(MENAFN – Arab News) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced an ambitious goal of reaching 41GW of solar power generation capacity by 2032 (25GW of concentrated solar power (CSP) and 16GW of Photovoltaic (PV). A 9GW wind energy capacity is also being envisaged. Building up energy generation capacity will […]
Source: Phuket Wan PHUKET: Rohingya fleeing ethnic cleansing and starvation in Burma are driving a surge in business for people traffickers on the Thai border with Malaysia. The would-be refugees, who arrive by boat, are imprisoned in primitive conditions until someone pays for their passage across the border into Malaysia. […]
WORKING FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, a CBS Interfaith Special, will be broadcast Sunday, Dec. 9 on the CBS Television Network. Please check your local station for exact time. The U.S. Constitution […]
TEHRAN: Iran’s border patrol police said it seized more than 11 tonnes of drugs, killing one smuggler, in the “biggest” bust since the 1979 Islamic revolution, media reported on Sunday. […]
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden By: Syed Ahsan Ahmad, ACCA, CPA My name is Ahmad Syed Ahsan. I am Chartered Accountant from United Kingdom and Oxford University Brookes graduate. I have worked as Director in Government of Pakistan and is associated with The World Bank`s project in the country as a part […]
Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of the Islamic Finance Gateway (IFG) Community, a multi platform forum for experts and professionals in the Islamic finance industry. “The Islamic Finance Gateway Community democratizes access to Islamic finance knowledge by connecting professionals to a vast network of subject matter experts and specialists, […]
Dawn.com: By Munir Akram, former Pakistan ambassador to the UN FROM the desert of the Sahel to the islands of the Pacific, Muslim peoples and states are today afflicted by conflicts and violence of varying dimensions and intensity. The malicious myth propagated by Islam’s adversaries is that Muslims are prone […]
Huff Post: Engy Abdelkader. Perception is a powerful thing. Men wage wars on account of it: Iraq had WMDs. Except, of course, it didn’t. Innocent people are hurt, in a myriad of ways, due to it. Darker complexioned men with long beards and turbans are presumed to be Muslim and, […]
The Friday Times: Eidtors Note: A short article and photo of Emir Abdur Rahman Khan of Afghanistan, who was addressed by Hazrat Masih Moud (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). In April 1896, Hadhrat Masih-e-Maud(as) wrote a letter to the Amir, inviting him into the fold of true […]
Source: ET It sends a shiver down my spine when I hear about how inhumane people are and how much frustration and hatred is brewing in this nation of the pure. PHOTO: REUTERS Congrats on this morose day to you, Where the sky is a shade of gloomy blue, And […]
Havana (CNN) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced late Saturday that his cancer has returned and that he will go to Cuba to undergo surgery. Speaking during a televised address from the presidential palace, he said that if his health were to worsen, Vice President Nicolas Maduro should replace him. […]
Capitalism is, by its nature, dynamic. George Osborne’s attempt to engineer the ‘perfect society’ undermines the logic of the free market By Janet Daley for THE TELEGRAPH When the Edward […]
Global Post: Without providing details, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Saturday the UK and the US have evidence suggesting Bashar al Assad’s Syrian government is readying its chemical weapons. […]
By Zubair Khan On 07.12.2012, Zeilshiem sub branch of Ahmaddiyya Muslim Community Frankfurt got the honour to introduce the real teachings of Islam and to distribute Ahmadiyya Literature amongst prominent politicians of Germany. The group consisted 35 participants including nominated members for next National Parliament election, State parliament and members […]
Source: The Express Tribune (ET) In a welcome development recently, the Sindh High Court directed provincial law officers to comment on a petition that seeks to include a human rights […]
Source: BBC A charity in New Zealand is teaching rescued dogs how to drive a car. The canine driving school is aimed at proving how intelligent the animals can be. More:
Source: CNN Havana (CNN) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced late Saturday that his cancer has returned and that he will go to Cuba to undergo surgery. Speaking during a televised address from the presidential palace, he said that if his health were to worsen, Vice President Nicolas Maduro should […]
Source: TOI DHAKA: Violence broke out here on Sunday after main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its rightwing allies enforced a nationwide eight-hour road blockade protesting scrapping of non-party caretaker government system for election oversight. Witnesses said several people were injured in sporadic incidents of violence as the activists […]
The Local Mercedes-Benz presented Pope Benedict XVI with a sleek, ecologically-friendly “Popemobile” on Friday which has been vamped up with the latest gadgets for maximum comfort, the Vatican said. More:
Source: ET One can go on — however, not convincingly. This is not their land, not anymore. This is where mediocre bureaucrats decide to mutilate the tombstone of our first and only Nobel laureate from, “Abdus Salam, the First Muslim Nobel Laureate” to the ridiculous, factually incorrect, “Abdus Salam, the […]