Tax threat: Saudis with US citizenship fear losses
JEDDAH: DIANA AL-JASSEM | ARAB NEWS STAFF Wednesday 10 July 2013 Saudi nationals with US citizenship are set to pay a 30 percent tax on bank deposits over $ 50,000 […]
Kingdom (of Saudi Arabia) ‘will not tolerate extremism’
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 10 July 2013 Saudi Arabia yesterday urged the international community to play a decisive role to end the bloodbath in Syria, giving ethics priority over politics. […]
New Haram annex opens for pilgrims
MAKKAH: AHMAD WAHAJ SIDDIQUI ARABNEWS Wednesday 10 July 2013 Three floors of the newly constructed annex of the Grand Mosque have been opened to accommodate 400,000 more worshippers this Ramadan. […]
Ramadan Can Be The Loneliest Time Of The Year For Some Converts
Huff Post: by Omar Sacirbey. “You have to make these people feel part of the family,” said Sharief. “Ramadan is a great opportunity. You have to make them feel special.” (RNS) Since converting to Islam more than five years ago, Paul K. DeMelto of Cleveland has done all he could […]
Local Muslims hope Ramadan events will build bridges with non-Muslims
The Columbus Dispatch: by JoAnne Viviano. Muslims in central Ohio are inviting their non-Muslim neighbors to learn more about the Islamic holy month of Ramadan by partaking in one of the evening fast-breaking meals that mark the observance. Such meals, called iftars, start with water and dates and include prayer […]
The Holy Quran in the Eyes of the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani
Epigraph: And if all the trees that are in the earth were pens, and the ocean were ink, with seven oceans swelling it thereafter, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. […]
Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya UK holds 41st National Ijtema
Source: Press release The three-day National Ijtema of Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya UK (Annual Gathering of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association) concluded on 7th July 2013 with a faith inspiring address […]
A Complete Analysis Of Egypt’s Textbook Coup
Source: BUSINESS INSIDER by MICHAEL KELLEY JUL. 9, 2013, 11:00 AM 949 1 On July 3, as the Egyptian military prepared to oust President Mohamed Morsi, FT’s Joseph Cotterill tweeted […]
Fasting for longer: the challenge of Ramadan in (northern) Europe
Oh people! A great month has come over you; a blessed month; a month in which a night is better than a thousand months; a month in which Allah has […]
Muslims start observing Ramadan with fasting and prayer
Across the globe, followers of Islam are beginning to observe the holy month of Ramadan. Believers dedicate time to reflection and prayer, while fasting from sunrise to sunset. Many of […]
ISI’s Pasha – Punjab Government Protected those who Attacked Ahmadis in 2010
Source: Newsweek Pakistan Pasha also criticized the provincial leaderships, claiming the Punjab police had “protected those who attacked the Qadianis last year [2010].” According to the report, the former ISI chief claimed the police even directed the militants to the hospital where the wounded were being treated. “The provincial government […]
Muslim Physician: Israel an Inspiration to Islamic World
By: Rachel Avraham Qanta Ahmed is a physician, a Muslim of Pakistani origin, a British citizen and the author of “In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor’s Journey […]
Report: Osama bin Laden — doting grandpa, paranoid terrorist – Leaking Abbotabad Commission Report
Islamabad (CNN) — Osama bin Laden typically wore a cowboy hat while tending his garden. Its broad brim obscured his features from the view of pesky eyes or satellite cameras that might blow his cover while he was hiding out in Pakistan, according to a report published widely in Pakistani media. […]
Rainstorm wreaks havoc on Toronto, flooding, closures, power outages
By: Arshy Mann Staff Reporter, Published on Tue Jul 09 2013 The Toronto Star Toronto is still recovering from an unprecedented rainstorm that shattered records and paralyzed the city. Subway service has resumed fully on the Sheppard and the Yonge-University-Spadina lines and on much of the Bloor-Danforth line. However, there […]
Religious Intolerance Down Slightly in Indonesia: Setara
The Jakarta Globe: Violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims on East Java’s Madura Island and an attack on an Ahmadiyah community in West Java are among the 282 cases of […]
Police set to safeguard Ahmadiyah mosques
The Jakarta Post: The Bandung City Police have prepared its officers to safeguard four Ahmadiyah mosques in the city during the Ramadhan fasting month. “We do not want any vandalism […]
How Clutter Affects Your Brain
lifehacker: Mikael Cho. A few years ago, I worked at a web design agency as a product manager. The part of the job I loved the most was working on product with our design team and clients. Unfortunately, this was only about 10 per cent of the work that I […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Association ladies help at Sutton school fetes
Your Local Guardian: by Sophia Sleigh. Ladies from a Sutton Muslim association have been serving international food and holding henna stalls at school fetes. On Saturday, June 22, ladies from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Sutton volunteered to help at Devonshire Primary School School fair raising £108 from the sale of […]
Obama: Ramadan is a reminder that millions of Muslim Americans enrich our nation each day
Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan July 8, 2013 With the start of the sacred month of Ramadan, Michelle and I extend our best wishes to Muslim […]
USA: A Multi-Faith Ground breaking ceremony of Sadiq Mosque in Philadelphia
Ahmadiyya Times: By Maudood Bhatti | July 8, 2013 Mr. Mujeeb Chaudhry talked about Philadelphia and the historic and spiritual linkage with the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Philadelphia chapter held a ground breaking ceremony for the first purpose built mosque in the […]