Papal conclave to begin March 12 for Benedict’s successor
By Jason Horowitz, Published: March 8 VATICAN CITY — The College of Cardinals will convene Tuesday to begin the formal process of selecting a new pope to lead the world’s […]
Selecting a pope
Source: CNN Technically, any Roman Catholic male can be elected pope. But since 1379, every pope has been selected from the College of Cardinals, the group casting the votes at the conclave. Many of the cardinals are bishops and archbishops appointed by the pope to assist in religious issues. Some […]
Parents beware – if your teenagers offer to make you a milkshake!!!
(Actual headline of the article: Teenage Girls Drug Parents To Use The Internet After Hours) redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Apparently, some teenagers REALLY love using […]
Conclave to Elect New Pope Will Begin Tuesday
Source: NY Times: The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church announced on Friday that the conclave to elect the next pope would begin on Tuesday.The transition was set in motion on Feb. 28 by the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. More:
The Supreme Court must ensure that Ahmadis should not be disfranchised
Source: AHRC via Nasim Malik The world has strongly and repeatedly drawn the attention of Pakistan to its self-contradictory franchise system which denies the Ahmadi Muslims the fundamental right to vote.( Click here to read our previous statement on the issue) The Supreme Court of Pakistan has judiciously taken a […]
Why we celebrate International Women’s Day
By Melinda Gates, Special to CNN updated 8:25 AM EST, Fri March 8, 2013 CNN Editor’s note: Melinda Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This piece was published […]
Alleged blasphemy: Mob burns scores of Christian homes in Lahore
Express Tribune: 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 News had earlier reported that around 100 houses were burnt by the mob. Eyewitnesses said […]
SPEEDING CAMERAS ARE A SCAM, JUDGE: MSN NEWS
Judge: Town’s speeding cameras are ‘3 Card Monty’ scam AP Photo: Rick Bowmer. Traffic cameras: A pair of traffic cameras in Elmwood Place, Ohio. IMAGE An Ohio judge says Elmwood Place’s automated speed-traffic cameras are “a scam” that cheats drivers out of $105 a pop. If you happen to drive […]
ISLAM COMPATIBLE WITH UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORM: APP
Islam compatible with universal human norms, Muslim scholars say NEW YORK, March 7 (APP): A conference of leading Muslim scholars from across the world, held in Istanbul earlier this week, adopted a strongly worded resolution that reaffirmed Islam’s compatibility with universal human norms and called on religious institutions in Afghanistan, Pakistan and neighbouring countries […]
Why Do Evil and Suffering Exist?
Source: Huff Post, by Jeffrey Small. Our individual lives are short, inconsequential in a universe that is 13.7 billion years old. We are finite. We suffer. Yet the faiths of the world also teach us that we can transcend suffering and death because we are part of something bigger than […]
Pakistan PM’s visit to India deemed as ‘intolerable’
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Friday 8 March 2013 JAIPUR, India: The spiritual head of a revered Muslim shrine in India where Pakistan’s premier Raja Pervez Ashraf is set to visit […]
Odd News: Missing (Soviet) war veteran lives as healer in Afghanistan
Reuters | Mar 07, 2013 | 22:32 JORDAN TIMES MOSCOW — A Soviet war veteran reported missing in action during fighting in Afghanistan 33 years ago has been found living […]
NEW HOMES : Switzerland takes in 37 more Syrian refugees
Mar 8, 2013 – 18:35 swissinfo.ch Thirty-seven refugees fleeing violence in Syria have arrived in Switzerland as part of a United Nations resettlement programme. This is the second such group […]
Canada threatens to Stop Aid to Palestine if it takes Israel to ICC
On Friday 8th March, Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat condemned Canada’s warning to cut off its aid if Palestinians takes Israel to the International Criminal Court. Referring to the Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird’s warning to cut off its aid, Saeb Erkat questioned why Canada is being so hostile towards […]
HUMAN RIGHTS : Women “carry all” of Palestine’s sufferin
GAZA CITY (IPS) – “In Gaza we don’t lead normal lives, we just cope, and adapt to our abnormal lives under siege and occupation,” said Dr. Mona El-Farra, a physician and a long-time women’s rights activist in the Gaza Strip. On International Women’s Day, when many of the world’s women […]
Muslim students at Gujarat University fetch highest number of gold medals so far
Source: Times of India AHMEDABAD: Minority march in higher education is getting stronger in the state. The 61st convocation of the Gujarat University in fact saw maximum number so far of Muslim students excelling in their streams and winning gold medals. This year 211 medals were given to 118 students […]
Viewpoint: What if women ruled the world?
BBC: Not so long ago, the idea that women might rule the world seemed slightly ridiculous – like something out of science fiction. But in an essay to mark International […]
Islam and Free Speech: Principle vs. Privilege
Huff Post: By Harris Zafar: While many celebrated the winter holidays, news broke of the arrest in Saudi Arabia of liberal writerTurki Al Hamad for allegedly insulting Islam on Twitter. […]
Did JI convert Pakistan into What Maudoodi Thought of It?: A Grim Reminder
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Khatam-e-Nabuwwat Desperate Tactics and Ahmadiyya Muslim Answer: The Curious Case of a Nephew
Youtube/mat.tv: Recently a youtube video was circulated on the internet. This was made apparently at a recent conference called “Fath-e-Mubahala” conference in Pakistan. In this video, Mullahs, presented someone called Shamsuddin as a newphew of present Khalifa of Islam who makes a statement that he has accepted Islam. See here […]