Source: Asia Times: While it is understandable that the Philippines needs to be less dependent on its American ally and to revive its frayed ties with China, its neighboring superpower, from a Vietnamese, and even regional, perspective Duterte’s volte-face shift from Washington to Beijing is unusual, if not incomprehensible, for a […]
Source: Time By Alex Altman / Las Vegas This is it for Donald Trump. The final presidential debate, scheduled for Wednesday night in Las Vegas, is the last big set piece of the 2016 election, and perhaps the last chance for the Republican nominee to muscle his way back into an […]
Source: BBC By James Reynolds “That is a possessed woman there,” says Fr Vincenzo Taraborelli as he points up to an 18th Century fresco in his Roman church. “They’re holding […]
Source: Motto By Alexandra Sifferlin The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have some of the most restrictive laws surrounding abortion in the world. The procedure is illegal in both […]
Source: The Local Late on Sunday, three masked men – two of whom were wearing clown masks – raided a pizza shop in Potsdam, according to a police report.One worker was tasered during the violent robbery, and had to be treated at the scene by emergency services. The men threatened other […]
Source: Time By John Legend John Legend is a singer, songwriter, philanthropist and prison-reform advocate. ‘We need to see each other in all of our humanity’ We’re living in a moment […]
Source: The Local Ursula Haverbeck-Wetzel, 87, has been sentenced by a district court in Bad Oeynhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, to 11 months imprisonment without parole, Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Tuesday.Haverbeck-Wetzel was convicted for the crime of incitement of hatred for denying the Holocaust in a letter she sent to the Central Council […]
Source: The Local The number of crimes committed against refugee homes has increased across the country, reaching 797 cases so far this year, according to BKA figures seen by publishing group Funke Mediengruppe. The overwhelming majority of these cases – 740 – were perpetrated by “right-wing motivated offenders”, including neo-Nazis.As Germany […]
Source: The Local France on Tuesday confirmed that the French, Russian and German leaders will hold a “working meeting” on the Syrian crisis in Berlin, in addition to discussing the ongoing conflict in Ukraine with the country’s president, Petro Poroshenko. Host Chancellor Angela Merkel said the Ukraine talks would be aimed at “offering a brutally […]
Oct 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud “The United States has the power to decree the death of nations,” wrote Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe. Kinzer’s article was titled “The media are misleading the public on Syria”. In his piece, the scholar at a Brown University Institute contested that […]
OCT 18, 2016 – Asylum seekers play cards in a chalet near Villars-sur-Ollon in the Vaud Alps (Keystone) Requests for asylum in Switzerland were down by almost half in the third quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2015, the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) reported […]
Josette Duran spoke about her pride in her son on Facebook Andrew Buncombe New York @AndrewBuncombe 0:07 / 0:38 Not one sandwich, but two. And to go with them, two packets of chips and two cartons of yoghurt. For several months, Josette Duran packed her son two lunches to take […]
If the King really wants his country to be a ‘pioneering global model of excellence on all fronts’ then what is he doing shutting Saudis who want basic freedoms and rights in the clink? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Activists who have spoken out about human rights abuses have been given lengthy prison sentences and travel […]
The sign went up last weekend in Dearborn, Mich., an area with a high percentage of Arab Americans in a swing state. DEARBORN, MICH.—A billboard written in Arabic located along a Michigan interstate near an Arab-American community is calling Donald Trump “afraid.” https://twitter.com/mina_ysf/status/788340083644510209/photo/1 The Detroit Free Press reports the sign […]
Huff Post: by Marilyn Katz — The ten women who spoke out about their sexual harassment by Donald Trump have opened a veritable flood-gate, with personal revelations of abuse from both the famous and the unknown, and with commentators and columnists asking “Will more women now believe their own stories?” […]
Pilgrimage from China to Oerlikon By Thomas Kern, Luigi Jorio POLITICS Religion Several thousand people gathered in Zurich on October 14 to see the Dalai Lama, the highest authority in […]
Source: http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/slough/105647/united-against-extremism-theme-for-12th-annual-peace-symposium.html ‘United against extremism’ theme at 12th annual peace symposium Tara O’Connor 11:00AM, Monday 17 October 2016 1 of 13 PrevNext Solidarity and unity was shown when representatives from the army, police and various religious communities gathered for the 12th annual Slough and Burnham Peace Symposium. The event was organised by the Ahmadiyya […]
By Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan Judge of the International Court of Justice Published by: Bait-ul-Zafar 86-71 Palo Alto Street Hollis, NY 11423 Phone: (718) 479-3345 Phone/Fax: (718) 479-3346 The Concept of Justice in Islam A broad definition of justice, of course, is to render to everyone his due. Islam, however, […]
Source: http://www.modernghana.com/news/727882/ti-amass-taking-ict-learning-to-a-new-level.html By Ghana I Nhyira FM I Ohemeng Tawiah Information Communications Technology (ICT) is now driving the 21st century and authorities at the T.I. Ahmadiyya senior high school in Kumasi does not want to be left out. The school has made ICT, previously a core subject, an elective subject taught […]
Coffee, Cake, and True Islam – Pittsburgh Wilkinsburg, PA’s Coffee, Cake, and True Islam Ahmadiyya Movement In Islam Pittsburgh When: 10.25.2016, 19:00 in Ahmadiyya Movement In Islam Pittsburgh PA Address: 747 South Ave Let’s demystify the nonsense about Islam, and get to know your local Muslims in an informal & relaxed meetup […]