Source: The Huffington Post By Anantanand Rambachan Professor of Religion, Saint Olaf College, MN On March 10, Hindus around the world will celebrate Shivaratri (The Night of Shiva). I share these theological reflections on the occasion of this sacred festival. For centuries, Hindus have worshiped and described God through the name […]
By Peggy Fletcher Stack | The Salt Lake Tribune Mormon historians are cheering the newly released English edition of LDS scriptures, pointing to new wording about race and polygamy that […]
Source: Huff Post, by Anantanand Rambachan. On March 10, Hindus around the world will celebrate Shivaratri (The Night of Shiva). I share these theological reflections on the occasion of this sacred festival. For centuries, Hindus have worshiped and described God through the name and form of Shiva. The name Shiva […]
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch Mar 8, 2013 Foreigners seeking permanent residency in Switzerland must speak one of the country’s four national languages, according to a government proposal. The bill includes […]
Source: LUBP: In the afternoon of 9 March, a mob of 3,000 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (ASWJ/LEJ) and PML-N activists destroyed the entire neighborhood of Joseph Colony, Badami Bagh, in Lahore. The destruction was carried out when a rumor was deliberately spread by the religious-political activists affiliated to the Deobandi/ASWJ/LeJ mosque in […]
Aijaz Zaka Syed ARABNEWS Sunday 10 March 2013 IT’S a depressing landscape from one end of the Muslim world to another. From Bangladesh and Pakistan to Afghanistan and from Syria and Iraq to Egypt, it is the same story everywhere. Extremism, intolerance and violence have emerged as an existential threat […]
AMMAN — Filipino UN peacekeepers seized by Syrian rebels on the Golan arrived in Jordan on Saturday, hours after their captors released them from an ordeal of more than three […]
JEDDAH: RIMA AL-MUKHTAR ARABNEWS Sunday 10 March 2013 On the occasion of International Women’s day, Nawal Al-Rashid, Saudi managing editor of the female section at Al-Riyadh daily newspaper and secretary […]
The number of Syrians investing in Jordan shot up by 197 per cent during the first two months of this year, the general controller of companies, Burhan Akroush, told The Jordan Times on Saturday. Burhan Akroush said 101 Syrian investors launched new ventures at the Companies Control Department (CCD) during […]
Source: onislam. An American professor is highlighting similarities between the Noble Qur’an and the Bible as a way to clear misconceptions about Islam and Muslims in the world. “One of the things right off the bat that shocks Christians and Jews very often if they haven’t read the Qur’an much […]
The Cameroonian Town of Mamfe Manyu played host to the guests of the Promised Messiahas on 1st and 2nd March 2013 when Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Cameroun celebrated her 3rd Jalsa […]
Source: Friday Times: Allama Tahir ul Qadri spent millions of rupees on his recent Lahore rally and Long March.He said he could finance hundreds of such ventures. He may be right. Owners and managers of madrassas and religious organizations have become millionaires because of their businesses and hefty donations from […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk / Rana Tanveer Published: March 9, 2013 LAHORE: A highly-charged mob of thousands burnt more than 40 Christian houses in Badami Bagh area of Lahore on Saturday to “take revenge of the blasphemy” allegedly committed by a Christian two days earlier. Express […]
Chino Imam returns from West Africa tour Chino-based Imam Shamshad A. Nasir has been the southwest regional missionary and spiritual leader at the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Baitul Hameed Mosque […]
A Golden Opportunity to abolish self-contradictory Franchise System and Restore true Justice and Democracy in Pakistan The world has strongly and repeatedly drawn the attention of Pakistan to its self-contradictory […]
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PAKISTAN TODAY Sunday 10th March 2013 Reality Check Humayun Gauhar My purpose is not to spread doom and gloom. Rather, it is to […]
Sold out first run indicates journalists’ desire for more positive reporting A new course teaching journalists how to report news in a way that is relevant to society and not unnecessarily negative is proving popular in Denmark. The Constructive News course, run by Catherine Gyldensted, a Danish reporter who has […]
IT HAS been proven that the United States of America is an expert in the ‘art’ of gaining enmity. For 65 years, it has provided nothing to the Middle East and the Arab world but grudges and confusion over its relations with governments in the region. The US ‘adopted’ Israel […]
Author: His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifa-tul Masih V Source: Alislam.org Table of Contents of the Book About the Author ……………………………………………………………………ix Publishers’ Note ………………………………………………………………………xi Foreword ……………………………………………………………………………….xv Introduction ……………………………………………………………………….. xvii Speeches Islamic Perspective on the Global Crisis …………………………………… 3 Islam’s Teachings of Loyalty and Love for One’s Nation ………… 23 The […]