Russia Today: A branch of Russia’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a group of Muslims for the right of schoolgirls to wear traditional religious attire, specifically the hijab, […]
PAKISTAN: Ahmadis are once again persecuted even as the new government is formed June 4, 2013 For some time now anti-Jamaat-e-Ahmadiya (Jaamat) activities have been escalating all over Pakistan and particularly in Lahore. The members of Jamaat have been mercilessly tortured and rebuked in public over fake and felonious accusations. […]
global post: The World Health Organization plans to convene an emergency meeting today to discuss the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus in light of the upcoming Islamic hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Concerns are being raised in particular that the pilgrimage this October will raise the likelihood of a pandemic outbreak (the […]
The Jakarta Post: While almost everybody else is welcoming Ramadhan with happiness and smiles, for 116 Ahmadis who are now living at the Transito house in Mataram, this year’s Ramadhan […]
Source: The Venture Beat: By John Koetsier Non-Muslims may never enter the city of Mecca or see the mysterious Kaabah, Islam’s most sacred building. But Google’s now giving you a […]
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Book by Qasim Rashid, USA Reviewed by Dr. Naseer Tahir, Rochester, USA On a Saturday morning, after Fajr salat, I started reading this book. I could […]
Maggie Michael, Associated Press USA TODAY CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday rejected a new timetable announced by the military-backed interim leadership that sets a fast track for amending the Islamist-drafted constitution and holding new parliamentary and presidential elections by early next year. The quick issuing of the […]
July 10, 2013 – 02:57 By Paulo Prada SWISSINFO.CH RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Fugitive former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden will likely accept asylum in Venezuela to escape prosecution in the United States, said Glenn Greenwald, the U.S. journalist who first published the secret documents that Snowden leaked. In […]
MARIAM ALIREZA ARABNEWS Wednesday 10 July 2013 Before I begin, I would like to wish you all a blessed month of Ramadan. As this month of fasting is very special, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]