Ahmad, younger brother of Darul Yamen chapter president, Ghulam Tahir, is reported to be approximately 25 years of age. He was employed by Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya Pakistan. Ahmadiyya Times | […]
From WikiAhmadiyya, the free encyclopedia on Islam and Ahmadiyyat http://www.wikiahmadiyya.org/beliefs/god/suffering This article discusses why God allows evil and suffering to occur. Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Evolutionary need for suffering 1.2 Small amounts of suffering may prevent greater suffering 1.3 Suffering Human-made 1.4 Solutions to suffering worse than suffering itself […]
By Reuters – Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Aid vehicles wait on the outskirts of besieged rebel-held Syrian town of Madaya, on Monday (AFP photo) MADAYA, Syria — An aid convoy entered a besieged Syrian town on Monday where thousands have been trapped without supplies for months and people are […]
Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Project Syndicate In an ideal world, everyone, everywhere, would access the health services they need without having to pay more than they could afford. But is “health for all” — also known as universal health coverage — really possible, not just in rich countries, but […]
By AFP – Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s shura council recommended Monday an expansion of roads leading to the site of a ritual in the annual Hajj pilgrimage where more than 2,000 pilgrims died in a stampede last year. Muslim pilgrims blamed the stampede on […]
Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby At the close of 2015, Zogby Research Services (ZRS) conducted face-to-face polling with 5,374 Muslim youth between the ages of 15 and 34 in eight Arab countries: Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Palestine. We had been commissioned […]
Pakistan Today: By Rabia Ahmad: It’s interesting how the blowback following recent terrorist incidents has forced people all over the world to re-examine their convictions. You wish we’d do the same, here in Pakistan. Dr Larycia Hawkins, who teaches political science at Wheaton College near Chicago, remarked on Facebook recently […]
Faithstreet.com: have a message for Muslims everywhere: it is time you accept the Caliphate. Before you object, before you let the vitriol and misunderstandings of the Caliphate make you stop […]
Boston Globe: IN 1979, WHEN I was a child, the Michigan community center that my father and great-grandmother founded to help Arab immigrants was gutted by fire. Investigation found that the center was targeted by racists. With the help of community residents — white, Latino, and black as well as […]
Source: ET About five years ago, when the PPP wasn’t the sick man we’re used to today, a public post fell vacant. The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) — i.e., […]
Photo: DPA Spate of racist mob attacks shocks Cologne Published: 11 Jan 2016 Gangs of thugs attacked groups of immigrants in central Cologne on Sunday night after far-right groups called for a “manhunt” on social media. Syrians, Pakistanis and African men were among the victims of Sunday’s mob violence in […]
Source: Reuters Turkey is unsettled by “anti-Islamic” messages in the U.S. presidential campaign, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday, citing the 2016 race for the White House that has […]
UN headquarters building in Geneva. Photo: The Local UN summit on settling Syrians set for Geneva Published: 07 Jan 2016 18:03 GMT+01:00 The United Nations will hold a conference in Switzerland where countries will be asked to pledge resettlement places for people fleeing the Syrian conflict, the UN’s new refugee […]
Source: Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – Hundreds of mosques across France are participating in a major open-house event this weekend, offering visitors the opportunity to come in for tea and […]
Source: Reuters The migrant crisis engulfing Europe poses a big challenge to Europe’s values and traditions but the continent should be able to integrate the newcomers without undermining the safety […]
Saudi Arabia is pressing Pakistan to side with the Kingdom in its spate with Iran. Islamabad is reluctant to do so, given its own serious sectarian tensions. In the last week, the Saudi Foreign Minister and the Defense Minister have separately visited Pakistan to explain Saudi policy toward Iran and its decision to sever […]
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom Our ancient human ancestors were an elusive lot. Their remains are literally thin on the ground, and even when fossils are unearthed it is rare […]
Editors’ Note: What does Saudi Arabia’s execution of Nimr al-Nimr say about the country’s domestic politics and foreign policy? As Ken Pollack explains, the leadership in Riyadh sees a Middle East spiraling out of control—that, combined with concerns about a general mobilization of the region’s Shiites, difficulties in controlling […]
By Reuters – Jan 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Police drive back right-wing demonstrators using a water cannon during protests in Cologne, Germany on Saturday (Roland Weihrauch/dpa via AP) COLOGNE — German riot police broke up far-right protesters in Cologne on Saturday as they marched against Germany’s open-door migration policy […]
Jan 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ian Buruma Ted Cruz, one of the Republican candidates for the US presidency, recently said that his solution to the turmoil in the Middle East would be to “carpet-bomb” Daesh and see if “sand can glow in the dark”. Donald Trump, the Republican front runner, […]