Angelina Jolie pays respect to Srebrenica victims
Jolie was accompanied to the ill-fated town by British Foreign Minister William Hague, while on a trip to Bosnia. At the Srebrenica memorial centre museum, Jolie and Hague met women […]
Sexual harassment in Moroccan streets, who is to blame?
Morocco World News 14.2.2013 By Nidal Chebbak Fez – Sexual harassment has been a controversial issue in Morocco for a very long time and it still is. Different people have different opinions about the issue; some blame women for being too loose and others blame men for being unable to control […]
Pakistan: Ahmadi mother, son brutally stabbed to death in Islamabad
The blood stains around the residence indicate that a fierce struggle took place at the residence and the assailants faced strong resistance from the victims. Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Source/Credit: Ahmadiyya Times staff By Staff report | March 29, 2014 Ahmadiyya Times Members of an Ahmadī […]
Police team formed for Musharraf arrest warrant compliance
ISLAMABAD: A police team has been formed to ensure compliance of former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s arrest warrant. SP City Mustansar Feroze will lead the police team while . According to details, if Musharraf does not comply with the warrant he will be arrested. The special court hearing the […]
King wanted to take the Quincy’s cook for himself
Source: CNN.Com For his part, King Abdul Aziz so enjoyed his meals as the president’s guest on board the Quincy that he surprised his host with an unusual demand: he wanted to take the Quincy’s cook for himself. FDR was able to diplomatically ward off this request. (The concept that […]
Religious tolerance in Islam
WHILE on deathbed, Sayyidna Omar ibn Al-Khattab (mercy be upon him) dictated a long will consisting of instructions for the next caliph. Here is the last sentence of that historic […]
Video: Taliban cruel treatment of a Muslim prisoner
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=255385717956347 Islamic treatment of Prisoners – Wikipedia During his life, Prophet Muhammad changed this custom and made it the responsibility of the Islamic government to provide food and clothing, on a reasonable basis, to captives, regardless of their religion. If the prisoners were in the custody of a person, then […]
Groundbreaking ruling allows schools to sue students who harass peers
Epigraph: “The Muslim is he or she from whose tongue and hand fellow beings are safe.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad Source: NJ.com By Mark Mueller / The Star-Ledger In a groundbreaking […]
How Jesus Became God?
Source: The Huffington Post By Prof. Bart Ehrman Written in support of the new book How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee. Jesus was a lower-class […]
China and Germany to build Yuan Center
Source: China Daily By WU JIAO, ZHANG CHUNYAN in Berlin, and ZHANG YUNBI in Beijing Frankfurt offshore trading hub first of its kind in the eurozone Beijing and Berlin agreed […]
Who are the ‘media activists’ covering the war?
March 29, 2014 12:08 AMBy Olivia Alabaster, Diana Saad The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY While many inside and out of Syria bemoan the lack of attention that the conflict is getting internationally, it is perhaps the most “covered” war in history, given the nature of current media and technology, with thousands of […]
Germany agrees to expand dual citizenship
Source: The Local. Justice Minister Heiko Maas, said in a statement that he and Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière had struck a deal on a draft law which would create a path to dual citizenship for thousands more people. Maas called the plan “a very significant step toward a modern citizenship policy.” Those […]
French is No Longer Valid, English is the Solution
Source: Morocco World News: After the Secretary General of the Independence Party Hamid Chabat called for the adoption of English instead of French as the second official language in Morocco, Daoudi announced that the government is to adopt English in Moroccan universities. Talking to Al-Yaoum 24, Douadi declared that the […]
My name is not Azzi
Source: Morocco World News: The anti-racism campaign, “My name is not Azzi,” sparked numerous reactions, but some of which are particularly alarming as they become the vehicle for misleading and populist ideas. Under cover of a “journalistic approach,” one can read in a certain press specializing in a systematic critique […]
Call for non politicization of UNHRC
Source: Moroco World News: We hope the UNHRC will steer a steady course and rely on means to remain loyal to its founding principles as well as to its mission of defending and promoting human rights and of resisting any politicization, said Morocco’s permanent representative to Geneva, ambassador Omar Hilale […]
No NSA reform can fix the American Islamophobic surveillance complex
Guardian: Better oversight of the sprawling American national security apparatus may finally be coming: President Obama and the House Intelligence Committee unveiled plans this week toreduce bulk collection of telephone records. The debate opened up by Edward Snowden’s whistle-blowing is about to get even more legalistic than all the parsing of hops and stores andmetadata. These reforms may […]
Pakistan: Death for Blasphemy
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We have sent down to Our servant, then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers beside Allah, […]
Saudis woo Pakistan with $1.5 billion grant — Why now?
News.Yahoo: Pakistan announced last week that it received a $1.5 billion grant from Saudi Arabia, which it termed a “friendly gift” and an “unconditional grant.” Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have long had warm ties, but the no-strings-attached gift sparked immediate concern from Pakistani journalists, security experts, and opposition politicians, who question whether the […]
Toronto: World Religions Conference by Ahmadiyya Muslim Students’ Association
We want everybody to realize that we’re all united as human beings. We have to stay together; we have to help one another. That’s the primary message. Source: catholicregister.org TORONTO – […]
UK: Muslim organisation, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, celebrates 125th anniversary
Source: watfordobserver.co.uk One of the UK’s oldest Muslim organisations, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, which has a chapter in Watford, has celebrated its 125th anniversary. The community was founded in India by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian in 1889 and today it spans more than 200 countries with membership exceeding tens of […]