By Tarek Fatah Here is only a partial list of businesses and corporations owned by or affiliated with the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Their revenues go into billions of Takas and they employ tens of thousands of workers and students. Many who support the JI in BD are armed and operate as […]
Epigraph: And thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants and monks and because they are not proud. (Al Quran 5:83) Lead article collected by Salma Javid Khan, India […]
British doctor, 72, is beaten up by his patients and jailed in Pakistan for ‘posing as a Muslim’ after they film him reading the Koran Masood Ahmad was beaten up by two men pretending to be patients The 72-year-old is now in a Lahore jail, accused of ‘posing as a […]
Source: BBC A US judge has ruled the National Security Agency’s mass collection of telephone data may be unconstitutional. Federal District Judge Richard Leon said the electronic spy agency’s practice […]
Source: BBC A US judge has ruled the National Security Agency’s mass collection of telephone data may be unconstitutional. Federal District Judge Richard Leon said the electronic spy agency’s practice […]
Huff Post: by Paul Brandeis Raushenbush — 2013 was a huge year for religion news. The transition of power in the Vatican, church state issues in the United States, and religious tension in the Middle East were just a few of the reasons that religion was so often […]
International Islamic congregation concludes in Bhopal Press Trust of India | Bhopal December 16, 2013 Last Updated at 16:12 IST Read more on: Bhopal | Delhi | India | Law | National News | New Delhi The 66th Aalmi Tablighi Ijtema, an international Islamic congregation, today ended at Eitkheri with a mass prayer for the well-being of the community and peace and […]
Hong Kong’s Islamic finance goal boosted by Basel III rules Sukuk demand seen as rising as Islamic banks seek alternative to interest-paying bonds under regulatory need for more high-quality equity Enoch Yiuenoch.yiu@scmp.com Davide Barzilai, of law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, says the government’s timing is right for the launch of […]
Hong Kong’s Islamic finance goal boosted by Basel III rules Sukuk demand seen as rising as Islamic banks seek alternative to interest-paying bonds under regulatory need for more high-quality equity Enoch Yiuenoch.yiu@scmp.com Davide Barzilai, of law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, says the government’s timing is right for the launch of […]
Source: Pak Tea House By Obaidullah Khan Ours is a diseased society and anyone who has any sanity left in oneself would hardly differ with it. Many a times a single disease causes multiple symptoms in a body. A deep study of our diseased society may reveal that there is […]
Source: yourlocalguardian.co.uk Young Muslim volunteers helped plant more than 5,000 trees after teaming up with a wildlife charity. Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) joined up with the Woodland Trust last Sunday as part of the association’s national tree planting campaign. The group travelled to Heartwood Forest near Sandridge […]
Source: getreading.co.uk More than 65 members of the youth wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association joined in with volunteers from Reading, Oxford, Aldershot and Camberley Volunteers from a Muslim organisation picked […]
Source: humanrights.asia December 16, 2013 ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-155-2013 16 December 2013 ——————————————————————— INDONESIA: Intimidation of Ahmadis escalates in Singkut, Jambi ISSUES: Freedom of religion; minorities; non-state actors ——————————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding intimidation by […]
Source: arabnews.com Uthman ibn Affan was the third caliph of Islam. He was known as the leader of the faithful and ruled for approximately 12 years. The first six years were […]
Epigraph: And thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants […]
Source: onislam.net In the time of the Prophet, children were adopted but still retained the name of their birth parents. This wisdom, passed to Muhammad (PBUH) in a revelation, allowed the […]
By Michael Pearson (CNN) — Ho ho — huh? The family of an African-American high school student in New Mexico says he’s crushed after a teacher questioned why he was wearing […]
By Michael Pearson (CNN) — Ho ho — huh? The family of an African-American high school student in New Mexico says he’s crushed after a teacher questioned why he was wearing […]
Source: saudigazette.com.sa Safar, the second month of the Hijri calendar, may be seem slightly lackluster in comparison to blessed months like Ramadan or Dhul-Hijjah, but a number of events took place […]
Source: onislam.net Opening a new field of action in Islamic studies and interfaith relations, the book won praise of intellectuals and theologians CAIRO – As world politicians propagate ‘clash of civilization’ […]