by Daniel Warner, DCAF May 2, 2014 – 11:05 For the present government in Kiev as well as for most western leaders, federalism for Ukraine is a dirty F-word. Daniel Warner from the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), looks at why identity is key. By […]
by Elisa Oddone | Apr 30, 2014 | 23:50 Syrian refugees are seen at the Azraq Refugee Camp, which was officially opened on Wednesday (Photo by Muath Freij ) AZRAQ […]
AMMAN — Muslim scholars and intellectuals from various Islamic countries and schools of jurisprudence have reached a consensus on a fatwa (religious edict) to end a ban of Muslim visits to Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem while under Israeli occupation. The fatwa was announced during the three-day “Road to Jerusalem” […]
CHEATING and deception are despicable characteristics that are beneath a decent person. Intentionally distorting the truth in order to mislead others contradicts the values of honesty, which requires an attitude of sincerity, straightforwardness, and fairness that leaves no room for cheating, lying, trickery, or deceit. There are many texts from […]
LONDON: The spread of deadly superbugs that evade even the most powerful antibiotics is no longer a prediction but is happening right now across the world, UN officials said. Antibiotic […]
ET: KARACHI: Talat Hamdani is tired, but she still vows to fight on. “Injustice is injustice,” she says in a telephone interview. She stops to catch her breath as she […]
Please find attached the invitation for the Peace Symposium that will be held in Mangalore on Saturday the 3rd of May, Inshallah. Senior Politicians, Religious Leaders, Journalists and other important […]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ repeated call on Arabs and Muslims to visit Jerusalem is finally paying off. A conference held in Amman, courageously tackled this issue and produced a surprising […]
By Nils Klawitter Palm oil can be found in many of the products we consume each day. Much of it comes from Indonesia, where brutal methods are deployed against locals. One of the main suppliers says it is cleaning up its act, but has it really changed? Two months ago, […]
MILAN – An Italian ship brought nearly 1,200 migrants to the Sicilian port of Augusta as Italian officials sounded the alarm over the rising tide of migrants trying to enter Europe. Navy Commander Aldo Dolfino told Sky TG24 on Friday that migrants had been evacuated from eight life rafts and […]
Neil MacFarlane is professor of international relations at Oxford University. DW: The conflict over Ukraine entered a new phase with a military assault by Ukrainian forces on areas held by separatists and two downed helicopters. Are we witnessing the beginning of a full scale military confrontation now? Neil MacFarlane: I […]
Source: arabtimesonline.com WASHINGTON, May 1, (AFP): An expert panel on Wednesday urged the United States to add Pakistan to a blacklist of violators of religious freedom, saying that the Ahmadi minority […]
Source: berwicknews.starcommunity.com.au | By LACHLAN MOORHEAD BERWICK-BASED president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (AMA) of Victoria played a key role in advocating the Ahmadiyya community’s internationally renowned gathering in Sydney last month. A […]
Source: mydailynewswatchng.com An excerpt from the 42nd annual National Ijtema (convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Organisation. Federal Government has been urged to develop a holistic youth development policy framework which would […]
By Iin Qurrotul Ain. Source: Sultanul Qalam Group Ijteema (Annual Convention) of Lajnah Imaillah (Ladies of Ahmadiyya Muslim) in Wanasigra Village Tasikmalaya-West Java, Indonesia was revoked because of terror. The […]
Source: Balkan Insight The Union for Changes was formally established at a ceremony held on April 30 in Banja Luka, the main city in Republika Srpska. The leading parties in the bloc are the Serbian Democratic Party, SDS, the largest opposition party in the mainly Serbian entity, the Party of Democratic […]
Source: The daily Beast: The Kremlin has expanded its secret “black list” of Americans banned from Russia to include Obama campaign fundraisers tied to the LGBT community and senior Congressmen, diplomatic sources tell The Daily Beast. Moscow’s list, these sources say, was expanded in retaliation to the Obama administration’s attack […]
Source: The daily Beast: The Kremlin has expanded its secret “black list” of Americans banned from Russia to include Obama campaign fundraisers tied to the LGBT community and senior Congressmen, diplomatic sources tell The Daily Beast. Moscow’s list, these sources say, was expanded in retaliation to the Obama administration’s attack […]
Source: Spiegel REUTERS Russian President Vladmir Putin: “Death is horrible, isn’t it?” Some like to idealize Vladimir Putin as the ideological successor to the left-wing Soviet leaders, but that’s sheer nonsense. His speeches offer clear evidence that his points of reference originate in fascism. In order to understand Vladimir Putin, […]