JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 9 February 2013 Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar will start meeting today with Haj officials of various countries to discuss arrangement for this year’s Haj pilgrimage. Over the next three months, Hajjar will meet with officials of 70 Haj offices from different parts of the world. While […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY For anyone who wonders why so many people around the world criticize American and Israeli foreign policy and militarism, this has been a valuable learning week. I refer to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to […]
STORY SUMMARY Rebels block off key Damascus highway Rebels pushed forward in their battle with the Syrian army in Damascus Friday, clashing with regime soldiers in contested neighborhoods in the northeast and shutting down a key highway out of the capital with a row of burning tires, activist said. Meanwhile […]
Source: The Economist. Buddy, can you spare a dime? A very, very large one? THERE is no lack of world-beating records in Bangladesh. It starts as the world’s most densely populated country (not counting city-states and the like). Its capital, Dhaka, merely an undistinguished district headquarters at time of […]
Source: The Economist. EVEN the French say so: David Cameron played a near-perfect match. “He is a real negotiator; very, very tenacious,” declared a senior French official amid the brutal bargaining over the EU’s seven-yearly budget that dragged on for a whole night and a day. When it was all […]
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has decided to take up a petition that questions how the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan were chosen. The petition filed by the Minhajul Quran International (MQI) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Thursday requested the court to immediately reconstitute the commission just weeks […]
Source: bdnews24.com 1 / 1 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Bangladesh began its three-day annual convention on Friday in Dhaka with a call to spread the messages of the holy Quran and Prophet Hazrat Muhammad. This year’s convention marked its centenary celebrations that kicked off on Thursday amid attacks by their Muslim […]
France24. By Tony Todd (text) Some 30 French Imams on February 4 visited the Holocaust Memorial at Drancy near Paris in an effort to improve Islam’s image to a sceptical French public. The visit was unprecedented and comes at a time of high tensions towards the country’s large Muslim community. An IPSOS […]
From the Jewish Journal: My only Iranian friend I could talk to was the very first person I met last summer at a bus station in Bratislava while waiting to […]
RT: The headquarters of Israeli football club, Beitar Jerusalem, have been torched on Friday by a group of racist fans, protesting against the signing of two Muslim players from the […]
THE issue of foreigners in Singapore has been debated many times, and especially so in recent years. We will have to continue bringing in foreigners in order to achieve our economic goals and ensure a sustainable population in future. Our policies should be calibrated to ensure that we bring in […]
Archaeologists have reportedly discovered 35 small ancient pyramids in Sudan at a site known as Sedeinga dating back around 2,000 years. Scientists are stunned over how densely the pyramids appeared […]
Reported by Mir Azam Zikriya, Secretary Ishaath, Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya, Shimoga, Bharat. Marking the 75th year of Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya, the Shimoga Jamaat distributed over 1600 liters of Refreshments to over 8000 […]
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Reported by Aleem Qureishi, General Secretory, Majlis Khuddam-Ul-Ahmadiyya, Pune The Pune Majlis organized its Platinum Jubilee celebrations on Feb 3rd and 4th 2013. The event began with Tahajjud prayers held […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Bangladesh began its three-day annual convention on Friday in Dhaka with a call to spread the messages of the holy Quran and Prophet Hazrat Muhammad. This year’s convention marked its centenary celebrations that kicked off on Thursday amid attacks by their Muslim rivals. Around 700,000 people including […]
Source: The Local. French workers are more honest taxpayers than their German counterparts, according to a new study. More:
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The Times of Israel: Cyprus’s foreign minister said the Palestinian diplomatic mission to her country has been upgraded to embassy status. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis said after talks with Palestinian Foreign Minister […]
The Jakarta Post: Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo It would be a rough comparison and some people might object to it, but it is interesting to match the gun control debate in […]