Report: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Orlando’s Activity on July 4th, American Independence Day Celebrations
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The right kind of happy
Source: The Economist THE Greek founders of philosophy constantly debated how best to live the good life. Some contended that personal pleasure is the key. Others pointed out that serving society and finding purpose is vital. Socrates was in the latter camp, fiercely arguing that an unvirtuous person could not be […]
Millions take to the streets of Egypt in an ever-growing media fantasy If that many were demonstrating, who was driving the trains, buses, underground, operating the airports, manning the police and army, the factories, and hotels?
Why does the Egyptian crisis appear so simple to our political leaders yet so complicated when you actually turn up in Cairo? Let’s start with the Egyptian press. Flowering after the 2011 revolution, the Egyptian media moved into lockstep the moment General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and the lads chucked President […]
What Can Happen to Musharraf?
By Saeed Qureshi Musharraf was lucky because instead of being removed as Army head, arrested or even blown off in the air, he became, in matter of hours, the chief […]
Seize the day
STORY SUMMARY Iran’s new president also acknowledged that he was a candidate who won a national election, based on a platform, and this was anchored in the promise of improving […]
Urmia Lake continues to dry up, needs 25 bln cm of water to reach normal level
2 August 2013, 18:09 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Lake Urmia still needs some 25 billion cm of water to reach its normal level, Director of West Azerbaijan Water Company Naghi Karimi […]
6,000 Ahmadiyah members in Wonosobo live a quite life
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Inter-religious friction is prone to occur in a number of areas in the country. In West Nusa Tenggara and Bogor, for example, a number of Ahmadis were […]
Wonosobo, Indonesia where religious harmony prevails
Breaking Fast with Ahmadis in Wonosobo, Indonesia TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – In the evening of Tuesday 29 July 2013. Azan voice was heard in the big mosque Al-Mubarok, The mosque is […]
Islamic smartphone ready for launch
RIYADH: SHAHZEEN ERAM Published — Saturday 3 August 2013 The soon-to-be-launched “Peace Mobile,” an Islamic smartphone, is a useful media gadget that reconciles Qur’an with modern science. The smartphone was […]
Zakat is central to Islam’s concept of humanity
Zakat (alms) is one of the five pillars of Islam. Its importance can be realized from the fact that in 82 verses of the Qur’an, Zakat is associated with prayer […]
Elastic Numbers Make It Hard to Get a Handle on the Economy
A TORRENT of economic numbers rained down from Washington last week. They provided a sharper historical perspective on the economy back to 1929. Yet the deluge of statistics did little to clarify an urgent question: How strong is the economy right now? It’s a basic issue — one that affects […]
The Inside Story of JUI-Maulana Fazlur Rahman- Urdu Video
Zemtv: a very well documented programme on deep level of corruption and collusion between Army and JUI worth watching https://dailymotion.com/video/x12p3aw Watch:
Jamaat’s stay plea on HC verdict rejected
Source: BD News 24 DHAKA: The Supreme Court has thrown out a plea to freeze the High Court’s verdict that declared as illegal and void Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration as a political party. A wider High Court bench on Aug 1 declared as cancelled Jamaat’s registration on grounds that its charter is […]
Israel’s Answer to Kerry’s Peace Efforts: Puts 91 Jewish settlements on priority
Daily Tiimes; JERUSALEM: The Israeli government put 91 Jewish settlements on a national priority funding list on Sunday, adding six to a roster of dozens of enclaves already eligible for supplemental state cash. A senior Palestinian official condemned the decision as an obstacle to US-brokered peace talks that resumed just […]
The Burqa Avenger : role model for female empowerment in Pakistan
NYTimes.com This Heroine Wears a Burqa to Fight Evil, By SALMAN MASOOD and DECLAN WALSH, Published: July 28, 2013 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Cartoon fans in Pakistan have been excited by the arrival of the country’s first caped crusader, in the form of a female superhero who flies through the air, […]
Can Men and Women just be friends?
Business Insider: by Meredith Lepore. Can men and women really just be friends? Let’s discuss. In the new film Drinking Buddies, Olivia Wilde and Jake Johnson play best friends who work at a Chicago brewery together. They are extremely close, despite both having significant others, and both being extremely attractive. However, […]
Officials Say Yemen’s Nobel Peace Winner Tawakkul Karman Denied Entry at Egypt’s Cairo Airport
abcnews: CAIRO August 4, 2013 (AP): Officials say Yemen’s Nobel Peace winner Tawakkul Karman denied entry at Egypt’s Cairo airport. link:
Most Religious Countries And Most Atheist Countries
Which countries are the most and least religious? The WIN-Gallup International “Religion and Atheism Index” collected data from 57 countries in order to find out. The Religiosity Index represents the percentage of […]
After Sikh temple attack, victim’s son and former white supremacist formed unlikely alliance
Washington Post: OAK CREEK, Wis. — Six weeks after a white supremacist gunned down Pardeep Kaleka’s father and five others at a Sikh temple last year, Kaleka was skeptical when a former skinhead reached out and invited him to dinner. But Kaleka accepted, and he’s grateful he did. Since then, […]
Our man in Moscow
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar So what is the “extremely disappointed” Obama administration, the Orwellian/Panopticon complex and the discredited US Congress to do? Send a Navy Seal Team 6 to snatch him or to target assassinate him – turning Moscow into Abbottabad 2.0? Drone him? Poison his borscht? Shower […]