Source:BBC Ghana’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the opposition to annul President John Mahama’s narrow victory in last year’s disputed election. The NPP had alleged that Mr Mahama won the election fraudulently, a charge his NDC party denied. NPP leader Nana Akufo-Addo told the BBC he was disappointed […]
Source: NY Times: BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Social Democratic rival, Peer Steinbrück, fought each other to a virtual draw in their sole television debate of the German election campaign on Sunday night. The face-off was a mostly decorous 90-minute affair that commentators had cast as Mr. Steinbrück’s […]
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: The ministry of information technology was upbeat about lifting the ban on video sharing website YouTube after having finally acquired the ‘missing’ filters to block blasphemous content within days but it seems that the matter will consume more time. On August 22, State Minister for Information Technology Anusha […]
Source: boston.com With the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaching, the Greater Boston chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is sponsoring four blood drives this month to honor […]
The Tribune: Anti-Ahmadi groups are planning to hold up to 10 conferences in the first week of September to mark the passage of the Second Amendment to the Constitution on […]
August 31, 2013 Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack by Dale Gavlak and Yahya Abaneh http://original.antiwar.com/Dale-Gavlak/2013/08/30/syrians-in-ghouta-claim-saudi-supplied-rebels-behind-chemical-attack/. GHOUTA, Syria – As the machinery for a U.S.-led military intervention in Syria gathers pace following last week’s chemical weapons attack, the U.S. and its allies may be targeting the wrong culprit. Interviews with people […]
Brussels | 1 Sep 2013 Assuming the U.S. Congress authorises them, Washington (together with some allies) soon will launch military strikes against Syrian regime targets. If so, it will have taken such action for reasons largely divorced from the interests of the Syrian people. The administration has cited the need […]
Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says Israel may have conducted ‘false flag’ operation. Describes its government as inept and Netanyahu as ‘clueless.’ West of Eden by Chemi Shalev HAARETZ ISRAEL Retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who once served as Secretary of State […]
In Islamic sciences, all knowledge of the religion comes back to two sources: the Quran and the sayings and doings of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ – the hadith. The Quran […]
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis and Jordan’s King Abdullah II reaffirmed that dialogue is the “only option” to end the conflict in Syria, just as the United States and its […]
Source: CNN Author: Jeffrey Weiss Sunni and Shia Muslims are killing each other in several nations, most notably in Syria’s escalating civil war. Coptic Christians churches are being torched in Egypt. In Israel, what passes for peace talks has restarted after years of murder and brutality. Religion is a common thread in each conflict. But why? […]
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Source: Ch.Maqbool Ahmad | Journalist Qadian Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Qadian presented the Holy Quran with Punjabi translation to the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in Qadian, at the headquarters of Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya here. Chief […]
By Ch.Maqbool Ahmad, India On the second day of the annual convention (Jalsa Salana UK) Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad Khalifatul Masih V, addressed the first session of women. He said […]
Suggested reading For Darwin Day, 6 facts about the evolution debate Islam’s evolutionary legacy ڈارون سے ہزار برس قبل نظریۂ ارتقا پیش کرنے والا مسلمان مفکر کون تھا؟ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia al-Jāḥiẓ (Arabic: الجاحظ) (full name Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī أبو عثمان عمرو بن بحر الكناني البصري) (born in Basra, 781 – December 868/January […]
PATRICK COCKBURN Sunday 1 September 2013 The discredited justifications that preceded the invasion of Iraq still dominate British and American perception of military intervention in Syria. In a similar way in the 1930s, popular revulsion at the lies and exaggerations of First World War propaganda meant that the first accounts […]
Lisa Kaaki, ARABNEWS Islam with a 1.5 billion Muslims, constituting one-fifth of humanity, is poised to exert an enduring influence during this century. Unlike other religions, Islam does not […]
Source: ET Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Friday that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government is a game for another month or two, Express News reported. He further stated that if Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) continued to rule K-P for another month or two, the province might not be a […]
Source NY Times: WASHINGTON — President Obama abruptly changed course on Saturday and postponed a military strike against the Syrian government in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack so he could seek authorization first from a deeply skeptical Congress. More:
Source: Abid Khan Press Desk AMJ UK Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s annual convention continues in UK During a faith inspiring address at the 47th Jalsa Salana UK, the World Head of […]