Malala Marches Toward the Nobel Peace Prize
This Friday, the Nobel committee announces the 2013 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. As far as global opinion is concerned, the award is a 16-year-old Pakistani girl’s to lose. […]
Jesus’ Crucifixion Date Possibly Friday April 3, 33 A.D., According To Earthquake Study
The Huffington Post | By Samreen Hooda Posted: 05/25/2012 4:39 pm EDT | Updated: 05/31/2012 8:02 pm EDT A new study suggests that the Biblical date of Jesus’ crucifixion is, in fact, possible to confirm. The International Geology Review investigated an earthquake that was said to have occurred the same date as Jesus’ crucifixion. Biblical citations […]
Jesus' Crucifixion Date Possibly Friday April 3, 33 A.D., According To Earthquake Study
The Huffington Post | By Samreen Hooda Posted: 05/25/2012 4:39 pm EDT | Updated: 05/31/2012 8:02 pm EDT A new study suggests that the Biblical date of Jesus’ crucifixion is, in fact, possible to confirm. The International Geology Review investigated an earthquake that was said to have occurred the same date as Jesus’ crucifixion. Biblical citations […]
A captivating book about the life of Prophet Muhammad
Source: muslimmirror.com Book: Follow Me, God Will Love You – Muhammad The Prophet for All Author: Syed Hamid Mohsin Pages: 435 Publisher: Salaam Centre, Bangalore Contact:salaamcentrebangalore@gmail.com By Erum Altaf, In a time when some evil-minded […]
Why every Muslim must aspire to perform Hajj
Source: observer.ug Millions of Muslims are pouring into Islam’s holiest city of Mecca for the annual Islamic pilgrimage, Hajj, the religion’s fifth pillar. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) received the divine instructions […]
Respect non-Muslims — Maulvi Yawson (Ameer and Missionary in charge, Ghana)
Source: ghanaweb.com The acting Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, Alhaji Maulvi Muhammad Yusuf Yawson, has urged Muslims to respect and protect the lives and properties of non-Muslims. He explained that they should consider as sacred and inviolable the honour, lives and properties of fellow […]
Dr. Faheem Younus, president of the Baltimore Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community confronts myths about Islam
Source: carrollcountytimes.com Dr. Faheem Younus, president of the Baltimore Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, said he has acted as a voice for moderate Muslims on national outlets including a regular […]
Israeli scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Jerusalem Post: 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry to be awarded to Jewish-American scientists Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, Arieh Warshel for work on multiscale models for complex systems; Levitt, Warshel […]
Indonesia- a new breed of politicians with clean hands
In Indonesia a new breed of politician is on the rise. The Wall Street Journal: Fifteen years after the overthrow of strongman Suharto, and less than a year before the […]
Dr. Abdus Salam and Nobel Prize of 2013
Epigraph: Thou sees not, in the creation of the All-merciful any imperfection. Return thy gaze, seest thou any fissure. Then Return thy gaze, again and again. Thy gaze, Comes back to thee dazzled, aweary.’ (Al Quran 67:4-5) Dr. Abdus Salam and Nobel Prize of 2013 Epigraph: Thou sees not, in the […]
Mass fraud
Source: ET: We may be moving steadily closer to a system where it becomes possible to pick up electoral fraud, using sophisticated electronic technology now available. Following the moving of an electoral tribunal by a PTI candidate, Muhammad Zubair Khan, who according to announced results had lost by a huge […]
Former dictator Musharraf granted bail, free to leave Pakistan
By Syed Raza Hassan and Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD | Wed Oct 9, 2013 (Reuters) – Former military dictator Pervez Musharraf could leave Pakistan as soon as Thursday after a decision […]
Obama to choose Yellen for top Fed job, markets relieved
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate Fed number two Janet Yellen on Wednesday to run the world’s most influential central bank, providing some relief to markets that would expect her to tread carefully in winding down economic stimulus. The nomination will put Yellen on course to be the […]
The dilemma of Kashmir’s half-widows
Decades of conflict have produced many ‘half-widows’ whose husbands have disappeared but are not declared deceased. Decked by thick deodar forests, terraced corn fields, apple orchards and jagged mountains, the […]
The dilemma of Kashmir's half-widows
Decades of conflict have produced many ‘half-widows’ whose husbands have disappeared but are not declared deceased. Decked by thick deodar forests, terraced corn fields, apple orchards and jagged mountains, the […]
How our entire history was dumped in a horse stable
Dawn.com: by Majid Sheikh – Away it went in ignominy, on hundreds of wheelbarrows to be dumped in a dirty, humid and putrid discarded horse stable. I am talking about one of the world’s finest, and surely the second largest collection of rare books, manuscripts and document dealing with the […]
Saskatoon mosque to open in 2015
New mosque hopes to ‘promote love for all’ Plan to open in 2015 By Jason Warick, The Starphoenix October 7, 2013 Lal Khan Malik, president of the Ahmaddiya Muslim Community of Canada speaks as the Saskatoon congregation of the organization holds a ceremony to mark the groundbreaking for a new […]
Pope Francis: ‘I Believe in God, Not in a Catholic God’
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 […]
Rollback nations: The modern Islamic state continues to be a besieged idea.
Indianexpress: By Khaled Ahmad: After the Taliban killed a major-general and blew up 80 Christians in Peshawar, Pakistan is busy rationalising the situation in favour of “peace talks” with them. As if wheedling himself into their good books, a judge in Peshawar questioned: “Why is modern banking still allowed in […]
China replaces five central bank advisors
Source: China Daily BEIJING — China has replaced five members of its central bank’s monetary policy committee, according to a circular released on Wednesday by the State Council, China’s Cabinet. Chaired by People’s Bank of China (PBOC) governor Zhou Xiaochuan, the committee welcomes five new members: Xiao Jie, deputy secretary-general of […]