Everything that You Wanted to Know about Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our Lord, take us […]
Abou Ben Adhem, A Compassionate Man
Abou Ben Adhem BY LEIGH HUNT Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, […]
UK: Ahmadi Muslims raising thousands of pounds for Poppy Appeal
Young Ahmadi Muslims hope this participation shows their desire for peace and unity between all people, nations and religions Muslims are raising thousands of pounds for the Poppy Appeal […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Hayes & Hillingdon organize event celebrating Islam as a peaceful religion
Source: bucksfreepress.co.uk Islam celebration peace dinner to be held in Bourne End FAITH leaders, politicians, police, school teachers and members of the community have been invited to a ‘peace dinner’ in […]
Calgary Imam offers checklist to warn of radicalization
Imam Syed Soharwardy of Calgary wants Islamic converts to quiz imams on their views and avoid recruitment by terrorist Islamic State Thestar.com 2014/11/07 Jeff McIntosh / THE CANADIAN PRESS Imam Syed Soharwardy, leader of The Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, has a checklist to help converts quiz their imam. By: […]
A pump war?
by Thomas Friedman The New York Times Is it just my imagination or is there a global oil war underway pitting the United States and Saudi Arabia on one side against Russia and Iran on the other? One can’t say for sure whether the American-Saudi oil alliance is deliberate or […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 285. Commandment to do good; surely, Allah loves those who do good
285. Commandment to do good; surely, Allah loves those who do good [2:196] And spend for the cause of Allah, and cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands, and do good; surely, Allah loves those who do good. [4:129] And if a woman fear ill treatment or indifference […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 286. Commandment to bestow not favours seeking to get more in return
286. Commandment to bestow not favours seeking to get more in return [74:7] And bestow not favours seeking to get more in return, [55:61] The reward of goodness is nothing but goodness.
[Video] Pakistan ‘blasphemy’ couple burnt alive
Source: BBC NEWS A Pakistani labourer and his pregnant wife – and a mother to three children – were beaten surrounded by 1,500 strong crowd and then thrown on top of a […]
Cardinal Burke: Catholic Church Under Pope Francis Is ‘A Ship Without A Rudder’
Religion News Service | By Josephine McKenna VATICAN CITY (RNS) American Cardinal Raymond Burke, the feisty former archbishop of St. Louis who has emerged as the face of the opposition to […]
Indonesia: Religious Intolerance & Sectarian Violence
Source: globalindonesianvoices.com | By: Global Indonesian Voices GIVnews.com – Indonesia, a spectacular archipelago of over 13,000 islands, is a country that boasts a vast religious landscape, defined by its blasphemy law that provides equal official […]
Saudi women prefer to marry foreigners
ABHA: NADIA AL-FAWAZ ARABNEWS Saudi women are turning to foreigners for stability and security in the marital world. Many say they would rather marry foreigners to ensure that the marriage […]
Passengers shocked at sudden change of rules for Zamzam
JEDDAH: FOUZIA KHAN Published — Monday 3 November 2014 Passengers departing from Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport have expressed shock and disappointment at the new rule limiting the amount of […]
Canada closes the door on polygamous immigrants
JEDDAH: MD AL-SULAMI Published — Friday 7 November 2014 ARABNEWS OTTAWA: Canada’s Immigration Minister Chris Alexander has unveiled plans to ban entry to migrants who practice polygamy and what he termed “barbaric cultural practices.” The move follows a spate of so-called “honor” killings over the past decade involving immigrant families […]
Netanyahu calls King, vows to defuse Jerusalem tension
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday received a telephone call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during which he asserted Israel’s commitment to defusing tension and restoring calm […]
What should Pakistan’s Christians do?
The News: Islamabad diary Once upon a time under-class Mohajirs in Karachi, residents not of Clifton and Defence but depressed localities, used to be an object of scorn for other communities, regularly picked upon by the mostly Punjabi police and treated roughly in public transport, mostly owned by Pakhtuns. Not […]
I taught my black kids that their elite upbringing would protect them from discrimination. I was wrong.
Washington Post: I knew the day would come, but I didn’t know how it would happen, where I would be, or how I would respond. It is the moment that every black parent fears: the day their child is called a nigger. My wife and I, both African Americans, constitute one […]
Some of the earliest capitalist innovations in Italy—like rules on issuing credit—were imported from the Abbasid caliphate
The Economist: Capitalism through the ages A grand tour Experts look back at the economic system that dominates the Western world The Cambridge History of Capitalism. Edited by Larry Neal and Jeffrey Williamson.Cambridge University Press; 1,400 pages; £150. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk ECONOMICS publishing has recently undergone a great democratisation. […]
US navy SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden unmasked
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: A decorated ex-navy Seal Robert O’Neill has been unmasked as the man who pumped three shots to the head of elusive al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden during a top-secret 2011 raid on his hideout in Pakistan. O’Neill, 38, is the SEAL Team Six member who fired the […]