Remember the Ahmadis of Lahore, remember the forgotten
Dawn: A small girl who I will call Hina, sits perched on a stool, in the one corner of the living room untouched by the light streaming in from a […]
Special Report: Egypt deploys scholars to teach moderate Islam, but skepticism abounds
Rueters: In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on bomber planes and soldiers but on white-turbaned clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt’s 1,000-year-old center for Islamic learning. He wants clerics to counter radicalism in the classroom. In a televised speech in January at an […]
Secular Pakistan
How does one go about making Pakistan a secular state? It does not require a revolution as much it does an evolution. The fundamental rights of citizens must be safeguarded at all costs Last month, the justices of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had a very interesting debate on […]
Germany: Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad Gives Interview to Die Zeit
By Tariq Ahmad. K, Incharge, Press & Media, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at India. Mobile: +91-9988757988 | http://www.ahmadiyyamuslimjamaat.in
Church of England crisis as it loses 1.7m followers – and Islam gains 900,000
Church of England (C of E) crisis as it loses 1.7m followers – and Islam gains 900,000: Former Archbishop Lord Carey warns: ‘Church is a generation from extinction’ The Church of England […]
Holding Your Breath in India: Delhi’s menace comes from air, water and food
Holding Your Breath in India – NYTimes.com Holding Your Breath in India By GARDINER HARRIS MAY 29, 2015 Photo A child tries to protect himself from the air pollution in New Delhi. Credit Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times, via Getty Images This story is included […]
Holding Your Breath in India: Delhi's menace comes from air, water and food
Holding Your Breath in India NYTimes.com NEW DELHI — FOR weeks the breathing of my 8-year-old son, Bram, had become more labored, his medicinal inhaler increasingly vital. And then, one terrifying night nine months after we moved to this megacity, Bram’s inhaler stopped working and his gasping became panicked. My […]
US official: destruction of mosques in Cental African Republic “chilling”
by siasat.com Source: The Siasat Daily April 1, 2015 | Filed under: Africa,International,News | Posted by: MV Media By: siasat.com Source: The Siasat Daily Almost all of the 436 mosques in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been reduced to rubble, said Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations. […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Sect In London Bans Women From Driving
The Huffington Post | By Antonia Blumberg Leaders of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in north London recently issued a statement to their community that bans women from driving. The letter, signed by rabbis from the Belz Hasidic sect in Stamford Hill and sent last week to parents in the community, […]
483. Commandment – To show some sign to prove the disbelievers are wrong
483. Commandment – To show some sign to prove the disbelievers are wrong [7:116] They said, ‘O Moses, either throw thou first, or we shall be the first throwers.’ [7:117] He replied, ‘Throw ye.’ And when they threw, they enchanted the eyes of the people, and struck them with awe and brought forth a great […]
Muslims And Jews Spent A Day Of Prayer Together And The Result Was Beautiful (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | By Carol Kuruvilla On a quiet California morning in May, a group of Jews and Muslims came together on a Los Angeles beach to pray. The worshippers laid out prayer mats and the sounds of their chanting, in both Hebrew and Arabic, mingled with the crashing […]
Islamic State: How it is run
By Aidan Lewis, BBC News 22 May 2015 From the sectionMiddle East Islamic State Fears of Shia muscle in Iraq’s Sunni heartland What is Islamic State? Iraq: Growth of the Shia militia Can Iraq’s army dislodge Islamic State? In a ground mission in eastern Syria last weekend, US special forces […]
KHALIFA OF ISLAM MIRZA MASROOR AHMAD ON PEACE, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND AHMADIS
29 MAY 2015 POSTED BY WRN EDITORIAL STAFF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADER HADHRAT MIRZA MASROOR AHMAD SPEAKS WITH CAROL J. WILLIAMS ABOUT THE NATURE OF ISLAM, HIS ORGANIZATION’S HUMANITARIAN CAMPAIGNS, THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, AS WELL AS ISSUES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. This interview originally appeared in […]
482. Commandment – Convey the message with glad tidings and a Warner
482. Commandment – Convey the message with glad tidings and a Warner [33:46] O Prophet, truly We have sent thee as a Witness, and Bearer of glad tidings, and a Warner, [33:47] And as a Summoner unto Allah by His command, and as a Lamp that gives bright light. [33:48] And announce to the […]
SE Asia vows to rescue ‘boat people’; Myanmar seizes migrant vessel
BANGKOK | BY AMY SAWITTA LEFEVRE AND KANUPRIYA KAPOOR Southeast Asian nations agreed on Friday to intensify search and rescue efforts to help vulnerable “boat people” stranded in the region’s seas, as Myanmar said its navy had seized a vessel off its coast with more than 700 migrants aboard. More […]
SE Asia vows to rescue 'boat people'; Myanmar seizes migrant vessel
BANGKOK | BY AMY SAWITTA LEFEVRE AND KANUPRIYA KAPOOR Southeast Asian nations agreed on Friday to intensify search and rescue efforts to help vulnerable “boat people” stranded in the region’s seas, as Myanmar said its navy had seized a vessel off its coast with more than 700 migrants aboard. More […]
Nigeria: Stand Firm Against Corruption Ahmadiyya Urges Buhari
By Aramide Oikelome Lagos — The leadership of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Nigeria has urged the President – elect, General Muhammadu Buhari to stand firm against corruption and other vices […]
Not all mosques welcome in Indonesia, world’s most populous Muslim-majority country
An member of the Al-Hidayah Mosque in Depok, Indonesia, which was closed by local authorities because its members are part of the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam, showing in March 2015. Diana CrandallGlobalPost DEPOK, Indonesia — A yellow placard hangs across the doorway of a mosque outside the capital of Jakarta with a warning: “This building is sealed.” […]
South Africa’s Muslims are an example to all
An aerial view of Cape Town, South Africa. David Rogers / Getty Images South Africa’s Muslims are an example to all H A Hellyer May 28, 2015 As European countries grow more concerned about their Muslim communities, the discourse around radicalisation and extremism becomes more problematic. Only recently, Mak Chishty, […]
Turkey launches Ziraat Bank’s Islamic branch
ISTANBUL DAILY NEWS Turkey’s largest state-owned bank, Ziraat Bank, has launched its first branch for Islamic finance in Istanbul. “This is a historic step. Other state-owned banks should follow Ziraat’s move,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on May 29 during the opening ceremony in the Eminönü neighborhood, referring […]