The road is set … the choice is yours
A recent article in the Detroit News contrasted the lives of two ordinary persons from Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. Two persons joined by faith and circumstances, yet separated by […]
Experts at seminar offer strategy to deal with radicalism in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 23 August 2013 Pakistan is not alone in facing the menace of radicalism and extremism, as several other countries too face similar problems, and […]
UN chief: Syria chemical attack would be ‘crime against humanity’
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Published — Friday 23 August 2013 DAMASCUS: The use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute a “crime against humanity,” UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on […]
Real time Rapunzel: Woman with Longest Dreadlocks
Source: in.lifestyle.yahoo.com Asha Mandela, the woman with the world’s longest dreadlocks, credits her hair for helping her pull through two heart attacks, cancer, and two strokes. ‘Cutting it would be equivalent […]
Fomena T I Ahmadiyya Senior High School gets governing board
Source: businessghana.com A 13-member Governing Board for the Fomena T I Ahmadiyya Senior High School has been inaugurated with a call to it to make sure that there is transparency in the financial administration of the school. The school, established in 1968 with 15 students, now has a student population of […]
Pakistan: Spasm of killing claims 8 lives
Source: dailytimes.com.pk KARACHI: At least eight people were shot dead in separate incidents of violence across the city, while four dead bodies were found here on Wednesday. In the first incident, a man belonging to the Ahmadiyya community along with his neighbour was shot dead in Mujahid Colony within the jurisdiction […]
Rights of minorities: ‘Ahmadis not allowed to do business in Muslim areas’
Source: tribune.com.pk LAHORE: A man was forced to abandon his woodworking business and flee Gujranwala with his family after his erstwhile friends and neighbours discovered that he was an Ahmadi, The Express Tribune has […]
Henry David Thoreau: Famous for his book, Walden
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “Thoreau” redirects here. For other uses, see Thoreau (disambiguation). Henry David Thoreau Portrait by Benjamin D. Maxham (daguerreotype) of Henry David Thoreau in June 1856. Born July 12, 1817 Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. Died May 6, 1862 (aged 44) Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. Era 19th century philosophy Region Western Philosophy School Transcendental […]
King Of Jordan Abdullah II: Sectarian Violence Could Destroy Muslim World
Source: The Huffington Post By JAMAL HALABY 08/20/13 09:25 AM ET EDT AP AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan’s king warned Tuesday that ethnic and sectarian violence sweeping across several Arab countries […]
A post-Christian Middle East?
Editor’s note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a director at the New America Foundation and the author of “Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden — From 9/11 to Abbottabad.” Jennifer Rowland is a program associate at the New America Foundation. (CNN) — There have been Christians in […]
Should Honey Singh perform at Wonderland?
By: Alex Nino Gheciu Toronto Star News reporter, Published on Wed Aug 21 2013 More than 1,100 people are trying to stop a Punjabi rapper whose lyrics they deem violent and misogynistic from performing at Canada’s Wonderland this weekend. Yo! Yo! Honey Singh, one of India’s most popular artists, is […]
LoC violations matter of ‘grave concern’: FO
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: August 22, 2013 The LoC, that serves as a de-facto border between India and Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE ISLAMABAD: The […]
“Redefining Rape”: A Brief History of Rape In America
Source: The daily Beast Suffragists march in New York in March 1913. (AP) Social Change “Redefining Rape”: A Brief History of Rape In America 10 hours ago – by Sarah Begley Stanford professor Estelle Freedman’s new book examines how sex crimes oppressed women and blacks in the age of suffrage […]
Noor Tv Fined £85,000 For Inciting Violence
Source: updatednews.ca The broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has fined an Islamic TV channel £85,000, for inciting violence. It ruled in December that Noor TV had breached broadcasting codes after a host said […]
PBS Presents New Series “Life Of Muhammad” With Narrator Rageh Omaar
Source: carbonated.tv PBS has a new series on the life of Muslim Prophet Muhammad with narrator and acclaimed journalist Rageh Omaar. The project also aims to provide a ‘balanced’ narrative of Islam with facts that may not be known to many people, especially Americans. It is a three part series that […]
Khidmat-e-Khalq: “Clothes to the Needy” Drive by the Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya Shimoga (Karnataka, India)
Al’humdullilah, on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the Khidmath-e-Khalq department of the Shimoga branch of Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya donated refurbished Clothes to the homeless and specially abled children. On the 4th […]
Islam’s ability to empower is a magnet to black British youths
Source: Guardian By Abdul Haqq Baker When I was younger it was Islam’s sense of brotherhood that my life needed, not the passivity of Christian doctrine A seminar was hosted last […]
The US and Britain: Extra super secret special relationship?
Global Post: LONDON, UK — Sometime before a plane from Berlin touched down at Heathrow Airport on Sunday morning, the British authorities placed a call to Washington to report that they would be detaining one of the passengers. David Miranda, 28, is not a US citizen. However, he is the partner of a person […]
Russians launch dedicated center to fight ‘atheist extremism’
Russia Today: A group of activists connected with the Russian Orthodox Church are setting up a center against atheist extremism which, according to them, is promoted mainly by foreign-sponsored organizations. […]