The Gracious, the Merciful – God is Love!
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD The third verse of the Holy Quran is, ‘the Gracious, the Merciful.’ The equivalent in the New Testament of this verse could […]
Hate speech: Conference calls for boycott of Ahmadis
ET: LAHORE: Speakers at an anti-Ahmadi conference on Saturday vowed to expel all members of the Ahmadi community from the city. The Radd-i-Qadianiyat Conference was held at Jamia Naeemia. The participants were told they had a duty to wage a holy war against Ahmadis. The audience which included a large number of […]
For Pakistan’s Ahmadis, a depressing tale of two gatherings
The Independent: By Omar Waraich A fortnight ago, tens of thousands of members of the Ahmadi Muslim community gathered in the historic English market town of Alton. They were there for an annual conference. This year, the community was also marking the centenary of its presence in Britain. As far […]
Extremism has no place in Islam
By Laiq Ahmed Atif is president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Malta. A subject that becomes the talk of the town in the month of September is the peril of extremism and terrorism in the world. Sometimes, this debate goes one step further and people start talking about extremism and radicalisation in […]
What makes Jerusalem so sacred?
Opinion by Richard Hect, special to CNN JERUSALEM (CNN) – Perhaps the most repeated observation about Jerusalem is that it’s a sacred city for the three monotheistic faiths of the west, […]
Scenic “Mount Vernon” is in Texas
By Saeed Qureshi While searching through Texas Tourism Department’s website for finding the sight-seeing places around Dallas/Fort Worth, we came across a curious name: “Mount Vernon”. Although there were quite a few other scenic locations, yet we decided to visit this place. It is one of those unique towns that […]
Letter to a Syrian Friend Who Said: ‘Your Opposition to the US Attack on Syria Means You Support the Asad Regime’
Vijay Prashad / Jadaliyya Dear Friend: You are in Syria, somewhere in Damascus. You have been involved in various protests to fight for more democratic space in Syria, and then, after the early months of 2011, to overthrow the regime of Bashar al-Asad. I have learned a great deal from […]
“Denial of Palestinian Water Rights has Become a Permanent Feature Under Oslo Interim Accords”
PNN/ Exclusive 13th September, 2013 marks the two-decade anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Accords. In light of this occasion, the Emergency Water and Sanitation/Hygiene (EWASH) Advocacy Task Force […]
US-Russia reach landmark deal on destruction of Syria chemical weapons arsenal
RT: Russia and the United States reached a deal on a framework that will see the destruction or removal of Syria’s chemical weapons by mid- 2014. Under the plan, the […]
Muslimah World contest to rival ‘immodest’ Miss World
JAKARTA: The Miss World beauty contest, which has attracted fierce opposition by Islamic groups in host country Indonesia, is now facing another challenge — a rival pageant exclusively for Muslims. […]
Personal Memories of Australia: Challenges of Growing Up in a Non-Muslim Country
By Deana Nassar Freelance Writer Sunday, 15 September 2013 00:00 I realized as a child that while being a Muslim was awesome, being a minority was difficult Facing yet another challenge and being vulnerable, it was only natural that during these trying times I backtrack to help myself recover. As […]
Dawkins’ False Papal Fatwa: ‘Einstein was a Pantheist and not a Deist?’
Epigraph We (Allah) have created you. Why, then, do you not accept the truth? What think ye of the sperm-drop that you emit? Is it you who have created it […]
Picture Of The Day – White Peacocks
White Peacocks of Pakistan. Explore the Beauty of Pakistan
Fifth Annual Symposium by Ahmadiyya Muslim Women in Buffalo NY, Today
If you are seeking global harmony and coexistence and are in vicinity, you may be able to attend today. See the details below:
Pakistani general, two other soldiers, killed in bomb blast
(Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed a Pakistani general and another officer on Sunday near the border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani army said, rare high-ranking casualties in Pakistan’s war against militants. Major General Sanaullah Khan, along with a lieutenant colonel and another soldier were killed in the Upper Dir district after […]
Peace Sign Satanic?
Huff Post: A Christian school in the Netherlands, Pieter Zandt Scholengemeenschap, was horrified to find an allegedly satanic symbol in its latest student agenda, asking parents and students to return the planners for shredding. That symbol? A peace sign. School board chairman Johan van Puten told Dutch newspaper Trouw that a Google search revealed […]
How to Immediately Improve Your Life
Huff Post: by Arianna Huffington. Philosophers have known this for centuries. “No one can live happily who has regard for himself alone and transforms everything into a question of his own utility,” wrote the first-century Stoic philosopher Seneca in his Moral Letters to Lucilius. And in practically every religious tradition and practice, giving […]
UK: World Muslim leader advises strict care in handling Syrian crisis
examiner.com: The Khalifa of Islam issued a stern caution to the world leaders that the current global situation – centered around the conditions inSyria – ‘is fast moving towards a devastation.’ Hadhrat (His Holiness) Mirza […]
Libya Faces Looming Crisis As Oil Output Slows To Trickle
by KRISHNADEV CALAMUR September 12, 2013 So it seemed Libya’s oil industry had survived intact and wouldn’t be roiling international markets. As recently as April, the country was producing 1.4 […]