India’s central bank cuts interest rates
Source: BBC India’s central bank has cut a key interest rate to its lowest level for nearly six years, in an effort to boost the economy. The bank cut its […]
Zika Virus Birth Defects Don’t Stop at Microcephaly
Source: Time By Alice Park As Zika virus infections continue to spread, with cases reported inparts of Florida and southeast Asia, most people are familiar with the virus’s most damaging effects: on the developing fetus during pregnancy. The most common consequence of infection is an underdeveloped brain, or microcephaly. Not all […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community arrives in Canada
The Muslim Times’ Source: Mufleha Saleem Ahmad Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad greeted by thousands of Ahmadi Muslims in emotional scenes in Peace Village On 3rd October 2016, the World Head of the […]
U.S. Suspends Talks With Russia Over Syria
Source: Time By Matthew Lee / AP (WASHINGTON) — In a sharp deterioration of relations, the U.S. on Monday suspended diplomatic contacts with Russia over Syria, while Moscow halted cooperation on a joint program for disposal of weapons-grade plutonium. The U.S. move followed a threat last week from Secretary of State […]
HEAD OF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY ARRIVES IN CANADA
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad greeted by thousands of Ahmadi Muslims in emotional scenes in Peace Village. On 3rd October 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrived in Canada, where he was greeted by thousands of Ahmadi Muslims […]
Health Care for Kids of Undocumented workers: FIJI SUN USA TV
COMMUNITY NEWS Kids of undocumented workers have a chance for healthcare in Medical program. Health care reform (A New American Media press conference) PALO ALTO – At a New Media Press conference here members of the press clubs were told how healthcare providers were reaching out to undocumented workers in […]
Ahmadiyya Caliph touches down in Toronto
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/10/03/ahmadiyya-caliph-touches-down-in-toronto.html The leader of millions of Ahmadiyya Muslims arrived in the Greater Toronto Area this evening, touching off joyous celebrations among the faithful. Shouts of “Allahuakbar” — God is Great — rang out in the area known as Peace Village in Vaughan Monday when Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Caliph of […]
Madain Saleh or the Al Hijr of the Holy Quran?
Suggested Reading: The Thamud: Petra and Madain Salih Petra: Could it be Al Hijr as mentioned in the Holy Quran? From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the sura of the Qur’an of the […]
Police criticized for wishing Pegida ‘a successful day’
Source: The Local Politics Before the start of a demonstration by the xenophobic Pegida group on German Unity Day, an officer read out the assembly regulations – something which event organizers usually do. He said the reason for this was a problem with Pegida’s loudspeaker, and that he was “happy” […]
London’s first mosque – archive
4 October 1926: After the opening ceremony the Imam called the faithful to prayer from the minarets high over the roofs of suburbia 1935: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (far left) on a visit to London’s Fazl mosque, the first purpose-built mosque in the capital. Photograph: Alamy/Stock Fleet Street, […]
OP-ED: US ELECTION – Did I ever really have a say?
By Christina Warren in Bern OCT 4, 2016 – 11:00 Giving up her citizenship was a painful process for Christina Warren (Reuters) In 2014, Christina Warren made the difficult decision to renounce her US citizenship. The process, she says, was preceded by angst, anger and grief, followed by a period […]
Switzerland: How Graubünden integrates asylum seekers in the job market
WORK INTEGRATION How Graubünden integrates asylum seekers in the job market SOCIETY http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:42438540 EMBED CODE OCT 3, 2016 – 17:00 People fleeing conflict or persecution have to battle to be recognised as refugees by countries like Switzerland. It’s another challenge to integrate into a foreign culture, especially without a job. […]
Binladin Group gets govt funds
SAUDI ARABIA AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | Published — Tuesday 4 October 2016 An employee of the Saudi Binladin Group searches for his name in a list of employees ready to be paid their delayed salaries. (AN file photo) RIYADH: The government has transferred delayed funds to Saudi Binladin Group […]
ARAB NEWS – The Middle East’s Leading English Language Daily
drops its column ‘Islamic Perspectives’. wonder why?
SAUDI ARABIA : ‘We were forced to intervene in Yemen’
ARAB NEWS | Published — Tuesday 4 October 2016 Brig. Gen. Ahmed Al-Assiri. (SPA) RIYADH: The lack of intervention by Saudi Arabia and Arab coalition forces in Yemen would have turned the country into an Iranian missile base with dangers extending up to the southern border of the Kingdom. And […]
JASTA: What’s next?
ANDREW J. BOWEN | Published — Tuesday 4 October 2016 With the first lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who lost his life on 9/11, JASTA’s legal saga begins. Even if a number of these lawsuits are filed in the coming weeks, the attorney general can delay for […]
Jordan to open permanent office at NATO
‘Move to enable Kingdom to achieve 27 remaining partnership goals’ By Mohammad Ghazal – Oct 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan will open a permanent office at NATO in […]
To become productive, practice of fasting has become recently popular
Source: BBC Intermittent fasting has become a popular way to keep the waistline under control, but could it also help you put in the best day of your workweek?The age-old […]
Ahmadi Muslims’ leader arrives Monday
Federal minister to greet sect’s Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad on Monday in Toronto at start of Canadian visit. By AZZURA LALANIStaff Reporter Sun., Oct. 2, 2016 The religious […]
Why the fight for Aleppo is a turning point in the Syrian war
Laura King Families huddle terrified in basements, stalked by staggeringly powerful explosions shaking the streets above. Wounded children writhe untreated on dirty clinic floors. Hospitals and rescue centers — a ravaged city’s last ragged line of defense — crumble daily into rubble, often appearing to have been methodically targeted. Even by the […]