Shot in Missoula: The Tragic Death of a German Exchange Student
By Karin Assmann, Marc Hujer, Fidelius Schmid and Andreas Ulrich Diren D., a German high school student from Hamburg, wanted to get a taste of American freedom during an exchange […]
Afghanistan’s ‘forgotten’ poor wince as billions in aid go to badlands
May 9, 2014 – 05:03 By Mirwais Harooni and Jeremy Laurence AAB BAREEK/KABUL Afghanistan (Reuters) – For all the billions of dollars in foreign aid that have poured into Afghanistan over the past 12 years, Sajeda, her head-to-toe burqa covered in dust, sobs that the world has forgotten the poorest […]
What are you doing, judges of Egypt, by abetting repression?
May 08, 2014 12:19 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY The conduct of the courts and judges in Egypt during the past three years is a critical element to watch as the country pursues its tortuous route toward a pluralistic constitutional democracy. Most of us are […]
UK ‘second best education in Europe’ Asian countries on Top
BBC: by Sean Coughlan — The UK is in second place among European countries and sixth overall in a global education league table. South Korea is top, with three other Asian countries and Finland making up the top five, in rankings from education and publishing firm, Pearson. The rankings include […]
Celebrating America’s National Day of Prayer in California
By Jonathan M.A.Ghaffar – BMH News Service The first Thursday in May is designated as America’s National Day of Prayer and all across the country representatives from across the spectrum […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Singapore holds a Charity Blood Donation event
On Sunday 4th May, Joo Chiat, the eastern part of Singapore, became the focus of attention for many local community members as they converged at Masjid Taha on Onan Road […]
Why the Homs truce matters for Syria
In spite of its brittle nature and the threat of such a move being nothing more than a short-lived lull, it still remains the most viable route to achieve a […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at condemns killing of students by Boko Haram
By Prince Okedinachi March 2, 2014 20:18:23pm GMT WorldStage Newsonline– Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Nigeria has condemned the killing of students in Yobe State and other attacks by the Boko Haram […]
Muslim scholars condemn Boko Haram’s ‘heinous’ acts
JEDDAH: HABIB SHAIKH Published — Thursday 8 May 2014 Religious scholars working under the world’s largest bloc of Islamic countries on Thursday denounced the mass kidnappings of Nigerian girls by an extremist group claiming to be fighting for Islam. The group called Boko Haram seized more than 200 pupils from […]
A follow-up: Islam embraces gender equality
Source: Duluth News Tribune By M. Imran Hayee Part of the feedback to my April 6 Local View column, “Quran forbids men from hurting wives,” indicated a mistaken inference by some […]
eDigest: Boko Haram does not represent Islam
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 […]
India’s ‘Womanifesto:’ How central are women’s rights to this year’s elections?
CNN: by Monica Sarkar — The gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi in December 2012 marked a sharp turning point for the debate on women’s rights in India. The protests that exploded nationwide following the incident brought the issue forcefully to the political […]
Religious Tolerance, Sultan Mehmed II and the Prophet’s Promise
Lostislamichistory: Prophet Muhammad ﷺ promised his followers in the Arabian Desert that they would one day conquer the most powerful and legendary city of the day, Constantinople. For centuries, it seemed like […]
The Missing ‘R’
A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assignedto helping the other monks in copying the old canonsand laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks arecopying from copies, not from the originalmanuscript. So, the new monk goes to the Old Abbot to […]
I’ve Seen People Turn Garbage Into Some Cool Stuff. But THIS…. This Is Absolute Brilliance.
The Mind Unleashed — Gregory Kloehn goes dumpster diving, but not for the reason that most people would think. He isn’t homeless. In fact, he is an artist from Oakland that is trying to help the homeless and develop his craft at the same time. Instead of building sculptures that he would sell to […]
It’s Time for Muslim Outrage Against the Boko Haram
Huff Post: I remember the first time I met a young Muslim woman who had been beaten by her father for refusing to marry a man from their country of […]
Scientists Create First Living Organism With ‘Artificial’ DNA
Huff Post: For billions of years, the history of life has been written with just four letters — A, T, C and G, the labels given to the DNA subunits contained in all organisms. That alphabet has just grown longer, researchers announce, with the creation of a living cell that […]
Fasaad Fi sabilillah?
Dawn: It could have been just another ordinary patient arriving at an eye clinic for treatment. Abdul Rauf, a 20-something resident of Badami Bagh Lahore, took his father to Dr. Ali Haider’s clinic. A delay at the clinic ticked him off to such an extent that he planned to kill Dr Ali […]
Investigators fail to decode arrested FBI agent’s devices
Source: ET FBI agent Joel Cox. KARACHI: Even after hours of arrest, investigators failed to decode information from the devices belonging to a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent arrested at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Express News reported on Thursday. FBI agent Joel Cox was travelling from Karachi to Islamabad […]
French Soccer Club Hires Woman to Coach Its Men
Source: NY Times: Helena Costa, whose father did not like soccer and who often had to go to neighbors’ homes to watch games, will become the first woman to coach a men’s professional soccer team in France. Clermont Foot 63, a second-division club in Clermont-Ferrand, announced on Wednesday that Costa […]