Courtesy: Hisham Qureshi Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is holding first ever blood drive at Massachusetts State house to honor the victims of 9/11 and Boston Marathon Bombings. It is fifth in a […]
Source: Dhaka Tribune Julfikar Ali Manik , Muktasree Chakma Sathi ‘If a state holds any religion, then it is practicing something else, not democracy’ Syed Haider Farooq Maudoodi, son of […]
Source: Dhaka Tribune Julfikar Ali Manik , Muktasree Chakma Sathi ‘If a state holds any religion, then it is practicing something else, not democracy’ Syed Haider Farooq Maudoodi, son of […]
By Camelia Pasandaran on The Jakarta Globe: Hard-line Islamists shuttered an Ahmadiyah mosque after reportedly threatening to burn it down on Sunday in the latest example of religious intolerance to plague West Java. The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) sealed a mosque in Sukatali village, in Sumedang, earlier this week after […]
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with Him, and that some of us take not others for Lords beside Allah.’ But if they turn away, then say, […]
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew implored Congress on Thursday to raise the debt ceiling, warning of potentially severe market and economic repercussions if it did not. In testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, Mr. Lew stressed that the Treasury Department would run out of “extraordinary measures” to free […]
They come seeking refuge, but when asylum seekers cross into the European Union, they often find little compassion. In Greece, they are held in squalid detention camps, while in Italy […]
Source: NY Times: Alice Munro, the renowned Canadian short-story writer whose visceral work explores the tangled relationships between men and women, small-town existence and the fallibility of memory, won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. Ms. Munro, 82, is the 13th woman to win the prize. More:
Source: Huffington Post VATICAN CITY — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has grabbed headlines with his off-the-cuff homilies, crowd-pleasing one-liners and lengthy interviews during which he has pontificated on everything […]
Source: Huffington Post VATICAN CITY — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has grabbed headlines with his off-the-cuff homilies, crowd-pleasing one-liners and lengthy interviews during which he has pontificated on everything […]
Guardian: While Geert Wilders and assorted online provocateurs may like to talk about banning the Qur’an as an extremist text, few take the idea seriously. Except in Russia, perhaps, where on […]
Guardian: While Geert Wilders and assorted online provocateurs may like to talk about banning the Qur’an as an extremist text, few take the idea seriously. Except in Russia, perhaps, where on […]
By A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at – Sri Lanka. During the first week of his second tour of Australia, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jama’at) and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad was interviewed by a journalist representing both the ‘The Standard’ and the […]
By Nicholas Robinson British farmers could be losing out on a major revenue boost from the Muslim celebration of Qurbani next week. A halal operator has told MeatInfo.co.uk that much of the lamb consumed as part of the celebration, which requires the animal to be ritually slaughtered to rules different […]
Source: Hafiz Fareed Khalid, National Secretary Tabligh AMJ Germany By Zubair Khan Almost for a decade now the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany, on a specific date, invites visitors to its Mosques and Salat centres. The event coincides with the German Unification Day which is celebrated 0n 03rd of October each year. Being public holiday many turn to these Islamic centres and get […]
Source: The Hawk via Wasim Sr. The United States government shutdown, possible diplomatic engagement with Iran, and al-Shabaab terror attacks in Africa have dominated the news lately, leading many people to overlook current developments in Pakistan. Over the past two weeks, Pakistan has been plagued by suicide attacks from rebel […]
Source: The News via Wasim Sr: But this Friday may also be our day of shame, for then we will also have maintained our 100 percent record of driving Nobel Laureates out of the country. There are still many in this country who propound preposterous theories on how Malala faked […]
Source: ET LAHORE: An anonymous caller on Thursday warned of a bomb planted in the Lahore High Court building, Express News reported. The entire building has been vacated as a security measure. Police officers have reached the premises and started a search operation. The Bomb disposal squad (BDS) is also present. More:
The Express Tribune: by Rana Tanveer – LAHORE: A high-intensity blast occurred outside the Sindhi Biryani hotel in old Anarkali, Lahore — also known as ‘food street’ — on Thursday, Express News reported. At least one person died, while eight others were injured in the blast. DCO Naseem Sadiq confirmed that two of the injured are in critical […]
Source: The Gulf News Travel agents expect big jump in tourist traffic from region By Sharmila Dhal Chief Reporter Published: 22:17 October 9, 2013 India will grant visas on arrival […]