NYC mayor: We’ll sue if Trump makes Muslim registry
Source: The Hill BY MARK HENSCH New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) says his city will sue President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration if it implements a national registry for […]
U.S. Holocaust museum alarmed over ‘hateful speech’ by white nationalists
Source: Reuters By Ian Simpson | WASHINGTON The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum expressed alarm on Monday over “hateful speech” at a white nationalist meeting over the weekend, and a restaurant apologized for hosting the group after a woman tweeted a picture of herself making a Nazi salute. The National Policy […]
Iranian-Saudi proxy struggle tore apart the Middle East
Source: TOI Saudi Arabia and Iran are waging a struggle for dominance+ that has turned much of the Middle East into their battlefield. Rather than fighting directly, they wield and in that way worsen the region’s direst problems: dictatorship, militia violence and religious extremism. The history of their rivalry tracks […]
Trump’s grandfather ‘kicked out of Germany
Source:CNN Donald Trump’s grandfather was kicked out of his native Germany for failing to do his mandatory military service there, a historian has claimed.A local council letter from 1905 informed Friedrich Trump — who had become a United States citizen — that he would not be granted his German citizenship […]
Nikki (Randhawa)Haley to be US ambassador to UN
Source: CNN President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to be the US ambassador to the United Nations, the transition team announced Wednesday.Haley, who is the daughter of Indian immigrants, has already carved out a legacy for herself, serving as her home state’s first female and first […]
‘Sold like cows and goats’: India’s slave brides
Aljazeera.com: by Liz Gooch, Mary Ann Jolley — Thousands of girls and women in India are sold into marriage and often face a lifetime of abuse and hardship. Live submit The first time Muklesha was sold, she was just 12 years old. Her buyer was a man in his 70s. […]
Report: Activists Want 3-State Recount
Source: The Daily Beast A group of computer scientists and election lawyers are reportedly urging Hillary Clinton’s campaign to call for a recount of the votes in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Voting-rights attorney John Bonifaz and J. Alex Halderman, the director of the University of Michigan Center for Computer Security […]
‘Does anyone understand why Merkel wants to run again?’
Source: The Local Many Germans may support Chancellor Angela Merkel, but few voiced open enthusiasm when she declared she wants to stay in power – and commentators are asking whether she will offer fresh ideas or is a leader past her zenith. More:
Interfaith Leaders Pledge To Stand By American Muslims, No Matter What
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor Christian, Jewish and Buddhist leaders attended prayers at a Washington, D.C., mosque to emphasize solidarity. Christian, Jewish and Buddhist leaders joined their Muslim […]
English translation of Holy Qur’an with short commentary
is available here: http://www.alislam.org/quran/tafseer/guide.htm?region=EN try it!
The Quran and Cosmology
Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth Mirza Tahir Ahmad T the time the Holy Quran was revealed, the human understanding of the nature of the cosmos and the movement or the stillness of the heavenly bodies was extremely primitive and obscure. This is no longer the case, as our knowledge of […]
Origin of Life—Different Theories and Propositions
Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad OR AEONS, philosophers have been attempting to solve the riddle of existence and origin of the universe. In the current era, their attention has been particularly focused on the origin of life. The dilemma they face is the question of who preceded whom—was it the chicken […]
Coalition destroys Mosul bridge to isolate extremists
By AFP – Nov 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqis, who were separated by the ongoing fighting, cry and hug their relatives as they meet after a long time, at the Khazir refugee camp near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 40km west of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous […]
Can Trump be any worse for Palestinians?
Nov 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud Fear and trepidation are slowly building up, as US President-elect Donald Trump is fortifying his transitional team with people capable of bringing about a nightmare scenario, not only for Americans but for the rest of the world as well. For Palestinians, the signs […]
Bid to quieten Muslim call to prayer amplifies Israel tensions
AFP by Joe Dyke © Provided by AFP The minaret of a mosque and the Dome of the Rock are seen in a Palestinian neighbourhood in east Jerusalem’s Old CityIt is 4:30 am and Mufeed Shawana is rushing to Al-Aqsa Mosque, as the first Muslim call to prayer of the […]
European MPs call for end to EU membership talks with Turkey amid post-coup crackdown
The leaders of the European Parliament’s two largest groups have called for the European Union to halt membership talks with Turkey because of its post-coup purges. Key points: Leaders say human rights, democracy are non-negotiable to be part of EU The EU has promised to speed up talks in exchange […]
Half a million struck by poverty in Switzerland
POVERTY CONFERENCE NOV 22, 2016 – Making ends meet can be hard in an expensive country (Keystone) Although Switzerland has a reputation for being exceptionally wealthy, more than half a million people in the country are affected by poverty. A national conference to try and stop the number growing took […]
Humanity First USA 4th Annual Telethon & how you can restore someone’s eyesight with only $8 a month!
For those of you of think $8 can’t make a difference in a life – you’re wrong. If you set up a reoccurring donation to Humanity First USA of only […]
21 Americans Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom including Karim Abdal Jabbar
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or […]
A Great Day: Ahmadiyya and Humanity First Croatia
By: Zubair Khan. Pictures: Basil Ahmad Bhatti It was a great day for Ahmadiyya and Humanity First Croatia. In a festive ceremony, eyeglasses were handed over to children who are patients cum students in Special Hospital/School located in city part of Golijak Zagreb-Croatia. Mr Davor Bernardic, member of Croatian National […]