New definition of a ‘Pakistani’
Source: pakteahouse.net | Obaidullah Khan If you are living in a wooden cottage and see someone setting the very next wooden cottage on fire, what would you do? If you sit quietly and […]
Afghan immigrant attempts to cross the Channel on a raft with bedsheets for sails
Telegraph: Asif Hussainkhil was saved after being picked up less than two nautical miles off Sangatte near Calais. A young Afghan man has been rescued by the French coastguard after risking his life trying to reach Britain on a makeshift raft fashioned from three planks and propelled by a bed […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims Plan To Extend Humanity First To Belize
Source: amandala.com.bz Belize is a country on the northeastern coast of Central America. Naveed Mangla, a missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, told Amandala that his group, established in Belize 6 […]
Geert Wilders on ‘slippery slope’, Jewish group states
Telegraph: A Dutch Jewish group has attacked Geert Wilders for building alliances with far-Right-wing parties such as Marine Le Pen’s Front National. Geert Wilders on is on a “slippery slope” by forming a European election alliance with Marine Le Pen and an Austrian far-Right party with a “Brownshirt past”, a […]
For Muslims, Boko Haram is disgrace
Source: CNN (CNN) – Hey Boko Haram, have you read the Quran lately? Most of the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world have, and we’re utterly certain that it condemns kidnapping young girls and selling them into slavery – no matter what you say “Allah” tells you. According to Amnesty International, […]
NEW NIGERIA OUTRAGE
Source: CNN Boko Haram militants reportedly kill at least 150 people as authorities offer a $310,000 reward to help find abducted girls. More:
Thai Court Ousts Premier
Source: NY Times: BANGKOK — A Thai court on Wednesday ordered Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra removed from office, a highly divisive move and a victory for the powerful antigovernment movement that has sought to overthrow the government in Bangkok for the last six months. The Constitutional Court ruled that Ms. […]
eDigest: Muslim World Leader Calls for Religious Freedom in Pakistan
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our Lord, take us out of this town, whose people are oppressors, and make for us some friend from Thyself, and […]
In Islam, there’s more than one way to be an ‘atheist’
theguardian: by Nesrine Malik — Just as Muslims need to expand tolerance for non-belief into the public sphere by challenging the structures that define this space, westerners energised by the ex-Muslim’s fate need to see that there is more than one model of not believing in God. Saudi Arabia recently declared […]
Indian Women Use Sharia Law To Fight For Gender Equality In Court System
Huff Post: by Heather Mcllvaine— “Clergy are not open to reform experiences which are pro-women,” wrote Solanki. “Muslim women in Pakistan enjoy more legal protection than Indian Muslim women.” MUMBAI, India (RNS) Khatoon Shaikh had no formal education, never worked outside the home and lived in the kind of neighborhood […]
Muhammad: The Story of A Prophet and Reformer
By: Sarah Conover Published 2013 by Skinner House Books Reviewed by: Naseer A. Tahir, MD I enjoyed reading this book. It presents positive aspects about the Greatest of all Prophets, […]
Muslim Television Ahmadiyya: Community Broadcasting to a Global Audience
From the very start MTA was founded to be a different kind of channel, one that would establish a uniquely independent voice and provide “a positive alternative in the broadcasting […]
Vatican tells UN committee 848 priests defrocked in past decade
In a second day of grilling by the UN, the Holy See released statistics on how many priests have been defrocked and disciplined over sex abuse in the past decade. Toronto Star, May 7, 2014 FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP/GETTY IMAGES Vatican envoy Silvano Tomasi, right, delivers a statement alongside Vatican […]
Thousands run around Battersea Park to fight against negative stereotypes of Muslims
Yourlocalguardian: Thousands descended on Battersea Park to fight against negative stereotypes of Muslims and raise money for charity. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) held a 10k run on Sunday to raise […]
Faith Leaders Leading the Fight Against Income Inequality in New York
Huff Post: All throughout history, clergy of all faiths and denominations have been deeply involved in the fight for civil rights and for fair and just treatment for all people. Here in the United States, priests, ministers, rabbis and clergy of other faiths took part in — or supported — […]
Taking liberty by Asma Jehangir
The Friday Times: When two unbridled forces clash, the debate around it will naturally degenerate. Hamid Mir was targeted and seriously injured. It is a miracle he survived. There is also no doubt that he is one of the most well informed and courageous journalists in Pakistan. He suspects that […]
Vatican Has Defrocked 848 Priests For Abuse Charges Since 2004: Report
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
SWORN IN : Vatican’s Swiss guards take oath
May 6, 2014 – 16:05 Thirty new Swiss Guards were sworn in on Tuesday in a special ceremony at the Vatican, pledging their allegiance to Pope Francis and promising to […]
Pictures of the day: Growing flowers in gas bombs
worldbulletin @worldbulletin #Palestinian lady collects gas bombs fired by Israeli army. She grows flowers in these bombs. pic.twitter.com/ThWZ7JgovL
Syria’s rebels admit they are unable to govern
STORY SUMMARY The Syrian border is just a few miles north of the processing station for refugees in Rabah al-Sarhan. Syrian rebel commanders had invited me to travel with them inside their country through a crossing point near there, but the Jordanian government emphatically said no. So this account is […]