Legalbrief Today — Three independent UN human rights experts have urged Pakistan to adopt urgent legislation to put an end to faith-based killings and protect the country’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community, whose faith is currently outlawed, the Jurist states. The call follows a resurgence of violent attacks in Pakistan targeting Ahmadiyya Muslims, which have […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Yasmine Hafiz, who is the former Associate Editor of The Huffington Post’s Religion section and is currently an MSc. candidate at the London School of […]
Source: 680 News Thousands gathered Wednesday at the Vaughan funeral of a Canadian doctor gunned down in Pakistan late last month. The service for cardiologist Mehdi Ali Qamar, 51, was […]
Source: CBC News A Canadian cardiologist shot dead in Pakistan was remembered Wednesday as a selfless humanitarian who was “murdered because of his faith,” with mourners making impassioned calls for Ottawa to better pressure the South Asian country on religious freedoms. READ MORE
Source: CBC News A Canadian cardiologist shot dead in Pakistan was remembered Wednesday as a selfless humanitarian who was “murdered because of his faith,” with mourners making impassioned calls for Ottawa to better pressure the South Asian country on religious freedoms. READ MORE
Source: National Post Mehdi Ali Qamar was a member of an outlawed religious minority VAUGHAN, Ont. — Mehdi Ali Qamar’s father was a farmer in an area of Pakistan so rural, there was no doctor. So he decided to do it himself. “He took diplomas and learned some herbal remedies […]
by Alexander Smith NBC NEWS Grim reports that nearly 800 dead babies were discovered in the septic tank of a home run by nuns has set off a round of soul-searching in Ireland and sparked calls for accountability from government and Catholic Church officials. Fresh research suggests that some 796 […]
Source: The Gulf News: New Delhi: A lawmaker from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party has described rape as a social crime, saying “sometimes it’s right, sometimes it’s wrong”, in the latest controversial remarks by an Indian politician about rape. The political leaders of Uttar Pradesh, the state where […]
Source: The Gulf News. Whatever the outcome of Gulf reconciliation based on Qatar changing its policy, it may be too late for Doha to relinquish its important regional and international playing card. Its cordial relationship with such groups and factions gave it a leverage that will be difficult to sacrifice. […]
Source: Arab News. South Indian actress Monica has embraced Islam, leaving behind the life of lights. “I have converted not because of love or money and I am not such […]
Source: Arab News.Com MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Boko Haram militants dressed as soldiers slaughtered at least 200 civilians in three villages in northeastern Nigeria and the military failed to intervene even though it was warned that an attack was imminent, witnesses said on Thursday. A community leader who witnessed the killings on […]
By Dr. Nasir Khan, President, Buffalo Chapter, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Dear Friend, Peace be with you. I hope that your are well. The Buffalo Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will hold its twenty-first interfaith conference on Sunday, June 15th, 2014 from 2:00 – 5:00 pm at the Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga, NY […]
Epigraph: O children of Adam! look to your adornment at every time and place of worship, and eat and drink but exceed not the bounds; surely, He does not love […]
Epigraph: And when thou seest those who engage in vain discourse concerning Our Signs, then turn thou away from them until they engage in a discourse other than that. And if Satan cause thee to forget, then sit not, after recollection, with the unjust people. And those who are righteous are not […]
staffordcountysun.com: God never compels men to become believers of a faith and humans are granted free will in this regard. Unfortunately, some Muslims tend to forget this basic principle. They […]
Linkis.com: PUNE – Muslim homes, shops, mosques and madrassas have been damaged in Pune and elsewhere in Maharashtra in the violence by Hindu radicals across Maharashtra purportedly protesting derogatory images of Chhatrapati Shivaji and the late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Facebook. A 24-year old techie from Sholapur was beaten to […]
CNN: Most people know in their heart of hearts that making gobs of money can’t guarantee true happiness. Then again, most would acknowledge that you need to have at least a minimum income for a shot at well-being – if only so you don’t have to scrounge for every meal. […]
Global Post: Editor’s note: In GlobalPost’s 2013 series “A New Inquisition,” religion writer Jason Berry went deep behind the daily headlines on the Vatican investigation of the Leadership Conference of […]
HRW: Government authorities in Central African Republic and international peacekeepers should allow Muslim residents to seek protection in neighboring countries. Many Muslim residents living in a few heavily guarded areas endure unsustainable, life-threatening conditions and say they want to leave.The majority of the Muslims remaining in the western part of the country […]
Courtesy: Zafar Syed, Luton England This is a picture of an Ahmadiyya Mosque “Baitul Futuh” in Morden London, which is well known worldwide as being the largest and one of the most […]