Jemima Khan and the Part-Time Wife
BBC: Jemima Khan investigates the practice of polygamy in the UK’s Muslim community. For divorced Muslim women, finding a new spouse isn’t always easy. But would being a part-time wife […]
Short Video: Life Under Siege in Bekasi Mosque for 20 Ahmadiyya Muslims- (Bahasa)
Editor’s note: Although the whole video is in Bahasa Indonesia, it is very simple to understand and how beautifully the life of these brave Ahmadi Muslims has been documented. Worth Watching and please remember them in prayers. youtube: Published on Apr 27, 2013 Watch here: 4 April 2013, Walikota Bekasi menutup […]
Naturalisation? No thanks : Why some residents choose not to become Swiss
by Jeannie Wurz, swissinfo.ch April 29, 2013 – 11:00 Naturalisation is a Swiss political hot potato, with moves afoot to make the process harder in the face of rising immigration. […]
‘Au revoir’ (Good Bye) to English, demands French PM
France 24: French Socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault wrote a letter to members of the government Thursday asking them to avoid using English words, even when dealing with technological innovations. The request comes after Arnaud Montebourg, minister of industrial renewal, and Michèle Delaunay, minister for the elderly, announced they were creating a new […]
Stop the Blaming: Rise of Ignorance and Islamophobia
Source: The Huffington Post By Nicola Moors: Editor of the University of Sheffield’s student newspaper, Forge Press, where she is also studying journalism During the majority of the 1930s and 1940s, around […]
Early marriage persists in society despite law amendments — activists
by Areej Abuqudairi | Apr 29, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Activists and civil society groups warned that the practice of early marriage persists despite an amendment to the […]
Palestinian Christians urge Pope to oppose wall
AFP | Apr 29, 2013 | 23:44 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Palestinian Christians near Bethlehem on Monday urged Pope Francis to speak up against an Israeli decision to build its controversial separation barrier on a route they say would cut off their community. “We cry to your Holiness with a feeling […]
Truthfulness is a vast curriculum – Teachings from the Qur’an
Salman Al-Awdah ARABNEWS Friday 26 April 2013 O YOU who believe! Have taqwa with Allah, and be among the truthful.” (Al-Qur’an, 9:119) Many people understand truthfulness to mean truthfulness of the tongue through speech alone. In reality, truthfulness is a vast curriculum. It is as much one of the characteristics […]
Willem-Alexander becomes new Dutch king
MIKE CORDER | AP ARABNEWS Tuesday 30 April 2013 AMSTERDAM: King Willem-Alexander became the first Dutch male monarch in more than a century Tuesday as his mother Beatrix abdicated to […]
I gotta admit: I’m not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be,” Obama said
Source:CNN Obama went for it anyway, joking about his appearance — “These days I look in the mirror and I gotta admit: I’m not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be,” he said — and his recent “rookie mistakes,” one of which being his remark about California […]
Europe’s Moral Quandary:
Source:Spiegel. More than 3,000 people worked producing cheap t-shirts for European clothing chains in the highrise sweatshop that collapsed in Bangladesh last week. Hundreds died because the facility was lacking even the most basic safety standards. More:
Bundeswehr soldiers ‘for hire as mercenaries’
Source:The Local. German soldiers are moonlighting illegally at private security firms while off-duty, a newspaper revealed on Monday. Working as heavily armed guards on freighters or in war-zones, some do it for the cash and others for the adrenaline kick. More:
Bradford and Keighley Muslims join 1,500 in charity challenge
Telegraph and Argus: Dozens of volunteers at an Islamic youth association were among more than 1,500 people involved in a charity event. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association took […]
Urdu Press Coverage of Attack on Ahmadiyya Mosque in Lahore by Rabid Mullahs
Source: Twitter by Sabahatms: This Urdu trash paper writes a huge headline covering the incident in the following way: “Raid on Gulshane Ravi-Ahmadiyya Place of Worshop sealed. Hundreds of blasphemous books siezed. 500 […]
Germany’s First Muslim Car Sharing Service
Source: Qantara.de Selim Reid set up Germany’s first Muslim car sharing service to spare his mother disparaging remarks and to reduce the number of extra-marital affairs. Cigdem Akyol spoke to […]
Europe’s Moral Quandary: The High Human Price of Cheap T-Shirts
Source: Spiegel International More than 3,000 people worked producing cheap t-shirts for European clothing chains in the highrise sweatshop that collapsed in Bangladesh last week. Hundreds died because the facility […]
Love for All, Hatred for None!
Source/Credit: Glen Ellyn Patch: By Samrah Ahmad Religions should be judged on their teachings and not on the actions of their adherents. This is the only way to judge fairly. […]
Bangladesh: Cheap clothes lead to danger and tragedy
Source: CNN Money The latest tragedy in Bangladesh once again raises the issue of the high price of cheap clothing, and puts pressure on the world’s largest retailers to take meaningful action. Last week, nearly 400 people were killed in Bangladesh when a nine-story building housing five garment factories collapsed. […]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirms secret US cash ‘help’
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Source: BBC The Afghan president has admitted his office received secret payments from the US, but says the amounts were small and used legitimately. Hamid Karzai was […]