No place for Ahmadis – living or dead!
Pakistan Today: It appears that Bishen Singh, a Sikh character from Saadat Hassan Manto’s Toba Tek Singh who was displaced after the partition of India and sent to a mental […]
eDigest: Rare portrayal of Muhammad’s youth in upcoming Iranian film
Epigraph “If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.” Karen Armstrong Mosque of Medina, first built in 1 AH Lead post contributed by Dr. Abdul Alim, Philippines Rare portrayal of Muhammad’s […]
Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit
BY SPIEGEL STAFF The NSA’s TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agency’s top secret weapon. It maintains its own covert network, infiltrates computers around the world and even intercepts shipping deliveries to plant back doors in electronics ordered by those it is targeting. In January 2010, numerous […]
Polygyny: What Was I Thinking?
By Aishah Schwartz American Writer, Activist & Photojournalist Monday, 30 December 2013 Introduction As we continue exploring polygyny in this series for OnIslam, I decided to freely share with readers that I am not embarking upon a discussion of the subject off the top of my head, or as the […]
Jat couple who fought their own to save Muslims
Muzaffarnagar, December 29 Torched houses and barren streets stare at you as you enter Fugana – one of the nine villages worst hit by the September 8 communal clashes that shook Western Uttar Pradesh and displaced more than 50,000 Muslims. Step a little deeper into the village, you will spot […]
Ahmadi man barred from burying wife in Pakistan graveyard
A man from the minority Ahmadi community has been barred from burying his wife in a graveyard in Pakistan’s Punjab province by a group of Muslims. The wife of Iqbal Ranhja, a resident of Faisalabad district, died yesterday. When Ranhja and members of the Ahmadi community took the body for […]
Your Facebook Posts, Tweets Could Cost You A Job
KUALA LUMPUR: Recruiter Muslim Nazari thought the 28-year-old applying for the sales manager position seemed too good to be true with his impressive resume and impeccable interview scores. Just to be certain, Muslim scanned his Facebook profile and found incriminating pictures of the once-promising job candidate using recreational drugs at […]
International conference of Ahmadiyya Muslims concludes
Press Trust of India / Business Standard The annual convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which saw representatives from various religions take part, concluded at Qadian here today. Bringing forth the commonalities among religions, the representatives of Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, and Christianity spoke on the need for peace in the society […]
By branding the entire Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists, General Sisi is adopting a well-tested tactic of past Egyptian dictators
by Robert Fisk, The Independent I don’t want to sound alarmist, but are Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his fellow generals in Egypt planning to hang ex-President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood colleagues? Impossible you might say. Nasser turned on the “Ikhwan” with Saddam-like ferocity only when a Brother – […]
Gulf states seek food security in Europe, U.S. after African problems
December 30, 2013 – 08:27 By Maha El Dahan ABU DHABI (Reuters) – The desert states of the Gulf are changing tack in their multi-billion dollar search for food security. With their farming projects in some of the poorest African nations sometimes arousing local hostility, wealthy Arab investors are turning […]
Israeli gov’t endorses law to annex part of West Bank
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A panel of Israeli Cabinet ministers endorsed proposed legislation on Sunday to annex an area of the occupied West Bank likely to be the eastern border of a future Palestinian state. The move, pushed by far-right members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, could weigh on […]
Makkah ready for Umrah pilgrims
MAKKAH: AHMAD WAHAJ AL-SIDDIQUI Published — Monday 30 December 2013 The Makkah Municipality has deployed all its resources to welcome Umrah visitors to the Grand Mosque and offer them the […]
Second blast in Russian city kills 10 on trolleybus: reports
(Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed when an explosion ripped through a trolleybus in the second deadly blast in the Russian city of Volgograd in two days, the […]
Jinnah and the two-nation theory
Daily Times: Hindus and Muslims had maintained largely separate existences despite living side by side. That they did not inter-dine or intermarry was not Jinnah’s doing nor was the Hindu pani and Muslim pani, and the Hindu and Muslim gymkhanas Jinnah’s idea In his article ‘Jinnah, Bhutto and the […]
Israeli ministers approve bill to annex Jordan Valley, peace talks under threat
Russia Today; Israeli ministers have approved a bill to annex Jordan Valley settlements to the Jewish state, threatening US-brokered peace talks with Palestine. Ministers opposing the proposed legislation plan to appeal the decision and demand a revote. Eight ministers on the Committee for Legislation voted in favor of the bill, […]
Lack of Women Empowerment Contradicts Quranic Vision
Huff Post: by Pervez Ahmed — “No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. […]
Religious Networks are a Diabolic Threat to Pakistan
Religious Networks are a Diabolic Threat to Pakistan By Saeed Qureshi Pakistan could be devoured by the merciless, ignorant and intolerant religious networks, if their proliferation is not checked well in time on war footing level. Pakistan indeed was created as an Islamic state and for the social, political and […]
Let Syrian refugees come to Britain, says Nigel Farage
Britain should offer a safe haven for Syrian refugees, Nigel Farage has said THE TELEGRAPH By Christopher Hope, Senior Political Correspondent Britain should offer a safe haven for Syrian refugees, […]
U.S. aid to Syrian refugees generally stops at the border
By Anne Gearan, Published: December 27, 2013 Only a tiny number of the more than 2 million refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war can meet the requirements to be resettled in the United States, frustrating international relief officials who say the numbers needing help could nearly double in the coming year. […]
Israel tries to enlist more Arab Christians into military service
NAZARETH, ISRAEL — Dozens of Israeli soldiers respectfully rose from their seats as the Israeli national anthem began playing. The tinny recording of “Hatikva,” an ode to the Jewish yearning for the Land of Israel, wrapped up a ceremony, held in Hebrew, during which speakers thanked the troops and handed […]