global post: by Timothy Mcgrath — His family says he’s dead. His followers say he’s meditating. Either way, Shri Ashutosh Maharaj is in a commercial freezer and there’s $170 million at stake. His Holiness Shri Ashutosh Maharaj, a wealthy religious leader in the Punjab city of Jalandhar, is either dead or […]
BBC: Why is blasphemy such a big issue in Pakistan? It’s constantly in the headlines – BBC Urdu’s Amber Shamsi tracks the history of blasphemy in Pakistan while satirist Mohammed Hanif breaks down how one can or can’t blaspheme in Karachi. Mixtape: Togo BBC Afrique’s music journalist Ata Ahli Ahebla spins another […]
Time: Like hundreds of other Ahmadi Muslims, Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was murdered only for his faith. Combined, education and compassion can conquer such extremism. Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was […]
Huff Post: by Sarah Saeed — Islamic. Islamist. Muslim. People use these words to modify the nouns “terror” or “terrorism.” Media describe Boko Haram’s kidnapping of Nigerian girls by using “Islamic” and “Islamist.” There is controversy over the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s use of the term “Islamist” to describe Al Qaeda. Some […]
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2014/05/30/pkg-udas-india-gang-rape-hanging.cnn By Harmeet Shah Singh and Faith Karimi, CNN updated 6:29 AM EDT, Sat May 31, 2014 Katra village, India (CNN) — Mourners sat on mud floors at a village in […]
Roll Call: by Bridget Bowman — Roughly 250 young men wearing identical black and white uniforms roamed the halls of the House office buildings Friday, encountering curious tourists and members of Congress along the way. The young men were members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association and they were on […]
Police in London are investigating a sign telling pet owners to stay out of an east London park because “Muslims do not like dogs,” the London Evening Standard reports. The warning, in Bartlett Park, Poplar, said, “Do not walk your dog here! Muslims do not like dogs. This is an Islamic area […]
Doha, Qatar (CNN) — After a decade of construction and almost four years behind schedule, the Middle East’s latest airport destination began full operations earlier this week. Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, will eventually occupy 29 square kilometers (roughly a third of the size of Doha city itself) and comes […]
The resounding victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India’s recently concluded general election is being interpreted by some as a religious vote in favour of the Hindu nationalist party. It is true that the politically crucial states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh – the two account for 120 of the […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 31 May 2014 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will mobilize more humanitarian organizations to join the humanitarian alliance and also prepare an integrated program of humanitarian intervention to provide emergency assistance to those affected by the crisis in Central Africa. The humanitarian mission, […]
by Matt Allen, swissinfo.ch May 30, 2014 – 11:00 While protests in Brazil overshadow the on-pitch spectacle to come, football’s Zurich-based ruling body FIFA has been facing harsh criticism for its choice of host countries for the 2018 and 2022 editions: Russia and Qatar. The association has admitted it made […]
By Zubair Khan Recently devastating floods hit South East Europe. Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia were severely affected. In Croatia villages alongside river Sava in Slavonic region of the country faced main damages. This region occupies the largest part of eastern continental Croatia. It lies between the regions of Posavina, Podravina, […]
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday asked Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah to head a new national unity government which will bring together the feuding Hamas and Fateh parties. The announcement satisfies a five-week deadline following the groups’ reconciliation pact on April 23, but the two sides […]
HARUN YAHYA Published — Saturday 31 May 2014 Throughout its history, Middle East — the land of the prophets — has been the starting point of peace and harmony envisaged in the divine revelations. People learned to coexist as a result of the preaching of prophets in this part of […]
STORY SUMMARY There was much irony, confusion and incompetence in President Barack Obama’s speech at West Point earlier this week. If Obama is really concerned about this, he should convene an honest, dispassionate commission of enquiry into the full consequences of the 2003 war on Iraq that was energetically led […]
By Zubair Khan There were lot of activities and hectic efforts in Germany to elect two members for Heidelberg City parliament. Good luck helped Mr Waseem Butt of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community who after having received 7390 votes from the residents of Heidelberg managed his election and got a seat for […]
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in […]
Canadian/American Cardiologist Assassinated in Pakistan – Body Being Flown Back to Toronto Dr Mehdi Ali Shaheed Thousands of Canadians and Americans to be in attendance Event: The body of Dr. Mehdi Ali (Bashir-ud-Din) Qamar, the Canadian & American Cardiologist, assassinated in Pakistan due to his religious beliefs arrives in […]
SAO PAULO // In a rundown Sao Paulo street, squeezed between a graffiti-covered sports bar and a dilapidated unisex hairdressers, lies a little haven of Islamic tranquillity. Here, while Brazil is rushing to be ready in time for next month’s Fifa World Cup, staff at the Federation of Muslim Associations in […]
Source: Spiegel Andrei Deshchytsia, foreign minister in Ukraine’s transitional government, taps the note cards on the table in front of him and begins to speak. He is nervous, his “th” in English sounds more like a D and his Rs roll a bit too much. But his words are polite: […]