Indonesia’s Out performing Economy
South Asia Seen Resilient as Indonesia Outperforms Southeast Asia is emerging resilient from a period of global turmoil, with rising investment and domestic consumption that will propel growth in coming […]
Bleak Picture for Islamic Parties in Indonesia
Indonesian Islamic Parties at Crucial Crossroads The Jakarta Globe: Two recent opinion polls caused a stir in Indonesia when they predicted that none of the major Islamic political parties would […]
Switzerland: Elite hotel school blends food and finance
Right now Clementine Dupraz is busy slicing a chocolate cake, but soon she may be running a luxury hotel, or crunching numbers in a bank. For this Swiss school trains […]
UNRWA condemns Israeli “creation” of footage, tweets falsely claiming Gaza schools used to launch rockets
UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, has hit back at Israeli allegations, made through social media, that it allows schools it runs in the Gaza Strip to be used […]
Textbook cracks non-veg joke, govt chickens out
Source: TOI NEW DELHI: Days after it was revealed that chowmein can lead to rape, a new textbook for Class VI says non-vegetarian “food causes you to easily cheat, tell lies, forget promises, be dishonest, steal and commit sex crimes”. In other words, consuming non-veg turns you into a politician. […]
Oklahoma Muslim who was on ‘no-fly’ list is now home
A Muslim man born and raised in McAlester was allowed to return to Oklahoma after months of being prevented from leaving the Middle East bound for the United States. A […]
New balance of terror in the Middle East
Source: Asia Times: By Kaveh L Afrasiabi NEW YORK – In the week-long war between Israel and the Palestinians, slowly but surely signs have emerged of a new “balance of terror” reflecting Hamas’s enhanced ability to strike back at Israel via the Iran-made long range Fajr-5 rocket. Compared with the […]
“War on Diabetes” Campaign Organized by The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Bangalore
Alhumdullilah, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Bangalore under the banner of “Humanity First” on Sunday the 18th November organized a Public Walkathon at Wilson Garden to mark World Diabetes Day. It was followed by a Free Diabetes Detection and Awareness Camp at the community’s Mosque premises at Wilson Garden in collaboration […]
Gaza children’s plight
Hundreds of thousands of children are trapped in houses in Gaza facing prolonged power cuts and depleting supplies of food and water, according to Save the Children. The charity has […]
Responsible voices for ending the war are growing in Israel
The Times of Israel: After six days of intensive air raids by the Israeli Air Force on Gaza, in an effort to stop the missile attacks against Israel from terrorist […]
Press Conference after Attack on Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh by the Ahmadiyya Elimination Committee
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Bangladesh held a press conference at the National Headquarters of the Jama’at on 10th November, 2012. The purpose of the press conference was to update the situation […]
Rimsha Masih: Blasphemy charges dropped against Christian girl
Daily Telegraph: The 14-year-old was detained when a neighbor claimed she had burned pages of a religious book. She spent three weeks on remand in an adult prison. However, she was freed on bail after witnesses said she had been framed by a local Muslim prayer leader. The case, involving an illiterate […]
Solar power when the sun has set
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Muhammad: The Astonishing Story of a Prophet
A response from the Real heart of Islam: Press Conference in Toronto about the event planned for November 20th: For the Canadian website about this and similar future events, click here. […]
Opposing Sharia Law Is a Defence of the Rights of Muslims
Huffington Post: by Anne Marie Waters: How can we be a multicultural society if we do not accommodate sharia law? That is one of the most common questions I am asked when travelling the UK as spokesperson of the anti-sharia ‘One Law for All’ campaign (www.onelawforall.org.uk). It accompanies ‘why are you […]
CNNi Report on Humanity First USA: Epitome of a Volunteer
Inspiring Story of how a Gambian on vacation decides to join relief efforts for Sandy as he volunteers for Humanity First Video Here:
Germany’s Trouble With the Truth
Source: Spiegel: It’s supposed to be a week of decisions for Greece, but of course it will just be another week of muddling ahead. Fearing her voters in Germany, Merkel’s government will resist a debt haircut and the inevitable realization: We’re all going to have to pay for Greece. More:
Gaza invasion: it’s been done before, but this is different
By Douglas Hamilton DAILY STAR LEBANON Story Summary Big armoured bulldozers with blades tall enough to plough through houses and carve a path for tanks and infantry were lined up on Israel’s border with Gaza on Monday, ready to invade if given the order. Israel says it is prepared to […]
Copé declared new leader of France’s opposition UMP
France24: Jean-François Copé has been declared the new leader of the opposition Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) by the party’s internal electoral body after a contested weekend vote that was plagued by allegations of fraud on both sides. Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s centre-right opposition UMP voted for its […]
World Bank fears devastating 4.0 degree global warming
WASHINGTON: ARAB NEWS The World Bank has warned that global temperatures could rise by four degrees this century without immediate action, with potentially devastating consequences for coastal cities and the poor. Issuing a call for action, the World Bank tied the future wealth of the planet — and especially developing […]