Pope Francis Extends Priests’ Ability to Forgive Abortion
NY times: VATICAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Church will allow priests throughout the world to grant absolution for abortion, the Vatican said on Monday, making permanent a policy that […]
Nuclear Holocaust
by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad MONG THE QURANIC PROPHECIES relating to events and inventions of our age, there are some which are of outstanding importance and great global significance. One such prophecy relates to the impending danger of a nuclear holocaust. This prophecy was made at a time when man […]
The Future of Life on Earth
by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad OES MAN represent the final stage of development or will there be another creation after man? Is there any possibility of a new species evolving from Homo sapiens with improved or added senses, that is able to perceive new dimensions with the capacity to develop […]
Abdus Salam’s death anniversary passes of without mention
Source: ET Though the federal government set up the Dr Abdus Salam Chair at GCU in 1999, the staffers have been awaiting permanent appointments since. They are usually hired on one- or two-year contracts. Dr G Murtaza was nominated as the Salam Professor for the chair in2000. Apart from the […]
MUSLIM SICILY PART 1: THE RISE AND FALL OF ISLAM IN ITALY
Regarding the topic of Islam on the European continent, the focus is usually exclusively on the period of Muslim Spain, al-Andalus, that lasted from 711 to 1492 (with a Muslim minority population that remained until 1609) and the Ottoman Empire, which crossed from Anatolia into Southeastern Europe in the early […]
British mother whose son died for Islamic State aims to convert suffering to support
Reuters International NOV 22, 2016 By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Nicola Benyahia’s teenage son slipped away one day to join the Islamic State in Syria, the frantic mother anguished over his disappearance for months while keeping it secret from her friends and most of […]
Indian student takes on luxury Swiss watch industry
CROWDSOURCING By Anand Chandrasekhar IN DEPTH: INDIAN INTERSECTION NOV 15, 2016 – 11:00 Sabnis taught himself to use 3D computer graphics software through YouTube videos (Parth Sabnis) Would you hire a complete amateur living halfway around the world to design a Swiss watch, costing tens of thousands of dollars? It […]
Trump from different Arab angles
Nov 20,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States represents the start of a new phase following eight years of Obama’s administration. His win has surprised many people, but Trump the candidate will be very different from Trump the president. […]
What the Battles of Mosul and Aleppo Tell Us About Their Countries’ Futures
COMMENTARY (The Hill) November 14, 2016 What the Battles of Mosul and Aleppo Tell Us About Their Countries’ Futures A Peshmerga soldier talks with a boy who is fleeing the fighting between Islamic State and the Iraqi army in Mosul, Iraq, November 14, 2016 Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters by Brian […]
World’s first head transplant
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sergio-canavero-unveils-another-milestone-plan-carry-out-worlds-first-human-head-transplant-1592649?spMailingID= Italian neurosurgeon unveiled the surgical blade and virtual reality system he plans to use for the operation. By Hannah Osborne November 21, 2016 13:14 GMT Sergio Canavero has announced more details about his plans to carry out the world’s first human head transplant. At a conference in Glasgow, he unveiled […]
USA: Ahmadiyya-organized interfaith gathering promotes inclusion after divisive election
Source: ABC2News Baltimore – An open discussion to unite people against hatred. All faiths and races gather for nearly two hours Sunday to talk about how the nation feels after the divisive presidential election. The meeting had a simple message, inclusion. Religious leaders from many denominations including Islam, Judaism and […]
World Health Organization Lifts Emergency Declaration Against Zika
Source: Time (GENEVA)— Acknowledging Zika is here to stay, the United Nations health agency is lifting a 9-month-old emergency declaration against the mosquito-borne virus that can result in severe birth defects when pregnant women are infected. The World Health Organization is instead shifting to a longer-term approach against a virus […]
Rebel-Held Aleppo No Longer Has a Functioning Hospital
Source: Time By Jared Malsin There are currently no functioning hospitals in the rebel-held section of the Syrian city of Aleppo following days of heavy shelling and airstrikes by Syrian government and Russian warplanes, medical officials say. Airstrikes took out the last remaining hospital on Friday, according to the Health Directorate […]
An extremist in the family
Source: BBC Rasheed Benyahia was in a hurry. Like so many young adults going places in Britain today, he needed to get a move on. If Monday 1 June 2015 […]
The place where 1000 ships were sunk
Source: BBC By Fiona Young-Brown 21 November 2016 Six miles off the coast of Deal in East Kent, England, seal pups frolic on the ever-changing, intricately-patterned sands that are exposed […]
My kidneys have failed, and I know my kids face the same fate
Source: BBC By Claire BatesBBC News Magazine Mandy was born with a disease that caused both her kidneys to fail After years of pain and dialysis, she has just had a kidney transplant Her mother, brother and two sisters have the same condition Mandy found out her two youngest children […]
Afghanistan Kabul mosque suicide attack kills dozens
Source: BBC A suicide bomber has killed at least 27 people at a Shia Muslim mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Many more were wounded in the blast at an annual Shia ceremony at the Baqir ul Olum mosque in the west of the city. The attacker arrived on foot […]
The Headscarf, Fear, And Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post By Zainab Salbi Founder of Women for Women International, Media Host of The Zainab Salbi Project and Nida’a Show If you want to understand the rise of Islamophobia […]
Hijab: Quran is to be Understood in the Context of Time – Every One Knows It But Does Not Say It
Also read the commentary on this article by ALIX CULBERTSON in the Daily and Sunday Express of UK: “A LEADING Muslim religious commentator has said he “abhors” the Burka for […]
Remembering Dr Abdus Salam, father of science in Pakistan
Dr Abdus Salam, Muslim World’s first Nobel Prize winner January 29, 1926 – 21 November 1996 90th birthday celebration of Dr Abdus Salam, held in Islamabad 2016, under the auspices of Dr. Anwar Nasim, President Pakistan Academy of Sciences. ==================================== Scientist of the East, read the entire book online […]