There is outrage in Chicago over plans to close more than 50 public schools – most of them in poor and minority neighbourhoods. Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the closures are tough but necessary in order to deal with a $1bn deficit and what he called “underutilised” schools. He also […]
In the Islamic tradition, we are reminded, “The best actions are those which are small and consistent.” Those words from the Prophet Muhammad remind us the importance that even the smallest of deeds can have with the right intention. Each of us can pray. Each of us can give. Each of […]
Ahmadiyya Times |By Imran Jattala : The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Spain sees the opening of their second mosque in few days. The newly built Baitur Rahman Mosque, located in […]
Prezi: Based on an article “The Myth of Free and Fair Elections in Pakistan” by Amjad Mahmood Khan. (Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, March 14th, 2013 Prezi transcript Non-Christians? 5% Ahmadi Muslims could only vote by disavowing their Muslim identity. They sat out National, State and local elections. The myth of […]
Russian TV: The BRICS Development Bank is the beginning of the end of the existing monetary management system, Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar told RT. RT: There’s no doubt about it, […]
Source: Dissertation Reviews, by Sadia Saeed. A review of Politics of Exclusion: Muslim Nationalism, State Formation and Legal Representations of the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) founded Ahmadiyya Islam in the Indian sub-continent in the second half of the nineteenth century and found himself embroiled in controversy for […]
Express Tribune: LAHORE: The police in Kasur is yet to make an arrest in connection with the attack on a local Ahmadi leader’s house and are instead requesting the Ahmadi community in the area to withdraw their complaint, The Express Tribune has learnt. A mob in Shamasabad village of Kasur district attacked the […]
Source: www.modernghana.com Cape Coast, March 25, GNA – Mr Ebo Barton Oduro, Member of Parliament for Cape Coast North, at the weekend presented 200 pieces of roofing sheets worth about GH¢ […]
Source: BBC The most wanted professions? Who benefits and why? How it’s worked out Around the world, there are a number of professions in high demand from the pool of […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of New Zealand’s Silver Jubilee celebration held at the Mt. Eden War Memorial Hall, Auckland on Sunday 24th March 2013 was a huge success, graced by […]
(Reuters) – Cyprus is expected to stop people taking their money out of the country but will not restrict dealings at home as it tries to avert a run on its banksafter agreeing a tough rescue package with international lenders. Cypriots have taken to the streets of Nicosia in their […]
Source: Science Daily If you think your inability to concentrate is a hopeless condition, think again — and breathe, and focus. According to a study by researchers at the UC Santa Barbara, as little as two weeks of mindfulness training can significantly improve one’s reading comprehension, working memory capacity, and […]
David Goodhart in the Daily Mail On 24th March 2013 David Goodhart wrote a piece in the Daily Mail titled, “A mega mosque in a suburb that was 90 per cent white 30 years ago and the polite apartheid dividing Britain.” [1] In the article he stated that “for many of the white […]
Source: ET PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: A key clue in unlocking the mysteries of the evolutionary path of modern man — the Sivapithecus Indicus fossil skull, which was discovered in Pakistan’s Potohar plateau and went missing in 1996, had been shipped to the United States under a secret deal. The revelation was […]
Global Post: BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Malachi O’Doherty says his nieces and nephews are helpless at funerals. Raised without religion, they are flummoxed by the practices and customs that accompany a Catholic ritual. Though he himself left the church as a teenager in the 1960s, he’s ambivalent about the loss […]
Source: Huff Post, by Jahnabi Barooah. Holi (also known as Dol Jatra, Basantotsav) is the Hindu festival of colors. It is celebrated at the end of the winter season, on the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna. In 2013, Holi will be celebrated on March 27. Holi is observed with great fanfare by Hindus […]
Washington Post: VATICAN CITY — A high-profile Italian Muslim who converted to Catholicism and was baptized by Pope Benedict XVI announced on Monday (March 25) that he will leave the church to protest its soft stance against Islam. Egyptian-born Magdi Cristiano Allam, 61, a prominent journalist and outspoken critic of […]