A People’s History Of Muslims In The United States
Yemen Times: When I teach history related to Islam or Muslims in the United States, I begin by asking students what names they associate with these terms. The list is […]
Ukraine crisis: Britain to host talks over looted assets
Telegraph: The two-day London meeting will be attended by senior government officials, prosecutors and representatives from financial centres and international organisations. Britain will on Tuesday host international talks aimed at recovering Ukrainian assets believed to have been looted under the regime of deposed president Viktor Yanukovych. The international Ukraine Forum […]
UK: Long-term jobless to have to scrub war memorials and historic monuments
Telegraph: Long-term unemployed will have to report daily to local job centres to discuss how to get back to work and may be told to clean war memorials and restore historic monuments. Long-term unemployed people will have to clean war memorials, restore historic monuments and look after animals at city […]
In the cross hairs of the extremists-Yasser Latif Hamdani
The Hindu: by Yasser Latif Hamdani — The doublespeak among Pakistan’s middle class is pushing the country backwards. But there is still hope The founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah never claimed that all Muslims were a nation. He said that only for Muslims in undivided India who he felt constituted a […]
ADIEU AEGIS: Mercenary firm pulls out of Basel over new law
Seven months after Swiss parliament voted to outlaw the provision of mercenaries by Swiss-based security firms, British security contractor Aegis, one of the world’s largest working in conflict zones, is pulling its holding company out of Basel. The company, which effectively transferred its headquarters from London to Basel in 2010, […]
Brutal sectarian warfare has returned to Iraq
STORY SUMMARY by David Ignatius Iraq appears to be slipping back into civil war, and Sheikh Zaydan al-Jabiri, one of the political leaders of the Sunni insurgent group known as the Tribal Revolutionaries, seems confident that his side is winning. Make no mistake: Brutal sectarian war has come again to […]
‘Chaos’ reigns as deadly tornadoes slam several states
By Ed Payne, Joe Sutton and Devon Sayers Mayflower, Arkansas (CNN) — A brutal band of severe weather battered the central Plains and mid-South late Sunday, killing at least 16 people in Arkansas and […]
Indian cricket: far beyond the boundaries of fairness
Source:UCANEWS.com Author:Ivan Fernades The United Nations General Assembly named April 6 as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace because it says sport is an embodiment of humanity’s most valiant characteristics: perseverance and discipline, personal integrity and fair play. It went on to say that sport provides an alternative to […]
Indonesian Ahmadis defy prayer ban call
UCAnews.com: by Katharina R. Lestari — Muslim council demands sect adheres to mainstream teachings Followers of a minority Muslim sect in Indonesia are continuing daily prayers in their West Java mosque despite a call for a ban from the district’s Indonesian Ulema Council. Syaiful Uyun, an Ahmadiya cleric at the […]
Iran President Rouhani urges equal rights for women
BBC News — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged equal opportunities and rights for men and women, and condemned sexual discrimination. In a speech marking Women’s Day, Mr Rouhani criticised “those who consider women’s presence society as a threat” and said Iran still had “a long way to go” to […]
eDigest: Obama responds to alleged racist comments by Clippers’ Don Sterling
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Verily, the most honorable among you, in the sight of Allah, is he who is the most righteous among you. Surely, Allah […]
Muhammad the Messenger of Peace: A Successful Conference, In Dayton, Ohio
By Mirza Mahmood Ahmad The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Dayton recently took a bold step in organizing a conference in the University of Dayton this year on April 8th. The theme […]
France: Conference at Europe Business School: Geopolitics and Religions in Pakistan
Mahrukh Arif | Secrétaire Générale – Responsable Communication Cultures & Croyances | Education – Religions – Laïcité A large part of the audience was composed by judges and lawyers who […]
letter to Times via @aboosalik – 30 years ago today Pakistan made it illegal for Ahmadis to call themselves Muslims
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Ghana: Pray for the stability and progress of Ghana – Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has urged religious organizations to encourage their members to enhance their morality so that they can be entrusted with positions of trust for good national […]
Early Islam in Madurai: Times of India
READ MORE Kazimar Big Mosque MADURAI: The wide Kazimar Street, which branches off from the busy TPK Road near Periyar Bus stand, is one of the oldest settlements of Muslims in Madurai. Historical legends state that Hazrat Kazi Syed Tajuddin came to Madurai from Oman in the 13th century and […]
Abbas: Holocaust ‘Most Heinous’ Crime of Modern Era
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called the mass killing of Jews in the Holocaust “the most heinous crime” against humanity in the modern era. Mr. Abbas’ statement was published Sunday by […]
Obama responds to alleged racist comments by Clippers’ Don Sterling
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Verily, the […]
Circumcision Can Prevent Prostate Cancer If Performed After The Age Of 35
The Huffington Post: There’s good news and bad news, chaps. The good news is that researchers at the University of Montreal and the INRS-Institut-Armand-Frappier have shown that circumcision can hep […]
Demented Tony Blair recites the Saudis’ creed in his latest speech
Source: The Independent By Patrick Cockburn World View: The former prime minister’s intervention on radical Islam was aimed at all the wrong targets Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the core […]