Two million Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayer at Masjid al-Haram
Source: Morocco World News: MECCA, August 8,2013 (AA) Around two million Muslims performed their Eid prayer at Masjid al-Haram in the sacred city of Mecca on the first day of Eid […]
Women promote mosques ‘for all’ in Britain
Source: Morocco world news: London, August 9, 2013 (AFP) In the damp basement room of a Caribbean restaurant in London, Naima leads prayers for an audience of male and female worshippers. They face Mecca, directed by an arrow scrawled on a blackboard in pink chalk. But Naima — she did […]
Caste bar on marriages became entrenched 2000 years ago, genetic study finds
Source: TOI NEW DELHI: In a fascinating study of how different types of populations mixed in India, scientists have found that there were three stages of intermixing. In ancient times, over 4000 years ago, there were two separate populations based in north and south India with no mixing. Then, in […]
Remembrance of God is the greatest of all forms of worship.
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Obama looks like a deer caught in a Trans-Siberian locomotive’s headlights.
Source: Asia Times: The cluelessness of the Obama administration – not to mention US Think Tankland – cannot be overemphasized. Nobody in the Beltway has articulated a sound Russian policy – apart from demonizing Putin. That suits Vlad the Hammer fine; he’s busy carefully constructing a new strategic reality not […]
Onwards to the Caliphate through Global Jihad.
Source: ET For, we too are floating about merrily, unaware that we are plumb in the sights of a dangerous, most fearful, and cruel enemy who would not think twice about cutting men, women and children’s heads off with a blunt knife (to cause the most pain) in his quest […]
Moscow rejects Saudi offer to drop Assad for arms deal
Global Post: Moscow has rejected a Saudi proposal to abandon Syria‘s president in return for a huge arms deal and a pledge to boost Russian influence in the Arab world, diplomats […]
FIRST ON CNN: State Department pulls diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan, amid terror threat
Washington (CNN) — The State Department has evacuated most of its diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan in response to a terrorist threat against the U.S. consulate, senior State Department and other senior U.S. officials told CNN. “We have picked up what we regard as a threat worthy of taking this action,” one […]
Muslims break fast worldwide after Ramadan as Eid al-Fitr festival gets underway
Euro news: Muslims around the world have been celebrating Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan. The holy month of fasting is now followed by a festival lasting several days. […]
Harris Zafar on Mike Huckabee Radio Show
Harris zafar, National Spokesman for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA Click here to listen: http://mikehuckabee.com/_cache/files/ef774815-0509-4cbe-b1c4-172901ebef83/Harris%20Zafar%208%208%2013.mp3
Fashion brightens Muslim fast’s end
By JoAnne Viviano It was just a week before the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, but neither 15-year-old Nadia Mirza nor her older sister, Summer, had decided what to wear for […]
VIEW : The weight of persecution — Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari
VIEW : The weight of persecution — Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari Source: The Daily Times Pakistan has seemingly ensured that no Ahmedi demographic, including the dead, are spared the harsh reminder that they do not belong “That looks very biblical,” I said out loud while approaching the place Ahmedis call their […]
US President Barack Obama greets Muslims on Eid
Source: The Economic Times WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Thursday sent their warmest greetings to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr around the world, calling it “part of […]
JPMorgan Reveals It Faces Criminal and Civil Inquiries
JPMorgan Chase disclosed on Wednesday that it faced a criminal and civil investigation into whether it sold shoddy mortgage securities to investors in the run-up to the financial crisis, the latest legal threat to the nation’s biggest bank. JPMorgan acknowledged for the first time the existence of the investigation — […]
Sikh delegation told to remove turbans at Rome airport
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s gurdwara management committee president Manjeet Singh GK and other members of a Sikh delegation were not cleared to board a flight from Rome after they refused to […]
Assad shown unharmed after Syria rebels report attack
August 8, 2013 – 13:59 By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said on Thursday they targeted President Bashar al-Assad’s motorcade heading to a Damascus mosque to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, but state television showed him unharmed and the government denied he had been attacked. […]
Switzerland: Permanently Provisional: Foreigners stuck in an asylum limbo
by Stefania Summermatter, swissinfo.ch August 8, 2013 – 11:00 Over the last ten years, Switzerland has given more than 43,000 asylum seekers the provisional right to remain. But many cannot […]
The untold story
Aug 07, 2013 | 23:38 JORDAN TIMES Jordan, a country with limited resources, has become the main refuge for Syrians fleeing the violence in their country, with thousands entering the Kingdom on a daily basis at one point. Recent studies indicate that there will be one Syrian for every six […]
US army chief to visit Jordan
Petra | Aug 07, 2013 | 23:40 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs-of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey will pay an official visit to Jordan in coming few days, during which he is scheduled to meet several officials. Dempsey will also meet Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff […]