Australia’s first Islamic Museum to open in March
Source: Muslimvillage.com: The museum will explain the tenets of the Islamic faith, and the meaning of misunderstood terms such as jihad and sharia. Patrons can stand in a minaret and […]
Glasgow: Ahmadiyya 5k Fun Run raises over £20,000
Source: yorkhill.org Our friends from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Glasgow kindly invited us to their annual New Year Dinner on Sunday 26th January. We were delighted to attend and meet the local community and whilst there, we announced the final total raised from last years 5K Fun Run that took […]
Friday Sermon: “The Exemplary Ahmadi Muslim” delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (ata) Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: alislam.org Audio: Urdu: Play |download German:Play |download Text Formats: Arabic Bosnian French Verses Cited in this Friday Sermon: 3:104 61:4 3:201 2:19 13:12 5:33 About Friday Sermon: The Jumu’ah (Friday) prayer is […]
Remember thy Lord when thou forgettest (secret of Happiness)
[18:25] Unless Allah should will. And remember thy Lord when thou forgettest, and say, ‘I hope my Lord will guide me to what is even nearer than this to the right path.’ Explanation: The verse purports to say to Muslims that in their hour of despondency and helplessness before the irresistible […]
Syracuse Muslims Meet Congressman Dan Maffei
By Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, President of Ahmadiyya Community Syracuse, NY I have been trying to present book by His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Worldwide leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, World […]
The Jewish fear of intermarriage
By Erica Chernofsky: BBC News, Jerusalem Intermarriage – when Jews wed non-Jews – has been called a threat to the future survival of the Jewish nation. So what happened when there were reports that the Israeli prime minister’s son was dating a Norwegian non-Jew? The Norwegian daily Dagen last week reported […]
Recycling the old, with one difference
February 08, 2014 12:15 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star The widespread anticipation among what seems like just 27 people in the United States who follow the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations is that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will soon table a set of American positions or […]
Gazans endure power blackouts with dark humour
inShAFP / JORDAN TIMES GAZA CITY — Hemmed in by Israeli and Egyptian blockades, Gaza is plagued by long and frequent power blackouts, prompting some residents to try to lighten the mood with dark humour. Gaza ensemble Tashweesh — Arabic for “interference” — has posted on YouTube a […]
Iran’s President donates $400,000 to Jewish hospital
Source: The Huffington Post President Hassan Rouhani of Iran surprised Tehran’s only Jewish hospital with a generous donation on Thursday, reports the New York Times. His brother personally delivered $400,00 […]
Humility and its virtues
Humility and its virtues HUMBLE POSTURE: True worship comes through humility of the soul. Abu Usama Ath-Thahabi Published — Friday 7 February 2014 Humility is when a person does not see himself as being better or above other people because of frivolous reasons like social standing, […]
Makkah transport system gathers steam
Makkah transport system gathers steam MAKKAH: Irfan Mohammed The prestigious Makkah Integrated Transport System is gaining momentum in the holy city as authorities gear up to initiate the SR25.5 billion project by processing tenders which are expected to be finalized soon. This is the third project […]
400 gather at Chino Mosque to celebrate life and teachings of Prophet Muhammad
More than 400 men, women and children of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Southern California gathered at the Baitul Hameed Mosque on Ramona Ave. in Chino on January 26th to celebrate their […]
Are Pakistan’s talks with the Taliban bound to fail?
On Thursday, February 6, representatives of the Pakistani government and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) met in the Pakistani capital Islamabad to discuss a road map aimed at ending a decade-long violent insurgency in the country. In a joint statement issued after the talks, the two sides agreed on […]
Israel troops attack al-Aqsa Mosque, clashes ensue
Fri Feb 7, 2014 6:10PM Clashes have erupted between Palestinian worshippers and Israeli soldiers at the al-Aqsa Mosque in the West Bank city of East al-Quds (Jerusalem). The clashes broke […]
NICK HAYEK : Swatch head ticked off about NSA spy scandal
swissinfo.ch and agencies February 7, 2014 – 09:07 Hayek’s comments came in response to a letter from New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who administers the state’s $161 billion (CHF145 […]
Sowing Fear: World War I and the Seeds of Hyperinflation
By Alexander Jung DPA Inflation in action: This photo shows a German mark note from 1923 with a printed value of 20 million. During hyperinflation, it was stamped to become 2 billion marks. The current debt crisis in Europe evokes painful memories of the German hyperinflation. Price increases began with […]
Hamburg : Deadly fire in refugee center – fire appears to have been intentionally set (Ahmadi family killed)
As previously reported on Short News , in a Hamburg apartment building in a devastating fire a 33 -year-old Pakistani woman , and her two sons, aged six and […]
Job growth remains weak
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) After a chilly month for job growth in December, hiring warmed up a bit in January. But not by much. The U.S. economy added 113,000 jobs last month, according to the government. That’s an improvement from December, but was far weaker than hoped. Economists had been expecting […]
India: Members of Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya Bangalore take part in “Clothes to the Needy” Drive in Karnataka
Courtesy: Shahid Parvez, Bangalore “Clothes to the Needy” Drive in Karnataka: A Joint Effort by Dubai and Bangalore !!! Inspired from the reports of cloth distribution programs conducted earlier in the year 2013 by MKA South Karnataka, friends from Dubai conducted a massive cloth collection drive in which they have collected […]
India: Members of Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya Bangalore take part in Nirankari Peace Program
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Representatives take part in Program of Peace organized by Sant Nirankari Mission at Bangalore Courtesy: Shahid Parvez, Bangalore Representatives of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Bangalore took part in the […]