Passing My Disability On to My Children
Source: The New York Times By Sheila Black When I was pregnant with my first child, my ob-gyn referred me to a genetic counselor “just in case.” I have a condition […]
Math is racist: How data is driving inequality
Source: CNN by Aimee Rawlins It’s no surprise that inequality in the U.S. is on the rise. But what you might not know is that math is partly to blame. In a new book, “Weapons of Math Destruction,” Cathy O’Neil details all the ways that math is essentially being used […]
USA: Ahmadi Muslims to host 9/11 Blood Drive at Capitol Hill
September 7, 2016 | by Rabwah Times The Muslims for Life event that began in 2011 will return to U.S. Capitol once again this year to honor victims of 9/11 attacks. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The 6th annual blood drive is being […]
Pakistan: Ahmadi Muslim Minority Victimized in Name of Fighting Extremism
http://morigin.voanews.eu/embed/player/Article/3496943.html CHANAB NAGAR, PAKISTAN — Her hands shook slightly — a sign of age — as she held her thin, long dupatta scarf in front of her face and turned slightly away. Years of covering her face in front of men had made her shy. In her 53 years of […]
“Responsibilities of a father in raising Children”, by Masjlis Atfal-ul-Ahmadiyya
Source: http://www.atfalusa.org/father/ “Raising children is the responsibility of mothers and fathers have nothing to do with it.” Yes, this is an absurd statement but then why many fathers act in this way – You, as a father are as equal of a role model as your wives. Names such as Dad, […]
Even the Islamic State Has Banned the Burqa for Security Reasons
Although facing defeat in Iraq, the group continues to implement gruesome killings and new rules for everything from soccer to divorce. A round-up. Tue, September 6, 2016, https://www.clarionproject.org/news/even-islamic-state-has-banned-burqa-security-reasons In an ironic twist of fate, the (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)Islamic State has banned the wearing of burqas (that they had made obligatory on every […]
Australia’s shame
Source: Dawn MANY of the far-right political parties in Europe that are riding a wave of misguided anti-refugee sentiment are inclined to view Australia as a role model. They look across the sea and fawn upon a nation whose navy turns back rickety vessels overflowing with desperate asylum-seekers. They see […]
Khamenei calls for ending Saudi Arabia’s control over Haj
Source: Dawn TEHRAN: With Iranians blocked from this month’s Haj pilgrimage, their supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a furious rebuke to Saudi Arabia, saying the Muslim world should challenge its management of Islam’s holiest sites. “Saudi rulers who have blocked the proud and faithful Iranian pilgrims’ path to the […]
NEW AHMADIYYA MOSQUE OPENED IN ISERLOHN, GERMANY BY HEAD OF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY
Source:Pressahmadiyya.com The Salam Mosque inaugurated by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 6 September 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad inaugurated the Salam Mosque (Mosque of Peace)in the German […]
What is Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri up-to in Pakistan?
What is Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri up-to? By Saeed Qureshi Allama Tahirul Qadri has been coming to Pakistan with a mandate of eradication of corruption and removing the incumbent PMNL government and […]
Toronto-area schools to allow religion-based class exemptions
CAROLINE ALPHONSO – EDUCATION REPORTER The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Sep. 06, 2016 7:17PM EDT, Last updated Tuesday, Sep. 06, 2016 8:28PM EDT The issue of allowing children to withdraw from classes flared up at Canada’s largest school board after a group of Muslim parents were offered an accommodation, not a full […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community speaks of risks of refugee crisis and rise of the Far-Right in Europe
● SUNDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addresses non-Ahmadi guests and members of Lajna Imaillah on day 2 of Jalsa Salana Germany On Saturday 3 September 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addressed an audience of more than […]
Recovering from Wealth Addiction
Sam Polk, founder at Groceryships Foundation and a former Wall Street trader, discusses his story of addiction to wealth and his op-ed detailing the hunger for money on Wall Street on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers.” Watch another video in Huffington Post A Former Wall Street Trader Redefines “Success”
Delay in EU visa liberalization for Turkish citizens out of question, Pres. Spox says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo Turkey will not accept a delay for visa-free travel to the European Union until the end of the year, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said on Tuesday, in response to allegations claiming that Turkey has accepted the delay. Speaking during a live broadcast on NTV news […]
Haj Metro a boon for pilgrim transport
MAKKAH: The Mashaer Railway at the holy sites (Haj Metro) is a quantum leap in the history of transporting Haj pilgrims and one of the largest projects achieved by the […]
Pushing Palestinians to civil war?
Sep 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Division within Palestinian society has reached unprecedented levels, becoming a major hurdle to a unified strategy to end Israel’s violent occupation or to rally Palestinians behind a single objective. Newly appointed Israeli ultra-nationalist Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman understands this too well. His […]
Palestinian economy could double without Israeli occupation — UN
Rising infant mortality rate in Gaza ‘shocking indicator of grim situation’ By AFP – Sep 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian boy sits in the living room of his family house following Israeli artillery shelling in town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday (AP photo) GENEVA […]
Jordan: Church leaders seek active role as ‘agents of mercy’
Heads of 22 regional churches meet in Jordan for first time By Laila Azzeh – Sep 06,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Church leaders open the general assembly meeting of the Middle East Council of Churches in Amman on Tuesday (Photo by Abdullah Ayoub) AMMAN — Ongoing atrocities in the region […]
It’s sad but true that in colonial times, our government was better at responding to human rights abuses abroad than it is now
Those we trust to represent us will not take up the battle against injustice these days because they are now too involved in the infliction of this injustice, albeit by proxy Robert Fisk @indyvoices Friday 5 August 2016 Yemen children waving national flags at rally in support of the Houthi rebels on […]
Alan Kurdi symbolised an army of dead children. We ignore them at our peril
One year on, has the world learned the lesson of the three-year-old boy washed up on a Turkish beach? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 1 September 2016 The body of Aylan Kurdi has gone beyond the ‘iconic’. Being small and dressed like a little European boy, and being white rather than brown-skinned, […]