Iran, Gulf states make diplomatic overtures
STORY SUMMARY United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed on a rare visit to Iran Thursday called for a partnership with Tehran, ahead of a planned visit by […]
Philanthropists end Komala’s bill ordeal
SAUDI ARABIA: Two Pakistani philanthropists have paid the hospital bills of Komala Ahmed, the cancer-stricken 12-year-old Pakistani girl, who is currently being treated at the Saudi-German Hospital in the city. Manzur Ahmed, Komala’s father, said the two Pakistanis arrived on Wednesday evening to visit her and pay the medical bills. […]
‘Criminalize abuse of Prophet’
MADINAH: YUSUF MUHAMMED Published — Friday 29 November 2013 Delegates at a conference here have called on governments of Muslim majority nations to seek a United Nations resolution that would make the abuse of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), other prophets and caliphs a criminal offense. This was one […]
Grand Mosque project structure collapses
JEDDAH: MD AL-SULAMI Published — Friday 29 November 2013 A newly constructed structure at the Grand Mosque in Makkah collapsed on Thursday delaying work on the second phase of the […]
National Ijtima 2013 of the khuddam ul Ahmadiyya Mauritius
The National Ijtima 2013 of the khuddam ul Ahmadiyya Mauritius was held on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of November in the Darus Salaam Mosque, Rose Hill. This time it was going to be a special one as we were also going to celebrate the 75th year of National Ijtimas’ […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community bemoans modern day slavery
Source: graphic.com.gh The Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba), has bemoaned the continued existence of slavery in these modern times with the powerful nations preying on […]
Pakistan: A British national Ahmadī doctor arrested, booked on blasphemy by Lahore police
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Giving into mob’s demands police charged Dr Masood with blasphemy under criminal code section 298-C, the anti-Ahmadī part of the blasphemy laws. An Ahmadi doctor is arrested and held […]
Video: World Peace Leader visits Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Japan
Additional Reading World Crisis and Pathway to Peace by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V
‘HOUSE OF PEACE’ [Dar-ul-Aman] Ahmadiyya Muslim Community center to offer space for recreation, prayer
Source: theneworleansadvocate.com High above the entrance to the new Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Center are the words “Darul Aman.” “Translated, it means house of peace,” said Mobashir Ahmed, president of the Ahmadiyya […]
The Bible and Slavery: It’s Not That Complicated?!
Source: bridgewatersociety.wordpress.com My father recently referred to basic ethics as “biblical morals.” I rehashed the tired arguments that suggest our morals come from elsewhere and encountered, in response, a religious meme […]
Explore God – Is the Bible Even Reliable?
Source: heartsupport.com Most people will believe anything they hear as long as someone makes it sound important, so when it comes the the reliability of the bible, most people assume it’s […]
Oldest known Bible in U.S. sold at auction
Source: thecelebritycafe.com The first book written in the US has fetched $US14.2 million ($15.59 million) in New York, becoming the world’s most expensive printed book sold at auction. The translation of […]
How did the Bible spread? Jerusalem exhibit traces a remarkable journey
Source: csmonitor.com ‘The Book of Books’ displays 200 of the rarest biblical manuscripts in an illuminating tale of how the world’s most-published book came to be. JERUSALEM — Copied by Jewish scribes […]
Ahmadi families Flee Jambi Village Over Threats, Conversion Attempts
The Jakarta Post: Two Ahmadiyah Muslim families left their homes in Jambi after members of a local Islamic boarding school offered the families an ultimatum: convert to Sunni Islam or […]
eDigest: Why Muslims should celebrate Thanksgiving?
Epigraph: And, truly, thy Lord is gracious to mankind, but most of them are not grateful. (Al Quran 27:74) Why Muslims should celebrate Thanksgiving? Epigraph: And, truly, thy Lord […]
‘Separation of Church and State to remain Intact’ – Russian Patriarch
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has surely grasped […]
Atheist Billboards To Flood California City As Non-Believers Make Holiday Push
Huff Post: by Meredith Bennett-Smith — Just in time for the holiday season, an anti-religion organization is planning on erecting dozens of atheists billboards in an effort to let fellow non-believers know they’re “not alone.” The Greater Sacramento Chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has paid for 55 different […]
Secularism: what does it mean to you?
theguardian — Our panel discusses whether a secular society merely separates church and state, or if secularism has a wider remit Will Self: ‘I think of it as the separation of church(es) from the state’ I suspect it doesn’t mean anything particularly original to me: I simply think of it […]
Malaysia: New ruling to maintain Muslim business legacy
The Malaysian Reserve | November 28, 2013 A fatwa issued in April has allowed the creation of trusts that will allow the family business to be preserved and passed down to ensuing generations in a non-disruptive way. by Sathish Govind & Kazi Mahmood PETALING JAYA: The Labuan International Business and […]
Angola govt denies Islam ban despite mosque closures, attacks
Reports of mosque closures and restrictions on wearing veils in public have surfaced despite Angola’s president denying the country’s ban on Islam. All of Angola’s 60 mosques are closed at present, eight mosques have been been dismantled in the past two years and Muslim women are not allowed to wear […]