Source: The Local German Chancellor Angela Merkel was expected to announce her bid for re-election on Sunday in a move likely to be welcomed in many capitals as a sign of stability following shock poll triumphs for Brexit and Donald Trump. More:
Source: Ted Talks When Lesley Hazleton was writing a biography of Muhammad, she was struck by something: The night he received the revelation of the Koran, according to early accounts, […]
Source: The Daily Beast. Vice President-elect Mike Pence was singled out by a cast member at a Friday night showing of Broadway’s hit play “Hamilton.” After being met by boos from the crowd upon arriving, Pence got a talking to from Actor Brandon Victor Dixon as the show finished. Dixon, […]
November 17, 2016 From GoldCore: A new Sharia Gold Standard set to debut in December could be the next big catalyst to push the yellow metal to new highs. Islamic Gold – Important New Dynamic In Gold Market Next month, 1.6 billion people will likely have a new ‘gold investment standard’ Islamic […]
Source: Geo TV Tariq Moin Siddiqui Istanbul, Turkey’s commercial, tourism and cultural centre situated at the junction of Europe and Asia, is gifted with a priceless historical heritage spanning over […]
LIFE Islamic fashion is the new trend online By Mohammed Yacoob | 07:26 PM Thursday, 17 November 2016 Quick Summary Bengaluru startup takes Islamic fashion online. Mubarakdeals.com claims to be Bengaluru’s first online Islamic store Indian Muslims have limited choice offered to them through traditional ethnic stores, and it is […]
by Rabwah Times On October 18th, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with the Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslims, the worldwide head of millions of Ahmadis. Over 30,000 of these Ahmadis, call Canada their home, and the majority of these Ahmadis migrated from Pakistani Punjab, similar to the Sikhs who migrated […]
Ahok’s purported crime was to question the political motivations behind an edict by Islamic conservatives that the Koran forbids Muslims voting for non-Muslims. Times of Ahmad | News Watch | US Desk Source/Credit: The Australian By Amanda Hodge | November 19, 2016 As Jakarta’s Christian, ethnic Chinese governor fights for […]
Posted 2016-11-19 (AFP) — Cramped in a tarpaulin tent with his family of nine, Ali Mahmud remembers his spacious ancestral home in the northern Iraqi town of Bashiqa he last set foot in more than two years ago. “It was built long ago by my great grandfather,” the construction worker, […]
Reuters International NOV 16, 2016 – 12:24 A military vehicle of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service drives in al-Zahraa neighborhood during a fight with Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq Novemebr 13, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmad Jadallah/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Michael Georgy MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Emboldened by machinegun fire on Islamic State […]
By AFP – Nov 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian demonstrators react to tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest against Jewish settlements in Jordan Valley near the West Bank city of Jericho on Thursday (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Muslims in Israel and the […]
Nov 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Sofia Faruqi Ethiopia is experiencing its most severe political turmoil in decades. After months of escalating protests and conflicts that have killed hundreds of people, on October 9 the Ethiopian government announced a state of emergency. Ethiopia’s conflict is being driven partly by ethnic tensions […]
FACES OF THE WORLD By Rainer Roduner and Roland Schm Switzerland has 8.3 million inhabitants, a quarter of whom are migrants from 193 countries. One person from each appears in a new photo book, The Switzers, by photographers Reiner Roduner and Roland Schmid. For Roduner, who initiated the three-year […]
Mumbai [India]: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Saturday seized incriminating documents/files, electronic storage devices and about Rs.12 lakh in cash related to controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). A NIA spokesperson said that in order to assist the search team, a team of […]
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/act-news/canberras-ahmadiyya-muslim-community–host-multifaith-peace-symposium-20161119-gst0et.html Stephen Jeffery A Canberra Muslim minority community has hosted its first inter-faith summit in the capital, calling for peace and understanding between cultures. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community, part of a South Asian-founded Islamic movement that arrived in Australia during the 1980s, held a Peace Symposium at Albert Hall on Saturday. Ahmadiyya […]
Source: http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/lifestyle/religion/ahmadiyya-muslim-community-continues-to-serve-despite-fears-of-persecution/article_bb13b035-4881-594e-93a6-1720c525be88.html By David Frey Special to The News-Post Courtesy photo: From left, Shahina Bashir, Fauzia Rehan and Nabeela Malik volunteer at the soup kitchen in Frederick as part of their spiritual work. The women were more nervous than usual last Friday as they arrived to serve food at the Frederick […]
Source: The Guardian Pope Francis made his comments during a Vatican ceremony in which he appointed 17 new cardinals. Photograph: Giuseppe Ciccia/Pacific Press/Barcroft By Peter J Walker and agencies Pope Francis has said an “epidemic of animosity” toward religious and ethnic minorities is hurting the weakest in society, in a thinly […]
Source: The Guardian The Catholic church has doubled the maximum compensation payment to people sexually abused as children by clergy in the Melbourne archdiocese to $150,000. Abuse survivors who have already received payments under the Melbourne Response can have their cases reviewed to determine if they are eligible for additional […]
Source: Aljazeera Jacopo Ottaviani Photography and design: Isacco Chiaf The world’s forests, along with its oceans, absorb enormous amounts of the carbon dioxide that circulates in the atmosphere. They are, […]
Source: Aljazeera by Mary Ann Jolley The first time Muklesha was sold, she was just 12 years old. Her buyer was a man in his 70s. Marriage and a baby quickly followed. But, three years later, the man died and Muklesha was again put up for sale. This time, her buyer […]