Second Amendment: Anti-Ahmadi groups plan for September 7 anniversary
ET: LAHORE: 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 September 7, 1974, when Ahmadis were declared to be non-Muslims in Pakistan. The day is celebrated every year by anti-Ahmadi […]
Christians in Syria Will Pay If Assad Is Overthrown, Says Rand Paul
BY MORGAN LEE , CP CONTRIBUTOR September 2, 2013|1:19 pm Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland March 14, 2013. A victory for Syria’s “Islamic rebels” and an overthrow of President Assad would endanger Syrian Christians, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) […]
Halesowen-based Ahmadiyya Muslim Association’s Campaign under way in Dudley to battle EDL message against Islam in schools
Source: dudleynews.co.uk A MASSIVE campaign is under way across Dudley to counter a right-wing group’s message against school lessons about Islam. The campaign by the Halesowen-based Ahmadiyya Muslim Association has been […]
Minister remained silent during call for prayer in Baitur Rahman in Tasikmalaya
Minister was there to handover cheque for Ahmadis who lost their houses and mosque in May 2013 when hundreds of people driving motorcycles, pickup trucks and other vehicles damaged 112 […]
SAFM fined R20 000 for ‘unfair’ Islam connections
Times Live: SAfm has been fined R20,000 for making an “unjustifiable connection with Islam” during two news bulletins, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA (BCCSA) said. Making the connection was […]
Atheist Pledge Of Allegiance Case Goes To Massachusetts’ Supreme Court
Source: The Huffington Post Religion News Service | By Kimberly Winston (RNS) Massachusetts’ highest court on Wednesday (Sept. 4) will consider whether the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance is a violation of students’ rights. Since the addition of the phrase “under God” in 1954, the pledge has been […]
American supermodel, 24, wears stunning ivory sari as she marries the eldest son of the Aga Khan in fairytale wedding
– Kendra Spears and Prince Rahim announced their engagement in April – Married in traditional Muslim ceremony at Bellerive Castle in Geneva American supermodel Kendra Spears became a princess yesterday […]
SIDE VIEWS Neither JIL nor FPI: The power of ordinary Muslims – Ary Hermawan
SEPTEMBER 02, 2013 LATEST UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 02, 2013 04:15 PM Does Islam, 15 years after the fall of the New Order, remain a powerful force in Indonesian politics? It is safe to say that political Islam is weakening, but the faith itself, as it appears, still plays an influential role […]
POLICY CHANGE : Swiss refuge proposed for Syrians
September 1, 2013 – 14:19 As the conflict in Syria worsens, Swiss Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga wants Switzerland to take in a limited number of those fleeing the fighting, and to reintroduce the so-called quota system to Swiss refugee policy. The NZZ am Sonntag newspaper quotes “well-informed” sources as saying […]
Syrians in Jordan ‘cautiously supportive’ of US-led strike
by Muath Freij | Sep 01, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Several Syrians in Jordan expressed their support for the likely military action led by Washington against the Syrian regime over alleged chemical weapon attacks. Syrians interviewed by The Jordan Times said that despite being against any Western intervention […]
Robert Fisk: Once Washington made the Middle East tremble – now no one there takes it seriously Our present leaders are paying the price for the dishonesty of Bush and Blair
By Robert Fisk, The Independent Watershed. It’s the only word for it. Once Lebanon and Syria and Egypt trembled when Washington spoke. Now they laugh. It’s not just a question of what happened to the statesmen of the past. No one believed that Cameron was Churchill or that the silly […]
King grants $200 million aid for Palestinian cities
JEDDAH: ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS STAFF Published — Monday 2 September 2013 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has approved a $200 million (SR750 million) program for the resistance of Palestinian cities, Municipal and Rural Affairs Minister Prince Mansour bin Miteb announced Sunday. Prince Mansour made this […]
Haj violators face tougher penalties this year
MAKKAH: SULTAN AL-TAMIMI | ARAB NEWS STAFF Published — Monday 2 September 2013 MAKKAH: Immediate deportation to imprisonment for at least a year await violators of Haj regulations, the authorities said on Sunday at the launch of a campaign to keep the number of pilgrims to a minimum level in […]
“boundless war on terror”
Source: CNN (CNN) — Barack Obama came to Washington to end wars. Not to start them. That much was crystal clear only three months ago when Obama gave a keynote speech on May 23 at the National Defense University in Washington in which he called for an end to the […]
47th UK Jalsa Salana concludes successfully. Alhamdolillah
By Zubair Khan Alhamdolillah 47th Jalsa Salana UK concluded very successfully. Above 31 thousands participated. Extremely inspirational as well (Jalali) address of Hazure Aqdas (May God be his helper) was the hall mark of the concluding session. Hope masses of Pakistan can draw lessons from his address. Being participant, watched […]
Ghana Supreme Court upholds John Mahama’s win
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 […]
No Clear Winner in Debate Between Merkel and Challenger
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 […]
Blasphemous content:
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 […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Boston to sponsor four blood drives to honor 9/11 victims
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 […]