Are human rights in crisis?
Source Swiss Info By Klaus Dingwerth, who is assistant professor for political science at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland as well as a non-residential fellow with the Global Public Policy […]
More ominous than many before
Dec 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL US President-elect Donald Trump seems to have some ominous surprises up his sleeve for the Palestinians, in particular, and the Arab world, in general. He asked his long-time adviser and friend David Friedman, a hardline pro-Israel lawyer, to be the US ambassador to Israel. […]
US boosts reward on Daesh leader to $25m
By AFP – Dec 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES On the eve of International Migrants Day by United Nations, a young Kurdish boy from Iraq queues for food in a camp for migrants in Grand Synthe, France, on Saturday (Reuters photo) WASHINGTON — The United States on Friday more than […]
Depression May Make Chemotherapy Less Effective
Source: Time By Alice Park A person’s mood may affect how well their cancer treatment works, suggests new research from China. In a report presented at the annual meeting of […]
President Obama Warns Russia Over Hacking: Don’t ‘Do This To Us Because We Can Do Stuff to You’
Source: Time President Obama sent a warning to Russia and any other countries looking to engage in cyberattacks against the U.S. during his final press conference from of 2016 on […]
Islamic scholar attacks Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
Source: The Guardian BY Declan Walsh in Islamabad A prominent Islamic scholar has launched a blistering attack on Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, warning that failure to repeal them will only strengthen religious […]
Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop
Source: Amazon Book written by Dr. Anna Lembke (Author) Three out of four people addicted to heroin probably started on a prescription opioid, according to the director of the Centers for […]
Ahmadiyya as viewed by Croatian Member of Parliament Mr Davor Bernardic.
By Zubair Khan. LINK for German Jalsa Salana-2016 (Annual Gathering) LINK for UK Jalsa Salana-2016 (Annual Gathering) Note by Editor. Just couple of weeks ago Mr Davor Bernardic has won the Social Democrats Party election and now he is also the National President of Croatian Social Democrat Party. Congratulation to […]
The Problem With the Islamic Apocalypse
Source: New York Times By Mustafa Akyol ISTANBUL — The cover of the most recent issue of Dabiq, the slick magazine that the Islamic State distributes online, shows an image […]
Justice department sues Michigan city over denial of proposed mosque
Guardian: The US Department of Justice is suing the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan, alleging it violated federal law in 2015 when it denied a proposal to build a mosque in the city. The 20-page complaint filed in US district court says the city discriminated against the American Islamic Community […]
Turkey’s Populists See an Unlikely Ally in Trump
Turkey’s Populists See an Unlikely Ally Source: New York Times By Mustafa Akyol ISTANBUL — The election of Donald J. Trump as the next president of the United States came as […]
33 Moments In 2016 That Proved Religion Can Be A Force For Good
Source: The Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post After a difficult year, these are the stories that give us hope. It has been a devastating […]
Taliban leader tries (and fails) to get asylum in Germany
Source: The Local The man flew to Germany from Riad, the capital of Saudi Arabia and tried to pass through customs on a fake passport. But when federal police realized he wasn’t who he said he was, the man applied for asylum for himself and his family.When the Federal Office […]
Spewing hate
Source: Dawn THE campaigns preceding the Brexit referendum in Britain and Donald Trump’s victory in the US exacted their toll. In both countries insults to and even physical attacks on Muslims and immigrants followed. In December 2015, well before the referendum in Britain and the presidential election in the US, Prof […]
Opinion: The Muslim World Failed Syria Long Before Anyone Else Did
(Friday, December 16th, 2016 As innocent civilians continue to be slaughtered within the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, our greatest present-day humanitarian catastrophe can be largely attributed to the fact that the Muslim world has failed the people of Syria. Even though many nations and organizations (especially the United States […]
The True Meaning of Khatame-Nabbuwat (Finality of Prophethood)
The concluding address delivered by Hazrat Khalifatul Massih IV at the final session of the Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam at Islamabad (Tilford), England on April 7, 1985. This is an English translation of the above address. The original address was in Urdu titled Irfane Khatame-Nabbuwat. We […]
A Man of God – Mirza Tahir Ahmad
$20.00 Author: Iain Adamson Description: This is the story of an astonishing man. He leads a holy war to unite all the world’s religions under Islam. God speaks to him directly he says and guides all his decisions. When General Zia, back then President of Pakistan, persecuted his followers, he […]
About 3,000 booked for Ahmadi mosque attack in Pakistan
Source: Indian Express The army and Rangers personnel have been deployed in the Dulmiyal village and other parts of the district to control the law and order situation. By: PTI | Lahore | Published:December 16, 2016 About 3,000 people have been booked by police in connection with the attack on […]
Muslim educational attainment
1. Muslim educational attainment Among the world’s major religious groups, Muslims have made some of the greatest gains in educational achievement in recent decades. The share of Muslim adults (ages 25 and older) with at least some formal schooling has risen by 25 percentage points in the past three generations, […]
Religion and Education Around the World
Large gaps in education levels persist, but all faiths are making gains – particularly among women Jews are more highly educated than any other major religious group around the world, while Muslims and Hindus tend to have the fewest years of formal schooling, according to a Pew Research Center global […]