aged 35-70. Police added that 39 […]
Report by Muhammad Sharik Saigal | Sec Dawat-Ilallah Bangalore, India Find us on Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/ahmadiyyat.bangalore Follow us on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/AhmadiBangalore Bangalore, 29, January, 2017: Hon’ble Governor of Karnataka Shri. Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala inaugurates the PEACE SYMPOSIUM 2017 organized by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Bangalore at The Grand Magrath […]
Source: PBS hour TORONTO – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a message for refugees rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump: Canada will take you. Trudeau reacted to Trump’s ban […]
HASHAM CHEEMA A star is born Abdus Salam’s birth certificate. Source – ICTP Photo Library On the 29th of January 1926, Chaudhry Muhammad Hussein and Bibi Hajira Hussien had a baby boy at their two-bedroom abode in Jhang. They named him Abdus Salam; ‘servant of peace’. “I was born in […]
By Masuma Ahuja, CNN Updated 1924 GMT (0324 HKT) January 29, 2017 (CNN)From Boston to Baghdad, families are being ripped apart. Some people can’t go home to the US, others can’t return to their native countries to visit parents and children, and still others are stranded in airports and cities […]
January 28, 2017 By Jumu’ah Abiodun, Nigeria John McAslan + Partners is developing new designs for the huge Baitul Futuh Mosque complex in south London, which was damaged by a fire in 2015. The London studio, led by Scottish architect John McAslan, will completely overhaul the 21,000 square-metre mosque complex in Morden […]