SanDisk SD memory card 'largest ever'
Source: BBC Memory specialist SanDisk has created an SD card with 512 gigabytes (512GB) of storage space – the highest capacity ever released. The card, which is the size of […]
U.S. Pins Hope on Syrian Rebels With Loyalties All Over the Map
By BEN HUBBARD, ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTISEPT. 11, 2014 BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Obama’s determination to train Syrian rebels to serve as ground troops against the Islamic State in […]
Israeli intelligence veterans refuse to serve in Palestinian territories
Innocent people under military rule exposed to surveillance by Israel, say 43 ex-members of Unit 8200, including reservists Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem The Guardian, Friday 12 September 2014 Forty-three veterans […]
Muslim Heritage and The First North American Museum Devoted to Islamic art
Epigraph: You (the moderate Muslims) are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. And if the People of the Book had believed, it would have surely been better for them. Some of them are believers, but most […]
RAISING THE STAKES: The ‘unprecedented’ challenge posed by Islamic State
By Peter Siegenthaler Amid international action against Islamic State militants, neutral Switzerland has limited its involvement to humanitarian and diplomatic efforts. United States President Barack Obama’s pledge to extend air strikes to Islamic State targets in Syria relies on other states’ readiness to participate in military action against the terrorist […]
‘Jilbab’ phenomenon: Religious or cultural?
The Jakarta Post: How do we deal with the so-called jilboobs, an Indonesian term for Muslim women wearing the jilbab (Islamic headscarf) while at the same time wearing clothes that […]
Oscar Pistorius: A lesson in how fame can have disastrous consequences The people of South Africa have lost a national hero, and world sport has lost an inspiration
BY CHRIS MAUME, THE INDEPENDENT Oscar Pistorius was not the first in his family to sleep with a gun close to hand. His parents divorced when he was six, and […]
Ireland: Galway asylum seekers (Ahmadi Muslims) living in fear
Source: connachttribune.ie Twenty Galway-based asylum seekers are living in constant fear of being deported to Pakistan where they face persecution, if not death. The Ahmadi Muslim Community in Galway is concerned […]
Scottish independence: Ireland since 1919 is a lesson for Scotland in what a Yes vote means
The last divorce from the United Kingdom was painful and acrimonious, but ended in harmony and prosperity. So why should independence north of the border turn out any differently? BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Seventy per cent of UK citizens in the land voted Yes to independence, they left the […]
Robert Fisk on Isis campaign: Bingo! Here’s another force of evil to be ‘vanquished’ – One can see how difficult these lessons in Middle East history must be for the average American
Resurrection, reinvention and linguistics. Barack Obama did the lot. And now he’s taking America to war in Syria as well as Iraq. Oh yes, and he’s going to defeat Isis, […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim community to organize second World Religions Conference
Source: dailyheraldtribune.com Grande Prairie will soon play host to its second World Religions Conference. The event is scheduled for Saturday at Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC). Organized by the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
USA: Muslims for Life blood drive in Rochester Hills to honor 9/11 victims
Source: theoaklandpress.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Metro Detroit will host its annual Muslims for Life blood drive Friday, Sept. 12 at its Rochester Hills Community Center. The event runs from […]
USA: ‘Muslims for Life’ Capitol Hill Blood Drive Honors 9 11 Victims
Source: blogs.rollcall.com After the Capitol Hill community observed a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, volunteers went to work in […]
USA: 'Muslims for Life' Capitol Hill Blood Drive Honors 9 11 Victims
Source: blogs.rollcall.com After the Capitol Hill community observed a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, volunteers went to work in […]
Bill Maher is wrong: we can’t blame Isil on Islam
Source: The Telegraph, UK By Tim Stanley: Dr Tim Stanley is a historian of the United States. His new book about Hollywood politics is out in May. Is Isil Islamic or not? It’s an […]
Bill Maher is wrong: we can't blame Isil on Islam
Source: The Telegraph, UK By Tim Stanley: Dr Tim Stanley is a historian of the United States. His new book about Hollywood politics is out in May. Is Isil Islamic or not? It’s an […]
Activating single gene could extend human lifespan by 30%
In an experiment on fruit flies, UCLA biologists activated just one gene, AMPK, which extended their lifespan by nearly a third, by helping them to get rid of “cellular garbage” […]
Pride of Britain nominees: Shazhad Athar
Shazhad Ahmed Athar from Sheffield has been nominated for Fundraiser of the Year at the 2014 Pride of Britain Awards. Since moving to South Yorkshire five years ago he has […]
378 German Islamists who have headed to Syria
Source: The Local. The report from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, which has been seen by the Berliner Morgenpost, showed that of the 378 German Islamists who have headed to Syria since mid-2012 just one in four finished high school. Six percent finished post-school training and […]
Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya: The First Book of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, available in English now
The book is available online now. “He it is Who has raised among the unlettered people a Messenger from among themselves who recites unto them His Signs, and purifies them, […]