Audioboom.com: @pauldeach talks to Barrie Schwortz, who is recognised as one of the foremost authorities on the Shroud of Turin. Barrie was exhibiting at #JalsaUK Listen to audio of interview See […]
Dawn: For women, taking back the wheel has always been a herculean task. In neighbouring India, for instance, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the female labour force participation fell from 34 per cent in 1999 to 27 per cent in 2011 by seven percentage points, despite the economy […]
By AFP – Aug 31,2015 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Christian schools in Israel and East Jerusalem have threatened to stay closed for Tuesday’s start of the new academic year over a financing dispute with the government, an official said. Some 33,000 students attend some 45 Christian schools, which […]
Aug 31,2015 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The migrant crisis arching the Middle East, Africa and Europe has been described as the worst since World War II; nearly 300,000 people from Africa and the Middle East crossed sea and land into Europe this year alone. Thousands perished during the arduous […]
“These women are what’s good and right about Mormonism.” Carol KuruvillaAssociate Religion Editor Posted: 08/28/2015 11:53 AM EDT When the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dropped a bombshell statement last November confirming that founder Joseph Smith was a polygamist, one faithful follower was shocked. Leslie Peterson, a 60-year-old Mormon, […]
An annual Islamic convention organized by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has quickly become a new venue for diplomacy and peace talks. The convention which is called the “Jalsa Salana” takes place in London, U.K., the United States, Germany, and other places around the world. This year Jalsa Salana Canada took […]
574. Commandment – The reckoning of months with Allah has been twelve months by Allah’s ordinance since the day when He created the heavens and the earth. Of these, four are sacred. That is the right creed. So wrong not yourselves therein. [9:36] The reckoning of months with Allah has been […]
The Apex Court has dismissed petition seeking cancellation of Salman’s case which was filed by mother of a deceased Mumbai constable, reports claimed. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu declined the plea by one of the alleged victims associated with the case and belonging to Mumbai […]
Source: FP (Foreign Policy) You’re more likely to be murdered in America than killed by Islamic State terrorists Everyone is freaking out over the France train attack. But the sad truth is, you’re more likely to be murdered in America than killed by Islamic State terrorists. BY STEPHEN M. WALT […]
Salon.com: Sharon Peters reached into a hot-pink cloth bag and pulled out an abaya, a full-length body garment for women, from Kuwait. As if she were modeling for a fashion show, the world geography teacher stuck her arms out sideways and held the garment against her to show how far […]
Huff Post: David Cameron seems stumped. He just hasn’t got a clue of how to rid us of this pesky radicalisation problem, has he? The problem seems to be that we don’t know what the problem is. Is the problem a violent interpretation of Islam? Or is it disaffected Muslim […]
http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/HPLEmbedPlayer/?segmentId=55dce19778c90a8d1b000044&autoPlay=false Many people who leave the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community experience serious mental health issues because they not only lose their religion, but also their identities. We discuss what can be […]
By JORDAN TIMES – Aug 30,2015 – AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will co-chair a UN International Conference on the victims of attacks and abuses on ethnic or religious grounds in the Middle East, which will be held in […]
In this Saturday photo provided by Egypt’s state news agency MEAN, Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi, third left, and his delegation meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, and an Egyptian delegation, in Cairo on Saturday. (MEAN via AP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Published — Sunday 30 August 2015 CAIRO: Italian energy […]
It’s election year in Canada – and a lot of Canadians are tired of Mr Harper’s uncritical pro-Israeli policies ROBERT FISK MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT THE INDEPENDENT Sunday 30 August 2015 Marwa Fahmy is a feisty lady. She needs to be after the shock and tears of Saturday’s Egyptian […]
Barbed wire along the Hungarian border. Barbed wire at Calais. Have we lost the one victory which we Europeans learned from the Second World War – compassion? By Robert Fisk, The Independent The Great Wall of China, the walls of Rome and every medieval city, the Siegfried Line, the Maginot […]
Courtesy: Zakaria Virk; the Muslim Times’ Editor for Canada Video: Jonathan Butterworth: Promised Messiah and Inviting the West to Islam Jonathan Butterworth at Annual Convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jalsa […]
Haeril Halim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Headlines | Fri, August 28 2015, 5:57 PM The National Meeting of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in Surabaya, East Java on Thursday elected senior cleric Ma’ruf Amin as chairman of the organization for the 2015-2020 term, replacing outgoing leader Din Syamsuddin. In […]
৩৯তম সালানা জলসার দ্বিতীয় দিনটিও ছিল কর্মকান্ডে ভরপুর – Toronto, August 29, 2015 courtesy: http://www.thebengalitimes.com Speeches by Shahid Mansour, Maulana Misbah Baloch, Maulana Hadi Ali Chaudhry, Maulana Sohail Saqib, Maulana Aizaz Khan, Maulana Mubarak A. Nazir Ladies Lajna speeches: God or No God – a rational approach by Atiya Chaudhry, Istaghfar […]
Source: China Daily BEIJING – An official announced on Tuesday that 30 heads of state will attend China’s V-Day celebrations on Sept 3, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and ROK […]