By Michael Young HUFFINGTON POST BEIRUT — It is a fact that the notion of a clash of civilisations, first popularised by the American academic Samuel Huntington, is more relevant than ever in the minds of many people. Especially when it concerns Muslim-Western relations, there is a view that Muslim […]
By Ezra Sihite on 12:03 pm May 8, 2013 JAKARTA GLOBE A government official says people should refer to a five-year-old joint decree to find solutions to the recent spate […]
Some 40 Israeli settlers, many of them armed, invaded the Hebron-area village of Sair at 11pm Thursday night. The settlers opened fire in the village and attacked local homes in the Beit Aynoun section of Sair, shattering windows of the Jihad Ja’bari home. Rumours circulated that the settlers entered the […]
By Rita Rubin Forward Mobile Scientists usually don’t call each other “liars” and “frauds.” But that’s how Johns Hopkins University post-doctoral researcher Eran Elhaik describes a group of widely respected geneticists, including Harry Ostrer, professor of pathology and genetics at Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine and author of […]
The Friday Times: There are nearly three million registered minority voters in Pakistan, according to NADRA, of which 200,000 belong to the Ahmadiyya Community. All of the minorities will cast their votes on May 11 under a joint electorate system, except the Ahmadis. There is a separate voters list for them, […]
Guardian: The Church of Scotland has moved to defuse a furious row with Jewish leaders and the Israeli government after agreeing to change a controversial report on Israeli settlements. Senior […]
Washington Post: By Fahim Younas: On May 11th, the world’s second most populous Muslim country, Pakistan, will mark a historic election. The country’s 66-year history is marred by the presence of martial laws and never before has one elected government replaced another. As Pakistanis rush to the polling stations to cast their vote, over 4 […]
Source: The Huffington Post Reuters | By Tom Heneghan Posted: 05/09/2013 3:09 pm EDT PARIS, May 9 (Reuters) – France’s Muslim leaders have agreed to end almost 1,400 years of Islamic tradition […]
Source: www.mercurynews.com Members of Ahmadiyya Muslim community and neighbors along with city officials gathered 6 p.m. last Thursday at Baitul Baseer Mosque in Milpitas to celebrate National Day of Prayer, starting […]
Source: Tadhkirah, page 559 in PDF document, 539 in Book
Source: www.ahmadiyyamalta.org The Youth Reach – a youth group invited Laiq Ahmed Atif, president Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta to give presentation about Islam and Misconceptions about it. The event was held […]
Source: BBC A senior Vatican official has condemned the cult of Santa Muerte, or Holy Death, in Mexico as “blasphemous”. The president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture, Cardinal […]
By Carol J. Williams LOS ANGELES TIMES May 9, 2013, 5:00 a.m. Just weeks after the terrorist bombings at the Boston Marathon, the global leader of the world’s 10-million-plus Ahmadiyya […]
A shocking new report by the Pentagon has found that 70 sexual assaults may be taking place within the U.S. military every day. The report estimates there were 26,000 sex […]
Epigraph: “Those who believe and do good deeds — the Gracious God will create love in their hearts.” (Al Quran 19:97) Source: The Huffington Post By Dr. Cynthia Thaik: Cardiologist, Author, Founder […]
Submitted by Ali Abunimah ELECTRONICINTIFADA.NET Royal Jordanian has disavowed sponsorship of an Israeli government tourism conference to be held in occupied Jerusalem later this month amid public uproar in Jordan that the airline’s logo appeared on the “supporter” page of the conference’s official website. The Royal Jordanian logo appeared alongside […]
BOSTON (AP) — Police in Worcester (WUS’-tur), Mass., say the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev (TAM’-ehr-lun tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) has been buried outside of the city. Police said in […]
Yves Kugelmann says ‘it’s a matter of fact’ that a Dutch institution is again trying to seize the family’s possessions STEVE ANDERSON THE INDPENDENT UK A bitter row between two […]
Source: The Daily Star. DHAKA: Law enforcers take Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to jail on Thursday. International Crimes Tribunal-2 sentenced him to death as it found him guilty of five out of seven charges of wartime offences leveled against him. Photo: Focus Bangla A Dhaka tribunal on Thursday handed death […]