CNN Religion blogs: Editor’s Note: Qasim Rashid is a national spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. Follow him on Twitter @MuslimIQ. By Qasim Rashid, Special to CNN When will Iran’s government and […]
CAIRO: A court in Egypt on Saturday ordered that video-sharing website YouTube be blocked for a month for hosting an anti-Islam film that triggered deadly outrage across the Muslim world last year. The court ruled the authorities must take measures to block access to the site for a month, after […]
Guardian: Germany is the most forward thinking country in the world according to the Future Orientation Index 2012 created by academics from University College London (UCL) and Warwick University, who analysed more […]
Source: Munir Munawwar of Austria. (sorry it is only for Urdu Readers) السٹریشن — جمیل خان –. (شاعروں سے معذرت کے ساتھ. لیکن یہ معذرت جینوئن شاعروں کے لیے نہیں، کہ یہاں اُن کا ذکر خیر نہیں ہے) ہم کراچی میں دیکھتے ہیں کہ جس کے پاس کوئی کام نہ […]
Source: Ahmadiyya Press Desk London. Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says that Annual Convention is going ahead despite attack The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has strongly condemned an attack perpetrated by thousands of extremists Muslims against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in […]
Swiss chocolate makers were left with a bittersweet taste in their mouths last year as a strong Swiss franc melted away the appetite for their products, the top industry body […]
The United States economy most likely expanded slightly in the fourth quarter, instead of contracting, according to trade data released Friday that suggested a surprise drop in gross domestic product reported last week may have been overstated. The country’s trade deficit narrowed to $38.5 billion in December, its lowest reading […]
Following Editorial has been written in response to the following news: Accused witch tortured, burned alive in Papua, New Guinea Time for leaders to condemn sorcery killings Papua New Guineans […]
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Source: Dawn Pakistani youth leader Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi has a plan to counter the relentless message of violence spewed forth by extremist groups in his country — and he […]
Epigraph: Say to the believing men that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. … And say to the believing women that they restrain their […]
Khalifatul Masih V, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Synopsis of Friday Sermon (8-Feb-13) prepared by Sister Shermeen Butt Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih continued with the theme of relating incidents of companions of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) who were guided by true […]
Source: ET Politicians need to have a thick skin and no spine to survive and thrive anywhere in the world. I pity the lot we suffer in this country. Most of them have begun behaving oversensitive regarding their image these days. During off the record meetings, they take no time […]
Democracy and Islam can exist in harmony, says Maldives President President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik at the 12th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Cairo. PHOTO/ PRESIDENT’S OFFICE President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik has said that the Maldivian democratization […]
Are female converts to Islam part of a new wave of feminism? By Hasnet Lais (Getty Images) You’d think after watching BBC Three’s Make me a Muslim documentary, being a female convert to Islam is so riddled with fault lines. Not really. My recent interviews with Muslim converts offered a rare glimpse into […]
ON RELIGION On TV, an Everyday Muslim as Everyday American T. Lynne Pixley for The New York Times Mujahid Abdul-Rashid, a Muslim from the Bay Area, appears as himself in a commercial for retirement financial products. By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN Published: February 8, 2013 On a Sunday afternoon several months ago, […]
Opposing Views: Alex Carpenter. Islam has been a significant presence in Kosovo since the 1300s. Once a part of the Roman empire, the Ottoman empire, greater Yugoslavia and now a small, independent republic in the heart of the Balkans, Kosovo has for centuries been both a seat of Islamic learning […]
Russian TV: Hard-line Egyptian clerics have called for the assassination of opposition leaders and claimed sexual assaults against women protesters were justified. Meanwhile, following days of calm, anti-government protesters again clashed with police. On Friday, opposition leader Hamdeen Sabahy said that death threats against him or other members of the […]
STORY SUMMARY The chief of the Netherlands’ top intelligence agency is warning that dozens of Dutch citizens are fighting with rebels in Syria and could return home battle-hardened, traumatized and even further radicalized. Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Feb-08/205629-spy-chief-dutch-citizens-are-fighting-in-syria.ashx#ixzz2KP53NiMR (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)
Asian Human Rights Commission: Though the police have exonerated all five persons falsely accused of committing blasphemy they have failed to take any actions for their protection. This is particularly important as no action whatsoever has been taken against their accusers who are members of the militant Ahle Sunnat Waljamat. […]