Picture of the Day: The New Mosque in Valencia- Spain- Bait-ur-Rahman
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Real to reel: the story of a Muslim woman and a Brahmin widow
Source: Indian Express Thirteen years ago, a Muslim housewife in Kerala had stopped an old and destitute Brahmin widow from jumping in front of a train and ending a life for which she saw no hope. The Muslim woman, then 34, took the 76-year-old high-caste Namboothiri woman home, gave her […]
Burmese Neo-Nazi Movement Rising Against Muslims
Source: Asia Sentinel A troubling new movement spells disaster if left unchecked When Dr. Maung Zarni, an outspoken activist academic, labeled the ongoing anti-Rohingya and anti-Muslim movement in Burma as neo-Nazi, some Burmese said Zarni was exaggerating. Western commentators have also avoided the term. But Zarni has been proven right […]
Pakistan’s Islam Imperils the Public Space
Huff Post: Qanta Ahmad: The deliberate torching of 178 Christian homes in Joseph Colony, Lahore, in response to accusations of blasphemy posed to a single resident in that community is a stark example of the perils of a public space governed by an ‘official’ Islam. Today’s Pakistan, originally founded to […]
Opinion: This is militant Islamophobia in Burma, rooted in history
Source: Asian Correspondent In November last year, a piece I wrote on the potential for the Arakan state violence to evolve into wider anti-Muslim conflict in other parts of Burma was met with accusations of sensationalism and a misreading of the root causes of the Arakan unrest. The piece had […]
To Fight India, We Fought Ourselves
Source:NYTimes By MOHSIN HAMID ON Monday, my mother’s and sister’s eye doctor was assassinated. He was a Shiite. He was shot six times while driving to drop his son off at school. His son, age 12, was executed with a single shot to the head. Tuesday, I attended a protest in […]
Arguments in the Home Linked With Babies’ Brain Functioning
Source: Science Daily Being exposed to arguments between parents is associated with the way babies’ brains process emotional tone of voice, according to a new study to be published in Psychological […]
Discover beauty amidst the chaos
Courtesy: http://www.stuff.co.nz/ MARK DAPIN I’d read warnings about travel in Bangladesh: the toilets are filthy, the kitchens are like toilets, and travellers will get sick. Hartals, or general strikes, regularly paralyse the state. In the villages, people are taken by Bengal tigers. But nothing filled my […]
Bangladesh’s war-crimes tribunal – Justice is better late than never
Courtesy: The Economist Mar 23rd 2013 |From the print edition IN 1961 Israel kidnapped Adolf Eichmann from Argentina and put him on trial for crimes committed 20 years earlier. Eichmann had been secretary at the Nazis’ Wannsee conference that led to the Holocaust. His trial in Jerusalem was a […]
Report: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaa’t Bhagalpur (Bihar)’s Third All Religions Conference
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaa’t Bhagalpur Zone Organized The All Religions Conference on 17th March 2013 at Modern Marriage Garden,Tatapur Bhagalpur.under the guidance of Ameer Jamaa’t Bhagalpur zone Janab Syed Abdul Naqui […]
Celebrating Platinum Jublee, Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Ernakulam Zone, Kerala, India conducted 2nd Masroor Badminton Tournament
2nd Masroor badminton tournament was organized by Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Ernakulam zone on 24th March 2013 as a part of Platinum Jublee Celebrations. Event was inaugurated with silent prayers by […]
Jamat-e-Islami Election Agenda: KHILAFAT!!!
Reporter: M Haleem Asad | PakObserver.Net Monday, March 25, 2013 – Timergara—The central vice chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami and partynominated candidate for PK-95 Sirajul Haq has said that establishment of ‘khilafat […]
US army hands over Bagram prison to Afghanistan
The US has handed over to Afghanistan the only prison still under American control, resolving an issue that has strained ties between the countries. BBC News A transfer ceremony took […]
Ford India apologises for Berlusconi advert
The Indian unit of Ford Motor Company has apologised for an advertisement showing former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in the boot of a […]
Muslims most religious community in France: Study
Press TV: According to the survey conducted by the French Sociovision Institute and released on March 8, 68 percent of the French Muslims attach more importance to their religious values […]
Bangladesh honours 13 Pakistanis for 1971 support
Bangladesh honours 13 Pakistanis for 1971 support Courtesy: Zee News Dhaka: Bangladesh on Sunday honoured 13 “Pakistani friends” for their outstanding moral support during its nine-month long liberation war, 42 years after they defied risks of persecution by the then military junta. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed them over the […]
UK: David Cameron ‘to toughen’ European migrants’ benefits rules
Europeans will have to prove they are “genuinely seeking employment” to claim UK jobless benefits for more than six months, David Cameron has said. BBC News The prime minister said […]
Jerusalem speech through lens of Arab media: Israeli analysis
Ynetnews: ‘Obama the sycophant’ Arab world has slightly different take on US president’s Jerusalem speech, claiming he fawns over Israel and seeks to please Israeli leaders, public ……… Arab media […]
NGOs call for recognition of Islamophobia as form of racism
New Europe: BY STANISLAVA GAYDAZHIEVA | MARCH 20, 2013 – 3:15PM Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March, the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) called the European Union (EU) institutions […]