20 Women Win Seats in Saudi Elections
Source: Time (RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — Saudi voters elected 20 women for local government seats, according to results released to The Associated Press on Sunday, a day after women voted […]
Tech giants pledge $1bn for ‘altruistic AI’ venture, OpenAI
Source: BBC Prominent tech executives have pledged $1bn (£659m) for OpenAI, a non-profit venture that aims to develop artificial intelligence (AI) to benefit humanity. The venture’s backers include Tesla Motors […]
French National Front defeated in bid to win regional vote
Source: BBC France’s far-right National Front (FN) has failed to win a single region in the second round of municipal polls. The party was beaten into third place, despite leading […]
Sri Lanka: Quran Sinhala Translation gifted to Opposition Leader at Parliament Complex
Source: Ahmadiyya Times Source/Credit: AMJ Sri Lanka By A.A. Aziz | December 10, 2015 A three member delegation led by Mr. A.H. Nasir Ahmad – National President of Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
India: Odisha University Students Broke Two Guinness World Records In One Day
Source: scoopwhoop.com / kiit.ac.in KISS Students Make Longest Human Chain for World Peace Set Double Guinness World Records Students of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) sent out a powerful message of world […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Qadian arranged three stalls in the National Book fair at Jaipur, Rajasthan
Report: By the Grace of Allah Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Qadian, India arranged three stalls representing our Jama’at in the National Book fair Jaipur was held between Nov 28th to Dec […]
International Infectious Disease Conference held under Abdus Salam Research Forum
International Infectious Disease Conference held under Dr. Abdus Salam Research Forum Rabwah (Pakistan): daily al-Fazl, 10th December 2015, page 11 An international conference and workshop was held in Rabwah under the auspices of Abdus Salam Research Forum entitled Infection Diseases. It was organized by Department of Education […]
Don’t ban Donald Trump. Just keep on laughing at him
Source: The Guardian By David Mitchell — How should we respond to would-be President Trump’s latest outrage? Point a figure and shout Eeeeuuuurrrggghhh! Figure of fun: a rally in New […]
Two arrested for putting up anti-Ahmadi posters in Lahore
Source: ET LAHORE: Gulberg police arrested two traders on Sunday for putting up notices containing degrading remarks for Ahmadiyya community at the entrance of their shops at Hafeez Centre, said a handout issued by Operations DIG Haider Ashraf. The traders identified as Abid Hashmi and Nauman were presented before a judicial […]
Taking Back Islam’s Holy Sites
Source: Stratfor: Mismanaging Mecca and Medina The two most important places are Mecca and Medina, the primary spiritual focal points for Muslims around the world. The Masjid al Haram, or the Great Mosque of Mecca, houses Islam’s central shrine, the Kaaba. The Kaaba symbolizes the first house of worship built […]
Is Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Baitus-Salaam Mosque in USA being targeted?
Source.Seattlepi.com A bomb squad was called, and the area around the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Baitus-Salaam Mosque was evacuated after the device was discovered around 6:30 a.m., police said in a statement. Investigators determined the device was a plastic replica of a hand grenade. The word “Jesus” was sprayed in white […]
HUMAN RIGHTS Switzerland not obliged to recognise child marriage
By swissinfo.ch and agencies DEC 8, 2015 – 16:26 European Court of Human Rights found that the Swiss authorities’ action had been justified (Keystone) The European Court of Human Rights has decided that the Swiss authorities did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights when it expelled an 18-year-old […]
Swiss negotiating sending refugees back to Turkey
DEC 13, 2015 – 15:54 A Syrian refugee hangs laundry in a camp in Turkey, home to an estimated two million Syrians who have fled their country (Keystone) Swiss migration authorities are negotiating an agreement wherein Turkey would take back refugees who had travelled to Switzerland via their country, according […]
Europe’s refugee opportunity
Dec 10,2015 – Jordan Times – Emma Bonino Europe’s so-called refugee crisis should never have become an emergency. Accommodating 1 million asylum seekers should not be a huge challenge for the European Union — an area with 500 million citizens that welcomes more than 3 million immigrants every year. Unfortunately, […]
The Syrian knot
Dec 13,2015 – Joschka Fischer – Jordan Times For four years, a bloody war has raged in Syria. What began as a democratic uprising against Bashar Assad’s dictatorship has developed into a cat’s cradle of conflicts, partly reflecting a brutal proxy struggle among Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia for regional […]
Unconscionable bigotry
Dec 13,2015 – JORDAN TIMES The campaign of one key Republican contender to the White House, Donald Trump, has been awash with gaffes, posturing, and all sorts of irresponsible and inane declarations that often made one teeter between laughter at the lack of political savvy of this man and annoyance at […]
Is there really any difference between a terrorist and an ordinary criminal?
Voices ‘Criminals’ are our chaps, while ‘terrorists’ are dark-skinned Muslims Robert Fisk @indyvoice 73 comments How do we decide who’s a terrorist and who’s just a criminal? PA Cops and reporters have a lot in common. Both are students of human folly. They have an osmotic-parasitic relationship. And so I […]
156 years after “On the Origin of Species,” what do Christians think about evolution?
The Un-evolving Relationship between American Christians, Evolution, and Climate Change Source: Huffington Post By Ryan Gear; Founding and lead pastor, One Church; founder, openmindedchurch.org Last week marked 156 years since Charles […]
Twitter warns of government ‘hacking’
Source: BBC Twitter has sent warnings to a number of users that their accounts may have been hacked by “state-sponsored actors”. It is the first time that the social media […]
Fosun founder Guo Guangchang appears in public
Source: BBC Guo Guangchang, the high-profile Chinese tycoon detained by police last week, has made an appearance at his company’s annual meeting in Shanghai. The Fosun International chairman was first […]