Free Speech vs. Hate Speech
Source; New York Times By The Editorial Board There is no question that images ridiculing religion, however offensive they may be to believers, qualify as protected free speech in the […]
British Home Secretary visits Ahmadiyya central mosque in London
British Home Secretary Visits Baitul Futuh Mosque In Latest News, Press Releases, May 6, 2015 Home Secretary Rt Hon Theresa May made her first ever visit to the landmark Baitul Futuh Mosque in south London on Saturday 2nd May and paid tribute to the work of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the UK […]
Canada: Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons
CBC: The federal government’s controversial new anti-terrorism bill has won the approval of the House of Commons. The Anti-Terrorism Act, also known as Bill C-51, easily passed third reading by […]
Court rules NSA program illegal
Washington (CNN) A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the National Security Agency’s controversial collection of Americans’ phone records, first revealed by Edward Snowden, is not legal under the Patriot […]
India: Girls Say ‘No’ To Unfit Grooms and Mismatched Marriages
India: UP Girls Take a Stand, Say ‘No’ To Unfit Grooms and Mismatched Marriages 04 May, 2015 Minutes before solemnizing her wedding vows, Kanpur’s Lavli Kushwaha discovered to her horror that the man she was about to exchange garlands with was not the one she had agreed to marry – […]
India: Girls Say 'No' To Unfit Grooms and Mismatched Marriages
India: UP Girls Take a Stand, Say ‘No’ To Unfit Grooms and Mismatched Marriages 04 May, 2015 Minutes before solemnizing her wedding vows, Kanpur’s Lavli Kushwaha discovered to her horror that the man she was about to exchange garlands with was not the one she had agreed to marry – […]
460. Commandment – Start every task with the name of Allah
Commandment – Start every task with the name of Allah [27:30] The Queen said, “Ye chiefs, there has been delivered to me a noble letter. [27:31] “It is from Solomon, and it is: ‘In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful; [27:32] ‘Behave not proudly towards me, but come to me in […]
Germany: Ex-Pegida Frontwoman Kathrin Oertel Apologizes for Anti-Islam Statements
HuffPost Germany | By Susanne Klaiber Posted: 05/06/2015 The speech is touching, in a way. Sometimes, it’s even astonishing. But in the end, it’s not as revealing as we might […]
PALESTINE: The month in pictures: April 2015
The Electronic Intifada 6 May 2015 150414-yarmouk-boys.jpg Children walk inside a school in Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus on 14 April. (Moayad Zaghmout / Reuters) Israeli forces shot and killed five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during the month of April. The first Palestinian child to be killed by […]
Germany’s Dilemma: Critics Want Tougher Berlin Stance Against Israel
By Nicola Abé, Christiane Hoffmann, Horand Knaup, René Pfister and Christoph Schult AFP Relations between Germany and Israel are at a crossroads. Is it possible for the German government to continue to steadfastly support the country even as Jerusalem continues to refuse to allow the Palestinians to establish their own […]
Germany's Dilemma: Critics Want Tougher Berlin Stance Against Israel
By Nicola Abé, Christiane Hoffmann, Horand Knaup, René Pfister and Christoph Schult AFP Relations between Germany and Israel are at a crossroads. Is it possible for the German government to continue to steadfastly support the country even as Jerusalem continues to refuse to allow the Palestinians to establish their own […]
4 arrested in German raids on anti-Muslim terror group
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere speaks during a press conference to present politically-motivated crime rate in Germany on Wednesday in Berlin. German police arrested four people Wednesday accused of belonging to a far-right “terror” organization that acquired explosives for attacks on Muslims and refugee homes. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN […]
Rule of lawlessness makes Arabs rise up
Summary by Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star, Lebanon It is tempting but difficult to identify a single dynamic at the level of state and society that explains the many different conflicts across the Arab world. Shiite-Sunni and Iranian-Saudi confrontations? These are all elements of the many complex political, social […]
Switzerland: Increase in illegal immigrants crossing Italian border
REFUGEE CRISIS Increase in illegal immigrants crossing Italian border By swissinfo.ch and agencies MAY 6, 2015 – 21:45 Last week 240 people tried to cross the Italian border into Switzerland illegally, with 120 migrants reaching Switzerland over the weekend alone. Ten additional guards have been sent to the Ticino border. […]
Who is killing the good ones?
Dawn: RECENTLY, civil society activists gathered in several towns to shed their tears for their brutally cut down heroes — Perween Rahman, Rashid Rehman and Sabeen Mahmud prominent among them. Was their wail heard in the halls of power? For years and years, the people of Pakistan have been treated […]
456. Commandment – Keep on exhorting; for verily, exhortation benefits those who would believe
Commandment – Keep on exhorting; for verily, exhortation benefits those who would believe [51:56] And keep on exhorting; for verily, exhortation benefits those who would believe. [88:22] Admonish, therefore, for thou art but an admonisher; [88:23] Thou hast no authority to compel them. [87:10] So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. [87:11] He who fears […]
455. Commandment – Divines and those learned in the Law prohibit them from uttering falsehood and eating things forbidden
Commandment – Divines and those learned in the Law prohibit them from uttering falsehood and eating things forbidden [5:64] Why do not the divines and those learned in the Law prohibit them from uttering falsehood and eating things forbidden? Evil indeed is that which they do. [21:74] And We made them […]
452. Commandment – Etiquettes and Manners for visiting Prophet’s house
Commandment – Etiquettes and Manners for visiting Prophet’s house [33:54] O ye who believe! enter not the houses of the Prophet unless leave is granted to you for a meal without waiting for its appointed time. But enter when you are invited, and when you have finished eating, disperse, without seeking to […]
451. Commandment – if they had waited patiently until thou came out to them, it would be better for them.
Commandment – if they had waited patiently until thou came out to them, it would be better for them. [49:6] And if they had waited patiently until thou came out to them, it would be better for them. But Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.
459. Commandment – Ask not too many questions
Commandment – Ask not too many questions [5:102] O ye who believe! ask not about things which, if revealed to you, would cause you trouble; though if you ask about them while the Qur’an is being sent down, they will be revealed to you. Allah has left them out. And […]