Pakistan: The state and the CII
Source: tribune.com.pk The establishment of one religion as the state religion to the exclusion of others diminishes equality of citizens of other faith. How can Pakistan be a democracy if all […]
Answering the call to prayer in China
Source: China Daily By Zhao Xu (China Daily) African Muslims find gathering spot to worship in Guangzhou, Zhao Xu reports. For Chinese residents living near narrow, tree-lined Jinrong Street in the center of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Friday is the day when they are treated to a spectacle – a weekly […]
Sex Education Deters Teenagers from Pre-marital Intercourse
Source: Morocco World News: I don’t have to be a parent myself to definitively say that all parents have the same concerns regarding their children; they want to protect them and prepare them for success in their adult lives. All loving parents do these things. Parents differentiate themselves by the […]
New train ticket offers 53-day rail trip around the world
Source: CNN London, England (CNN) — A 53-day journey by train might sound like murder on the Orient Express, but one enterprising British travel company is offering rail tickets that take nearly eight weeks to circumnavigate the globe. As you’d expect for the $36,500 price tag, you won’t be spending […]
Turkey losing faith in the European dream
For the last year, Turkey has been dogged by one of the worst domestic political crises in its history. It started with the countrywide protests sparked by the Gezi Park sit-in and continued with the Turkish government corruption scandal. It was then further exacerbated by the government’s ban on […]
UNDER PRESSURE: US tried to search Swatch factories for terror clues
swissinfo.ch and agencies April 6, 2014 – 11:31 The United States pressured the watchmaking Swatch Group to open its factories in Switzerland to anti-terrorism experts, the chief executive has revealed in a newspaper interview. “They no doubt wanted to check if it was possible to conceal explosives, poison or […]
Quran forbids men from hurting wives
Source: Duluth News Tribune By M. Imran Hayee During a discussion with my 11-year-old daughter on the subject of respect and the status of women in Islam, the conversation turned to the issue of domestic violence. When I told my daughter that critics of Islam allege the Quran encourages men to […]
SWEET TALK – Dark chocolate said to boost stress resistance
swissinfo.ch and agencies April 7, 2014 – 11:59 Consumption of dark chocolate helps protect against harmful stress and cardiovascular diseases, scientists at the universities of Bern and Zurich have found. […]
eDigest: Scottish Independence: Role of religion ‘should be recognised’
Epigraph There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Court: NYC Can Ban Church Service In Public School
Huff Post: NEW YORK (AP) — In the latest chapter of a long-running legal fight over separation of church and state, a federal appeals court again ruled on Thursday that New York City school officials can ban a small Christian congregation from holding weekend services in a grade school. The […]
Richard Dawkins is so wrong it hurts: What the science-vs.-religion debate ignores
Salon.com: Acolytes of Dawkins & Hitchens pretend that ignorant evangelicals represent all of religion. Here’s what they miss I’m supposed to hate science. Or so I’m told. I spent my […]
‘There are ways to make home attractive afresh for Christians in exile’
by Rula Samain | Apr 07, 2014 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Before the Arab Spring started, Majda Ayoub, a Jordanian Christian, decided to leave the US, where […]
UK teachers’ union to discuss changing UK exam timetable to accomodate Muslims and Ramadan
Source: Jihad Watch. GCSE and A-level examinations could be brought forward for hundreds of thousands of pupils to avoid a clash with Ramadan under controversial proposals.Teachers and lecturers in England and Wales are pushing for the summer exam timetable to be altered to help Muslim students who will be fasting when they […]
The state and the CII
Source: ET An amendment was also added to the Constitution a year later which proclaimed Ahmadis non-Muslims. Bhutto’s government went on to make Islamiat compulsory in schools and banned alcohol in Pakistan. Ultimately, his government’s policies led to the empowerment of Islamist groups. Add in Ziaul Haq’s inclusion of the […]
India votes: Biggest democratic exercise begins today
Source: ET Supporters of India’s ruling Congress party cheer at a rally ahead of general elections in New Delhi April 6, 2014. PHOTO: REUTERS DELHI: Millions of voters will head to the polls in India today (Monday) as general elections kick off in the country of 1.2 billion. India has a bicameral legislature, […]
Noah COULD have floated his boat, say scientists: Ark really could have coped with two of every animal -claim-physicists
Source: Daily Mail via Wasim Sroya Noah was provided with exact dimensions for the boat which should be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high.It was built to hold Noah, his family, and at least two of every species of animal for the duration of the flood.Using […]
Pathway To Peace
Guardian.co.uk — An informal get together and Q&A session is being organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK. The purpose of this event is to open our doors to the wider community and to promote peace, mutual understanding and tolerance for all. Established in the UK since 1913, ”LOVE FOR […]
ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE: A RESOUNDING WOMEN’S CALL FOR JUSTICE
Pinoy Weekly —- Thousands march and dance from Quezon City Memorial Circle to UP Diliman for the One Billion Rising for Justice on Feb. 14. Macky Macaspac Upping the ante in its call to action to end violence against women, this year’s One Billion Rising for Justice (OBR4J) in the […]
ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE: A RESOUNDING WOMEN’S CALL FOR JUSTICE
Pinoy Weekly —- Thousands march and dance from Quezon City Memorial Circle to UP Diliman for the One Billion Rising for Justice on Feb. 14. Macky Macaspac Upping the ante in its call to action to end violence against women, this year’s One Billion Rising for Justice (OBR4J) in the […]
No Women Allowed
Huff Post: by Jennifer Dobner — SALT LAKE CITY, April 5 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Mormon women who want ecclesiastical equality were denied admittance to a male-only session of their faith’s spring conference on Saturday, in their bid to promote the ordination of women into the lay priesthood. Adorned in […]