Do atheists secretly believe in God? Finnish Study
Epigraph: “And when thy Lord brings forth offspring from the loins of the sons of Adam, He makes them witnesses against their own selves by asking them, ‘Am I not […]
5 Foods With a Surprising Impact On Health
Health: by Cynthia Sass. One of the things I love most about my job is that nutrition is such an exciting science! We’re constantly learning about how various foods and nutrients prevent disease, ward off aging, and optimize health. I spend about an hour a day reading and reviewing new […]
Syria: What would US military intervention look like?
Global Post: As evidence of possible chemical weapons use in Syria mounts, so do the calls for a full-scale military intervention in the now two-year-long conflict that has cost roughly 70,000 lives. President Barack Obama had said chemical attacks by regime forces on Syrian civilians would constitute a “red line” […]
Apologists for Israel take top posts at BBC
electronicintifada: Amna SaleemThe American poet T.S. Eliot wrote that “April is the cruelest month.” The phrase springs to mind in April 2013, the month that a new director-general took up […]
Islam’s Nexus with Peace
Independent: by Osaama Saifi, Santa Maria. As a Muslim, I am saddened and condemn the terrorism in the Boston Marathon bombing. The worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His […]
Not ‘brainwashed’: American women who converted to Islam speak out
NBC: By JoNel Aleccia, Senior Writer, NBC News When an American convert to Islam was revealed as the wife of the dead Boston bombing suspect, Lauren Schreiber wasn’t surprised at what came next. Comments from former acquaintances and complete strangers immediately suggested that 24-year-old Katherine Russell, a New England doctor’s […]
Nigeria Ahmadiyya Jamaat President Fashola Opposes FG’s Plan To Grant Boko Haram Amnesty Pt 1
Youtube: Published on Apr 26, 2013 President of the AHmadiyya Muslim Juma’at, Dr Moshood Fashola has vehemently opposed the plan by the federal government to grant a “ghost” group, Boko Haram, […]
Do You Even Hear Muslims When We Condemn Violence?
Source: The Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid: Author, ‘The Wrong Kind of Muslim’ It took 9,000 officers, five days, and roughly $1 billion in lost revenue for Boston, but suspect […]
A tiny minority of Canadian Muslims, Ahmadiyyas make their presence felt
The 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 […]
Top Reasons to live in Canada
TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1. Vancouver : 1.5 million people and two bridges. You do the math. 2. Your $400,000 Vancouver home is just 5 hours from downtown. 3. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations. 4. There’s always some sort of deforestation protest […]
Conflating Religion and Race.
Source:The daily Beast. The day after last week’s attack in Boston, David Sirota wrote a column for Salon entitled “Let’s Hope the Boston Marathon Bomber Is a White American,” arguing that this would limit the resulting crackdown on civil liberties. At first, conservatives were appalled. Then, when police fingered the […]
“Homework to Do’: The Afghanistan-Pakistan Peace Talk Tipping Point
Source: The daily beast. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s diplomatic initiative to host talks between Afghan and Pakistani leaders in Brussels this week was a timely step meant to reset tense relations between the two South Asian neighbors, and revive stalled talks with the Taliban as the 2014 deadline […]
Chak de Goal! A New Wave of Hockey Fans in Canada
Source: NY Times: A Punjabi show has married Canada’s national pastime with the sounds of the Indian subcontinent, providing a glimpse into the changing face of hockey. Read More:
‘The Jewish Candidate’
Source:Spiegel In the opening chapter of “The Jewish Candidate,” Frank Carver, a reporter for the fictitious London Chronicle, is posted to Germany to cover the country’s most-fascinating election campaign since World War II. Rudolf Gutman, the first Jew to run for chancellor, is promising to free Germany from the shackles […]
Ahmadiyya tasks leaders on good governance
Source:Vanguard via Wasim Sr. The Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Organisation, has charged leaders at various level of governance to lead by example, show justice and equity and eschew all forms of vegeance inorder to move the nation forward. The cahrge was contained in a communique issued at […]
UK: Bomb plot ringleader Irfan Naseer jailed for life and warned by judge: ‘reject terror or you’ll never be freed’
Evening Standard London: A master bombmaker trained by al Qaeda was handed five life sentences today and told he may never be released unless he gives up extremism. Above from left, […]
Queen consents to bill to outlaw caste in Britain
dna: In a major victory to 4 lakh dalits in the UK, a bill that will outlaw discrimination on the basis of caste in Britain has received royal assent from […]
Can Interfaith Dialogue Cure Religious Violence?
religiondispatches: In the wake of the Boston Bombings, Eboo Patel, public intellectual and director of the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), has proposed, in a recent article on HuffPo, that this explosive violence resulted partly from a failure of interfaith dialogue. With the caveat that “interfaith programs are not a miracle solution,” he […]
Persecution of Christians and Muslims in Britain
theguardian: by Ian Birrell. It is hard to take claims of religious intolerance from Christians seriously when UK Muslims are daily subject to real hate crimes A recent Chatham House study by […]
Western Firms Feel Pressure as Toll Rises in Bangladesh
Source: NY Times. By JULFIKAR ALI MANIK, STEVEN GREENHOUSE and JIM YARDLEY DHAKA, Bangladesh — As the search for survivors continued on Friday in one of the worst manufacturing disasters in history, pointed questions were being raised about why a factory building in Bangladesh was not padlocked after terrified workers […]