The Independent: Atheists Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris face Islamophobia backlash Dawkins surprised his fans and critics when he admitted he had not read the Koran JEROME TAYLOR […]
Huff Post: Martin Spinelli. Three hours later I was by Lio’s side in pediatric intensive care. The space was dark and windowless, lit mostly by the small red LEDs of medical equipment. There, surrounded by a halo of computer screens, I found my only child with a fractured skull, severe […]
Huff Post: by Imam Abdullah Antepli. In this week’s HuffPost Jummah, I would like to reflect on the very concept of reflecting and thinking (tafakkur) in Islam as an act of worship. Tafakkur is one of the most important and central spiritual tool for us to fulfill our potential and […]
April 12, 2013 – 19:24 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that attempts to “delegitimise” the Syrian leadership would have disastrous consequences, and hit out against those trying to […]
Associated Press ARABNEWS Thursday 11 April 2013 L BIRZEIT, West Bank: The Palestinians have started construction in the West Bank of what organizers say will be the world’s largest museum […]
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 13 April 2013 A boy from Madinah has won the top prize in the Kingdom-wide Crown Prince Salman Prize for the Memorization of the Holy Qur’an […]
Source: ET LAHORE: (In additon to What Chief Editor posted in Urdu) Islampura police on Friday registered a case against six Ahmedis on blasphemy and terrorism charges and arrested four of them including a hawker and editor and printer of an Ahmedi publication, The Express Tribune has learnt. Police registered […]
پاکستان کے صوبہ پنجاب کے دارالحکومت لاہور میں پولیس نے احمدیہ جماعت کے اخبار کے مدیر سمیت چھ افراد کے خلاف توہین مذہب اور دہشت گردی ایکٹ کے تحت مقدمہ درج کیا گیا ہے۔ جماعت احمدیہ کی جانب سے جاری کیے گئے ایک بیان میں ان افراد کو حراست میں […]
Edinburgh University Source: STV Edinburgh Every year, one of the key events at the festival is the presentation of the Edinburgh Medal and subsequent talk by the winner. This year, […]
(Reuters) – Retail sales contracted in March for the second time in three months and consumer confidence tumbled in April, a sign tax hikes early this year stole momentum from the economy. Sales fell 0.4 percent in March, missing analysts’ expectations for a flat reading, Commerce Department data showed on […]
By Gibbi Sallah, 11 April 2013 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, established in the Gambia in the early 1960’s, recently installed 10 solar energy panels in 10 villages across the Gambia. This was disclosed at a press briefing held at the Ahmadiyya Hospital in Tallinding. Speaking at a press briefing, Muhammed […]
Source: LUBP In order to perceptively comprehend some of the dynamics behind the latter day Shia Killings in Pakistan, it is pertinent to read the very insightful report convened by the Government of Pakistan for the yesteryear Ahmadiya killings in 1953, titled: The Ahrar-Ahmadiya controversy Munir Report of the Court of Inquiry 1954. […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Inside one of the many busy open markets in Kampala, rows of hanged trousers and dresses swing in midair, casting a shadow over the colorful stacks of unsorted clothes sitting on rickety wooden stalls. Amidst the hustle and bustle, bargain-hunting shoppers rummage through the large piles […]
Source: Daily The Beast: Egypt’s economy is in sharp decline, thanks in large part to its never-ending political unrest. In Washington, these dire economic straits have added new weight to a practice long favored by politicians looking to pressure the Egyptian government: the threat to cut off aid. Egypt receives […]
By Zia H Shah MD The Holy Quran in Sura Takwir predicted that a time is coming, when there will be an explosion of publications and humans will be brought […]
Wazeer Khan Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. A few people outside Lahore have heard about this mosque but it is a masterpiece of moghul art..
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the two-way: Scott Neuman. Russia’s parliament has given preliminary approval to an anti-blasphemy bill that would make it a crime to offend religious feelings. The BBC reports that the bill was drafted last year after members of the punk band Pussy Riot used Moscow’s main Russian Orthodox cathedral to perform a […]
A collection of four inter-related articles bringing out a new political, social, religious and historic reality. “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” according to Aristotle. Collected by Zia H […]
Source: The Local: A university in the eastern Germany state of Saxony has become the first to raise tuition fees drastically for non-EU foreign students. The fee hike from €220 to €3,600 each year could set a nationwide precedent. More: