Every Child is Precious and Every Human Life is Sacred
Epigraph: The Holy Quran equates killing of any innocent human to a genocide, to a holocaust, “We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — […]
25 People Dead, Mostly Children, at Connecticut Elementary School Shooting, in USA
Source Yahoo News More than two dozen people, mostly elementary school children, were shot and killed at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school this morning, federal and state sources tell ABC […]
Ahmadi shot dead in Quetta was a decent man
Mr Maqsood Ahmad son of Nawab Din shot dead in Quetta on December 7, 2012 was a decent man. On December 7 at 9am he arrived at his hardware store in satellite town along with his employee. after dropping off the employee at the store he took his two children […]
The trial of the birth of a nation
Source: The Economist BANGLADESH suffered a violent birth. In the last days of 1971 the country then called East Pakistan was engulfed by torture, rape, mass-killing and other acts of genocide. The main perpetrators were Pakistani troops bent on preventing secession from “West Pakistan”. But the army had the support […]
Indonesia: Religious ministry rejects wedding services for Ahmadi citizens
—– If Ahmadiyya community members want wedding services, they must be converted to Islam. If they insist they don’t want to convert to Islam, a marriage registration service will not […]
Muslims may not put up stockings and Christmas lights but they Celebrate Jesus year around
Muslims Celebrate Jesus year around Source: The North Country Times: By Monsura Sirajee Temecula We may not put up stockings and Christmas lights in my house during the holiday season, […]
Another Hate Crime on its way
Extreme anti-Islam posters to cover New York subway stations next week The National Post: Anti-Islam posters with depictions of the World Trade Towers in flames will be plastered around 50 different New York MTA stations beginning December 17. The $10,000-plus campaign is part of an ongoing campaign by Pamela Geller, […]
Justin Trudeau defends his decision to attend Islamic conference sponsored by organization linked to Hamas
The National Post: The Liberals came under fire on Wednesday over Justin Trudeau’s participation in an Islamic conference whose sponsor was stripped of its federal charity status last year for […]
‘Changing America’ exhibit explores America’s press for freedom for blacks
Washington Post: By Lonnae O’Neal Parker Beyond the unifying symmetry of the numbers, what binds and animates the new “Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963” […]
European rights court takes CIA to task on rendition in landmark ruling
The European Court of Human Rights Global Post: The European Court of Human Rights made history Thursday by ruling in favor of a Lebanese national who said he was tortured by a […]
Ahmadi graves desecration: The death of conscience
Dawn: When one is sitting thousands of miles away from Pakistan, every horrifying story and news event come across as more malicious than ever. Perhaps, living in safer countries, where rights are mutually respected and accepted, puts things into clearer perspective. There are times when I want to question God […]
Norwalk (Connecticut) supports mosque after lawsuit, fed inquiry
The Associated Press Norwalk supports mosque after lawsuit, fed inquiry By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press / December 8, 2012 NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — When Norwalk received a proposal to build the city’s first mosque, it was rejected by officials who said the structure was too big for the largely […]
Dr Syed Basharat Ahmed Shah, member of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany Honored.
Source: Kashmir Life and Ahmadiyya Bulletin Germany via Mr Haider Ali Zafar. By Zubair Khan Dr Syed Basharat Ahmed Shah from Bijbehra, now settled in Bonn, Germany, has been honoured with the membership/diplomat ship of Royal College of Veterinary surgeons, United Kingdom. Shah, a scientific consultant working for […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat honoured to start Islamic Teaching Classes In schools of Hessen State of Germany.
By Zubair Khan In unfortunate country of Pakistan the defence minister has to appear in the National Assembly to declare that no official department of Pakistan is authorised to consider […]
Politicians spread the poison of Hindu-Muslim divide, Justice Katju
Source: By Press Trust of India http://ibnlive.in.com/news/politicians-spread-the-poison-of-hindumuslim-divide-katju/310358-3.html Aligarh: Chairman of Press Council of India (PCI) Justice Markanday Katju on Thursday alleged that politicians in independent India “have played a major role in spreading deeper the poison of Hindu-Muslim divide, whose seeds were sown by the British, for serving their own […]
A Muslim student’s letter to Santa is going viral on the World Wide Web
Source: By Dan Evon http://www.inquisitr.com/436952/muslim-students-letter-to-santa-goes-viral/ The fourth grade Muslim student had never written a letter to Santa but did so for a school assignment. An image of the letter was […]
Iran hosts International Conference on Muslim Women Scholars
Source: http://presstv.com/detail/2012/12/13/277880/iran-holds-muslim-women-scholar-confab/ Iran has held the International Conference on Muslim Women Scholars, hosting researchers from different countries in the capital city of Tehran, Press TV reports. Scholars from Europe, Africa and Asia have participated in the event to discuss the role of women in science and technology, management and employment, […]
First Muslim Human Rights Commission to Launch End December
Source: Credit: Eva Bartlett/IPS: By Carey L. Biron: WASHINGTON, Dec 13 2012 (IPS) – Gathering for the first time here in Washington, representatives of the newly established human rights commission of […]
Return of single state option for Israel, Palestine
LONDON: ORLANDO CROWCROFT ARABNEWS Friday 14 December 2012 There are those who would argue that the two-state solution was dead long before the recent announcement of new settlements in the E1 area of East Jerusalem last month. But — should it go ahead — Tel Aviv’s controversial plans will be […]
Political battles overshadow Arab Spring gains
by Islah Bakhat, swissinfo.ch The Arab Spring represents a tectonic shift in the region’s political landscape. Yet two years on, divisions between secularists and Islamists risk stalling the revolutions. Simmering angers over poverty remain and women’s rights progress is sketchy. “Every time society feels its hard-won gains are in danger, […]