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, […]
Scotland: Murderer Tanveer Ahmed (of Martyred Ahmadi Muslim Asad Shah) appeals sentence
Source: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14609687.Asad_Shah_murder__Killer__laughed_and_laughed__as_Glasgow_shopkeeper_lay_dying/ Asad Shah murder: Killer ‘laughed and laughed’ as Glasgow shopkeeper lay dying The brother of murdered shopkeeper Asad Shah has described the torment of trying to rescue his sibling from sectarian killer Tanveer Ahmed. Asad Shah murder: Brother describes fight to defend him from sectarian attacker The brother of […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Oshkosh to host a blood drive on Friday at Oshkosh Mosque to honor & remember 9/11 victims
Source: http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/opinion/2016/09/06/oshkosh-mosque-sponsors-blood-drive-friday/89908890/ Oshkosh Mosque sponsors blood drive Friday Umair Ahmed Fifteen years. In a few days, it will be the 15-year anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, a painful day which has become the catalyst of so much that has transpired since then. Every day, every terrorist act, every shred of vile […]
Pakistan: Obnoxious cleric-cum-lawmaker Ilyas Chinioti on anti-Ahmadi tirade
Daily Rabwah | News Watch | US Desk Source/Credit: The Express Tribune By Staff report | September 3, 2016 LAHORE: In the Punjab Provincial Assembly where the Occupied Kashmir was the focus of the proceedings last Thursday with lawmakers from the Opposition taking the floor to condemn Indian atrocities, not […]
UK: MP Margaret Ferrier speaks at annual conference of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; meets its Supreme Head & Caliph His Holiness Hazrath Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Source: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/margaret-ferrier-mp-speaks-annual-8772690 MP Margaret Ferrier meets His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Caliph of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Hamilton West MP Margaret Ferrier has called for communities to work together to fight radicalisation and extremism. She was speaking at an annual conference in Alton which brought together global members of […]
Do Mormons Worship Joseph Smith?
Source: Huffington Post By Mette Ivie Harrison; who is Mormon in Progress, mother of 5, author of ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ and ‘His Right Hand,’ Princeton PhD, All-American triathlete In church this […]
What Religion Would Jesus Belong To?
Source: The New York Times By Nicholas Kristof ONE puzzle of the world is that religions often don’t resemble their founders. Jesus never mentioned gays or abortion but focused on the […]
Hundreds at New York mosque mourn woman murdered in ‘hate crime’
Source: The Guardian By Mazin Sidahmed Hundreds of people gathered at a mosque in Queens, New York, on Friday to mourn a 60-year old Bangladeshi woman murdered in what they say […]
Egypt’s Christians Say They Are at a ‘Breaking Point’
Source: The New York Times By ROD NORDLAND MINYA, Egypt — The Egyptian government has appointed Imam Mahmoud Gomaa, a Muslim cleric, to keep the peace between Christians and Muslims […]
Muslim Gathering Laments a ‘Normalization of Bigotry’
Source: The New York By RON NIXON ROSEMONT, Ill. — An imam of a mosque in New York City and his associate shot dead while strolling following afternoon prayers. A […]