TIME Explains: Why Bees Are Going Extinct
Time; The bees are dying and we’re to blame. TIME’s Bryan Walsh explains colony collapse disorder, and why bees are on the verge of extinction. Watch:
Sri Lanka Buddhist mob attacks Colombo mosque
BBC: A Buddhist mob has attacked a mosque in the Grandpass area of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, leaving at least five people injured. Buddhists and Muslims clashed after the attack, and police imposed a curfew in the area. Last month, a group of Buddhist monks had protested near the […]
Thousands celebrate Eid at Morden mosque
BBC News: The Ahmadiyya Muslim community is celebrating 100 years of its establishment in Britain this year. Up to 15,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims have taken part in Eid al-Fitr celebrations in […]
Inflation Ravages Syrian Consumers
Civil War, Sanctions and a Falling Currency Produce Soaring Prices as People Shop for Ramadan By SAM DAGHER DAMASCUS, Syria—On a recent morning, a woman stood in front of a stall lining Bab Serijeh, the capital’s biggest and most raucous food market, and expressed amazement at how prices of local […]
Time to Talk: Syrian War Offers Bargaining Chip in Iran Conflict
A Commentary By Omid Nouripour Spiegel.de With a new moderate president and increasing focus on the civil war in Syria, Iran is finally in a position to compromise on its nuclear program. The West should seize the moment and head to the negotiating table. Everyone seems relieved to see Hassan […]
Bahrain’s history slowly rising from the sands
Source: seattletimes.com The civilization that Dilmun created on the back of trading in pearls, copper and dates as far as South Asia. Recent discoveries highlight it as a rare and vivid […]
Iraqi Kurd president says ready to defend Kurds in Syria
STORY SUMMARY Iraqi Kurdistan’s leader threatened on Saturday to intervene to protect Kurds in neighbouring Syria, who are caught up in fighting between Kurdish forces and jihadists. Kurds in Syria […]
A Moustache To Die For: Pakistan Islamic Extremists Threatens Man For Sporting Luxuriant Facial Hair
Source: ibtimes.com A Pakistani businessman named Malik Amir Mohammad Khan Afridi, 48, who has an extraordinarily luxuriant moustache, has lived under a cloud of death threats from Islamic extremists over what […]
Spain vows to defend its Gibraltar interests while British fleet sails in (coincidentally, of course)
Mariano Rajoy says Britain should act with ‘common sense and good judgement’ OLIVER WRIGHT Author Biography , ADAM WITHNALL FRIDAY 09 AUGUST 2013 THE INDEPENDENT Spain will take “all legal […]
Saskatoon, Canada: Muslim community packs CUC to mark end of fasting month
Source: thestarphoenix.com There wasn’t enough room on the arena floor for Saskatoon’s growing Muslim community Thursday morning. Thousands of people packed Credit Union Centre to mark the first day after Ramadan, […]
In Egypt General al-Sisi is at a loss – but a massacre on Eid would bring too much infamy – The Brotherhood doesn’t want to play by the army’s script
by Robert Fisk, The Independent No Muslim general wants to go down in history as the author of the Eid Massacre. That’s why many Egyptians last night suspected that their […]
Report: Eid-Ul-Fitr Celebrated in Dar-ul-Aman, Qadian, India
9th August, Qadian: Thousands of Muslim man and women participated in Eid Prayer lead by Maulana Mohammad Inam Ghori in Masjid Aqsa in Qadian. (Ch.Maqbool Ahmad): Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated here in Qadian […]
Dirty U.S. politics
STORY SUMMARY The situation in Egypt continues to deteriorate by the day, and the flurry of Western “mediators” who have been coming and going appear to be making a bad situation even worse. Thus, it is disturbing to see Graham and McCain show up as mediators and then voice opinions […]
The embassies should have stayed open
August 08, 2013 12:20 AM By Michael Young The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY Today, with U.S. embassies in the region closed because electronic “chatter” suggested an attack was imminent, terrorists know this by listening to American officials. The news that the U.S. discovered that Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had ordered […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community celebrates Eid ul-Fitr to mark the end of Ramadan ul Mubarak
August 9 2013 Firday: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan celebrated Eid ul-Fitr, to mark the end of Ramadan ul Mubarak. Imam Anees Ahmad Nadeem, Missionary Incharge — led a prayer in Arabic and […]
Ghana: Maulvi Muhammad Yusuf Yawson of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission cautions Ghanaians against disorder
Source: businessghana.com The National Democratic Congress and New Patriotic Party, the two parties involved in the 2012 election petition before the Supreme Court, have been advised to accept the verdict of […]
Ghana: Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission donates to Prisons Service
Source: gbcghana.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission has donated quantities of rice, sugar, cooking oil and ninety two copies of the Holy Quran to the Ghana Prisons Service in Accra. The items are to help Muslim inmates in the country`s prisons to joyfully celebrate the end of the Ramadan and to fulfil their […]
Eid ul Fitr Message – Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at New Zealand
Source: scoop.co.nz Friday, 9 August 2013, 1:57 pm | Press Release: Ahmadiyya Jamaat Eid ul Fitr Message – Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at New Zealand By the Grace of Allah, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at New Zealand will be celebrating their Eid ul Fitr tomorrow Friday, 09 August 2013. The community will be conducting the Eid ul […]
Ghana: Ahmadiyya Imam call for Eid to be the sign of lasting peace
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in The Ahmadi Muslims, led by the Ashanti Regional Missionary, Maulvi Masroor Ahmed Muzaffar, used the occasion to pray for peace and prosperity for the nation. At the celebration of […]