Canada-Ahmadiyya Muslim Convention draws Thousands
He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is […]
Will Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood survive?
Source: CNN (CNN) — In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsy was deposed by a military coup just one year after being sworn in as president. The Egyptian protesters who took to the streets by the millions over the past several days to demand Morsy’s resignation were jubilant […]
Plane Crashes on Landing in San Francisco
Source: NY Times: A Boeing 777 operated by the Korean airline Asiana crashed Saturday afternoon while landing at San Francisco International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. More:
Islam, Egypt and political theory
Source: The Economist ON the face of things, this week’s events in Egypt have validated a theory about Islam and society that seemed contrarian when it was first floated. In 1992 a French analyst of the Muslim world, Olivier Roy, published a book entitled “L’échec de l’Islam politique“—translated into English […]
Lahore bomb blast kills three, injures 40
Source: ET LAHORE: A powerful bomb went off at took place at the food street in the old Anarkali area of Lahore, killing at least three people and injuring 40 others, Express News reported. According to Express News correspondent Nauman Shaikh, the explosion took place at the ground floor of a three storied restaurant. “Civil […]
ElBaradei to become Egyptian new prime minister
Source: TOI CAIRO: Liberal opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has been chosen as Egypt’s new prime minister, the Tamarod campaign behind the protests that toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi said on Saturday after talks with the country’s interim president. A military source confirmed to AFP that the former UN nuclear watchdog chief was to […]
Sulemani-topi-aur-Farishteh
Source: Dawn.Com via Wasim Sr Click HERE for details. Sorry only for Urdu readers.
China, Pakistan ink transport pact
Source: China Daily By LI XIAOKUN and ZHANG YUNBI (China Daily) Huge project to boost business ties between the two nations China and Pakistan signed an agreement on Friday on the blueprint for a huge transport project linking northwestern China to the Arabian Sea. Observers said the project, named the […]
Nawaz Sharif urges Chinese investment in Power Sector
Source: Dawn.com BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday held meetings with delegations of China’s top business executives and discussed with them energy, development and infrastructure projects in Pakistan. The prime minister met the delegations on board a high speed train while traveling from Beijing to Shanghai, where he visited […]
Introducing the Holy Prophet Muhammad, to non-Muslim audience at Annual Convention, USA, 2013
Speech by Maulana Naseem Mahdi (National Vice President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) at Annual Convention, USA, on June 29, 2013
36 dead, over 1,000 injured in clashes between Egyptian protesters – National Ambulance Service
Mohammed Sultan, deputy head of Egypt’s national ambulance service said that 36 people were killed on Friday during violent clashes between supporters and opponents of deposed President Morsi. 1,138 more […]
Coptic priest shot dead in Egypt attack
Source: TOI CAIRO: Gunmen shot dead a Coptic Christian priest in Egypt’s lawless Northern Sinai on Saturday in what could be the first sectarian attack since the military overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, security sources said. The shooting in the coastal city of El Arish was one of several attacks believed […]
Islamist gunmen kill 42 in school attack in Nigeria
Source: TOI KANO (Nigeria): Gunmen believed to be Islamists from Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgent group killed 42 people, mostly students, in an overnight attack on a secondary school in restive Yobe state, a medical worker and residents said Saturday. “We received 42 dead bodies of students and other staff of Government Secondary School […]
Minister calls for third Temple to be built
The Times of Israel: Potentially explosive statement by Jewish Home’s Uri Ariel breaks taboo against damaging status quo on Temple Mount Government minister from a nationalist religious party called Thursday […]
Who’s the Most ‘Racist’?
What a new poll does and doesn’t tell us. The Wall Street Journal: When Rasmussen Reports asked some of its polling subjects to conduct an odd exercise in racial stereotyping, […]
The Real Reason You Learn A Lesson Better When You Teach It
Business Insider: by Annie Murphy Paul. Our minds often work best in interaction with other people’s minds, and there are particular kinds of relationships that are especially good at evoking our intelligence. Learning, and thinking, are deeply social activities. This is not the traditional view (Rodin’s iconic sculpture, “The Thinker,” […]
Self Control Predicts Success Even More Than IQ
businessinsider.com: From Charles Duhigg’s excellent book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business: Dozens of studies show that willpower is the single most important keystone habit for individual success… Students who exerted high levels of willpower were more likely to earn higher grades in their […]
Egypt Back to Square One!
July 3, 2013 By Saeed Qureshi Egyptian army has removed President Muhammad Morsi of Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and has taken over power for the interim period. President Morsi assumed office on June 30, 2012 and has been deposed from his office today (July 3, 2013). The decision to […]
One-third of British children consider suicide by age 16 – report
Russia Today: Up to one-third of children in the UK have either attempted or considered taking their own lives, according to a new report which sheds light on the ‘shocking […]