southasianvoices.org: By: Tridivesh Singh Maini and Yasser Latif Hamdani With the BJP-led NDA Coalition being the frontrunner in the Indian Parliamentary elections, according to all surveys and opinion polls, all eyes are on Narendra Modi, the BJP’s PM Candidate and Chief Minister of Gujarat. Modi, who means different things to different people, […]
Thedailybeast.com: This week, the world’s eyes turned toward Nigeria. While the news that hundreds of young woman had been kidnapped from their schools by the terrorist group Boko Haram was slow to gain our attention, over the last ten days, that changed. Everybody from world leaders to Kardashians have joined the social media outcry. […]
Source: youtube.com Jamia Ahmadiyya Qadian is an institution for Religious Education in the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community founded by the Promised Messiah (as). The youth of the community can join this institution […]
Source: youtube.com Final session of MTA International Conference 2014, including an address delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may Allah be his Helper). Recorded on April 13, 2014. © Copyright MTA […]
Egyptian authorities on Tuesday evening closed the Rafah crossing after it was exceptionally opened for three days for pilgrims and people stranded in Egypt. The Egyptian ministry of interior said there were no set dates for the re-opening of the crossing. Some 840 Muslim pilgrims and a few others stranded […]
If arresting Adams just before the European elections was not political, then surely the British refusal to inquire into the slaughter in Ballymurphy was. by Robert Fisk, The Independent The […]
It is easy to be cynical about candidates winning 80 per cent of the vote but for some Middle East regimes the appearance of democracy is enough to secure the covert backing of Western powers Why do dictators love elections? It’s an old question in the Middle East, but it […]
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him and his weaning takes thirty months, till, when he attains his full maturity and reaches the age of forty years, […]
SAE Supermileage Competition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The UBC supermileage vehicle attaining cruise speed The SAE Supermileage Competition is a yearly fuel efficiency competition held at the Eaton Corporation proving grounds located in Marshall, […]
Source: Let us Build Pakistan I am not competent to comment on Why anyone widely considered as the bearer of divine authority did or did not do something. Apart from that, it is true that female genital mutilation (FGM) existed and continues to persist in wide swathes of Muslim populations […]
The Jakarta Post: WIN/Gallup International recently published its poll result regarding the positive role of religion in countries worldwide. The fascinating finding is that Indonesia tops the list, with about […]
By Iin Qurrotul Ain for www.arhlibrary.com This incident happened today. FPI Shouted “Allahu Akbar”, Besieging Al-Misbah Mosque Ahmadies are besieged by hardliner, group called FPI (Islamic Defender Front) in Almisbah Mosque, […]
Global Post: by Thompson Reuters — An effort by the World Health Organization to measure pollution in cities around the world has found New Delhi admits to having the dirtiest air, while Beijing’s measurements, like its skies, are far from clear. The study of 1,600 cities found air pollution had worsened since […]
Global Post: by Jess Zimmerman — Just in time for Mother’s Day, Save the Children has released its annual State of the World’s Mothers report, which includes a list and a map of the best and worst places to be a mother. The report collates maternal health, infant mortality, educational opportunity, per […]
Epigraph: And We have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him […]
‘Price tag, King David is for the Jews, Jesus is garbage’ graffiti found on wall adjacent to Roman Church, just a day after Vatican urges Israel to secure Christian sites. Municipality worker paints over graffiti in Hebrew on wall of Romanian Orthodox Church in Anti-Christian graffiti was found Friday morning […]
Source: Fox News By Qasim Rashid: I found myself awake at 3 am, reading the names of my Nigerian daughters—hundreds of them. Some shared the same name as my wife, Ayesha. […]
io9.com: This remarkable film brings together and animates thousands of historical records to depict the growth of London over the past two millennia, beginning with the construction of the very […]
Amazon.com: How does the Qur’an depict the religious Other? Historically, this question has provoked extensive debate among Islamic scholars about the identity, nature, and status of such religious Others. Today, […]
Source: The Local Police in Lower Saxony were left in awe of a three-year-old girl’s “stuntman-like” skills on Thursday after she clung onto the outside of a van for 18 kilometres, travelling at speeds of up to 80 km/h. More: