Staunchly Catholic Croatia opens major Islamic center
AFP, Rijeka-Croatia – Some 20,000 Muslims from Croatia and abroad gathered in the Adriatic port city of Rijeka on Saturday to inaugurate an Islamic center and the third mosque in […]
(Anti-Government) Activists say Sunni Muslims flee Syrian coastal city after reports of sectarian killings
BEIRUT — Thousands of Sunni Muslims fled a Syrian coastal town Saturday, a day after reports circulated that dozens of people, including children, had been killed by pro-government gunmen in the area, activists said. The violence occurred as embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad made his second public appearance in a […]
Conflicted Minds: Religious Freedom or Death for Apostates?
The Muslim Times has changed the title of the article. The title in Washington Post is: 64 percent of Muslims in Egypt and Pakistan support the death penalty for leaving […]
Ahmadi youth killed in road accident near Qadian
Source: www.punjabnewsexpress.com QADIAN: Ahmadi youth hailing from Qadian killed in a road accident near Qadian. Mr. Azmi S/O Syed Mansoor Ahmad Shah (21) was coming on a motorcycle with his two friends when their motorcycle collided with a truck near Deri Wal (Dhariwal) . Local people called ambulance which took them civil […]
Should I Thank God for Not Making Me a Woman?
Huff Post: Ari Hart. “Blessed are you, Lord our God, Ruler of the Universe, who has not made me a woman.” — Morning Blessings, Artscroll Siddur, p. 12. I’m supposed to say that each morning. If I were a woman, I would recite this instead: “Blessed are you, Lord our God, Ruler […]
Fazlur Rehman thought I’d declare Ahmadis Muslims, but I’m not a hypocrite: Imran Khan
ET: SWABI: “Maulana [Fazlur Rehman] thought I would declare Ahmadis Muslims but Imran Khan is not a munafiq (hypocrite)”, said Imran Khan while addressing supporters at a rally in Swabi on Saturday. Imran spoke of initial allegations put forth by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman of being supported by a […]
Switzerland: Can a mega-alpine resort meet expectations?
by Susan Vogel-Misicka, swissinfo.ch May 2, 2013 – 11:00 Egyptian property developer and billionaire Samih Sawiris is confident his first venture in Europe, the Andermatt Swiss Alps resort, will be […]
Report: US believes Israel conducts Syria air strike
CNN reports, citing two unnamed US officials, that Israel conducted airstrike into Syria on Thursday or Friday but Israeli planes did not enter Syrian airspace; CBS, NBC also report airstrike. […]
Muslim leader offers to educate North Yorkshire Ukip canvasser accused of racism
The Northern Echo: by Joe Willis. A MUSLIM community leader tonight offered to teach the peaceful message of Islam to a UK Independence Party (Ukip) canvasser suspended from the party for posting sickening anti-Muslim comments and images on-line. Wadood Ahmad Daud, a youth leader with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association North-East […]
Who are the Ahmadi Muslims? And why are they so controversial?
Vancouver Sun: They are a small religious sect in Canada. But I receive more emails and news releases from the Ahmadiyya Muslims than I do from the rest of Canada’s roughly one million Muslims combined. The Ahmadiyya are not shy about seeking converts in Canada, mainly by connecting with politicians […]
Wall Street Journal: The Pakistanis Who Won’t Vote
WSJ blogs: Rights groups welcome Pervez Musharraf-era reforms to Pakistan’s electoral system, which helped put religious minorities on an equal footing with Muslims. But Ahmadis say they were left out, and some other religious minorities say they still don’t have adequate representation in Parliament. “We want to be part of […]
Pakistan Elections – Analysis PTI’s New Stance on The Blasphemy Law – Bilatakalluf
Rawal TV: Youtube: Published on May 3, 2013 Bilatakalluf with Tahir Gora Episode 91 Guests: Arshad Mahmood & Moeen Siddiqui Host: Tahir A. Gora More:
Two Minute Videos: Imran Khan Then and Now
Epigraph: “Surely, Allah changes not the condition of a people until they change that which is in their hearts.” (Al Quran 13:12) Then: A video clip from good old days of Imran Khan […]
Scientists make world’s smallest movie from Atoms
Source: TheLocal You might say he is just a collection of atoms, but then, really, aren’t we all? The Local’s German of the Week is Boy, from the world’s smallest stop-motion film, made with individual atoms moved by a German-led research team. The video A Boy and His […]
Muslim Women and Integration – Oppressed in the Name of Islam?
Source: Qantara.de The majority of Germans regard Islam as misogynist. No other issue in the public debate on integration has evoked such bitter controversy among Germans. Nonetheless, the image of […]
Two Pakistani diplomats and Ahmadi pilot Injured in Plane Crash
http://www.wboy.com/story/22089400/update-3-injured-in-plane-crash-at-windwood-fly-in-resort-in-canaan-valley with report from Pakistan Post Canada, 2nd May 2013 2 Pakistani diplomats and Ahmadi pilot Injured in Plane Crash at Windwood Fly-In Resort in Canaan Valley CANAAN VALLEY – West Virginia, USA Update 4/29/13 One of the three men involved in a plane crash in Tucker County remains in […]
Growing Anti-Semitism: World Jewish Congress Takes on Hungary
Source:Spiegel. In symbolic protest of growing anti-Semitism in Hungary, the World Jewish Congress will meet in Budapest this weekend. This has angered Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who plans to address the assembly about the criticism. But no amount of talk can erase the fact that right-wing extremism is on the […]
Saudi-sponsored ISI using Takfiri Deobandi militants to hijack Pakistan elections: PPP, ANP and MQM’s press conference
Source:LUBP KARACHI (30 April 2013): The political parties, which are being targeted by the Pakistani Taliban for having ‘secular views,’ late on Tuesday (30 April) said the coming May 11 polls are being hijacked by “local and international establishment,” DawnNews reported. It is believed that Pakistan army’s intelligence agencies (local […]
PMLN-SCP-ASWJ i.e. Nawaz, Iftikhar, Ludhianvi alliance remains intact
Source: LUBP Anybody saying it’s ‘fake’ should know that based on this evidence the SCP overturned a LHC decision and acquitted BB and AAZ, famously stating that the “bias is floating on the surface of the decision.” Resultantly the two LHC judges had to resign. More: