The Long View: This exhibition of the work of the first Palestinian photographer helps fulfil the Palestinian narrative, but it also shows a country that will never return. Jerusalem lies there in 1933, the slopes below al-Aqsa empty of roads, the view across the Mount of Olives containing scarcely four […]
Picture of the first session of the conference A three-day Quran conference started in the afternoon of Friday, April 5, 2013 and ended with great success at Bait-ur-Rahman Mosque, 15000 […]
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Source: www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk A football tournament is taking place this Sunday to raise money for charity. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association South London (AMYA) is running a community football tournament to raise […]
Source: www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com VADODARA: The Muslim dominated area ofPolanBazar in Godhra is considered the ground zero of the 2002 riots. But on Sunday, a mosque here built a unique bridge across the communal divide by opening its […]
Anti-Islam advocate and faith leader Terry Jones is upping the ante on his attacks on the Muslim faith. Rather than burning a Koran to mark the 12th anniversary of 9/11, […]
Source: Aljazeera Hundreds of thousands of people have held protests in Bangladesh to demand that the government introduce an anti-blasphemy law that would include the death penalty for bloggers who insult Islam. Protest organisers called Saturday’s rally the “long march”, with many travelling from remote villages to the capital, Dhaka’s […]
Source: The Daily Star Sheikh Hasina speaks to the BBC’s Anbarasan Ethirajan during an exclusive interview in Dhaka. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh, has firmly rejected the demand for […]
Tweet from Mustafa Qadiri: Public Library of UD Diplomacy Text search View Map Make Timegraph View Tags Image Library PAKISTAN: SUMMER OF DISCONTENT? Date: 1974 June 8, 05:40 (Saturday) Canonical ID: 1974ISLAMA05499_b Original Classification: LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Handling Restrictions: — N/A or Blank — Character Count: 7936 Executive Order: — N/A […]
The Jakarta Globe: Thirty members of Bekasi’s beleaguered Ahmadiyah Muslim sect have been locked inside the shuttered Al-Misbah mosque since Bekasi Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers sealed the building […]
Source: CBC News Margaret Thatcher, one of the most important British politicians of the 20th century, has died at the age of 87. She was the first woman to become […]
Taj Mahal: One of the New 7 Wonders of the World Alislam-eGazette is a monthly electronic publication of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, since 2007. It has more than 40,000 subscribers. […]
Smithsonian.com. At last count, at least 33 people in the world could tell you what they ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner, on February 20, 1998. Or who they talked to on October 28, 1986. Pick any date and they can pull from their memory the most prosaic details of […]
Source: ET However, separate voter lists are prepared for Ahmadis. “They are singled out on the basis of religion,” said Rizvi, adding that all other minorities, such as Hindus and Christians, are included in the general lists. The majority of Ahmadis have always boycotted elections. They refuse to be declared […]
“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don’t need it and hell where they already have it.” -Ronald Reagan ‘Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.’ – Ronald Reagan ‘The most terrifying words In the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m […]
Source: The Daily Beast: De Waal, an Emory University primatologist, has spent his career uncovering the surprising social behaviors of various primate species like chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, and—perhaps most famously—those peacemaking, enthusiastic … known as bonobos. In his more-than-a-dozen books, he has thoughtfully mined the goings-on of the ape world […]
Source: Te Daily Beast via Wasim Srroya Rafia Zakaria is one of Pakistan’s most readable columnists. She’s writing a book on Karachi, the port city to the south that, having once served as Pakistan’s first capital, is now paralysed by sectarian bloodletting. Anyone with an interest in Pakistan should read […]
April 7, 2013 – 14:04 As tension ratchets up in the Korean peninsula, Switzerland has made it clear to the parties involved that it is ready to host talks between them, the Swiss foreign ministry confirmed on Sunday. “Switzerland is always ready to support the search for a solution, should […]
by Matthew Allen, swissinfo.ch April 7, 2013 – 11:00 The rising influx of foreign students to Swiss universities is bringing more international talent to the country. But the debate on who foots the bill for welcoming such bright young minds is tying academics and legislators in knots. Switzerland prides itself […]
Courtesy: The Daily Beast You Mean It’s Not Really that Much of a Meritocracy? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/07/you-mean-it-s-not-really-that-much-of-a-meritocracy.html