Whenever you think of migrants arriving in Europe, think of this image
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our […]
Islamic State destroys 1,583-year-old monastery in Syria
By Robert Fisk, The Independent After a month, the militants realised that Khaled al-Asaad knew nothing – or would say nothing – and so they decapitated the old man and […]
565. Commandment – let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice
565. Commandment – let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice [5:9] O ye who believe! be steadfast in the cause of Allah, bearing witness in equity; and let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice. Be always just, that is nearer to […]
Please Join us for an Interfaith Peace Symposium Today, in Beverley in Suburb of Adelaide, South Australia
Please join us for an Interfaith Peace Symposium today, August 22, 2015, Speakers from Hindu, Christian, & Buddhist faiths Venue: Beverley in western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
67th Jalsa Salana USA convention promotes peace, spirituality
Gov. Tom Wolf, left, talks with Qasim Rashid, the national spokesperson of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA.— SUBMITTED PHOTO Posted: Friday, August 21, 2015 12:00 am Tribune Staff Report | HARRISBURG […]
UK Jalsa opens with over 35,000 delegates
on August 22, 2015 …as MTA gives live broadcast to the world in 16 languages By Ishola Balogun in London As the 2015 convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat opens today at the Jalsa Ground, Oakland Farm, otherwise known as Hadeeqatul Madhi, Hampshire, London, the organisation’s television studio is […]
Thousands of Muslims Are Gathering in Hampshire This Weekend
Meliha Hayat Become a fan Freelance Writer and Religious Correspondant This weekend a makeshift city will rise from the farmlands of Hampshire as more than 30,000 Muslims from across the world will gather and raise their nations flags united under a caliph to reaffirm their faith in Islam. I […]
Isis executes Palmyra antiquities chief: Defender of ancient city’s past was killed for protecting its future
by Robert Fisk, The Independent After a month, the militants realised that Khaled al-Asaad knew nothing – or would say nothing – and so they decapitated the old man and strung his torso to a Roman pillar Isis has killed “the guardian of Palmyra”. Tortured for a month and then […]
Refugee Chaos in Macedonia: ‘Life-Threateningly Dangerous for Women and Children’
By Raniah Salloum in Gevgelija, Macedonia AP A dangerous bottleneck has formed in the Macedonian border town of Gevgelija, an important hub for refugees traveling to Western Europe. Those trying to reach the trains here face extreme heat, dangerous crowds and police bullying. It’s Monday, earlier this week, and what […]
564. Commandment – And fight in the cause of Allah against those who fight against you, but do not transgress. Surely, Allah loves not the transgressors
564. Commandment – And fight in the cause of Allah against those who fight against you, but do not transgress. Surely, Allah loves not the transgressors [2:191] And fight in the cause of Allah against those who fight against you, but do not transgress. Surely, Allah loves not the transgressors. […]
“Women Are Just As Gifted in Science as Men”
In a SPIEGEL interview, Nobel Prize for medicine recipients Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and May-Britt Moser discuss the challenges women face in the male-dominated world of science and how they broke through the glass ceiling. It’s a Wednesday afternoon mid-summer in Trondheim, Norway. May-Britt Moser, 52, and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, 72, have spent […]
In Chicago, a new synagogue seeks Judaism minus Zionism
Sara Weissman | August 20, 2015 | 4 Comments (RNS) An Israeli flag next to the rabbi’s podium, a synagogue-wide Israel Independence Day celebration, a prayer for the state […]
India: Muslim Women to Mullahs- reform personal law or else
By Hasan Suroor Aug 19, 2015 A progressive Mumbai-based Muslim women’s group has published a survey whose findings are so stark that they should, finally, put an end to any […]
Video: Ahmadiyya Muslim’s International Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana UK 2015) Starts Today
August 21, 2015 For Program and Details Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention): A Sign of the Truth of the Messiah
EU states favouring Christian migrants from Middle East
Syrian refugee arrives in Germany (Photo: iom.int) By ANDREW RETTMAN BRUSSELS, TODAY, 09:29 EU member states with a strong Roman Catholic heritage are showing a preference for taking in Christian migrants, despite their obligations under EU law. The Slovakian government was the latest to issue a statement. Displaced people fleeing […]
Why I Left America to Train in Jihad Under an Islamic Caliphate
Why I Left America to Train in Jihad Under an Islamic Caliphate Posted: 08/20/2015 Kashif N. Chaudhry Become a fanPhysician, writer and human rights activist I am an American. I have a full-time job in one of Greater Boston’s renowned institutions as a medical professional. Yet, I just travelled out […]
UN thanks Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for helping Syrian refugees
TIMELY SUCCOR: A worker carries a packet of aid delivered by the Saudi Campaign for Syrian refugees. ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 21 August 2015 JEDDAH: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed its thanks to Saudi National Campaign for Syrian refugees for the provision of dates […]
‘Legal vacuum’ as Iraqi Kurd leader’s term expires
By AFP – Aug 20,2015 – JORDAN TIMES ERBIL, Iraq — Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani’s extended term expired on Thursday, leaving the autonomous region in a “legal vacuum” that Kurdish political parties are still trying to resolve. The Kurdish leadership dispute comes as Kurdistan faces a multitude of crises: the […]
Syria’s fate risks repeating the catastrophe of 1920
Syria’s fate risks repeating the catastrophe of 1920 Aug 20,2015 – by Rami G. Khouri – Jordan Times As has long been the case throughout history, developments in Syria today reflect significant trends that pertain to other parts of the Arab world, especially Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Somalia, Palestine and […]