Bassem Youssef: Islam Is Being Hijacked By Those Who Have Power

http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&width=560&height=345&playList=517756335 The Huffington Post | By Hunter Stuart Speaking on HuffPost Live with host Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on Wednesday, Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef said that Islam was being hijacked by people in power who were trying to strip it of its spirituality. “Anybody who is using religion to control you, they consider themselves a better […]

Presence of al-Qaeda raises tension in Syria

Activists say dozens have been killed near Aleppo in fighting between al-Qaeda’s branch and other opposition groups. Al-Qaeda’s Syrian branch has been cementing control of villages close to the Turkish border. Their presence has raised tensions with some armed opposition groups and locals. Activists say dozens have been killed, wounded […]

Is Islam for Germany? By Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (atba) Head of Ahmadiyya Movement

Review of Religions: On the 2nd Day of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany’s Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) on 25th June 2011, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad(aba), Khalifatul Masih V, Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiah(as) and Head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, delivered an address to an audience of over 300 non-Ahmadi guests. The majority of the guests […]

Saudi Iran proxy war is one of key reasons for Pakistan’s unending terrorism – by Nasim Zehra

LUBP: On 8 July 2013, Pakistan’s senior journalist Nasim Zehra who also happens to be a regular speaker at Sherry Rehman / Raza Rumi’s Jinnah Institute and Beena Sarwar’s Citizens for Democracy stated that Saudi-Iran proxy was was one of four key reasons for unending terrorism in Pakistan. This is what Nasim Zehra said: Pakistan’s unending […]

Al-Jazeera kicked out of Egypt news conference

STORY SUMMARY Journalists for the pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera have been kicked out of a news conference being held by Egypt’s military on the killing of at least 40 people, most of them supporters of Egypt’s ousted president, outside an army facility. Read more: http://dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Jul-08/222967-al-jazeera-kicked-out-of-egypt-news-conference.ashx#ixzz2YWvtnWu9 (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News […]