Informed Comment: by Joan Cole — The problem for a terrorist group like al-Qaeda is that its recruitment pool is Muslims, but most Muslims are not interested in terrorism. Most Muslims are not even interested in politics, much less political Islam. The horrific murder of the editor, cartoonists and other […]
NY Times: local newspaper Charlie Hebdo skewers people of all faiths and backgrounds. One cartoon showed rolls of toilet paper marked “Bible,” “Torah” and “Quran,” and the explanation: “In the toilet, all religions.” Yet when masked gunmen stormed Charlie Hebdo’s officesin Paris on Wednesday with AK-47s, murdering 12 people in […]
ET: LAHORE: Nearly 125 Ahmadis from 23 families are still running from pillar to post to return to homes they had vacated after an enraged mob set alight eight houses belonging to members of the Ahmadiyya community on July 27 in Gujranwala, The Express Tribune has learnt. Four people were burnt […]
Source: Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid, Lawyer, Speaker, Best-Selling Author of “EXTREMIST” Amir Liaqat is re-enacting ancient history. And as a result, innocent people are dying. A thousand years ago during the European Dark Ages, religious minorities and women lived in particular peril. Jews were publicly demonized, forced to convert to Christianity, […]
By James Gallagher, Health editor, BBC News website The decades-long drought in antibiotic discovery could be over after a breakthrough by US scientists. Their novel method for growing bacteria has yielded 25 new antibiotics, with one deemed “very promising”. The last new class of antibiotics to make it to clinic was […]
Written by Shahid Parvez Badruddin, Banglore One of the aspects of the British Rule in any country they conquered was to spread their religion Christianity. The missionary work in India was […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Tooting Organizes a Litter Picking & Garden Cleaning program in Wandsworth Borough Council. To Start the new year Tooting Jamat organised Tahajud prayers at 5:45am followed by […]
Source: xfmnewscenter.com President John Mahama has praised the Ahmadiyya Mission in Ghana for its role in maintaining peace in the country. He showered the plaudits on the mission when a two […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in The ink on Ahmadi murder victim Luqman Shehzad’s temporary tombstone in Rabwah hadn’t fully dried yet when this past weekend multiple groups of outsiders, facilitated by the Punjab Police, […]
Deflation has returned to Europe. Official data shows consumer prices across the eurozone fell by 0.2% in December, marking the first time prices have fallen in the region since the Great Recession. The figure was worse than most analysts were expecting and the weakest since September 2009. Eurozone inflation stood […]
Source: timescolonist.com A multi-faith conference in Victoria next Sunday will address issues of radicalization and unrest from six spiritual perspectives. “We feel a lack of belief and understanding is causing a social crisis, increasing crime and leading to things like what happened in Ottawa,” said organizer Rizwan Peerzada, referring to the […]
Fatih Sultan Mehmed permitted the Serbs freedom to practice their religion. When Sultan Fatih’s armies reached the borders of Serbia, the Serbs had to decide whether they should put themselves under […]
Source: championnews.com.ng OVER 50,000 delegates attended the 63rd annual conference of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria held at Ilaro,Ogun State. Speaking at the closing ceremony, the Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin. Professor Ambali urged religious groups to promote peace and social justice within and outside their community. He also enjoined […]
Source: star-telegram.com Resolution to serve As we are starting a new year and everyone is making New Year’s resolutions, many people have resolved to go to the gym, to lose weight […]
Written for The Muslim Times by Dr. Abdul Alim Two gunmen who stormed the French magazine Charlie Hebdo tonight in Paris were heard saying that the Prophet’s honour has been […]
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We (Allah) have sent down to Our servant (Muhammad), then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers […]
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
Hindus upset at Australian brewery continuing with Ganesh-Lakshmi beer labels Despite apologizing and promising to re-design their bottles and packaging and removing the objectionable images from the website in 2013, Brookvale (New South Wales, Australia) based “Brookvale Union” brewery’s ginger beer is still carrying juxtaposed images of Hindu deities Ganesh […]
realpharmacy.com: by Sayer Ji — This humble, but immensely powerful seed, kills MRSA, heals the chemical weapon poisoned body, stimulates regeneration of the dying beta cells within the diabetic’s pancreas, and yet too few even know it exists. The seeds of the annual flowering plant, Nigella Sativa, have been prized […]
Source: BBC Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 11 people and injuring 10, French officials say. Witnesses spoke of sustained gunfire at the […]