Global Issues: by Jonathan Rozen — UNITED NATIONS, Feb 14 (IPS) – As the world moves closer to the 2015 end mark of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a new U.N. report illuminates how far global society has come, but also how far it still must travel to achieve its […]
A Syrian fruit vendor waiting for customers in the Shaar neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo. The city has been hit hard in the ongoing civil war in the country. The violence in the country has been ongoing for almost three years. Well over 100,000 people have been killed […]
Source: BBC The former chief editor of prominent Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao is in a critical condition after being attacked with a cleaver, officials say. Kevin Lau was attacked in Hong Kong by two men on Wednesday morning, police said. He suffered three wounds. The attackers reportedly fled by […]
An attempt to discuss human rights in Turkey prompted that government to throw Quebec’s controversial values charter back at Canada’s ambassador for religious freedom. Save to Mystar Blair Gable for The Toronto Star 25/2/2014 Andrew Bennett rejects any attempt to compare the persecution of minorities abroad with what’s happening in […]
Source: CNN But with tensions in the region high, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered surprise military exercises Wednesday, state media reported. The exercises are “to check combat readiness of armed forces in western and central military districts as well as several branches of the armed forces,” Russian Defense Minister Sergey […]
Source: TOI LONDON: Miffed that you didn’t get into Oxford University? Cross because you can’t afford that three-bed in the town centre? Not got one non-executive directorship to your single-barrelled name? There is only one person to blame: your great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather. More:
Epigraph: “Love of your country (patriotism) is a part of your faith.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad Lead post collected by Zubair Khan, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Germany Fatwa cannot be forced upon people, Supreme Court rules Epigraph: “Love of your country (patriotism) is a part of your faith.” The Holy […]
Source: yourlocalguardian.co.uk The Baitul Futuh Mosque in London Road hosted dignitaries from Indonesia for a talk and video presentation about persecution all over the globe. Faith groups from all over the […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Imam Shamshad explained that the idea of Jesus’ Godhood was developed later and it runs contrary to what Jesus seems to believe about himself from the events describes in […]
Source: newindianexpress.com A strong relationship with God is imperative for success. -said Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’ ath district president B B Ahmad Kabeer. He was speaking at the District Tharbiyath Camp organised […]
Information from Shahid Parvez, Bangalore/Bengaluru Assalaamu Alaikum Dear All, If you could read the above, then you know the language “KANNADA”, which is spoken by about 40 million people mainly concentrated in […]
Report by: Shahid Parvez Masha’Allah, Al’humdulillah! Book Stall of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Bangalore awarded the Stall with the Best Speaker among Spiritual Stalls at the “Science and Technology Exhibition” organized […]
Source: TOI CAIRO: Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will keep his post as defence minister in a new government, an official source said on Wednesday, quashing speculation he was about to announce a widely expected bid for the presidency. More:
The Mind Unleashed — They said he would never learn, now he’ll teach them a thing or two… A genius boy whose IQ is higher than Albert Einstein is on his way to possibly winning a Nobel Prize after being set free of special education programs in public schools. His […]
A Muslim man detained by police at an airport on his way home from Hajj, the holy journey to Mecca, has won a significant legal battle over the UK’s anti-terror laws. The High Court declared that Abdelrazag Elosta was unlawfully refused access to a solicitor before he was detained and […]
theguardian: by Ola Perczynska — When 14-year-old Deumaya from Gorkha district in Nepal, talked about getting married, she said: “I met my husband in the village. He is two years older than me. It was a love marriage – we were in love. We went to another village and stayed […]
47. Take Allah as thy Guardian [73:10] He is the Lord of the East and the West; there is no God but He; so take Him as thy Guardian. [17:3] And We gave Moses the Book, and We made it a guidance for the children of Israel,saying, ‘Take no guardian beside Me, [39:42] Verily, We […]
WASHINGTON — About 200 people struggling to become homeowners filled the pews of Plymouth Congregational church on a recent Saturday morning. Some were self-employed, others short on a down payment, many branded by credit problems. Mortgage lenders would have thrown money at them a decade ago. Now, the chastened industry […]
51. Fear God [3:176] It is Satan who only frightens his friends; so fear them not but fear Me, if you are believers. [2:41] O children of Israel! remember My favour which I bestowed upon you, and fulfil your covenant with Me, I will fulfil My covenant with you, and Me alone […]
52. Turn to Allah in sincere repentance [66:9] O ye who believe! turn to Allah in sincere repentance. It may be that your Lord will remove the evil consequences of your deeds and make you enter Gardens through which rivers flow, on the day when Allah will not abase the Prophet nor those […]