AISHA FAREED | Published — Thursday 29 December 2016, Dima Talal Al-Sharif JEDDAH: After years of being prohibited from appearing in court, female lawyers in 2013 achieved a significant victory in being able to practice law and argue their cases in Saudi courtrooms.Female lawyers have the right to advocate for issues that […]
PRESS RELEASE 122nd JALSA SALANA QADIAN CONCLUDES WITH ADDRESS BY HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says all Muslims must heed the perfect example of Holy Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him) Read more:https://www.khalifaofislam.com/press-releases/jalsa-qadian-2016/
MATTHEW OLSON, thestarphoenix.com More from Matthew Olson Published on: December 29, 2016 | Last Updated: December 29, 2016 6:00 AM CST The exterior of the new Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at mosque. GORD WALDNER / SASKATOON STARPHOENIX SHAREADJUSTCOMMENTPRINT The group in charge of constructing Saskatoon’s first purpose-built mosque wants it to be more than just […]
Source: Times of Israel. Obama on Thursday unleashed a barrage of sanctions against Russia over alleged cyberattacks aimed at tilting the election in Trump’s favor. The move came after years of bad blood with Putin that has seen Washington slap sanctions on Moscow over its interference in Ukraine and Syria. […]
Source: Times of Israel. The right-leaning news blog GeenStijl, which boasts 2 million views per month, wrote that Zilveren Kruis is moving into the niche that until recently was occupied only by specialized insurance companies catering specifically to Muslims. Zilveren Kruis began including non-medical circumcision of boys in some of […]
Source: Times of Ahmad Buddhist religious leader, Master Acharya Guru Karma Tanpai Gyaltshen Rinpoche from Nepal attended the 122nd Jalsa Salana here in Qadian. Master Karma Tanpai Gyaltshen said in his address that Maulana Fazlur Rehman Bhatti introduced him to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat. He further said that Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Source: Time By Sarah Begley For the ninth year in a row, respondents to a Gallup poll ranked Barack Obama as the most admired man in America. Among women, Hillary Clinton […]
Source: Aljazeera Romania’s president has rejected the left-wing Social Democrats’ candidate for prime minister, Sevil Shhaideh, who would have been the EU nation’s first female and Muslim prime minister. Klaus […]
Source: Aljazeera The Syrian government and rebel groups have agreed a nationwide ceasefire from midnight (22:00 GMT) on Thursday. The deal was announced by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and confirmed […]
Source: Aljazeera Nearly 55,000 migrants and refugees who were not eligible for or were likely to be denied asylum left Germany voluntarily in 2016, up by 20,000 from the number […]
Source: Aljazeera In a move aimed at inclusion, the New York Police Department also agrees to allow Sikhs to wear turbans. NYPD Sikh officers will be allowed to wear turbans […]
Source: Aljazeera by Belen Fernandez @MariaBelen_Fdez Belen Fernandez is the author of The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work, published by Verso. She is a contributing editor at Jacobin Magazine. The […]
Source: The Guardian By Sabrina Siddiqui “We should exterminate them.” The words rolled off the voter’s tongue as though he was merely discussing a pest invasion in his home. He was […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY CARYLE MURPHYLEAVE A COMMENT On average, Muslim men around the world have more formal schooling than women, a fact well-known by Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala […]
Source: The Washington Post By Karen DeYoung December 28 at 8:11 PM On Dec. 21, amid his morning workout, an afternoon round of golf and a family dinner with friends, […]
Source: BBC Nigeria’s most senior Muslim cleric has rejected a new gender equality bill, which proposes that women and men inherit an equal share. The Sultan of Sokoto, Mohamed Sa’ad […]
Source: Yahoo News Bangkok (AFP) – Thailand’s military government on Thursday granted the king power to appoint the Buddhist country’s top monk, a move aimed at resolving a bitter power […]
Source: The Washington Post By Liz Sly TAL SAMAN, Syria — “Raqqa we are coming” say the words spray-painted in Kurdish at the entrance to this empty little town, which […]
Source: BBC The New York Police Department said the turbans must be navy blue and have the NYPD insignia attached. Under the new rules, religious members of the force are […]
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