U.S. ‘backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria and blame it on Assad’s regime’
Leaked emails from defense contractor refers to chemical weapons saying ‘the idea is approved by Washington’ Obama issued warning to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad last month that use of chemical warfare was ‘totally unacceptable’ By LOUISE BOYLE PUBLISHED: 14:16 EST, 29 January 2013 | UPDATED: 14:16 EST, 29 January 2013 […]
Meet Professor Dr. Fida Hassnain, the Roza Bal (Tomb of Jesus) expert
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in | tombofjesus.com As an expert archaeologist, he has conducted several excavations and unearthed vestiges of past civilizations. He appeared as an entry in the prestigious, Who’s Who in Archaeology. Professor Dr. […]
The man who gate-crashed Merkel’s plane
Source: The Local His actions have made headlines around the world, but have not ended well for him and left military chiefs red-faced. On July 25th the 24-year-old, wearing nothing but his underpants, boarded a government jet used by Chancellor Merkel and, high on drugs, staged a one-man party. He […]
Canada: Parti Quebecois’ Unacceptable Dress Code Proposal | Letter
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in We left everything behind for Canada, because this is where we have been able to practise our religion openly and freely. Re “Bad legislation PQ’s cross to bear” (Editorial, […]
Nigeria: Governor Adams Oshiomhole has urged religious leaders to help build bridges of unity and peace
Source: nigerianobservernews.com Speaking to a delegation of Majlis Ansarullah Ahmadiyya Nigeria who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, yesterday, Oshiomhole said he believes that religion should be used as a tool for peace and progress. GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has urged religious leaders and groups in […]
They are paddeling the Bikes until UK
By Zubair Khan According to Wikipedia adventure is an exciting or unusual experience. It may be activity with some potential for physical danger such as skydiving, mountain climbing or participating in extreme sports. The term also broadly refers to any enterprise that is potentially fraught with physical, financial or psychological risk, such as a business venture or other […]
Lyon cathedral adorned with ‘Muslim’ gargoyle
Source: BBC A Muslim stonemason in France has been immortalised by having his face carved on a gargoyle on the side of the medieval cathedral in Lyon. 59-year-old master mason Ahmed Benzizine, who is due to retire soon, has spent nearly four decades helping to restore the ancient Roman Catholic […]
When the government tells you what values to embody, you should start to worry.
Quebec’s charter of values: Less like Putin, more like poutine: Salutin The Star: The Parti Québécois government in Quebec is floating a “Charter of Quebec Values.” It makes me nostalgic […]
Life with autism: A Japanese schoolboy opens the door
By: Naoki Higashida Published on Fri Aug 23 2013 Toronto Star, August 24, 2013, section INSIGHT Naoki Higashida was born in 1992 and diagnosed with autism when he was 5. While still in junior high school, using a Japanese language alphabet board to communicate, he completed The Reason I Jump: […]
Quebec plan to ban religious symbols is shameful: Editorial
The Star: Quebec’s Parti Québécois government is plumbing new depths in its cynical campaign to pump oxygen into the sputtering cause of sovereignty. Its latest manoeuvre, according to a trial […]
Mind reading: Scientists reconstruct letters from brain scan data
RT: Dutch scientists have made another step towards reading people’s minds by creating a computer program, which uses brain scans to decode what a person is looking at. A team […]
Religion: Year In Review 2010
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica Worldwide Adherents of All Religions TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Islamic Issues Sexual Abuse Church-State Issues Internal Conflicts People in the News Worldwide Adherents of All Religions Religious Adherents in the U.S Related Contributors & Bibliography Figures on Worldwide Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas are […]
Islam in Africa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Abuja National Mosque in Abuja, Nigeria. From its beginning, Islam has been a central feature in Africa. Africa was the first continent into which Islam expanded, and it has become an […]
Syrian soldiers find chemical agents in rebel tunnels near Damascus- state TV
Syrian army soldiers have found chemical agents when they entered rebel tunnels in Damascus suburb of Jobar, Syrian TV reports, adding that some of them started suffocating. Soldiers “entered the terrorists’ tunnels and saw chemical agents,” state television quoted a “news source” as saying. “In some cases, soldiers started suffocating […]
US Experts Want More Leadership from Germany
Source: The Spiegel. But Germans aren’t the only ones with interests at stake. Across the Atlantic, theUnited States is watching too — and Washington is hoping that, once the campaign is history, Germany will take on a greater global leadership role on issues like trade, the euro crisis and international security. […]
‘Why this is Germany’s most boring election’
Source: The Local If Berlin was not full of vacuous election posters, a foreign visitor to the city would never clock on to the fact that a German parliament will be elected in five weeks. And if, out of curiosity, the visitor was to look at these posters or, in […]
Cyprus: Muslim temporary worship spot can remain for now
By Peter Stevenson CYPRUS MAIL PAPHOS Municipality was ordered by the interior ministry yesterday not to remove any temporary structures set up by Muslim worshippers on land that falls under […]
He’s not the son of God
Source: The Economist: INDIA is so crammed with colourful “godmen”, quacks hawking dodgy medicines and palmists to trace your fate, it is easy to miss the mild-mannered rationalists in the scrum. Extreme followers of Kali, the goddess of power, occasionally still leave a decapitated human sacrifice at one of her […]