It’s official: Facebook makes you miserable
Source: The Local. Using Facebook can trigger feelings of jealousy and dissatisfaction, German academics said on Monday after studying how the social network affects emotions. More:
Bitter setback for Merkel months before German election
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 […]
Tips to ensure that you retire rich:
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 […]
Picture of the Day: Anti-Ahmadiyya Stickers Circulated in Newspapers
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 […]
In search of a saviour
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 […]
Morality: It’s not just for humans
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 […]
Algeria finds dead Canadian Islamist militants
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 […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Would have Stood Against Discrimination, Based on Religion
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 […]
Picture of Day: World’s Most Popular Muslim Mohammad Ali at Ahmadiyya Mosque in Germany
Additional reading and viewing: Muhammad Ali’s Video: Not All Teachers of Islam Come With a Beard
Video: Q&A with Khalifa of Islam: Pakistan’s Future, Tahir-ul-Qadri, Third World War and More!!
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 […]
KSA gives $ 1.88 m for Rohingya resettlement
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 […]
Obey the Holy Prophet and try to become his like-Saying of the Promised Messiah(a.s)
“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 […]
Ahmadi students hold blood drive to raise awareness of religious persecutions
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 […]
Muslims for Peace
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 […]
Spiritual but Not Religious?
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 […]
World’s 100 richest earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty 4 times over
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 […]
Malaysian Prime Minister to visit Gaza
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 […]
Swiss diplomacy – Switzerland continues to support mediation in Mali
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 […]
Govt used Nawaz as scarecrow to tame Qadri
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 […]
Dalit Converts to Islam Backward : Madras High Court
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” […]