Source: TOI BERLIN: In an extremely tight German state election that seemed to produce few clearcut winners, there was no argument over who the biggest loser was — Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her Christian Democrats (CDU), led in Lower Saxony by rising star David McAllister, had convinced themselves over the past […]
Source: TOI Three retirees are facing a dilemma. One is at the chemist shop, wondering if he should buy all the costly medicines his doctor has prescribed. Another is in a toy shop, weighing his options between the expensive gift his favourite granddaughter wants and the cheaper one his pocket […]
Source: Twitter – @SaleemudDinAA Courtesy: Twitter – @SAHaider Anti #Ahmadiyya stickers that @SAHaider received inside his newspaper today. Then we ask where is hatred coming from? pic.twitter.com/NgLhyk8E Translations of these terrible […]
Source: ET Tahirul Qadri’s Long March has ended and it is not immediately clear whether it was with a fizzle or a bang. Last week saw days of high drama as Qadri and his supporters camped outside parliament and the Supreme Court ordered the prime minister’s arrest. Then, on January […]
By Elizabeth Landau, CNN updated 10:49 AM EST, Sat January 19, 2013 http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&contentId=living/2013/01/15/orig-ideas-contagious-yawns-primates.cnn Lawrenceville, Georgia (CNN) — You might recognize prominent primatologist Frans de Waal from lectures he has given about […]
The Toronto Star ALGIERS—Algerian special forces have found the bodies of two Canadian Islamist fighters after a bloody siege at a desert gas plant, a security source said on Monday, as the death toll reached at least 80 after troops stormed the complex to end the hostage crisis. Algerian Prime […]
Epigraph: “O ye people! fear your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many men and women; and fear […]
Additional reading and viewing: Muhammad Ali’s Video: Not All Teachers of Islam Come With a Beard
Source: MTA: Youtube: Published on Jan 20, 2013: Starting about 45 minutes into the class Huzoor starts answering very interesting questions. Several questions about Pakistan are answered. Video is in Urdu unfortunately with regrets to our English audience. An educational class with Huzoor and students from Jamia Ahmadiyya UK. Recorded on […]
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Monday 21 January 2013 Saudi Arabia yesterday announced a contribution of $ 1.88 million toward UNHCR’s humanitarian program in Myanmar providing shelter to Rohingyas in Rakhine state. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed by Yousef Al-Bassam of the Saudi Fund for Development and Imran […]
“To be a Muslim is not a child’s play. It requires complete submission in every thing to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Do not take it cursorily. It is a matter worth deep consideration. Do not feel complacent until you obey the Holy Prophet […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Organization held an on-campus blood drive Thursday that will continue Friday in response to persecution of Shiite and Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. The organization and a truck from the Blood Center of Central Texas will be located on Speedway, near Robert A. Welch Hall from noon […]
Huff Post: Kelly James Clark. We can attract more Muslims to the side of justice, peace, and liberty when our majority Christian nation genuinely seeks a world with liberty and justice for all. Noting the behaviors of some Muslims in Muslim-majority countries might leave the impression that most Muslims and […]
Huff Post: Michael P. Murphy. The word “religion” finds its root in religio, which means “to bind.” And herein lies the main point: we like being “spiritual” because the concept, as we perceive it, makes no claim upon us. It binds us to nothing — or at least nothing communal, confessional […]
RT: “It is time our leaders reformed the system so that it works in the interests of the whole of humanity rather than a global elite,” the report said. The world’s 100 richest people earned a stunning total of $240 billion in 2012 – enough money to end extreme poverty worldwide […]
GAZA, January 20, 2013 (WAFA) – Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, is scheduled to spend few hours in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to sources. He will be the first non-Arab ranking official leader to visit the besieged Gaza Strip. Razak, who will be accompanied by his wife […]
Switzerland continues to support mediation between the Mali government and rebel Tuareg groups despite an escalation of the conflict following the French military intervention, Swiss diplomats told Sunday newspapers. “The mediation continues. Switzerland is staying on the ground in Mali with its own people and supports mediation efforts,” said Yves […]
Source: Dawn.Com. ISLAMABAD: Negotiations with Dr Tahirul Qadri were long and tedious but those who conducted them were firm on what they would concede and where they would adopt a tough stance. Background interviews with the participants of Thursday’s talks reveal that the leaders of government-allied political parties had ensured […]
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) to treat people who have converted to Islam in the Backward Classes (Muslims) category during appointments.The order was passed on a PIL filed in the court alleging that converts to Islam were being treated as “other castes” […]
Dealers In Truffles Display Their Stuff In The Market And Attribute The Abundance Of Truffles To The Heavy Rains This Year. (KUNA) 4,815 People Embrace Islam In 2012Over 100 Preachers Participated In Campaign KUWAIT CITY, Jan 18: A total of 4,815 people of different nationalities embraced Islam in 2012 through […]