Riyadh metro to be 73 km underground
RIYADH: ABDULLAH AL-ANSARI ARABNEWS More than 73.4 km of the metro in the capital would be underground. One of the world’s largest metro projects, this automatic driverless network will be […]
Creationism: When God created the Swiss He was well pleased …
… and God asked the Swiss: “What else can I do for you?” The Swiss answered: “Some Mountains with snow on top and forests on the bottom would be nice” and he got it. God asked: “And what else would you like?” The Swiss answered: “Lakes spread around the country.” […]
Keighley’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association raise funds for Philippines typhoon victims
Source: keighleynews.co.uk Members of Keighley’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association clubbed together to raise funds for Philippines typhoon victims at a charity dinner. The meal was organised by international disaster relief charity Humanity First, and was staged at the Hilton Hotel in Bradford. A total of £18,090 was raised, of which the […]
The Ahmadiyya Perspective: Hoping And Dreaming Like Martin Luther King
Source: courant.com | Zahir Mannan, New Britain I don’t usually celebrate birthdays, being a Muslim American who follows Messiahs like Zarathustra. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on the other hand, means much more […]
A very successful Ahmadiyya Book Stall at 80th All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelana (Kannada Literature Festival), Karnataka, India
It was for the 2nd time in the history of Madikeri (the beautiful misty hill station of Karnataka, South India), got the opportunity to host the 80th All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelana (Kannada Language Literature Festival) from January 7th to 9th 2014, at the Field Marshal K M Cariappa College grounds, Madikeri. By […]
eDigest: Is it true there is a ‘startling’ rise in the birthrate of British Muslims?
Epigraph He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger, with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah as […]
Pentagon for Religious Freedom
Pentagon OKs religious beards, attire. Aljazeera- USA: The U.S. military approved a new policy that loosens regulations on religious symbols worn by service members, the Pentagon announced Wednesday — a […]
Perspective: My Story – My journey with faith
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Ahmadiyyat has taught me, to believe in a living God. A God that does not break the very rules he makes for this world whenever he wants to. A […]
#FreeDrMasood: The absurdity of blasphemy laws in Pakistan
Source: mena-post.com On a day when we are celebrating Martin Luther King day, I would like to ask the same question he once did « what are we doing for others […]
3 MYTHS THAT BLOCK PROGRESS FOR THE POOR – by Bill Gates
Source: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid […]
Dan Dennett: Let’s teach religion — all religion — in schools
http://embed.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_s_response_to_rick_warren.html Philosopher Dan Dennett calls for religion — all religion — to be taught in schools, so we can understand its nature as a natural phenomenon. Then he takes on […]
How a banana can land you in an American Prisoner-of-war Camp
Whenever I eat a banana I remember the story told to me by one of Iraq’s few ACA Chartered Accountants. When I met him he was Finance Director in an […]
Gunmen kill 6 police escorting Spanish cyclist (in Pakistani Baluchistan)
By ABDUL SATTAR and RIAZ KHAN, Associated Press | January 21, 2014 QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on Pakistani police escorting a Spanish cyclist through a volatile province […]
Reversing Aging: Not as Crazy as You Think
Time: by Alice Park — What makes cells age? Wear and tear, yes. But biologically, says, Dr. David Sinclair, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, it’s lack of oxygen that signals cells that it’s their time to go. Without oxygen, the energy engines known as the mitochondria become less […]
U.N. to offset refugee crisis by buying Lebanese
STORY SUMMARY The Industry Ministry in cooperation with U.N. agencies will advise Lebanese businesses on the procedures to participate in U.N. tenders to purchase goods for refugees, Sabounjian told The Daily Star. Pasini, who participated in the meeting with Sabounjian and Watkins, said the workshop aimed at bridging the gap […]
Robert Fisk: Egyptians – or 98.1% of them – carry on a proud tradition
This is such stuff as dreams are made on, enough to banish any nightmares troubling the sleep of Egypt’s army commander, General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi So Egypt is back to the age of the dictators – or, as I always call it, the Age of Magic Statistics. The Egyptian people, […]
SYRIA: Montreux peace talks stuck over Assad’s future
Matthew Lee and Zeina Karam, Montreux MACAU DAILY TIMES Syrian peace talks began yesterday in Switzerland with a bitter clash over President Bashar Assad’s future. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Assad’s decision to meet peaceful dissent with brutal force had robbed him of all legitimacy while Assad’s foreign […]
Syria report: One is reminded of Nazi Germany
Everyone knows that the Assad regime – from father Hafez onwards – has employed torture and executions to preserve the doubtful purity of the Baath party by Robert Fisk, The Independent The pictures are horrific, the torture details revolting, the numbers terrifying. And the integrity of the three former prosecutors […]
What Studying Muhammad Taught Me About Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Craig Considine, Ph.D. candidate at Trinity College Dublin, interfaith activist Muslims worldwide have recently joined together to celebrate Mawlid al-Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. This day is an opportunity for Muslims and non-Muslims, such as myself – a Catholic – to reflect upon the life and […]
Ahmadiyya Community Germany organizes ‘Islam Exhibition’
Source Mr Kaleem Ahmad, Bad Vilbel Germany By Zubair Khan Exploring all the possibilities to showing the world beautiful teaching of Islam is really a unique quality of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The Community that believes in the promised Messiah and Mahdi, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (peace be with him), whose advent was prophesied […]