French first lady in hospital after reports of Hollande affair
Source: Reuters: * Media say Trierweiler shaken by news of Hollande affair * Elysee source says “the president is at work” * Poll shows French public care little about the […]
Everything was political
Source: The Economist: ALWAYS keep an eye on the quiet ones. Robert Gates, a Washington veteran who served as George W. Bush’s final defence secretary and stayed on as Barack Obama’s first, has written an incendiary memoir that belies his reputation as an inscrutable, unflappable team player (Team Obama […]
Religion on campus
Source: The Economist: Theology is losing ground in higher education across western Europe. But in certain specific ways, religion and religious culture have become a very hot campus topic, at British universities in particular. We’re not talking here about religion as a subject for academic study, but about faith as […]
Switzerland: University courses : English a fact of life for many Swiss students
by Geraldine Wong Sak Hoi, swissinfo.ch January 12, 2014 – 11:00 More than ever before, students attending universities in Switzerland are able to do some or all of their degree […]
President acknowledges contribution of Muslim community
The President of Fiji Ratu Epeli Nailatikau has acknowledged the contribution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Association to the country. During his keynote address of the Prophet Muhammad’s Celebration in Samabula, Ratu Epeli said the hard work of the members has seen them over the years establish several primary and […]
Putin’s preening aside, it’s not clear what Russia hopes to become
January 13, 2014 12:48 AM By Nina L. Khrushcheva The Daily Star Story Summary For more than two decades, August has been the cruelest month for Russian leaders. The August 1998 debt default and ruble collapse laid waste to President Boris Yeltsin’s free market reforms and resulted in the sacking […]
Only Obama can fix a broken U.S. foreign policy process
Story Summary January 13, 2014 12:48 AM By David Ignatius The Daily Star Reading the devastating memoir by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, people are likely to ask the same troubling questions that emerge from the morning newspapers these days: How did the Obama administration’s foreign-policy process get so broken, […]
20% cut in quota for foreign Hajis stays
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that it would continue to impose a 20-percent cut in Foreign pilgrims and a 50-percent reduction in domestic pilgrims during […]
JORDAN: Gov’t to grant foreign spouses, children of Jordanian women full civil rights — lawmaker
Decision made as part of deal with House-based group by Khaled Neimat | Jan 12, 2014 | 20:12 AMMAN — Husbands and children of Jordanian women married to non-Jordanians will […]
Syrian teacher turns tent into improvised school for refugee children
by Muath Freij | Jan 12, 2014 | 22:43 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — When 10-year-old Omran Taqi arrived in Amman with his family, the activity he missed the most was […]
30 Awe-Inspiring Hindu Temples
Huff Post These elaborately decorated Hindu temples sing praise to the glory of God with their breathtaking architecture. Hinduism is sometimes called the world’s oldest religion, and many of these sacred structures are full of history. Though these beautiful places of worship celebrate spirituality, noted Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda was careful to […]
Innocent Muslims subject to outrageous persecution at Gitmo: Analyst
CTV: Inmates in the US-held notorious Guantanamo Prison are facing one of the most outrageous persecutions in history, an analyst tells Press TV in an interview. “It is one of […]
1 in 10 Babies in England and Wales Are Muslim
Arutz Sheva: New census figures released Friday by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that one out of every 10 babies and toddlers in England and Wales are […]
Majlis Ansarullah of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany in Fore Front.
By Zubair Khan 11.01.2014 will be remembered as special day for the Majlis Ansarullah,an auxiliary organization of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany. During 2013 the Ansarullah Germany organized 7 charity walks at different places. Unique feature of these charity walks was simultaneous conduct on one week end. Thousands took part in these walks. Approximately an amount of Euro […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Frankfurt Germany celebrates New Year Reception
By Zubair Khan January 11th of 2014 was special day in the history of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Frankfurt. Under the arrangements of Shoba Kharjiyya (external affairs) new year reception party was organized by AMJ. National headquarter of AMJ was represented by national secretary external affairs Dr Dawood Majoka. Mr Idrees Ahmad, Local Amir of AMJ Frankfurt was overall in charge of program while Mr Zafarullah Khan, local secretary external affairs took the […]
WikiLeaks: Saudi-Financed Madrassas More Widespread in Pakistan Than Thought
Islamabad’s inaction on extremism is a recurring theme in many of the WikiLeaked cables emanating from the U.S. embassy in Pakistan. By Michael Busch, May 26, 2011 We’re honored to have Michael Busch dissecting the latest WikiLeaks document dump for Focal Points. This is the fifty-sixth in the series. It’s hardly a […]
BANGLADESH I am sorry
Courtesy: http://www.thedailystar.net Faheem Younus I was born in Pakistan, a few months before the war which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh on December 16, 1971. And it was only after I moved to the US that I recognised the magnitude of human rights abuses the Pakistani army committed against their […]
Second Convocation Ceremony of Jamia Ahmadiyya UK Takes Place
Source: press@amjinternational.org The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 11 January 2014, the second Convocation Ceremony of Jamia Ahmadiyya UK took place at the College premises in […]
‘12 years too many’: US activists mark Gitmo anniversary by rallying for closure
Saturday marks twelve years since the first detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay prison on January 11, 2002. On the anniversary US human rights activists marched to the White House demanding the facility’s closure. This time, the annual Day of Action to shut Guantanamo down comes as quite a number of […]
Politicians, Muslim scholars join vaccination effort as violence hinders Pakistan polio drive
By Pamela Constable, Published: January 11 E-mail the writer AKORA KHATTAK, Pakistan — In the tribal badlands of Pakistan’s northwest, where Pakistani soldiers and American drones target Taliban insurgents, a parallel war is being waged over a crippling virus that endures in only three places in the world. Last year, […]