Source: Dawn Ahsan Mahboob stares at the sky. It is the colour of molten silver — dark and mournful. Out of the grey firmament drop flakes of white snow, light as leaves, ominous as bad tidings. In the predawn twilight of November, Quetta’s Alamdar Road looks like a frozen lake, […]
Source:Dawn Why do so many Americans oppose immigration, and why has it become a central issue in the American presidential campaign? A growing body of research suggests that the answer isn’t economic anxiety, or concerns about public spending, or even general nationalism. It is more specific — and more disturbing. […]
Source: The Local Merkel also underscored the need to “establish coherent cooperation” in development policy and military support in Mali, her first port of call. “The military cannot alone bring security and peace,” she said, addressing a news conference with Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. “It is important that Africa does not […]
Source: USA Today By Mary Bowerman , USA TODAY Network During the presidential debate Sunday, Donald Trump encouraged Muslims to report suspicious behavior when they see it happening. Trump made the comments when asked […]
Source:ctvnews.ca MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Hundreds of refugees from Syria were able to experience religious freedom for the first time in years as they gathered at a conference of 25,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims in Mississauga, Ont., this weekend. Wissam Alburaki, 41, brought his wife and three children to Canada as refugees last month, […]
Source: Politico By BURGESS EVERETT Idaho GOP Sen. Mike Crapo isn’t the type to make intraparty waves — so his decision to un-endorse Donald Trump cemented the Mormon insurrection against […]
Source: Time (STOCKHOLM)—British-born Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom of Finland won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to contract theory, shedding light on how contracts help people deal with conflicting interests. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their theories “are valuable to the understanding of […]
Source: BBC Indian police are investigating the parents of a 13-year-old girl who died last week after undertaking a religious fast for 68 days. Police in southern Hyderabad city told […]
Source: BBC German police say a Syrian man arrested after a two-day manhunt probably had links to so-called Islamic State (IS). Jaber al-Bakr, who arrived in Germany as a refugee, […]
Source: BBC Donald Trump has responded to an outcry over his remarks about groping women by launching a blistering attack against Hillary Clinton and her husband. The Republican nominee denied […]
By Nabeela Ali Believe it or not, like it or not, accept it or not, Islam is a super democratic religion in the world. Unfortunately, extremists has tailored it old-fashioned and declared it incompatible with contemporary democratic values just to put into practice their own beliefs to maintain their personal […]
Special Report – In fight against Islamic State, Kurds expand their territory A member of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces gestures in Zumar, Iraq October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Ari Jalal/File Photo left right 1/12 By Isabel Coles and Stephen Kalin | ZUMAR, IRAQ From the terrace of the house Abu Suhail occupies, […]
Hundreds of houses are peppered with bullet holes in Diyarbakir, where the Kurdish PKK, or Workers’ Party, are fighting the Turkish government Robert Fisk in Diyarbakir @indyvoices All day and all night, the big white trucks roar along the muddy road inside the black, volcanic walls of Diyarbakir. They enter […]
Sound Vision’s “Hey Isis, You Suck!” billboard campaign gets national coverage…and praise. Watch this CBS Chicago story.
Lincoln (2012 film) Suggested Reading: Book Review: The Leadership of Muhammad by Prof. John Adair From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lincoln Theatrical release poster Directed by Steven Spielberg Produced by […]
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad interviewed by Canadian media at Jalsa Salana Canada. On 7 October 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad held a Press Conference with representatives of the Canadian print, broadcast and ethnic media. Media […]
The video is mostly in Urdu, the speech of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community starts at minute 50 of the video tape: Suggested Reading […]
Second Presidential Debate – Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton – St. Louis, MO (10/9/2016) – Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton 2nd Presidential Debate at Washington University (October 9, 2016) […]
Multiple Trajectories of Islam in Africa Islam had already spread into northern Africa by the mid-seventh century A.D., only a few decades after the Prophet Muhammad moved with his followers from Mecca to Medina on the neighboring Arabian Peninsula (622 A.D./1 A.H.). The Arab conquest of Spain and the push […]
SABRIA S. JAWHAR | Published — Monday 10 October 2016 Sabria S. Jawhar When western feminists and human rights activists attack Islam they often zero in on the most obvious target: The hijab. The hijab is also the object of derision among bigots who feel it’s their duty to attack […]