Source: www.lankaweb.com May 27 – is being observed as ‘Khilafat Day’ by Ahmadi Muslim throughout the world. After the demise of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in May 26, 1908, the system of Khilafat (the Spiritual Leadership in Islam) was re-established in May 27, […]
by John TirmanExecutive Director, MIT Center for International Studies HUFFPOST Enough has been said about President Obama’s speech on counter-terror last Thursday. Useful takes are Juan Cole’s good news/bad news analysis, and Stephen Walt’s Twitter comment, “Obama’s speech was step in right direction, but have learned to watch for what […]
Source: NY Times: BEIRUT, Lebanon — Fighting a pre-emptive war against foreign jihadists is not the usual mission for Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group best known for confronting Israel. So when its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, explained why he was sending fighters into Syria, he took care to remind his followers […]
England is a ‘cesspit’ breeding Islamists, warned Nobel Laureate Woel Soyinka in 2010 The Guardian, UK James Meikle ENGLAND is a “cesspit” and breeding ground for fundamentalist Muslims, the Nobel laureate and political activist Wole Soyinka has said in an interview in which he also accused Britain of allowing the […]
The Star: Atheists seem to crave ‘religious’ access to healthy living as much as others. We didn’t have to wait for the recently published data in the 2011 National Household […]
Pope Benedict XVI holding the Eucharist Written and Collected by Zia H Shah MD from Wikipedia The Eucharist /ˈjuːkərɪst/, also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord’s Supper, and other […]
According to Dr. Mordechai Kedar, European softening, together with demographics, is leading to ‘abysmal’ change. Dr. Avika Libman: Riots start with preachers demanding Muslim state By Roi Mandel, Ynetnews: The […]
The Jakarta Globe: Victimized Ahmadiyah Group ‘Not Surprised’ by Release of Suspects Two suspects of an attack on Ahmadiyah Muslims in Tasikmalaya, West Java, received approval to be released from […]
U.S. home prices posted year-over-year gains for the fourth consecutive quarter as prices rose 10.2% in the period ending in March, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller national index. The index posted its highest annual returns since 2007, according David Blitzer, head of S&P’s index division. But the strong gains over the […]
Daily Times: YANGON: Myanmar opposition leader and pro-democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Monday a policy by ia district government to limit Muslim Rohingya families to two children in an effort to curb their population growth. The two-child policy dates back to 1994, but it does not appear […]
Dawn: Sumaira Jajja: “It seems like time has stopped. I never thought I would bury my grandson, the same child who held my fingers as a toddler and learnt to […]
Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Dozens of police men armed with semi-automatic weapons and guns were seen rushed to the scenes of the blood bath. They were seen huddled together either behind a wall or some other cover, without firing a single bullet. … And then to cap it all […]
Source: TOI SYDNEY: Victims of child sex abuse by Catholic clergy in Australia and their supporters on Tuesday called for the resignation of the church’s top ranking cardinal, saying they were unimpressed with his apology. Sydney Archbishop Cardinal George Pell on Monday appeared at a Victorian state government inquiry into […]
SOURCE: REUTERS BAIDA, Syria (Reuters) – Awakened by the sound of gunfire, Ahmad could hear the armed men knocking on his brother’s door, shouting insults and calling the family “dogs”. Ahmad’s sister-in-law said the gunmen told her husband to “bow to your god, Bashar” — the Syrian president. She and […]
Source: Asia Times: By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR – Peshawar is breathing a little easier. Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif’s offer of talks with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has rekindled hope for peace in this Pakistan border town. The TTP have had a long run of terror in Pakistan’s northwestern Federally […]
Source: The Huffington Post Chelsea Clinton has taken on a new role at New York University — or has she? As The New York Post reported Tuesday, the former first […]
Source: WSJ via Wasim Sr By AYAAN HIRSI ALI I’ve seen this before. A Muslim terrorist slays a non-Muslim citizen in the West, and representatives of the Muslim community rush to dissociate themselves and their faith from the horror. After British soldier Lee Rigby was hacked to death last week […]
AFP | May 27, 2013 | 23:24 JORDAN TIMES RAMALLAH — The Palestinian presidency said on Monday that it would not make “political concessions in exchange for economic benefits” announced the day before by US Secretary of State John Kerry. “The Palestinian leadership will not offer political concessions in exchange […]
By Kay Campbell | kcampbell@al.com HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Terry Holdbrooks Jr., 29, wears the beard of a bald Amish guy, the tattoos of a punk kid, and the twitchy alertness […]
May 28, 2013 – swissinfo.ch WASHINGTON/CANBERRA (Reuters) – Designs for more than two dozen major U.S. weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, a U.S. report said on Monday, […]