Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria Celebrates Religious founders Day
Saturday 17th November, 2012 was a glorious day in Lagos Nigeria when leaders of the three major religions in Nigeria converged on the Main Auditorium of University of Lagos to discuss a common goal. Religion as it is personal to individual and being a major link between man and God […]
Burma’s Rohingya minority get attention from Obama’s visit
Source: Toronto Star Author: Olivia Ward For decades, Burma’s Rohingya Muslims have suffered discrimination and harassment, and recently, arson, rape, violent attacks and murder. Dozens have drowned in an effort to escape by sea; others have been pushed back from Bangladesh, or kept in bleak camps where malnutrition is rife. […]
Prophet Muhammad’s Rules of War
Source: The Daily Beast By Qasim Rashid As the volatility between Israel and Gaza continues to transform, one constant remains: rising “collateral damage.” Unrest in Israel traces back six decades […]
‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Teach Us About Life
Huff Post: Gerry Gavin. Every animated child’s movie has some sort of moral to the story. Generally they are predictable and revolve around the basic things that we teach our kids about good guys always winning and bad guy always losing in the end. But “Wreck-It Ralph” has more. ….. […]
Rohingya Muslims Draw Crucial Attention From Obama Visit
Huff Post:Kristin Wright. In one brief visit on Monday morning, President Obama drew crucial attention to one of the world’s most egregious human rights tragedies, the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. A Muslim minority situated along the country’s western coast, the Rohingyas have been brutally targeted […]
US blocks UN Security Council statement calling for Gaza ceasefire
RT: The United States has blocked a Moroccan-brokered UN Security Council call for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Gaza conflict, labeling it “unbalanced.” “The draft press statement failed to address the root cause of the current escalation – the continuing barrage of rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel,” the spokeswoman for the […]
The motherland’s betrayal-Dr. Abdus Salam
Daily Times: Mohammad Ahmad. Despite the heights Dr Salam achieved and the services to his country, his motherland did not celebrate him as a hero and his name remains unknown to a large section of the public November 21 is the death anniversary of one of Pakistan’s ablest sons, Dr […]
Zulqarnain: Alexander or Cyrus?
The Express Tribune: Khaled Ahmed. Sunday’s column by Salman Rashid on Alexander as Zulqarnain/Cyrus has taught me a great deal as usual. But he has also triggered my own curiosity. Since this is a vague subject, I must assert that I do not claim to be right about anything. We all believe […]
France ends combat operations in Afghanistan
The Telegraph UK France has ended its combat operations in Afghanistan, pulling out hundreds of troops, earlier than other Nato allies. “This is the end of combat operations,” Mr Burkhard […]
Gaza: Palestinians executed for ‘collaborating’ with Israel
The Telegraph: Phoebe Greenwood in Gaza Six Palestinian men accused of spying for Israel were executed in a public intersection in Gaza City on Tuesday evening. Witnesses report that a […]
UK: Crisis as Church of England votes against women bishops
By John Bingham, Religious Affairs Editor of The Telegraph The Church of England has been plunged into its biggest crisis for decades after the General Synod rejected women bishops despite […]
Have you been bullied as an adult?
Source: Yahoo If you think bullying is something that only happens on a playground and among kids, think again. From bosses who bully, to neighbors who bully, bullying can continue way beyond the playground years, and sadly, experts say adult bullying is on the rise. Recently, a popular television news […]
Mayor of London invites Khalifa of Islam to City Hall
Source: Press Release On 19 November 2012, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, welcomed Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Fifth Khalifa and World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, to City Hall. During the […]
Israel planned a “nuclear Armageddon,” new book shows
Rod Such The Electronic Intifada 20 November 2012 Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country — And Why They Can’t Make Peace by former […]
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 […]