Source: Haaretz: The Jewish holiday of Sukkot arose from a Canaanite agricultural festival, developing over the years into the holiday we know today, tabernacles and all. Some of the traditions […]
By RFI France’s Senate has backed a proposal to ban on beauty pageants for girls under 16 years old. Organisers of the contests would face up to two years in prison and fines of up to 30,000 euros in a bid to stop the “hypersexualisation” of young girls. “Don’t let’s allow […]
Source: examiner.com The current global situation is fast moving towards devastation. In particular the Syrian crisis could plunge the Arab world in great devastation and if foreign powers join in, the […]
Source: awoko.org A local teacher of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Secondary School in Boajibu town in the Simbaru Chiefdom in Kenema District has raised serious concern over huge amount of black flies in four of chiefdoms in the district that he said are potential threats for mass blindness in those chiefdoms if […]
The Title has been modified by the Muslim Times, from the original: Friends Say Aaron Alexis Was Into Buddhism for the Thai Women Source: The Daily Beast by Pete Freedman Sep 18, 2013 […]
Epigraph: And there is life for you in the law of retaliation, O men of understanding, that you may enjoy security. (Al Quran 2:180) Bangladesh: Abdul Kader Mullah gets death penalty for war crimes Epigraph: And there is life for you in the law of retaliation, O men of understanding, […]
Source: Qantara.de By: Joseph Mayton America’s anti-Islam sentiment is unfounded and dishonest. For one, it discounts the violence and school shootings perpetrated by non-Muslims. And it ignores the fact that the US government has been responsible for the deaths of over one million Muslims in the past decade. Joseph Mayton […]
AMSA: by Tahir Nasser “He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf…” (King Lear III, vi, 19) I cannot speak for others, but only for myself. Perhaps it was the carefree nature of my younger years (I’m only in my mid-twenties), but when the invasion into Afghanistan and […]
Source: Spiegel International By Joachim Wagner The German court system has a patchwork of rules and regulations about whether female lawyers should be permitted to wear the hijab, or Muslim […]
Reuters) – U.S. housing starts rose less than expected in August as multi-family activity slowed sharply, but a surge in permits to build single-family homes pointed to a sustained strengthening in the housing market recovery. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday housing starts increased 0.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted […]
“Relate of your dead only that which is good, and refrain from speaking ill of them.” (Holy Prophet Muhammad, sa) Death is an integral part of life and death is as […]
Published on Sep 18, 2013 Source: RT.com Christianity’s central place in British culture could be increasingly under threat, with church attendance numbers in severe decline. Meanwhile, the nation’s second largest religion, […]
Global Post: Syria’s government has provided “material evidence” that rebels have used chemical weapons in their battle to overthrow it, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday. Speaking after a meeting […]
Ahmadiyya Times: Fourth in four weeks, another Ahamdi man is murdered earlier today in Pakistan, it is reported. 27 years old Ijaz Ahmad Keyani, killed solely because of his faith, was a resident of Orangi Town area of Karachi, in the Sind province of Pakistan. The news of murder – first surfaced […]
Source: TOI MOSCOW: Syria has turned over materials to Russia which aim to show that a chemical weapons attack last month was carried out by the rebels, a top Russian diplomat visiting Damascus says. The August 21 attack precipitated the current high tensions over Syria’s chemical weapons and sparked a […]
Source: ET In the modern world, progress is measured predominantly through economic might, which brings with it powerful reward systems of global influence that often mask human rights violations or tyrannical regimes. It is an undisputed fact that every society, regardless of its current stage of development, requires its doctors, […]
Source: ET LAHORE: Islami Jamiat Talba, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, is harbouring militants in the Punjab University hostels, Dr Mujahid Kamran, the university’s vice chancellor, said on Tuesday. “Illegal occupants were living in PU hostels,” Dr Kamran said, accepting his failure to keep the hostels free of elements involved in […]
The Dutch government is taking another important step toward sustainable economic growth. Efforts to bring about robust public finances and a fair distribution of income are an inseparable part of this process. This is the main message of the Budget Memorandum that Minister of Finance Jeroen Dijsselbloem presented to the […]
Speaking Tree.in: by Tanveer Ahmad. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, who Manji-described Muslim leaders consider heretical, was founded on an interpretation of Islam that is practical, peaceful, and wholly ingrained in […]
No contagious diseases have so far been reported among this year’s Haj pilgrims and they are enjoying good health, said Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah. “We are optimistic that the […]