Antibiotics Are Still Overused in Hospitals
Source: Time By Alice Park The most comprehensive study yet shows that antibiotic use hasn’t changed in hospitals, despite recent warnings that they drugs are overprescribed As the United Nations […]
Trump and Clinton’s Meetings with Egypt’s President Underscore Foreign Policy Differences
Source: Time By Jared Malsin/Istanbul Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is expected to hold talks with presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in New York this week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, in a pair of meetings that illustrate one of America’s more uncomfortable foreign relationships. Al-Sisi […]
The Migrant Kids of Calais Refusing to Wait for the World to Act
Source: Time BY Vivienne Walt / Calais As world leaders gather at the UN to tackle the migrant crisis, the displaced in Calais consider desperate measures Aged 16, Sameer has endured […]
Wealth of Clues Led to Quick Arrest of Suspected New York, New Jersey Bomber
Source: Time By Jake Pearson, Jennifer Peltz and Dake Kang / AP NEW YORK (AP) — The man suspected of planting bombs in a New York neighborhood and a New Jersey seaside town may have aimed to inflict carnage incognito, but he didn’t succeed for long in concealing his identity. […]
AMJ Mississauga celebrate 50 years
September 19, 2016 Mississauga. Zakaria Virk Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada – Mississauga chapter staged a grand event at Mississauga City Hall to mark the 50 years in Canada. There were 500 people in the big and beautiful The Great Hall of the City Hall. In attendance there were many dignitaries […]
What others do: The Aga Khan Foundation (and related agencies)
Source: http://www.akdn.org/our-agencies/aga-khan-foundation ABOUT US WHAT WE DO WHERE WE WORK OUR AGENCIES PRESS CENTRE Home | Our Agencies | Aga Khan Foundation READING FOR CHILDREN The Reading for Children […]
Don’t confuse Islam and terror, says French Muslim woman
PARIS: A young French Muslim woman who lost three family members in the July 14 jihadist attack on Nice made an impassioned plea yesterday not to confuse the Islamic faith with terrorism. Yasmine Bouzegan Marzouk, 21, told a national ceremony in tribute to the French victims of terror attacks […]
Amal Clooney discusses effort to legally fight Islamic State
TERROR Published September 19, 2016 Associated Press FILE – In this Jan. 25, 2016, file photo, British lawyer Amal Clooney attends a press conference with former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed in London. Clooney is pushing for the United Nations to investigate and prosecute Islamic State commanders for genocide. Clooney wants […]
Washington has just agreed to give Israel unprecedented aid. What do Americans think?
MARKAZ Shibley Telhami Thursday, September 15, 2016 The United States has just signed an unprecedented military aid deal with Israel totaling $38 billion. What’s remarkable about the agreement is that the United States is committing to significant levels of aid to Israel over a period of 10 years. Author Shibley Telhami […]
Chechnya leader Kadyrov celebrates Women’s Day in suit of armor (VIDEO)
The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov wowed his all-female audience in Grozny by turning up to a ceremonial event dressed as a medieval warrior, complete with a rather large spear. To celebrate Chechen Women’s Day on Sunday, he turned up to the Safiya Palace of celebrations in the […]
Is fear of change at the root of Europe’s anti-immigrant backlash?
Source: Brookings By Matthew Groh and Tara Vishwanath For Syrian refugees, Europe is the land of hopes, dreams, and contradictions. On one hand, the job opportunities, formalized asylum processes, and relatively […]
Zurich named ‘greenest’ city on the planet
Zurich is the most sustainable city in the world and has unbeatable environmental credentials, according to new research. Report: Swiss are officially ‘good’ for the planet (03 Jun 16) Swiss ranking for climate change action drops (08 Dec 15) The Swiss city beat off strong competition to take first place […]
Care homes in Swiss Jura stage ‘elderly Olympics’
Elderly people living in care homes in the canton of Jura took part in an Olympics-style event on Tuesday involving walking frame races and a darts competition. Swiss cantons team up to vie for winter Olympic games (26 May 16) The event was staged in Bassecourt by JURAnciens, the umbrella […]
Nigeria: Ahmadiyya Muslim youths hold fidau for late PMNEWS correspondent
image: http://www.irabwah.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Abiodun-Onafuye.jpg Mr. Onafuye’s family said he fell ill few days ago and was taken to Iseyin Town in Oyo State for medication where he died. He was buried on Friday according to Islamic rites at his hometown in Ijebu-Ode. Ahmadiyya Muslim youths of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State on Thursday held […]
USA: Ahmadi Muslims & Christians of Glen Ellyn gathered to offer combined prayer service in the honor of victims of 9/11
Report by Mashhod Mirza Chicago Sept. 11, 2016, Glen Ellyn, IL: On the 15th anniversary of the tragic incident of 9/11 when terrorists attacked the twin towers of World Trade Center, New York on September 11th 2001 and when thousands of innocent people had lost their lives while they were […]
New Zealand: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community organize interfaith meeting titled: “Justice: The Foundation for Lasting Peace”
Source: http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/5/263243 Sunday, 18 September, 2016 – 00:55 Faith leaders from several mainstream religions joined hands today to find ways to achieve lasting peace. The meeting in Auckland was arranged by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community New Zealand and was entitled, Justice: The Foundation for Lasting Peace. “A recent survey has ranked […]
Islamic State claims responsibility for Minnesota mall attack
Source: Reuters By Dustin Volz and Alex Dobuzinskis A man who stabbed nine people at a mall in central Minnesota before being shot dead is a “soldier of the Islamic State,” the militant group’s news agency said on Sunday, as the FBI investigated the attack as a potential act of […]
Hate Crimes Against American Muslims Most Since Post-9/11 Era
Source: The New York Times By ERIC LICHTBLAU WASHINGTON — Hate crimes against American Muslims have soared to their highest levels since the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, […]
“Hating a Muslim is becoming a fashion”, Grand Forks Islamic leader speaks out
By Neil Carlson | Posted: Mon 12:08 PM, Sep 19, 2016 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (Valley News Live) A local Islamic leader is calling them lunatics, saying people who commit acts of terrorism or violence are not really part of the Islamic faith. … that today after, reports a Muslim man who […]
Prayer and politics in Congress
Source: The Christian Science Monitor By Francine Kiefer, Staff writer WASHINGTON — Sen. Christopher Coons doesn’t get much sleep. Unlike most senators, the lawmaker from Delaware commutes to the capital […]