Source: NY Times: Over the past decade we’ve had a rich debate on how to expand opportunity for underprivileged children. But we’ve probably made two mistakes.First, we’ve probably placed too much emphasis on early education. Don’t get me wrong. What happens in the early years is crucial. But human capital […]
Source: CNN (CNN) Careerist clergy. The super rich. And now we can add another pelt to Pope Francis’ collection: Internet trolls.In statement released on Thursday, the Pope said the Internet and social media are making people across the world “increasingly interdependent.””The Internet, in particular, offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity,” […]
Source: Asia Times: Incoming General Raheel Sharif rightly has some weighty expectations to bear; he has to reverse the decline overseen by his predecessors and improve the security situation of the country, all while restoring the prestige of the army. Raheel has had the advantage of holding a clean slate. […]
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is at the moment the hardest-working man in (geopolitical) show business. He has just stepped into the lion’s den – or goldfish bowl; the World Economic Forum at Davos. And he charmed them all just with his “prudent moderation” strategy, […]
Report by, Mirza Mahmood Ahmad | Dayton, Ohio Last Monday our Dayton community participated in the Martin Luther King Day. A big poster “LOVE FOR ALL, HATRED FOR NONE” with […]
Source: muslimwriters.org Some 1400 years ago the unjust Meccan government criminalized the Qur’an. They arrested, beat, and murdered those who insisted on reading it. Today, another unjust government has criminalized the […]
Source: thetelegraphandargus.co.uk The Bradford branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association has its annual Peace Conference this weekend. The conference, which will be held on Sunday at the Al Mahdi mosque in […]
In the Spirit: Islam teaches support for workers, fair compensation, speaker says Print Email 20 hours ago • DOUG ERICKSON | Wisconsin State Journal | derickson@madison.com | 608-252-6149(6) Comments In the Spirit Reporter Doug Erickson explores matters of faith, values and ethics in Wisconsin. • Read more from this blog […]
Ahmadiyya Times A ‘student’s only’ interfaith event “My Story” was held at Mount Royal University, Calgary, yesterday where students representing Sikhism, Atheism, Christianity and Islam were invited to present stories of their journey in faith. The Reflector, an online magazine wrote that according to Kristal Hoff, a Christian Chaplain for […]
Watch Pakistan talk show in Urdu to see views on Ahmadiyya: Is Pakistan turning a page? Seedhi Baat 22nd January 2014 22 01 2014 Capital TV Watch in Youtube:
trust.org: By Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Pakistan has handed a death sentence for blasphemy to a 68-year-old Briton with a history of mental illness, even though his […]
Excavations prior to the construction of a new neighborhood in Israel have turned up the ruins of a 1,500-year-old Christian church with a beautiful mosaic. Archaeologists found the Byzantine-era church […]
Huff Post: Shiites believe that this year the birthday of Prophet Muhammad falls on January 19, while the Sunnis believe that the actual birthday is on January 26. Thus, it […]
Daily Times: UNITED NATIONS: As many as 6,000 children in Central African Republic have been recruited by armed groups and forced to commit atrocities along religious lines in a conflict that is at high risk of spiraling into genocide, UN envoys said on Wednesday. More than half the landlocked state’s […]
ET: ISLAMABAD: A bomb scare in the Pakistan Secretariat resulted in employees rushing out of the complex in a panic on Friday, Express News reported. Defense Minister Khawaja Asif was in the secretariat’s block C, and had been receiving threats. The bomb was reported to be in either block A, B, C or D […]
In conservative Pakistan, fighting breast cancer means fighting taboos One in nine women in Pakistan will face breast cancer during their life, with the country itself having the highest rate of the disease across Asia. The Toronto Star, 20 Jan 2014 B.K. Bangash / AP Breast cancer survivor and prominent […]
Internet-connected home appliances called security threat Experts warn of cyber attack threat from ‘smart’ household devices. The Toronto Star, 22/01/2014 – Harrison Smith photo / Harrison Smith photo Queen’s University professor David Skillicorn isn’t surprised to hear of a new U.S. report which tells of a massive cyberattack of “smart” […]
Suheir Azzouni/Mondoweiss Far-fetched Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations began earlier this month. But in parallel process for my family, long-time residents of occupied East Jerusalem, we have been sent into exile by […]
By Mustafa Barghouthi On Monday January 13th, the office of the special Envoy of the Quartet in Jerusalem, Mr. Tony Blair, circulated the eulogy [see below] he delivered at Ariel Sharon’s funeral, in the form of a Quartet statement. The full text of his eulogy, now accessible to the public, […]
The first day of talks in Switzerland, on Wednesday, was riddled with harsh denunciations made by both sides of the other’s lack of compromise and brutality on the ground during a fierce civil war. Meanwhile, other participants defended their own prerogatives. Western countries, Arab states, and Turkey supported the opposition […]