Afghan Bloom Can Afghanistan weather the storms after the U.S. withdrawal?
by Mariam Ghani My parents have a house in Dar ul-Aman, a neighborhood on the western outskirts of Kabul that was once a separate city, when Kabul was much smaller […]
MuslimKidsMatter | How to Be a Super-Hero During the First Ten Days of Dhul-Hijjah
As the month of October has started, you might have realized that the last month of the Islamic calendar is also beginning. This month is Dhul-Hijjah, an exciting month because it brings together millions of Muslims to Mecca for Hajj and has ‘Īd! Of course, you’re very excited for ‘Īd, […]
MuslimKidsMatter | How to Be a Super-Hero During the First Ten Days of Dhul-Hijjah
As the month of October has started, you might have realized that the last month of the Islamic calendar is also beginning. This month is Dhul-Hijjah, an exciting month because it brings together millions of Muslims to Mecca for Hajj and has ‘Īd! Of course, you’re very excited for ‘Īd, […]
Bangladesh honours Krishna Menon
Forty years after its Liberation War, Bangladesh Government has honoured former Defence Minister V K Krishna Menon posthumously at a ceremony attended by the Bangladesh President and Prime Minister in Dhaka, thus formally recognising his contribution to their war of Independence. Menon’s grand niece Radha Anand Menon and her […]
Afghanistan election: Warlords and technocrats seek to replace Karzai
By David Loyn BBC News, Kabul The race to succeed Afghan President Hamid Karzai in next April’s election looked wide open as nominations closed on Sunday night. Twenty-two people have […]
Egypt unrest: Cairo clashes continue as night falls
6 October 2013 Last updated at 20:25 BST At least 44 people have been killed and dozens hurt in Egypt, in clashes between police and supporters of the deposed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. More than 200 members of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested in Cairo, where 40 of the deaths […]
Ahmadiyya Outreach: Walk for Humanity USA 2013
Source: walkforhumanityusa.org Why Ahmadiyya Is Fundraising: “Hunger and low food quality take a toll spiritually, mentally, physically and collectively. Efforts to alleviate these hardships are investments in a more stable society” […]
Leaving Home: Muslim Rebels Drive Christians Out of Syria
A couple of days after she fled Syria for Turkey, a colleague sent me a message. “Dear Nuri, this is a court that the extremists established in my city, Lattakia, in the [Syrian] village of Kansabba. This Islamic court issues the law according to the extremists’ religion. It started today. […]
Israel demands Yatta villagers remove solar panels
HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Sunday demanded Palestinians remove 10 solar panels from their rooftops in the Yatta region south of Hebron, a local group said. The coordinator of […]
Missionary In-Charge Malaysia, Ainul Yakin M. Zain with John Baird, Foreign Minister of Canada
Source of the video: TheAmanTv On 5th October 2013, the Missionary-in-Charge of the Malaysian Jamaat, Maulana Ainul Yaqeen received an invitation from the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia, Her Excellency […]
VIEW : Sakina awaits Tomahawk in Damascus — Tehsin Haider Zaidi
VIEW : Sakina awaits Tomahawk in Damascus By Tehsin Haider Zaidi Arab countries are so excited to applaud the destruction of Damascus that according to Senator John Kerry they have offered to pay the cost of military intervention I visited Sakina only once during my trip to Damascus in 2004. […]
Columbus was not the First to Cross the Atlantic
Source : LostIslamicHistory.com / 6 May 2013 The old poem that most American school children recognize begins “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue…” Indeed, in the year 1492, Christopher Columbus (whose real name in Italian was Cristoforo Colombo) sailed across the Atlantic in the name of the Spanish crown and landed […]
ABC TV and Radio Conducts Interview with Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
Source: alislam.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad conveys peaceful teachings of Islam and says that true Muslims can integrate in the West On 4th October 2013, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
World film premiere of A Common Word
A topical film covering the ground-breaking global Muslim-Christian inter-faith initiative, ‘A Common Word’ will premiere during this year’s Cambridge Festival of Ideas on Monday, 28 October. Professor David Ford OBE, […]
Could you eat 10 pizzas in 12 minutes? This guy did
Could you eat 10 pizzas in 12 minutes? This guy did Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi wins Canada’s biggest pizza eating contest for the fourth year in a row. Toronto Star, October 6, 2013 Joel Eastwood Takeru Kobayashi defends his pizza eating title at Pie Wood Fired Pizza Joint in Barrie. […]
A Jewish country, but not for ‘Israelis’
The Hindu: Israel’s population registry lists a slew of “nationalities” and ethnicities, among them Jew, Arab, Druze and more. But one word is conspicuously absent from the list: Israeli. Residents […]
Muslim AIDS activist honoured for taboo-busting work
Muslim AIDS activist honoured by Canadian Council for Muslim Women Toronto Star, Oct 7, 2013 Joel Eastwood / Fanta Ongoiba was one of six Muslim women honoured Sunday for her work educating Muslims about AIDS. Fanta Ongoiba was honoured for her work educating Muslims about HIV by the Canadian Council […]
eDigest: Radio Australia: Ahmadiyya leader concerned over the sect’s persecution in Pakistan
His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad: the Worldwide Leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Lead post collected by Dr. Abdul Alim, Philippines Radio Australia: Ahmadiyya leader concerned over the sect’s persecution in Pakistan abc.net.au: The global head of the Ahmaddiya Islamic community is hoping his visit to Australia will […]
Asia-Pacific (APEC) Summit starts in Bali Indonesia
Nusa Dua, Indonesia – Asia-Pacific leaders convened on Monday for a summit in Indonesia aimed at advancing trade and investment liberalisation amid a regional economic slowdown. ……… The leaders from […]
Israel arrested 10,000 Palestinian children since 2000
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-detainees on Saturday said that the Israeli forces arrested 10,000 Palestinian since the outbreak of second Intifada in September […]