Bank of America has reached a $10.3 billion settlement with Fannie Mae to deal with questionable home loans it sold to the government-backed mortgage financer during the housing bubble. BofA (BAC, Fortune 500) will pay $3.55 billion in cash to Fannie as part of the deal. It will also repurchase 30,000 questionable mortgages […]
Source: ET A case was registered on Saturday against several members of a banned militant organisation Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), calling Shias and inciting violence against them. The First Information Report was registered at the City police station at Jalalpur Peerwala on the basis of a Special Branch report. It said […]
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Epiphany mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, in Vatican, on January 6, 2013. VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict on Monday urged the international community to end what […]
ARAB NEWS Friday 4 January 2013 Lauren Booth, broadcaster and journalist, is former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s sister-in-law, who converted to Islam in 2010. Here below is her journey […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday 7 January 2013 RAMALLAH, West Bank: The Palestinian self-rule government is close to being “completely incapacitated,” largely because Arab countries haven’t delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in promised aid, the Palestinian prime minister said in an interview yesterday. If allowed to continue, the Palestinian Authority’s unprecedented […]
The Nation: RAWALPINDI – It turned out to be a rumour that around 25 members of Ahmadiyya community managed to gather at a ‘disputed’ worship place in Rawalpindi to attend Friday prayers, when local police carried out a search operation of the building on the request of a mob, fraught […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 7 January 2013 The Ministry of Haj has started implementing electronic service for Umrah pilgrims this year. “We have received applications for 700 Umrah visas through the new system, including 280 from Indonesia, 227 from South Africa, 43 from Pakistan, 30 from US, 29 from Kenya, […]
Ahmadiyyagazette.ca: by Prof. Hadi Ali Chaudhary, Vice Principal Jāmi‘a Aḥmadīyya Canada Peace and Unity of Religions Islām is the first religion to extend peace and unity to other religions. As the […]
Aljazeera: by Haroon Mughal: Muslims are subversive jihadists. The Middle East is perpetually unstable. “Islam has bloody borders.” If you’ve already made up your mind, you’ll find a way to twist […]
Science Daily: Numerous studies — including a number from the 90+ Study — have confirmed that being active is important for successful aging, and it may deter the advancement of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. Jan. 3, 2013 — A variant of a gene associated with active personality traits in humans […]
Daily Times: No state, modern or ancient, secular or religious, has successfully managed to exercise thought control on its citizens. The government’s flip-flop last week over the YouTube ban has once again exposed the misplaced priorities and a profound lack of logical and rational decision making on its part. YouTube […]
(AFP) / 6 January 2013 KHALEEJ TIMES RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas gave orders on Sunday for work to begin on new passports, ID cards, drivers’ licences […]
Maariv / Makor Rishon’s Amnon Lord explains that Hagel is bad news, not just for Israel. By Gil Ronen First Publish: 1/6/2013, 9:12 PM Chuck Hagel Official photo, U.S. Senate […]
Ian Black, Middle East editor The Guardian, Sunday 6 January 2013 Rebels say Syrian president offered no meaningful concessions in his first public speech in seven months Syria’s opposition and […]
Arutz Sheva: Christian Arabs are cosying up to the Muslims, but it will do them no good. They, too, are on the Jihad list. This includes a noted Palestinian Arab […]
KHILAFAT To those who oppose US This poem was read in Toronto on Khilafat Day Mushaira Khilafat ki barkat say ham sab yahan Khilafat hamaray liyay misl-e maan Khilafat hamaray liey thandi chaan Tum kaho is ko barbadi islam ki? Yeh ilzam jhoota nahin manatay Ham agar mantay hain […]
Source: ET NEW DELHI: Pakistan lost the third One Day International (ODI) against India by 10 runs in New Delhi on Sunday, but managed to seal its victory in the series by winning the first two matches. More:
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Epigraph: “Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise. O […]
Author: Gibbi Sallah Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat’s 29th Annual Youth conference held The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat on Friday held its annual national ijtema (youth conference) at Nasir Ahmaddiyya Senior Secondary School in Basse, Upper River Region (URR). The conference, which started on Friday, was held with the motto; “a nation cannot […]
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