Are female converts to Islam part of a new wave of feminism?
“Being Muslim keeps me from wanting to impress others and gives me more personal confidence” “I felt Chantelle had more freedom than I did by covering herself, instead of letting […]
Dhaka: Shahbagh grand rally demands ban on Jamaat
Source: The Daily Star Protesters from the Shahbagh grand rally on Friday afternoon demanded death penalty for all war criminals including Abdul Quader Mollah and a ban on the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami and Shibir. Lakhs of protesters demand death penalty to all war criminals including Jamaat leader Quader Mollah at […]
Hewlett Directs Its Suppliers in China to Limit Student Labor
HONG KONG — Hewlett-Packard, one of the world’s largest makers of computers and other electronics, is imposing new limits on the employment of students and temporary agency workers at factories across China. The move, following recent efforts by Apple to increase scrutiny of student workers, reflects a significant shift in […]
Toronto Sun website blocked in Pakistan
Pakistan generals, we’re still here by Tarek Fatah I am flattered. Pakistan’s infamous military Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has taken exception to my columns in this newspaper and ordered the blocking of the Toronto Sun website in Pakistan. In a recent column, I had written about reports that the Pakistan army […]
Live Streaming – Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) Bangladesh
Source: Ahmad Tabshir Choudhury: In-charge, Muslim Television Ahmadiyya Int’l (MTA) Bangladesh & National Secretary, Audio-Visual 2013 is a significant year for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jama’at), Bangladesh. 100 years ago in 1913 the Jama’at […]
Odd News: Baby makes mess of New York thief’s getaway
AFP | Feb 07, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES NEW YORK — A New York car thief drove off in an SUV, only to discover there was a witness to the crime: a baby in the backseat. Maybe he had a conscience, or just didn’t want to have to change diapers, […]
An American jihadist in Somalia with few friends left
By AFP NAIROBI Once his reputation was of a feared fighter, an American-born extremist who left small town of Alabama to wage war alongside Al-Qaeda-linked Somali Islamists and who called […]
Secular Europe’s Islamic spiritual fix
Louvre Museum in Paris that recently added a wing about Muslims Source: WorldMag.com By Angela Lu Islam has been growing in European countries—especially the urban areas of France, the U.K., and Spain—through […]
Desperate for work – Jobless Europeans flock to Switzerland
Swissinfo.ch: An emergency shelter especially for European migrants is being reopened this weekend to accommodate people who would otherwise be forced to sleep rough. EU citizens from states in crisis […]
World record robot car park at DIFC (Dubai)
Robots park your car for Dh5 an hour at world’s biggest automated parking facility which has made it to the Guinness World Records By Jay B. Hilotin, Chief Reporter, Gulf […]
54 countries aided CIA in renditions
Report highlights extent of global programme in US war on terror By Mick O’Reilly Senior Associate Editor GULF NEWS Dubai: Some were picked up as they travelled through airports, others […]
Muslim nations praise Jordan’s support for Syrians, Jerusalem
CAIRO — Leaders of Muslim nations on Thursday praised Jordan’s continuous efforts in safeguarding Jerusalem’s identity and hosting Syrian refugees, according to the closing statement of an Islamic summit held […]
The murder of Shokri Belaid is a sign that Tunisia’s ‘Jasmine Revolution’ is turning dark
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Blood spattered on Tunisia’s supposedly gentle “Jasmine Revolution” yesterday when Shokri Belaid became its most important martyr, shot down outside his home in Tunis and […]
Sharia: Relationship between Religion and Politics in Islam
A speech delivered by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Khalifatul Masih IV at the Inter‑religious Consults, Suriname, on 3rd June 1991: Your Lordship the Bishop, The General Secretary of this Association and all the distinguished […]
Attack on Jalsa Site: Pakistani cleric provoked attackers: Ahmadiyya leaders
The Daily Star: Leaders of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat yesterday alleged that a Pakistani Islamic cleric provoked a group of religious bigots into torching six tents at the persecuted community’s annual […]
In response: Don’t condemn Islam for the actions of a few corrupt rulers
By: M. Imran Hayee, for the News Tribune Clyde Nelson’s Local View column on Tuesday (“Islamists are out to dominate U.S.”) portrayed a dark picture of Islamic ideology. His observations were based on terrorist attacks committed by a handful of Muslims and on the unethical and inhuman treatment of minorities […]
प्लेटिनम जुबली धूमधाम से मनाई
सौजन्य : जागरण मजलिस खुदाम उल्ल अहमदिया द्वारा प्लेटिनम जुबली बड़ी धूमधाम से मनाई गई। चार फरवरी 1938 को उस समय के मुस्लिम जमाते अहमदिया के दूसरे रुहानी खलीफा हजरत मिर्जा बशीर उद्दीन अहमूद अहमद ने मजलिस खुदाम उल्ल अहमदिया नामक संस्था अस्तित्व में आई थी। इस मजलिस को 75 […]
UN lauds new tool enabling individual complaints on economic, social and cultural rights
UN.org: 6 February 2013 – The United Nations has applauded the upcoming availability of a new human rights instrument which, for the first time, will allow victims to file complaints […]
Orthodox corruption? Rising State and Church Relations in Russia
Aljazeera: People and Power: by Simon Ostrovsky and Veronika Dorman: Less than three decades ago, it would have been unthinkable for a Russian premier to have exchanged public expressions of solidarity and […]
Giving up: Der Spiegel is pulling out its only correspondent from Pakistan
Express Tribune: KARACHI: The respected German publication Der Spiegel is pulling out its Islamabad-based correspondent Hasnain Kazim this year and no one is coming to replace him. As he departs so does the […]