Why are thousands of Muslims in Hampshire this weekend?
By Athar Ahmad BBC Asian Network Ahmadis have come to Hampshire from as far away as Fiji and Ghana It promises to be a beautiful sunny weekend. But why have […]
Shakil Afridi for Aafia Siddiqui?
Source: ET There is something that rings alarm bells in the announcement by the commissioner for law in the tribal areas, Sahibzada Muhammad Anees, that a new trial was to be ordered for Dr Shakil Afridi, the man sentenced to a 33-year jail term in May 2012 for helping the […]
Inspectors Leave Syria as U.S. Defends Plan for Attack
Source: NY Times: United Nations weapons inspectors left Syria for Lebanon on Saturday as the Obama administration made an aggressive and coordinated push to justify a military intervention on the grounds that American credibility was at stake. The inspection team left after spending the past four days in Syria, an […]
Kerry Lays Out Evidence of Chemical Attack by Syria
Source: NY Times WASHINGTON — Jabbing his finger at the lectern, his voice forceful, his words brimming with indignation, John Kerry laid out the case like the prosecutor he once was, making a closing argument to a skeptical jury. Again and again, some 24 times in all, he used the […]
Thousands converge for International Islamic Conference
Source: Mr Abid Khan Press Desk London. PRESS RELEASE The 47th Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat UK began today at the vast Oaklands Farm site in Alton known as ‘Hadeeqatul Mahdi’. The three-day international event has attracted global interest with around 30,000 delegates attending from dozens […]
Syrian rebels used Sarin nerve gas, not Assad’s regime: U.N. official
By Shaun Waterman -The Washington Times Monday, May 6, 2013 Testimony from victims strongly suggests it was the rebels, not the Syrian government, that used Sarin nerve gas during a recent incident in the revolution-wracked nation, a senior U.N. diplomat said Monday. Carla del Ponte, a member of the U.N. […]
Iran, not Syria, is the West’s real target Iran is ever more deeply involved in protecting the Syrian government. Thus a victory for Bashar is a victory for Iran. And Iranian victories cannot be tolerated by the West
Before the stupidest Western war in the history of the modern world begins – I am, of course, referring to the attack on Syria that we all yet have to swallow – it might be as well to say that the cruise missiles which we confidently expect to sweep onto […]
Vatican blasts West for planning war against Syria despite UN probe
The Vatican’s official daily has criticized Western powers for escalating their war rhetoric against Syria despite an ongoing UN investigation into a recent alleged chemical attack near Damascus. “The tones […]
US intelligence agencies’ ‘black budget’ detailed
A breakdown of US intelligence’s multi-billion dollar “black budget” has been revealed in files disclosed by leaker Edward Snowden to the Washington Post. The CIA’s budget is the most expensive, $14.7bn (£9.5bn) out of a $52.6bn in total for 16 intelligence agencies, according to the files. Two of those agencies […]
‘The Leadership of Muhammad’ a book by the British management scholar John Adair
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com ‘The Leadership of Muhammad’ is a new book by British management scholar John Adair that mines the life of the Prophet Muhammad to highlight his extraordinary qualities as a leader. Over […]
The role of merchants in spreading message of Islam
The adage: “Actions speak louder than words” was well embodied in the Islamic history, namely the spread of Islam in many non-Muslim countries, like parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, […]
Flashback: The Rabwah Jalsas
Source: mta.tv/jalsaconnect Given that we don’t have massive Rabwah Jalsas anymore, I wondered how they would have been and what preparations would have been made for them. To find some […]
Tahajjud: How To Wake Up Without An Alarm Clock?
Source: mta.tv/jalsaconnect Are you frustrated by an Alarm clock? Pressing the snooze button too often? Sleeping in? It happens to all of us, you set your alarm for Tahajjud excited to […]
10 Ways To (Spiritually) Prepare For Jalsa Salana UK 2013
Source: mta.tv/jalsaconnect Our focus can turn now to the most important preparation; our spiritual one. Here are 10 ways to prepare, spiritually: 5 daily prayers (Essential) – This goes without saying. In […]
Life loses value in the Middle East
Source: Asia Times: By Ramzy Baroud How many Egyptians have been killed since the January 2011 revolt? Various sources suggest all sorts of numbers. It is as if the life of the ordinary Egyptian doesn’t matter on its own, only within a larger context to prove a political point. The […]
Iran can help Obama finesse his legacy
Source: Asia Times. By M K Bhadrakumar President Barack Obama is setting a new precedent in America’s history as an imperialist power. He is all but apologizing before he orders a military attack against a sovereign country with which the United States is not at war and which has not […]
Pakistan Overturns Conviction of Doctor in Bin Laden Hunt
Source: NY Times: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani judicial official on Thursday overturned the convictionof a Pakistani doctor who helped the C.I.A. while it was searching for Osama bin Laden, and ordered a retrial. The official, Sahibzada Muhammad Anis, who presided over an appellate court hearing the case, ruled that […]
Obama Set for Limited Strike on Syria as British Vote No
Source:NY Times. WASHINGTON — President Obama is prepared to move ahead with a limited military strike on Syria, administration officials said Thursday, despite a stinging rejection of such action by America’s stalwart ally Britain and mounting questions from Congress. More:
Britain’s Parliament Votes Against Military Action in Syria
Source: NY Times. Prime Minister David Cameron said that Britain would not participate militarily in any strike against Syria after he lost a parliamentary vote on Thursday on an anodyne motion urging an international response by 13 votes. It was a stunning defeat for a government that had seemed days […]
Eucharist: Some say it is Wafer, Others believe it is Body of Jesus
Epigraph: He (Allah) is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He knows all things full well. (Al Quran 57:4) Eyes cannot reach Him (Allah) but […]