Canada seeks to ban polygamous immigrants
CBC The Harper government is bracing for international backlash to its proposed new law that would ban people in polygamous and forced marriages from immigrating to Canada, The Canadian Press […]
Britain’s Prince Charles urges religious freedom, tolerance
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Canada Denounces Beating and Burning to Death of Christian Couple in Pakistan
international.gc.ca: November 5, 2014 – Andrew Bennett, Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom, today issued the following statement: “I was saddened to learn of a Christian couple who were beaten and burned to death by a local mob in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Pakistan. My thoughts and prayers are with the family and […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at is ‘known for its religious tolerance’: Narendera Modi
PM said Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat is known for its universal brotherhood and these qualities of the community have been instrumental in strengthening the unity of the nation. Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int’l Desk Source/Credit: Ahmadiyya Jama’at India By Ch. Maqbool Ahmad |November 5, 2014 Indian Prime Minister Narendera […]
Why I don’t believe people who say they loathe Islam but not Muslims
theguardian: by Andrew Brown — ‘Stalin and Mao would have enthusiastically endorsed Sam Harris (above) when he wrote that “there are some beliefs so terrible that we are justified in killing people just for holding them”. It is a trope among people who loathe and fear Islam that their fear […]
Woman Accused Of Witchcraft Burned Alive In Paraguay
Huff Post — ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — An indigenous woman was burned alive in Paraguay after being accused of witchcraft, a local prosecutor confirmed Wednesday. Prosecutor Fany Aguilera said that members of the Mbya Guarani ethnic group tied 45-year-old Adolfina Ocampos to a wooden pole and shot arrows at her […]
US Mid-term Elections – Muslims Must Follow Orders?
Muslims Must Follow Orders on Voting Says D.C. Muslim Caucus The D.C. Muslim Caucus is getting negative press attention for telling Muslims they are required to vote as their leaders tell them to. By Ryan Mauro Tue, November 4, 2014 clarionproject.org A ballot box in Los Angeles (Photo: © Reuters) […]
FORMER SOVIET SOLDIERS STILL HAUNT AFGHANISTAN — AND AMERICAN FORCES THERE
BY MURTAZA HUSSAIN @mazmhussain The strange odyssey of Irek Hamidullan has taken him from the former Soviet Army, to the Taliban, and now to a U.S. federal courtroom in Virginia. Hamidullan, who U.S. officials describe as a “Russian veteran of the Soviet war in Afghanistan” is believed to have stayed […]
New Alignments: The Kurds’ Lonely Fight against Islamic State Terror
By Ralf Hoppe, Maximilian Popp, Christoph Reuter and Jonathan Stock SPIEGEL.DE The headquarters of one the world’s mightiest terrorist organization is located in the mountains northeast of Erbil, Iraq. Or […]
Western Women Coming to Islam
Epigraph: And say to the believing women that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts, and that they disclose not their natural and artificial beauty except that which […]
Toronto Lawyer Missing along with clients $3.5m
Lawyer missing along with $3.5 million in clients’ money A Mississauga lawyer has disappeared after allegedly swindling millions of dollars from her clients and fleeing to India, according to the Law Society. Toronto Star, 2014/11/04 Mississauga real estate lawyer Rita Grewal is missing along with $3.5 million in clients’ mortgage […]
Wagah bombers say India is next
Source: indiatoday.intoday.in | Source: https://twitter.com/EhsanTTPJA Hours after the suicide attack on the Pakistan side of the Attari-Wagah border crossing, the group that claimed responsibility for the carnage sent out a sinister warning: India […]
Which Muslim Firqa is Heaven Bound? Pakistani talk Show struggling with finding an Answer
Youtube: Published on Nov 4, 2014 You Are Watching Off The Record – 4 November 2014 TalkShow on ARY News Subscribe For Off The Record 5 November 2014 TalkShow on ARY News Watch;
Read & Spread the Holy Qur’an – God’s Message to Mankind – In 53 Languages
Posted by Salma Javid Khan Source: alislam.org/quran Putting plainly: The Holy Qur’an is God’s own message to his creation. God, in there, is communicating directly with the best of His creation i.e. […]
How I Conquered Worry
Six Major Troubles Hit Me All At Once – C. I. Blackwood I Can Turn Myself into a Shouting Optimist within an Hour – Roger W. Babson How I Got Rid of […]
Drinking while pregnant could become criminal offence in UK
Russia Today: Two British women’s charities have cautioned ahead of landmark case in the Court of Appeal Wednesday that drinking alcohol when pregnant could become a criminal offense. If the […]
France adopts new anti-jihadist law
Alarabiya: France adopted Tuesday an anti-terrorism law which will slap a travel ban on anyone suspected of planning to wage jihad after the upper house Senate gave its final stamp […]
Israel settler plan ‘slap in face’ of US: Palestinians
JERUSALEM: Israeli plans for roughly 500 new settler homes in occupied east Jerusalem are a “slap in the face” of the United States and the international community, a top Palestinian official said. Israel approved construction of the homes on Monday as chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat met US Secretary of […]
Switzerland: Young refugees demand better conditions
CHILDREN’S CHARTER Unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Switzerland have demanded better living conditions as they wait for their applications to be processed. On Monday, a group of them presented a […]
Ray of light from Tunisia
The Daily Star From the birthplace of the Arab Spring, the region finally has some positive news in these seemingly darkest of times. The candle that Tunisia has lit should […]