Getting facts right about Africa: Mehdi Hasan
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Hindi version of the World Crises and the Pathway to Peace released
Punjab News Express/ Maqbool Ahmad QUADIAN: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat organized a press meet here in Qadian today at Sarae Wasim Qadian. On this occasion Shiraz Ahmad President Press Committee presided […]
UN torture investigator says UK plan to scrap Human Rights Act is ‘dangerous’
Guardian: The UN special rapporteur on torture has accused David Cameron of a “cold-hearted ” approach to the migration crisis, warning that plans to scrap the Human Rights Act risk subverting international obligations designed to protect people fleeing persecution. Juan Méndez said the UK’s intention to replace the act with a […]
Canadian elections: Republican tactics working for Harper
Republican tactics working for Harper: Siddiqui Stephen Harper has successfully used ugly GOP methods to shore up the support of the 30 per cent of Canadians that make up his base. By: Haroon Siddiqui Columnist, Published on Sun Oct 04 2015 Donald Trump says he does not want Syrian refugees in the United States. […]
EU tries to woo Erdogan in historic visit but division remains
Source: Reuters OCT 4, 2015 By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a long-awaited trip to Brussels on Sunday, officially a two-day state visit to Belgium, […]
The Haj journey of black Americans 50 years after Malcolm X
American Muslims Zainab Nasir, left, Shahidah Sharif, Jamila Rashid, second left, and an unidentified friend walk outside the Grand Mosque, Makkah. (AP) AYA BATRAWY | AP Published — Friday […]
Who are the terrorists?
Oct 03,2015 – JORDAN TIMES MAHMOUD ZIDAN “If it looks like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it acts like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it’s a terrorist.” Thus spoke Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a UN General Assembly press conference. Several […]
Russia bolstering regional role
Oct 03,2015 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL A contact group on the Syrian crisis is expected to convene in Moscow this month upon the invitation of the Russian government. The Russian deputy foreign minister told Russian news agency RIA Novosti on Monday that Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey and Egypt are expected to […]
Refugee crisis: Belgium dismantles camp as citizens agree to give homes to refugees – but riots continue in Germany
Europe Refugee crisis: Belgium dismantles camp as citizens agree to give homes to refugees – but riots continue in Germany There were 5,600 asylum applications in Belgium in August, but the weekly flow of asylum applicants into Brussels has now reached 1,900 Leo Cendrowicz, tony paterson Brussels, Berlin Thursday 1 […]
At Least 19 Killed After Airstrike Hits Afghan Hospital
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and of infinite value. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:33) By Hamid Shalizi and Andrew MacAskill Our Source: […]
Toronto: Mosque Reform Committee raises serious questions
Some Mosques in Toronto are run as personal fiefdom. Urdu Post, 1st October 2015, page 16 http://www.urdupost.info Jang Canada, section B, page D, Oct. 1-7, 2015 www.jangcanada.com Toronto, Canada- Muslim community gives donations for mosques; it has the right to know how money is spent, in many Mosques no one […]
Hajj Stampede: Nigerians would no longer stone devil – Sanusi
on October 03, 2015 / The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, on Friday said Nigerians will no longer participate in the stoning of devil ritual, except they get […]
Muharram and great status of Hazrat Imam Hussain (ra)
Muharram and great status of Hazrat Imam Hussain (ra) A lecture by Imam Attaul Mujeeb Rashid about the Islamic month of Muharram and great status of Hadhrat Imam Hussain(ra).
At least 16 killed at Afghan hospital after U.S. air strike
Reuters International OCT 3, 2015 – 15:58 By Hamid Shalizi and Andrew MacAskill KABUL (Reuters) – An airstrike hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, killing at least 16 people in what the U.S. military called possible “collateral damage” in […]
Most Syrian refugees are just too poor to flee to Europe
The Washington Post Hugh Naylor and Suzan Haidamous BEIRUT — Images of his countrymen streaming into Europe inspired Bassem al-Alyan to make the journey. But like many other Syrian refugees, he faces a significant obstacle. Alyan is too poor to go. Last month, he said, he paid a smuggler $1,500 […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslims Visit “Guru ki maseet” in Shri hargobindpur, Punjab
A group of ten Ahmadiyya Khuddam went to a very old mosque named “Guru ki maseet” in the city of Shri hargobindpur, Punjab This historic #mosque was built in about1634 A.D and is preserved by #Sikh brothers. They look after it and we have to confess they have cared its […]
“ہماری خوشیاں ” by Imam Syed Shamshad Nasir
By Imam Syed Shamshad Nasir Baitul ul Jam-e-Mosque, Glen Ellyn, IL Contact Imam Syed Shamshad Nasir at: Address Masjid Bait-ul-Jaamay 2 S 510 IL Rte 53 Glen Ellyn,IL. 60137 Email: […]
UP India: Dadri lynching: When Hindu families saved life of 70 Muslims
Dadri, Oct 3: Despite communal tensions in the Bisara village of Uttar Pradesh where a man was lynched over the rumours of beef consumption, here is the example of religious harmony set by a Hindu family in the region. Life of seventy members of a Muslim family was saved by […]
Mosque reopens in south London one week after fire
Guardian: Thousands of people have attended Friday prayers at the Baitul Futuh mosque in south London to mark its reopening, almost a week after substantial parts of the complex were […]
Syrian airstrikes a ‘holy battle,’ says Russian Orthodox Church
Christian Times: Russia’s recent air strikes against ISIS in Syria have been praised as a “holy battle” by the Russian Orthodox Church. Russia launched its second day of air strikes in Syria today, while western leaders struggled to know how to react to Putin’s insistence that President Bashar al-Assad must […]