A Saudi man divorced his wife after he found her crying over the exit of a contestant in a reality show Published: 09:53 January 24, 2016 By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: A Saudi man divorced his wife of one month after he found her crying over the exit of […]
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION JAN 22, 2016 – 11:26 Over a third of the dependents were under 17 years of age (Keystone) The number of refugees in Switzerland who are dependent on financial assistance from the state increased by almost 10% in one year. However, the proportion of dependent refugees is on […]
THE ENGLISH WAY Swiss church studies UK survival techniques Religion http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:41900458 EMBED CODE JAN 23, 2016 – 17:00 Church attendance continues to decline in Switzerland and in the United Kingdom, but protestant leaders in both countries are trying out new ideas to buck the trend. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Switzerland has a strong […]
Jan 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The difference between the sensible and superficial approaches to tackling the scourge of terrorism and other forms of violent extremism by groups such as Daesh was as clear as possible last week, in two efforts by the US government and the […]
Jan 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The much-anticipated peace talks on Syria will presumably be held next week in Geneva, but are now projected to be indirect negotiations between Damascus and the opposition, rather than face-to-face discussions. Much hope was pinned on these much delayed talks, but the fact […]
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A chess board and unemptied ashtrays in an abandoned house in the near-deserted and heavily bombed village of Yaroun in southern Lebanon on Monday, Aug. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) The top religious cleric in Saudi Arabia denounced the sport of chess, declaring it “a waste of time” and reiterating […]
Source: Personalmusingsblog.wordpress.com By Nasira Rehman As the elected president of the women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK I wish to express my concerns about the Prime Minister’s recent […]
Shakoor bhai, an eighty-year-old bookseller from Rabwah, is the latest victim of persecution for being an Ahmadi. He was arrested for stocking and selling books that had either been banned through an official notification issued by the government of Punjab or were likely to cause disorder. He was prosecuted under […]
Source: Aljazeera Washington DC – The US government has been criticised for changes to its visa waiver programme that targets dual national citizens of Sudan, Iran, Iraq and Syria. The new […]
Source: The Economist THE WORLD was shocked by this week’s revelation that a 1,400-year-old monastery in Iraq had been razed to the ground by Islamic State (IS). Satellite pictures obtained […]
Source: The Rabwah Times The Indonesian bishops are stressing the need for a dialogue in ending a pattern of harassment and intimidation faced by the Ahmadiyya Muslim minority sect in […]
Source: Independent The most obvious flaw in David Cameron’s extremism plan is this. What seems to you more likely to radicalise a young British Muslim: having a mother around the […]
Source: Independent Denmark is at war – a meatball war. The country of tasteful furniture, jaw dropping architecture and Borgen is locked in battle over whether pork should feature on […]
http://www.alislam.org/quran/tafseer/guide.htm?region=EN Title Contents Foreword Books of Reference System of Translation Chapter 1 Al-Fatihah Chapter 2 Al-Baqarah Chapter 3 Aal-e-`Imran Chapter 4 Al-Nisa’ Chapter 5 Al-Ma’idah Chapter 6 Al-An`am Chapter 7 Al-A`raf Chapter 8 Al-Anfal Chapter 9 Al-Taubah Chapter 10 Yunus Chapter 11 Hud Chapter 12 Yusuf Chapter 13 Al-Ra`d Chapter […]
Source: Independent Italy is setting up a council of “Italian Islam” that claims to be bringing the religion into compliance with the country’s “Christian and humanist tradition”. The reason for the […]
Source: BBC Near the Caribbean island of Dominica, there is one group of sperm whales that has interested researchers for over a decade. Like others in their species, they have […]
BY MIRZA TAHIR AHMAD (click to enlarge) HEN WE EXPLORE the history of evolution in search of the causative factors which gave birth to the sensory organs as life evolved, we can safely conclude that right from the beginning they have always been the sense of loss and gain. We […]
Source: The Economist China wants to become a superpower in semiconductors, and plans to spend colossal sums to achieve this THE Chinese government has been trying, on and off, since […]
Source: The Economist Chess is a “waste of time” and causes enmity between players, according to the grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh. It is therefore as much […]