Iraq is invaded… and the first casualty of war is truth
BY MARK STEELE, THE INDEPENDENT You expect lies, but usually they’re found out once a war is over. But in this war the lying is so inept that it gets […]
US commission seeks repeal of blasphemy and anti-Qadiani laws
Source: The News By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its Annual Report 2016 called upon US administration to press Pakistan for the repeal […]
HRH The Prince of Wales presents ‘Thought for the Day’ on BBC Radio 4
Source: Prince Of Wales website In London recently I met a Jesuit priest from Syria. He gave me a graphic account of what life is like for those Christians he was […]
Regina Muslim group gives thanks for mosque with food bank donation
Source: CBC News Regina Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at members are donating hundreds of kilograms of food to the Regina Food Bank today as a thank-you for their new place of worship. While the […]
Jama’at’s ‘Love for all, hatred for none’ principle will save society — Obasanjo
Source: Vanguard •To say Muslims are terrorists is balderdash’ •Why I risked my life to talk sense into Boko Haram leaders •Praises Ahmadiyya for laudable achievements Former President Olusegun Obasanjo […]
ISIS issues hit list of U.S. churches for holiday attacks
Source: RNS By John Bacon (USA Today) The Islamic State is urging its followers to attack U.S. churches and has published names and addresses of thousands of prospective targets, according […]
New study shows fewer Americans are practicing originized religion
Source: Fox News Americans have less faith in organized religion than they did nearly a decade ago, a new study shows. A staggering 21 percent of those surveyed said they don’t practice a “formal religion”— up from the 15 percent who said that in 2008, according to Gallup. “Religion is […]
The most striking photos of the year
Source: BBC January: Tim Peake’s spacewalk In the 1960s, writes Catherine Ingram, space travel had a different colour. As the US artist Andy Warhol described it, back then “silver was […]
Boko Haram ‘ousted from Sambisa forest bastion’
Source: BBC The Nigerian army has driven Boko Haram militants from the last camp in their Sambisa forest stronghold, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. “The terrorists are on the run […]
Jujube genome study sheds light on fruit tree’s domestication
Source: Science Daily Date:December 23, 2016 Source:Boyce Thompson Institute Summary:Researchers have sequenced the genome of the dry jujube. They identified the genomic region that underlies the sugar and acid content […]
Half of Brazilian Women Are Avoiding Pregnancy Because of Zika
Source: Time By Alice Park Brazil has undeniably been the country hardest hit by the latest epidemic of Zika virus; it leads the world in confirmed cases of infection with nearly […]
The tragedies of Syria signal the end of the Arab revolutions
Russia is established in the Middle East and Assad is back in control in Syria. Whatever happened to the Arab Spring? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Just as the catastrophic Anglo-American invasion of Iraq brought an end to epic Western military adventures in the Middle East, so the tragedy of Syria ensures […]
Statement of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community following atrocities in Berlin, Zurich and Turkey
FRIDAY, 23 DECEMBER 2016 Statement by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: “The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community strongly condemns the attacks that have taken place around the world, including recent attacks in Berlin, Zurich and Turkey in which dozens of innocent people have been mercilessly killed. “The victims of these cruel attacks and […]
Russian envoy’s killer remembered as lonely boy, not angry jihadist
Reuters International DEC 23, 2016 – Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov lies on the ground after he was shot by Mevlut Mert Altintas at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey, December 19, 2016. Hasim Kilic/Hurriyet via REUTERS (reuters_tickers) By Tuvan Gumrukcu SOKE, Turkey (Reuters) – Those in the small […]
Jesus is loved by Muslims, too, during the holiday season
Source / Courtesy: YourHoustonNews.com By Saadia Faruqi, guest columnist Growing up in a Catholic convent school in a Muslim country I remember being immersed in the Spirit of Christmas every […]
What is China’s role in global governance?
Source: China Daily By Pang Zhongzhing, who is a professor of international political economy at Renmin University of China and a distinguished professor of Global Studies at Zhejiang Normal University. […]
Senegal will lead military intervention to remove Gambian president: ECOWAS
ASSOCIATED PRESS LAGOS Gambian President Yahya Jammeh listening to one of his aides in Banjul, during the closing rally of the electoral campaign. (AFP Photo) The head of a West African regional bloc says leaders will send troops into Gambia if its longtime president who lost elections does not step […]
Who funds Swiss mosques?
TRANSPARENCY Who funds Swiss mosques? By Simon Bradley DEC 23, 2016 – There are thought to be around 250 mosques in Switzerland, mostly managed and organised as small private associations as well as a small number of foundations (Keystone) Swiss mosques and Muslim associations are in the spotlight after concerns […]
The predictable Muslim ‘good news stories’ have arrived
by Douglas Murray. The BBC is still saying, a lorry ‘went on a rampage’ in [Berlin]. Sure, trucks are the problem. Check out the spin in our media: The Independent reported that ‘Berlin’s Muslim community sends message of peace and solidarity after Christmas market attack’. The report when on to […]
Aleppo and the Arab world’s shaken anchors and foundations
Dec 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The fall of Aleppo to the coalition of Syrian-Iranian-Russian-Hizbollah forces this week is likely to be a symbolic and historical turning point amidst different eras. How events play themselves out will be determined in the same way as events in Syria have […]