Navigation app boon for Haj pilgrims from India
A new state-of-the-art navigation system is being introduced to help Indian pilgrims to find their way to their places of accommodation in Makkah during Haj, Indian Consul General B. S. […]
Interfaith Leaders Launch Daylong Fast For Peace In The Middle East
Huff Post: by Dale Hansom Bourke — (RNS) While the violence escalates in Israel and Gaza, a movement is taking hold that unites Jews, Muslims and others in a campaign for peace. On Tuesday (July 15), a daylong fast is planned as part of a public effort to show unity […]
Atheist to deliver invocation in New York town that won prayer ruling
theguardian — Community of Greece won US supreme court ruling which upheld its right to open town meetings with a prayer An atheist is set to deliver the invocation in a western New York community whose town board won a US supreme court decision upholding its right to open meetings with a […]
17 things that change forever when you live abroad
MUso de cookie Mas Edimburgo: by Angie Castells — I originally wrote and published this article in Spanish. As we brace ourselves to move abroad for the third time in a few years, I look back and I know that squeezing our lives into a suitcase and leaving our native Barcelona was the […]
Yellen Tells Congress That Fed Will Continue to Help Economy
WASHINGTON — Janet L. Yellen, the Federal Reserve chairwoman, told a Senate committee on Tuesday that the economy continues to grow slowly, that the Fed plans to continue to help, and that the basic situation is not likely to change anytime soon. “Too many Americans remain unemployed; inflation remains below […]
Brief Lull in Gaza Ends as Israel Resumes Strikes After Rockets Fly
Source: NY Times: JERUSALEM — Hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip continued Tuesday, despite Israel’s initial embrace of an Egyptian cease-fire proposal, which the Islamist Hamas movement appeared to reject. Israel announced at 9 a.m. Tuesday that it had accepted the Egyptian initiative, but the unilateral […]
Ramadan Iftar at White House 2014
President Obama thanks Muhammad Ahmad Chaudhry for his Foundation’s work Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya USA was honored tonight when one of it’s finest members, Muhammed A. Chaudhry of San Jose Majlis, was recognized at the White House Iftar Dinner for his non-profit work in the education sector. President of the United […]
Muslims in China province say they are banned from fasting during Ramadan
Chinese Muslims in the Western region of Xinjiang are distressed because they are banned from fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. Xinjiang is home to the mostly Muslim Uighur community, one of China’s 56 recognized minority ethnic groups. Three Muslim students told the BBC they were forced to have meals […]
eDigest: Debate: Did Jesus Rise?
Epigraph: And We made the son of Mary and his mother a Sign, and gave them refuge on an elevated land of green valleys and springs of running water.(Al Quran […]
Arles 2014: Photographer Nicolo Degiorgis lifts the veil on Italy’s Islamophobia
The Guardian: By Sean O’Hagan Nicolo Degiorgis contrasts the peace of prayer with the tension of politics, with many of Italy’s Muslims now forced to pray in warehouses, garages, gyms, […]
Arles 2014: Photographer Nicolo Degiorgis lifts the veil on Italy's Islamophobia
The Guardian: By Sean O’Hagan Nicolo Degiorgis contrasts the peace of prayer with the tension of politics, with many of Italy’s Muslims now forced to pray in warehouses, garages, gyms, […]
Baghdadi ‘Mossad trained’: Edward Snowden
Gulf-daily-news.com: WASHINGTON: The former employee at US National Security Agency (NSA), Edward Snowden, has revealed that the British and American intelligence and the Mossad worked together to create the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Snowden said intelligence services of three countries created a terrorist organisation that is able […]
Baghdadi 'Mossad trained': Edward Snowden
Gulf-daily-news.com: WASHINGTON: The former employee at US National Security Agency (NSA), Edward Snowden, has revealed that the British and American intelligence and the Mossad worked together to create the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Snowden said intelligence services of three countries created a terrorist organisation that is able […]
Former Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya USA Naib Sadr with Mr Obama at white house!
Source: Saad Kramat USA Yesterday on 14.07.2014, an Ahmadi from America spent 1 hour on a dinner table with President Obama. He spoke with the President about the jama’at, Hazoor, and our campaigns such as Muslims for Peace and Muslims for Life. More:
Scientists: We’re ‘very close’ to finding another Earth
By Suzanne Presto, CNN updated 3:42 AM EDT, Tue July 15, 2014 (CNN) — Scientists looking for signs of life in the universe — as well as another planet like our own […]
Scientists: We're 'very close' to finding another Earth
By Suzanne Presto, CNN updated 3:42 AM EDT, Tue July 15, 2014 (CNN) — Scientists looking for signs of life in the universe — as well as another planet like our own […]
Shopping secrets of the Taliban revealed
By Riaz Sohail BBC Urdu, Bannu Rasheed Rehman: The Taliban were good customers and didn’t haggle over prices An army offensive in Taliban-dominated tribal areas of Pakistan has caused large numbers of people to flee to safer regions. Among them is shopkeeper Rasheed Rehman, who until recently counted Taliban fighters […]
Miswak: Sticking with tradition…
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN Published — Saturday 12 July 2014 Millions of Muslims across the world, especially in Arab countries, swear by the miswak as the ideal tooth cleanser, with […]
Get your Facts Right-Myth #1: Prophet Muhammad murdered 700 innocent Jews
muhammadfactcheck.org: Did Prophet Muhammad kill 700 Jews? This is perhaps one of the most common contemporary allegations levied against Prophet Muhammad [1]. It is also one of the most spurious. […]
DRINKS AND MINORS : One in four attempts to buy alcohol underage succeeds
Although it’s become more difficult for minors to buy alcoholic beverages in Switzerland, one in four underage clients still succeeds in buying wine, beer or hard alcohol, according to an official survey. Access to alcohol for minors appears to have become more difficult in Switzerland over the past decade (Keystone) […]