Erdogan to chair Cabinet in unprecedented move
ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday announced he would chair a Cabinet meeting in January, a move unprecedented for a Turkish head of state in recent times. Erdogan […]
Writing about the Mideast
RAMZY BAROUD Published — Tuesday 30 December 2014 Writing and reporting about the Middle East is not an easy task, especially during these years of turmoil. Following and reporting on these constant changes without a deep understanding of the region will achieve little but predictable and lackluster content that offers […]
Al Bakistanis and the stupid look
Daily Times: by Yasser Latif Hamdani — For the longest time, we refused to accept that the Taliban were behind the attacks on our cities, schools and mosques. Instead, we blamed India, the US and countless other faceless enemies. A more civilised and thinking nation would have corrected their course […]
Muslim Youths Protect Christians In Kaduna Yesterday
naij.com: This is what prompted more than 200 Muslim youth volunteers to have singled themselves out to protect Christians during this year’s Christmas celebration. The church services which was organised […]
Prophet Muhammad, I am willing to die for you, but not live like you
Source: The Express Tribune By Jibran Nasir, A lawyer, activist and an independent politician. In 2013, he was listed by the Foreign Policy Magazine amongst three Pakistanis doing inspirational work against sectarian […]
Muslims: You Must Break Free of Captivity
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — The fire that burns Syria, Palestine, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Central Africa Republic, Egypt, and Libya is secondary to the fire that burns inside each Muslim worldwide who literally screams for God to intervene and extinguish this burning flame — but doesn’t find Him. […]
123rd Jalsa Salana Qadian Concludes WITH FAITH INSPIRING AND EMOTIOAL ADDRESS BY HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY
Source:pressahmadiyya.com The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, concluded the 123rd Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Qadian, India on Sunday, 28 December 2014 with a faith-inspiring and emotional address. His Holiness addressed the final […]
Gambia: 31st Ahmadiyya Youth Convention Ends in Mansakonko
Source: allafrica.com | Alieu Ceesay The 31st Annual National Ijtema (Convention) organised by the Ahmadiyya Jammat Youth Association in The Gambia on Sunday ended at the Tahir Ahmadiyya Muslim Senior School in Mansakonko […]
Deobandi Takfiri terrorists not Sunnis are involved in religious terrorism – Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi
Source: LUBP “Voice of Sunnis ” commented on that article , ” Former fereral Minister for religious affairs and prominent Sufi Sunni scholar and son of most famous Sufi Sunni scholar and founder of Jamat – E- Ahlsunnat and Dawat -e-Islami Syed Ahmad Saeed Kazami has written an article in daily […]
A tree-mendous effort by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: thestar.co.uk Green-fingered members of a Muslim youth group have planted some 500 trees in Longley Park. The youngsters, who are part of ‘Muslims for Humanity’, got their hands dirty as […]
‘Moral injuries’ can be hardest to overcome
Source: Press and Sun By SHERMAN MORELAND III December 26, 2014 Did you know that there are war veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan (as well as Vietnam) whose hardest wound to bear […]
An open letter to Geo TV
Daily Times: by Kashif N. Chaudhry — You remember well that the last time your host Mr Amir Liaquat promoted anti-Ahmedi hate speech on your forum in September of 2008, two prominent Ahmedi leaders were gunned down within 48 hours. You have done it again. Yet another murder (a third) […]
Hungary Is the Second Leading Country in the EU for “Irregular Border Crossings”
Many leave Hungary and the rest of East-Central Europe in search of opportunity; others arrive in search of better lives. By John Feffer, December 19, 2014. People have been leaving East-Central Europe in droves to get better jobs and opportunities further to the west. These diaspora populations are now very visible in […]
The real war is the war of narrative
Dawn.com: by Farrukh Khan Pitafi — The terrorist narrative of victimhood, denial and conspiracy theories can easily be deconstructed and dismantled. The closer you want to get to eradicating the menace of terrorism, the bigger this menace seems to get. For the past week, following the attack in Peshawar, our […]
Muslims in the United States
Author: Toni Johnson Council on Foreign Relations, 2011 Introduction Since 9/11, the U.S. war on terror abroad and domestic terror incidents involving U.S. and immigrant Muslims have focused attention on […]
How Will Kids Learn Patience When Everything Is Just One Click Away?
Huff Post: by Samantha Kemp-Jackson — Once upon a time, kids experienced a few days a year that brought incredible moments of joy. Birthdays. Christmas. Grandma coming to visit. The knowledge that these days were on the horizon only added to the excitement that children would feel. Oftentimes, the waiting […]
American Red Cross & Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Blood Drive – Glen Ellyn, IL
Source: patch.com | By Anas Mirza American Red Cross and Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Blood Drive – Glen Ellyn, IL – Free food and long sleeve T-Shirts for all donors.
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association teams up to deliver gifts to children in hospital
Source: itv.com Volunteers from the Huddersfield Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) teamed up with care worker Clare Harwood to visit Children’s ward at Calderdale Royal Infirmary Hospital delivering […]
Bern Imam named ‘Swiss of the Year’
Bern imam named Swiss of the Year By Jeannie Wurz DEC 28, 2014 – 15:19 Imam Mustafa Memeti of Bern has been named Swiss of the Year by the newspaper SonntagsZeitung. […]
Year-end Tragedy
After the massacre in Peshawar on Dec. 16th, which left over a hundred schoolchildren dead, the country’s foremost analysts have painstakingly tried to pinpoint both historical and recent reasons that […]