Aljazeera: by Sarah Kendzior Why Israel and its supporters fear Gaza’s dead. In the beginning, they were the “telegenically killed”. That is what Charles Krauthammer, in his July 17 article in Washington Post stated. To Krauthammer, Palestinians are not people but production values. War does not destroy families: It “produces […]
pennlive.com: by Julianne Mattera — Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s 66th annual weekend peace convention, the Jalsa Salana, continues at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. A poster board tells the story of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar, an American cardiologist who was shot dead in Pakistan […]
Source: Wall Street Journal (WSJ) By Will Huntsberry Institution Once Known for Black Separatism Also Focuses on Economic Development in Harlem Masjid Malcolm Shabazz has been a center of African-American Muslim […]
ATM tech wearing burqa disguise arrested leaving bank with suitcase of cash Chicagotribune.com By Jason Meisner 2014/08/15 The late-night scene outside the bank in west suburban LaGrange unfolded like a bad Hollywood script, complete with a burqa-wearing bank robber, a suitcase full of cash, a getaway driver and an alleged […]
Is having ‘brown’ skin, in Australia, a crime? By Anusha Omair Chaudry less than a minute ago tribune.com.pk 2014/08/15 2 CommentsShare this Print Email The colour brown is not tantamount to being intellectually inferior, vicious, manipulative, dishonest, uneducated, ill-mannered and dirty. Ali, 26, was lying unconscious on the concrete footpath […]
Source: mydailynewswatchng.com …Pledges to combat the outbreak As the cases of people contracting Ebola virus rises in Nigeria, the Amir Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Nigeria, Dr. Mashuud Fashola has cancelled all Islamic […]
Source: ummahlink.org Thousands of followers of a minority Muslim sect are gathered at a weekend convention in Saskatoon. Known as Ahmadi Muslims, they believe a 19th century Indian mystic is the messiah. The 35th Jalsa Salana Western Canada of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama is expected to draw about 3,000 delegates from across […]
Source: pressahmadiyya.com Jalsa Salana UK: 29th, 30th, 31st August 2014 At Hadeeqatul Mahdi (Oakland Farm), Green Street, East Worldham, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 3AU Request your invite now @ pressahmadiyya.com The UK’s longest […]
[43:58] And when the son of Mary is mentioned as an instance, lo! thy people raise a clamour thereat; Note: The advent of the Messiah was a sign that the Jews were going to be disgraced and humiliated and were about to be deprived of Prophethood for all time. Mathal […]
207. Allah disdains not to give an illustration as small as a gnat or even smaller [2:27] Allah disdains not to give an illustration as small as a gnat or even smaller. Those who believe know that it is the truth from their Lord, while those who disbelieve say: ‘What […]
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri’s ‘long marches’ entered the capital late Friday night, nearly 36 hours after they set off on Thursday from Lahore. The two leaders, who have threatened to occupy the capital until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns, are set to address growing crowds in Islamabad at […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT He wouldn’t bomb Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s bloody caliphate when it was butchering the majority Shia Muslims of Iraq. But Barak Obama is riding to the rescue of the Christian refugees – and the Yazidis – because of “a potential act of genocide”. Bombs away. And […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent In the Middle East, the first shots of every war define the narrative we all dutifully follow. So too, this greatest crisis since the last greatest crisis in Iraq. Christians fleeing for their lives? Save them. Yazidis starving on the mountain tops? Give them food. […]
By Robert Fisk, The Independent Note by the Editor: This article dates back to 2012, but as Colonel el-Ghanem appears to be still in jail in Geneva we are pulishing this article today. He is 54 but looks 70 – “like an Indian yogi with a long white beard,” as […]
Guardian: Britain has a moral and historical obligation to arm the Kurds against the Islamic State jihadists now menacing Irbil, and failure to so would be certain to amplify the terror threat […]
Huff Post: As Americans of all backgrounds continue to try to achieve the ideals of the Civil Rights Movement on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, members of three growing religions in the United States have a unique opportunity to stand together for equality and shared human dignity. […]
Huff Post: Hindus around the world are observing Janmashtami, a holy day that celebrates the birth of Krishna, who is believed by devotees to be the eighth avatar of Vishnu (the Hindu deity of cosmic maintenance) and the Supreme Lord of the Universe. The holiday falls on August 17 in […]
Huff Post: by Palmer Chinchen — The news footage from Ferguson is dominated by military-clad police with weapons trained on unarmed protesters. It looks like Mosul or Gaza, or worse, 1963 Birmingham. It looks like there will be more violence. It’s time to put down our weapons and promote peace. […]
All Africa — The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in the United Kingdom has donated two checks, totaling ten thousand British Pounds (£10,000.00) to the government of Liberia to assist in the […]
Reuters: Reporting by Ranga Sirilal; Writing by Shihar Aneez; Editing by Larry King COLOMBO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Sri Lankan court on Friday ordered authorities to stop deporting Pakistani asylum seekers, following a complaint they were being forcibly sent home without having their claims properly assessed. The United Nations refugee […]