Magazine Monitor A collection of cultural artefacts Homeless people in the UK are getting free meals thanks to a centuries-old Sikh tradition. Why, asks Rajeev Gupta. “We come here because we get food… A hot meal. It’s a luxury for me.” John Davidson is 55 and homeless. He is one […]
The Daily Star The latest episode in the long-running U.N.-produced soap opera “peacemaking in Syria” emerged this week when envoy Staffan de Mistura informed the Security Council about the regime’s readiness to halt its attacks in Aleppo. However, the offer coincided with regime offensives in Aleppo as well as southern […]
387. Commandment – Men shall have a share of that which they have earned, and women a share of that which they have earned [4:33] And covet not that whereby Allah has made some of you excel others. Men shall have a share of that which they have earned, and […]
News courtesy: Shahid Parvez Badruddin Saheb, Sec. Dawat-il-Allah, Bangalore For the 2nd year in a row the Book Stall of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Bangalore has been awarded the Best […]
Epigraph: “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” — George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731][Note 1][Note 2] – December […]
theguardian: by Chris Gunness — Six months after international donors pledged billions after the last war, the cash has not materialised, lives remain shattered and the desperate suffering goes on Jibril, left, lost two of his four grandchildren to hypothermia in the storms last month. The family now live […]
Hundreds of Turkish troops in armoured vehicles have entered into northern Syria and evacuated a historic Ottoman tomb and the soldiers guarding it. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the remains of Suleyman Shah would be moved elsewhere in Syria. He said troops had destroyed the tomb’s complex, apparently to prevent […]
Source:TOI WASHINGTON: Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has reportedly gone on record to say that his country is not on the verge of collapse and that a ceasefire agreed last week is non-existent as pro-Russia separatists continued to attack government troops in east Ukraine. Yatsenyuk also said that there was […]
The family of a British woman living with Isis fighters in Syriahas branded her a “disgrace” after it emerged she may have enticed three missing young UK girls to join her. Police believe that Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, are heading to Syria after they […]
Source:ET The outcome of last week’s three-day counter-extremism summit in Washington would be judged by the follow-up actions stemming from the exchange of ideas at the forum. The one idea that should be fundamental to any action plan was articulated by US President Barack Obama, who made it clear that […]
The Nationalist Solution Source: New York Times The struggle against Islamic extremism has been crippled by a failure of historical awareness and cultural understanding. From the very beginning, we have […]
Source: ET “We consider the freedom to have, to retain, and to adopt, a religion or belief, is a personal choice of a citizen.“My government will ensure that there is complete freedom of faith and that everyone has the undeniable right to retain or adopt the religion of his or […]
By Keerthana Balajee Nagarajan, Zurich swissinfo.ch FEB 22, 2015 – 11:00 Choosing where to educate children – local or international schools – can depend on money and cultural factors. That’s especially the case with families from India, in Switzerland for work. It’s a Monday morning at Happy Nest, one of […]
Epigraph: Every human life is sacred and of infinite value. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:33) Among those taking part are Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, […]
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
386. Commandment – Men are guardians over women because Allah has made some of them excel others, and because they (men) spend of their wealth [4:35] Men are guardians over women because Allah has made some of them excel others, and because they (men) spend of their wealth. So virtuous […]
Source: Stafford County Sun By Shehla Ahmad, a Stafford County resident, is a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and strives to promote peace and understanding through her writings. “One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people’s faith, one cannot make fun of faith.” … “There is a limit. Every […]
http://player.theplatform.com/p/2E2eJC/nbcNewsOffsite?guid=a_flashback_malcolm_150219 Source: NBC Activists, actors, and politicians will remember civil rights leader Malcolm X with a ceremony at the New York site in Harlem where he was killed 50 years […]
UK: Mohammed Umar Ashrafi – Spiritual Healer convicted of Fruad http://www.thestar.com 2015/02/20 By: Rachel Mendleson News reporter, Published on Fri Feb 20 2015 When British police arrested a purported spiritual healer wanted in a series of peculiar frauds last year, word travelled quickly to Paramjit Bhullar in Woodbridge. British Prosecuter […]
Source: Salon.com Excerpted from “Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite and America’s Stealth Warfare” The inside, untold story of CIA’s efforts to mislead Congress — and the people — […]