The case for a Kemalist intervention in Pakistan
Source: The International News Islamabad diary By Ayaz AmirPakistani democracy has done things to itself which it now finds impossible to get rid of. We can take it as an axiom […]
Urdu Video: Dr. Tahir ul Qadri Interpreting Hadiths about the Latter Days
Between 35-38 minute Dr. Tahir ul Qadri describes the vehicle of Dajjal as an aeroplane. He seems to be accepting the Ahmadiyya perspective on prophecies about the Latter Days, at […]
eDigest: ‘Islam is reviving British values’, says former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
Epigraph: Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you […]
Europe’s leaders need to open their eyes.
Source: Japan Times: The recent election was a wake-up call; Europe’s leaders need to open their eyes. More:
Australian preacher and Islamic State supporter Musa Cerantonio arrives in Australia ABC July 23, 2014, 12:07 pm
High-profile Australian Islamist preacher Musa Cerantonio has been warned the Australian Federal Police will continue to keep him under surveillance after he was deported from the Philippines. READ MORE…
Imam’s killing in China may be aimed at making Muslim Uighurs choose sides
BEIJING – The murder of a state-backed imam in China’s Xinjiang region underscores an escalation in 18 months of violence and could be part of a bid by extremists to persuade moderate Muslim Uighurs to turn against Beijing’s controlled current of Islam. The targeting of Uighur officials or religious leaders has […]
‘Muslim Glastonbury’ challenges perceptions of Islam in Britain
Ranging from sectarianism to sex, a four-day event nicknamed the “Muslim Glastonbury” is setting out to challenge perceptions of Islam in Britain. Living Islam, which began on Thursday at Lincolnshire Showground and continues over the weekend, is a celebration of Eid al-Fitr, which was marked by Muslims around the world this week at […]
Pakistan or Israel: what’s the difference?
Source: Daily Times By Zara Ahmad, July 29, 2014 Do we take morbid pride in calling ourselves Muslims and butchering the innocent people of our own country in the name of religion? Who gave us the authority to play God? Is it just illiteracy or did our hearts really turn as […]
How Street Harassment Became An ‘All-American Pastime’
Huff Post: by Alanna Vagianos — “It’s constant, it’s inescapable, it’s hard to get away from.” That’s how the “Street Harassment: Sidewalk Sleazebags and Metro Molesters” video begins, referring to the insidious nature of cat-calling. In the video posted on July 29, Vocativ interviewed numerous women including Miss DC 2009 Jen […]
Will Russia outright invade Ukraine?
Source: The Daily Best Is this just saber rattling? It’s possible. Russia has been poised to invade Ukraine on multiple occasions and it has not happened yet. But in the weeks before and after the downing of MH17, thousands of “tourists” driving tanks and armored vehicles that appear to be […]
Booming black market in surrogacy
Source: NY Times: As in most countries, surrogacy is illegal in China. But a combination of rising infertility, a recent relaxation of the one-child-per-family policy and a cultural imperative to have children has given rise to a booming black market in surrogacy that experts say produces well over 10,000 births […]
While we persecute you
Daily Times: by Aisha Fayyaza Sarwari — It is savagery at its worst, with everyone as an accomplice because there is a disagreement about your religious beliefs, under which many are unsure what kind of punishment is required. Yet there is no disagreement about random extremists acting out the judge, […]
An excellent Article by Ayaz Amir in daily Jang
Source: Wasim Sroya Note by Editor: A must read as very bravely and openly separation of state and religion along with Ahmadiyya matter has been highlighted in most circulated Urdu news paper. LINK
9 Facts About the Israel-Palestine Conflict On Which We Can All Agree
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — Simply open your mouth on Israel-Palestine, and faster than you can blink you’ll be labeled either a heartless Zionist or a Hamas terrorist. Both extreme labels are equally fruitless. If we cannot find a middle ground in dialogue, how can we expect Israel and […]
State Dept. should act on Pakistan’s religious freedom violations, watchdog group says
(RNS) An independent religious freedom watchdog panel has welcomed the State Department’s annual religious freedom report and its list of the world’s worst offenders, which had laid dormant for three years. The list of “countries of particular concern” had remained unchanged since 2006 — and hasn’t been formally issued by the State Department since 2011 — when Burma, China, […]
Local MP Calls for Protection of Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan
seemamalhotra.com: Seema Malhotra has called on the British Government to do more to protect the Admadi community in Pakistan. Ms Malhotra’s call comes in light of the latest harrowing attack […]
International Ahmadiyya Muslim Yearly Convention UK (Jalsa Salana UK 2014)
Published on Aug 2, 2014 Join us on MTA for live coverage of Jalsa Salana UK 2014 from Friday 29th – Sunday 31st August 2014. Twitter: @JalsaConnect / @muslimtv Facebook: […]
‘Islam is reviving British values’, says former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
Epigraph: Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you […]
Killing the Children: Gujranwala will happen again!
ET: Murder is commonplace and so is mass murder. It is a news item, and news items change too quickly to keep count, to mourn properly, to be disturbed over for very long. Yet, even now, occasionally the soul is bruised. It will not last, however, it does linger. Death […]
The Contemptible Gujranwala Attacks: A Testimony of the Truthfulness of Islam Ahmadiyyat and the Promised Messiah
‘By the heaven having mansions of stars, And by the Promised Day By the testifier and the one who is testified Cursed be the people of the trenches – The fire fed with fuel – […]