OCT. 30, 2016 (File) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities have banned 5-year-old Ibrahim from visiting his father, Palestinian Muhammad Ahmad Abd al-Fatah Abu Fanunah, in prison, Abu Fanunah’s wife said to Voice of Prisoners (Sawt al-Asra) radio on Sunday.Umm Mahmoud told the radio station that she has also been banned […]
SHERRILL SUTHERLAND The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Nov. 01, 2016 For the past month, the leader of the world’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community has been visiting Canada and Canadian leaders […]
Windsorstar.com: The spiritual leader of the world’s Ahmadiyya Muslims says the new mosques in Saskatoon and Regina will be open to people of all religious groups. The Caliph, Hazrat Mirza Masroor […]
THIA JAMES, SASKATOON STARPHOENIX Published on: November 1, 2016 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, The Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, speaks at the International Centre part of the Jalsa Salana Annual Convention in Toronto on Oct. 7, 2016. DAVE ABEL / DAVE ABEL/TORONTO SUN SHAREADJUSTCOMMENTPRINT The head of the world’s Ahmadiyya […]
Published: November 2, 2016 Movement advocating peace, tolerance, love and understanding will be here on Saturday. AN ISLAMIC religious movement advocating peace, tolerance, love and understanding will be coming to Gisborne to exhibit the Muslim holy scripture, the Quran. Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at describes itself as a revival movement within Islam […]
Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad touring western Canada this month By Jason Warick, CBC News Posted: Nov 01, 2016 Play Media Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad denounces extremism 3:20 Muslim leaders are not doing enough to denounce extremism, says the head of the world’s Ahmadiyya Muslims. “We need the message of […]
FAMILY TUSSLES NOV 1, 2016 After a Hutu-led coup in October 1965, King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi withdrew to Switzerland, where he spent the rest of his life and died in 1977 (Keystone) A Geneva court has ruled that the remains of the former king of Burundi, Mwambutsa IV, can stay […]
Grasberg mine in the Indonesian province has been a source of untold wealth for its owners, but local communities say it has brought poverty and oppression The delta of West Papua’s Aikwa river, on Kamoro tribe land. Papuans claim tailing sediment from the mine has suffocated the fish and shrimp […]
Sir Jeremy Greenstock says Britain was not consulted on key postwar decisions and was systematically excluded from meetings Sir Jeremy Greenstock’s book has now been released with Whitehall consent after he abandoned plans to publish it in 2005. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Tuesday 1 November 2016 […]
Family describes civilains being shot by militia as they seek to escape medical shortages, starvation, and the barrage of air strikes from overhead Robert Fisk Aleppo @indyvoices Kahled Kadoura, his wife Samira and 8-year old son Almuatazbilah in Aleppo shortly after they fled the east of the city Nelofer Pazira Khaled […]
As passages to western Aleppo are said to be being kept open for civilians to flee across the city, one general in the Syrian army talks of a decision to ‘enter battle’ against forces in eastern areas Robert Fisk Aleppo @indyvoices Syrians carry their belongings as they leave Aleppo’s southwestern frontline […]
Source: USA Today By John Bacon The Catholic Church’s ban on women priests will stand forever, Pope Francis said Tuesday. The pontiff made the declaration in response to a female reporter asking if he thought […]
Source: NPR By SARAH MCCAMMON White evangelicals are reliable Republican voters. They also have a long history of demanding that politicians exemplify character and morality in public life. So for many, […]
Source: The New York Times A federal judge has rejected the settlement of a lawsuit stemming from the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslims, saying the proposed deal does […]
Source: Reuters By Jilian Mincer | NEW YORK American women are ending pregnancies with medication almost as often as with surgery, marking a turning point for abortion in the United States, data reviewed by Reuters shows. The watershed comes amid an overall decline in abortion, a choice that remains politically […]
Source: The New York Times By CHRISTINA ANDERSONOCT LUND, Sweden — Almost 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door, setting off more than a century of religious warfare and forever changing the practice of Christianity worldwide, Pope Francis on Monday urged atonement and Christian […]
Source: Associated Press By MARIA DANILOVA FILE – In this July 17, 2016 file photo, Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen speaks to members of the… Read more WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior State Department official said Monday that Turkey’s contention that a Pennsylvania-based Muslim cleric and his followers were involved in […]
Source: Reuters By Alistair Scrutton and Philip Pullella | MALMO, SWEDEN Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Tuesday for Sweden’s tiny Catholic community, made up of many refugees and migrants, praising […]
Source: BBC By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website 31 October 2016 Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Scientists have transformed the humble spinach plant into a bomb detector. By embedding tiny tubes in the plants’ leaves, they can be made to pick up chemicals called nitro-aromatics, which are found in landmines […]
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom 1 November 2016 Off the north-east coast of Scotland, 3,300ft (1,000m) under the sea, life is thriving amidst an otherwise drab and muddy ocean […]