By Adam O’Neal – February 20, 2014 When Navy SEALs raided Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan compound in May 2011, they found — in addition to the terrorist’s immediate family and an extensive pornography collection — hundreds of thousands of documents with sensitive information about al-Qaeda and its global operations. Nearly three years […]
Epigraph: Were you present when death came to Jacob, when he said to his sons, ‘What will you worship after me?’ They answered, ‘We will worship thy God, the God […]
Source: BBC By Jason G Goldman In the animal kingdom, parents adopt babies that aren’t their own, and even other species, says Jason G Goldman. Why do they do it? […]
Daily Times; CHANDIGARH, India (AFP) – An Indian guru declared dead has been in a deep freezer in his ashram for nearly six weeks with followers confident he will return to life to lead them, his spokesman said. Devotees placed Ashutosh Maharaj, whom authorities declared clinically dead on January 29, […]
Faithstreet.com: In his recent Washington Times article about the way Islamic law has shaped how Muslims live, Daniel Pipes reveals several surprising “facts” about Islam. For example, I was surprised to learn that Muslims not eating pork has resulted in “catastrophic deforestation” — even though United Nations studies have shown that South America […]
Source: dailytelegraph.com.au The Ahmadiyya Muslim held the top four spots Australia-wide for the highest numbers of volunteers for event and also topped NSW for donations The Association’s regular community works are much […]
Source: thenorthernecho.co.uk | itv.com A MUSLIM youth group has been praised for its voluntary work to help Armed Forces personnel and their families. Members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) were among 300 […]
Source: sierraexpressmedia.com His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has congratulated the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Sierra Leone, on the occasion of their 53rd Jalsa Salana (Annual Conference) held in Bo […]
Reported by ‘Amr bin Shu’aib on the authority of his father and grandfather: Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “It is not permissible for a person to sit between two people without their permission.” Riyad us Saliheen, Chapter 129, 829
BY MUATH FREY, JORDAN TIMES ie Syrian Khaldoun Al Ahmad gives a lesson in a tent school he built from his own pocket in the Jordan Valley recently (Photo by Muath Freij) AMMAN/ JORDAN VALLEY — From his precious savings, Syrian Khaldoun Al Ahmad decided to spend JD20 […]
Story Summary by Rami Khouri In Libya and Yemen, two Arab countries that are experiencing complicated, slow-motion transitions to more representative and accountable rule, we can clearly see a structural issue of troubled statehood that may also bedevil other Arab countries. As Libya and Yemen move ahead with plans to […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has his eyes on Crimea (Keystone) swissinfo.ch and agencies March 12, 2014 – 19:49 Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, in his capacity as chairman of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin about how to […]
BY STAFF REPORT The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Tuesday ruled that Pakistani laws prohibiting marriage of underage children are un-Islamic. At the end of its two-day session on Tuesday, the CII said there is no minimum age of marriage according to Islam. Islam does not forbid marriage of […]
A Mighty Girl: by Jennifer de Beer — Do you know the name of the Polish social worker who rescued 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII? How about the name of America’s first female self-made millionaire? Can you name a British suffrage movement leader who Time Magazine declared to […]
Source: The Huffington Post The Tribeca Film Festival has announced that a documentary short produced by Chelsea Clinton will hold its world premiere during the festival at the end of […]
Iranian president makes first Arab trip to Oman DUBAI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is visiting nearby Oman on his first trip to an Arab country since taking office last year.Iran´s state TV says Rouhani, who has vowed to improve Tehran´s relations with neighbors, landed in Muscat on Wednesday. A […]
Continue reading the main story In an emotional speech in Kiev on Sunday, former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky – recently released from 10 years in jail – told the Maidan “there is another Russia”, one opposed to military action in Ukraine. Russian writer and broadcaster Andrei Ostalski agrees […]
Epigraph: And thou (Muhammad) shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants and monks and because they are not proud. (Al Quran 5:83) The lead post written and collected by Zia H Shah […]
Source: thenorthwestern.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is holding a ‘Messenger of Peace’ conference to discuss Prophet Muhammad, the most sacred figure in Islam. The goal of this conference is to explain […]