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
Twitter: from Qasim Rashid
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 […]
KHUTBA JUMAH BY KHALIFATUL MASIH V: MTA
Assalamualaikum Below please find the synopsis of Friday Sermon delivered by Hadrat Khalifatul-Masih V (may Allah be his support) on 8 March 2013. Synopsis of Friday Sermon (8-Mar-13) prepared by Sister Shermeen Butt Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih recited the following Qur’anic verses, which are both prayers, at the start of his […]
Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art And Voices Featured At IMOW Exhibition (PHOTOS)
by Samina Ali, Huffington Post As the curator for the International Museum of Women’s new global exhibition, Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art & Voices, the one question I’m repeatedly asked is, […]
One of 50 presentations of “Muhammad (pbuh) Messenger of Peace” by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of USA
By Bob Susnjara | Daily Herald Two Muslim groups hosted a presentation Thursday night at College of Lake County in Grayslake to raise awareness about what they say is the […]
Blood Donation Camp Organized by Khuddamul Ahmadiyya, Kolkata (India) on completing 75 years
By Waqar Zafar, Qaid Kolkata Jamaat With the help of Almighty Allah Ta’ala we had a very successful blood donation camp on 03 March 2013 for dialysis patients by Khuddamul […]
Malaysia Hunts for Philippine Muslim Fighters After Assault
By Daniel Ten Kate & Barry Porter – Mar 6, 2013 BLOOMBERG Malaysian security forces searched door-to-door in the eastern state of Sabah after attacking an armed Muslim clan from […]