Atif Mian’s “House of Debt” makes it to the Best of the Best Reading list for 2014
fivethirtyeight.com There Are Way Too Many ‘Best Of 2014′ Lists By HAYLEY MUNGUIA They’re everywhere. You can’t escape them. You can even set your watch by them. Every year, as the air begins to chill and radio stations begin flipping the Christmas music switch, the inevitable comes: the annual year-end […]
A Muslim, Jew And Christian On What Jesus Means To Them
http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/HPLEmbedPlayer/?segmentId=5491dbea2b8c2abe11000139&autoPlay=false The Huffington Post | By Antonia Blumberg Posted: 12/23/2014 2:28 pm EST Updated: 12/23/2014 6:59 pm EST Jesus plays a distinct role in each of the Abrahamic faiths. This […]
More and more Israelis renouncing their citizenship
More and more Israelis ‘renouncing’ their citizenship Israel approved 635 such applications, the report said. (Shutterstock) By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Sunday, 4 January 2015 Increasing numbers of Israelis living in the United States and Europe are renouncing their citizenship, according to a reportby the Israeli Ynetnews published […]
Refugees expand cultural diversity in remote Texas cities
Teacher Teresa Price gives instructions as students take notes in English as a second language class at the Alta Vista Learning Center. (Photo courtesy: Associated Press) Associated Press, Texas Sunday, 4 January 2015 A new Thai and sushi restaurant sits on a busy corner, not far from the vast prairie […]
Senior Iranian council deems new tough hijab law unconstitutional
Iran’s top legislative body has turned down a new draft law aimed at giving more powers to Iranian police and notorious volunteer militias to enforce women’s compulsory wearing of the […]
Partner government in peace and development
President John Mahama 01 January 2015 | Written by Abdul Aziz | 3 0 1 Google +0 President John Dramani Mahama has commended the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission of Ghana for the great role it is playing in ensuring peace and tranquility in Ghana and the world at large. President Mahama made […]
German cathedral will turn out lights to ‘challenge’ anti-Muslim march
Reuters / New York Post The Cologne cathedral in Germany.Photo: Getty Images One of Germany’s most famous landmarks, Cologne Cathedral, will be plunged into darkness on Monday evening to protest a march by a growing grassroots anti-Muslim movement through the western German city, cathedral authorities said. The rise of the […]
One-a-Day Commandment of the Holy Quran – 341. Commandment – Earn by trade with mutual consent
Commandment – Earn by trade with mutual consent [4:30] O ye who believe! devour not your property among yourselves by unlawful means, except that you earn by trade with mutual consent. And kill not yourselves. Surely, Allah is Merciful to you.
One-a-Day Commandment of the Holy Quran – 342. Commandment – Spiritual trade
Commandment – Spiritual trade [61:11] O ye who believe! shall I point out to you a bargain that will save you from a painful punishment? [61:12] That you believe in Allah and His Messenger, and strive in the cause of Allah with your wealth and your persons. That is better for […]
Merkel ready to let Greece exit eurozone
Source: The Local “The German government considers a eurozone exit (by Greece) to be almost inevitable if opposition leader Alexis Tsipras leads the government after the election and abandons budgetary discipline and does not repay the country’s debts,” Der Spiegel reported on its website. Both Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble had come […]
Pope Francis names new cardinals at top of Catholic Church hierarchy
Source: TOI VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday named 20 new cardinals from around the world to the elite group at the top of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, including 15 who can enter a conclave to choose his successor after his death or resignation. It is the second time the […]
[Urdu Article] Naseehato’n ka Guldasta (38) by Imam Shamshad A. Nasir
Kindly click on the images to zoom them, Jazakallah. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam & missionary-in-charge of the Baitul ul Jaam’e Mosque, Glen Ellyn Cell Phone: 909-636-8332 | Email: Shamshadanasir@gmail.com
The fatwas that can change Pakistan’s blasphemy narrative
Source: Dawn. Pakistan’s blasphemy law continues to sustain popularity and credence, with death being considered not only the most appropriate retribution for offenders, but the only one. This ideology is embraced most wholeheartedly when it comes to non-Muslims charged with blasphemy. In my previous article when I spoke of the […]
The Guardian view on religious intolerance: the burden of the cross
Guardian: The invasion of Iraq in 2003 and its aftermath can be seen in hindsight as the greatest catastrophe to strike the ancient Christian communities of the Middle East since […]
Breaking: Ahmadiyya Muslim Headquarter Rabwah- Police search at few places?
Note by Editor: Reliable resources revealed Police is carrying out search at few places in Rabwah. Any one having more information can up date.
After years of persecution, Ahmadiyya followers seek redress at civil court
Source: m.themalaymailonline.com Jane Tai, counsel for the Ahmadiyya group, said they are seeking a court declaration that religious authorities have no jurisdiction over the group since they are not recognised as Muslims according to several fatwa issued earlier. On June 22, 1998, the Selangor Fatwa Committee ruled that followers of Ahmadiyya […]
A Book to Improve Marital Harmony: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, an enormously popular book by author John Gray, contains many suggestions for improving relationships between men and women through understanding the communication […]
Egypt: Weird fatwas of Muslim Brotherhood and Salafis
India Today Online New Delhi, November 28, 2013 | UPDATED 14:00 IST “When a woman goes swimming, as the word for sea is masculine, when “the water touches the woman’s private parts, she becomes an ‘adulteress’ and should be punished.” – Summary of a report titled “The misguided Fatwas of the Muslim […]
Muslim women’s bodies – the hottest property in 2014
Source: telegraph.co.uk Dated-Sunday, 4th January, 2015 When it comes to Muslim women, it’s still all about what we wear – and the last 12 months only serves to confirm this sad state of affairs. What we say, our achievements, opinions and self-determination continue to be brushed aside. Even as women’s […]