Libya crisis: Unidentified planes ‘bomb’ Tripoli
BBC News: Unidentified war planes may have carried out overnight air strikes on the Libyan capital Tripoli, according to local media. READ MORE…
Arrests at protests against Israeli interfaith wedding
BBC News: Four far-right Jewish protesters have been arrested at the wedding of a Jewish-born woman who converted to Islam and an Arab Muslim man in Israel. READ MORE…
Approaching conflict the Ahmadiyya way- Example from Haifa- Israel
Abstract Journal Contemporary Islam Volume 8, Issue 2 , pp 115-131 The role and incidence of the Ahmadiya community in Israeli society, with its around 2,000 members, is not related […]
America’s Longest Running Muslim Convention Draws Prominent Lawmakers, Diplomats
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community heralded as antidote to extremism PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 18, 2014 Civic, political and religious leaders lauded the efforts of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA during its 66thAnnual Convention this past weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. More than 7,000 people attended the oldest and longest lasting Muslim […]
Is the World Falling Apart?
ceip.org: by Thomas Carothers, Lina Khatib, Marwan Muasher, Douglas H. Paal, Andrew S Weiss — The world can be an awfully dangerous and unpredictable place. As news was breaking that the United States initiated airstrikes against militants in Iraq, fears were mounting about the Russian troops amassed near the border […]
Is There a Crisis in Pakistan?
The Diplomat: by Hamza Mannan — Pakistan’s last election brought Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to power with a sweeping mandate. That was supposed to consolidate the democratic process for the country. This was the first time one civilian government had passed power onto another democratically elected government. The oft-repeated claim […]
‘Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies’: Thousands call for peace at Tel Aviv rally
Source: RT Thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square over the weekend to encourage an end to hostilities through peace negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and […]
Homebuilders rally after strong NAHB sentiment data
(Reuters) – U.S. homebuilding stocks rose on Monday, boosted by data that showed homebuilder sentiment rose in August to its highest level since January. Sentiment rose as labor market conditions improved, according to the National Association of Home Builders data. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market index rose to 55 in […]
209. The example of hypocrite
209. The example of hypocrite [2:18] Their case is like the case of a person who kindled a fire, and when it lighted up all around him, Allah took away their light and left them in thick darkness; they see not. [2:19] They are deaf, dumb and blind; so they […]
This attempt to redefine religious bias marks a shift from hard secularism
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Brown Jump to comments (462) The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s consultation does not seek the functional re-establishment of Christianity – it’s prompted by the rising importance […]
Creating a new Medina?
If the demand for Pakistan was firm and etched in stone, acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan indicated a clear and equally irrevocable departure from it Last week, The Hindu carried an excerpt from a book by Assistant Professor Venkat Dhulipala of a US university provocatively titled Creating a New […]
The Islamic State — implications for Pakistan
ET: The Iranians, as much as the Americans, have, alongside the Iraqis, breathed a sigh of relief, as rendered bereft of international and regional allies and perhaps, most importantly under pressure from Ayatollah Uzma Sistani, Prime Minister Maliki has agreed to step down and has endorsed the nomination of Haider […]
Depression: The Everywhere and Everyone Illness
Source: Huffington Post By Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: Medical director, New York State Office of Mental Health Twenty-five hundred years ago, well before Christ, Hippocrates, the Greek father of medicine, identified melancholia […]
How Germany Spies on Its Friends
Source: Spiegel. For more than a year now, German officials have criticized the US for the NSA’s mass spying on Europeans and even Chancellor Angela Merkel. Now, embarrassing revelations show that Germany has inadvertently spied on Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, and has also deliberately targeted Turkey. More:
Pakistan: Ahmadis on the run: Fearing death in People’s Colony
Source: dawn.com GUJRANWALA: A pall of fear hangs thick over Gujranwala’s now eerily silent People’s Colony. It has been weeks since an enraged mob set fire to five homes belonging to […]
Recipient of Ahmadiyya Muslim Humanitarian Award 2014 – Rep. Andre Carson
Source: youtube.com U.S. Congressman Andre Carson accepting the Ahmadiyya Muslim Humanitarian Award on the occasion of the 66th Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA (August 17, 2014) OR […]
My hijab is my fashion statement
My hijab is my fashion statement Dina Zayed has found creative ways to standout fashion-wise while honouring her religious beliefs Toronto Stat 2014/08/18 Ahmed Hamed Dina Zayed always matches her headscarf to her outfit. By: Dina Zayed Special to the Star, Published on Mon Aug 18 2014 At all the […]
Africa, the new outpost of terrorism
While the eyes of the world are on Iraq, where all the mistakes of a disastrous American policy (also towards counterterrorism) are clearly seen, it is another part of the world where Islamic extremism is growing and becoming even more radicalized. Even without the huge amount of dollars coming from […]
Israeli court allows protesters to picket Palestinian-Jewish wedding
theguardian: by Orlando Crowcroft — An estimated 10,000 people attend a rally for peace in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. Photograph: Sharron Ward/Demotix/Corbis A Palestinian man and his Jewish bride-to-be are facing hostile protests in the Israeli town of Rishon Letzion after Israel’s high court refused their application to ban demonstrations […]
Kenya’s anti-terror unit guilty of abuses, says HRW
Kenya’s Western-funded anti-terrorism unit has carried out a series of killings and “enforced disappearances” during its fight against militant Islamists, a rights group says. READ MORE…