Why to envy Indonesias economy
by Lily Kuo If Indonesia’s economy continues to grow as it has, millions more will enter the middle class over the next decade. ……… In 2006, the world’s […]
Religious Persecution a Prime Topic at Islamic Forum
The Jakarta Globe: Religious minorities are still at risk in Indonesia, facing restrictions from the government as well as social hostilities including threats and intimidation by individuals and members of […]
Obama plans to address rising college costs
Source:The Maroon By JENNIE GUTIERREZ One of President Obama’s major goals for higher education is to make it more affordable for more people. Obama wants to have the most college graduates in the world by 2020 and cut college tuition in half by 2022. “President Obama has proposed expanding federal […]
A day in Qadian
By Zubair Khan On Tuesday, 30th of October-2012 at about 10.00, I entered the gate of Ahmadiyya Mohellah Qadian. Script in very bold letters, “Love for all Hatred for None” on this gate was was glittering under briskly sunshine. It was my first ever visit to Qadian Darul Amaan in […]
Police decide not to lay charges against Islamic school
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1285758–police-decide-not-to-lay-charges-against-scarborough-islamic-school-over-anti-semitic-online-material Toronto No charges will be laid against the East End Madrassah, an Islamic school that lost its permit to use a Scarborough school for classes while police investigated complaints of anti-Semitic teachings. In May, the Toronto District School Board ruled the weekend school could not use David and Mary […]
Dawkins’ False Papal Fatwa: ‘Einstein was a Pantheist and not a Deist?’
Epigraph We (Allah) have created you. Why, then, do you not accept the truth? What think ye of the sperm-drop that you emit? Is it you who have created it […]
The Ahmadiyya community in Australia is holding a Peace Symposium
November 9, 2012 The Ahmadiyya community in Australia is holding a Peace Symposium this weekend and it says it wants to reach the broader community with its message of peace and tolerance. Australia’s Ahmadiyya community holds Peace Symposium (Credit: ABC) The Ahmadiyya faith is a branch of Islam but the […]
1974-Today: Conspiracy Theories and Ahmadies in Pakistan
Lutf Blog: – V : Conspiracy Theories The whole nation of Pakistan, including those who took up arms in exchange of petro-dollars are now eligible targets for collateral damage. In short, those who follow the “kuffar”, or help them, assist them, give them safe passage for military supplies are not worthy of being […]
Pakistan: the game of religious bigotry — Adil Shahzeb
Daily Times: By Adil Shahzeb: We cannot be teaching our children stories of the so-called jihad and martyrdom and then expect them to remain peaceful, law-abiding citizens of a tolerant society I remember going for the Friday prayers with my father at the age of 12, listening to the imam’s fiery […]
Microsoft demos instant English-Chinese translation
Source: BBC Software that can translate spoken English into spoken Chinese almost instantly has been demonstrated by Microsoft. The software preserves intonation and cadence so the translated speech still sounds […]
Maulana Hafiz Ahmed Jibreel Saeed passed away in Ghana
Promoted post: Video: The Story of God With Morgan Freeman – Who Is God? It is my sad duty to inform you that Maulana Hafiz Ahmed Jibreel Saeed, Naib Ameer III-Ghana, […]
Too fat to die
RT: The doctor of a 480 lb. death row inmate said in an Ohio court filing that the convicted murderer is “too fat” to receive a lethal injection and is therefore unable to be executed. With no accessible veins in his arms, hands or legs, he may be evading death. […]
Blasphemy laws are darkening Pakistan’s skies
theguardian: Salman Hameed. This blasphemy law is devouring Pakistani society from within. It is an all-purpose tool in the service of intolerance. It has often been used against religious minorities, but Muslims are paying the price as well. The repeal of the law, unfortunately, is unlikely. Some voices critical of the law […]
Open secrets
Source: Friday Time: Taliban patrol in their stronghold in Waziristan A NATO report leaked earlier this year said Taliban insurgents who attack NATO and Afghan troops in Afghanistan flee to the Pakistani side of the border to take shelter. The report, titled State of the Taliban, said militants in Pakistan’s […]
Mo’bama
Source: NYT My first reaction as the numbers rolled in was that voters had conspired to play an elaborate practical joke on the country. After more than a year of frantic attention, obscene amounts of advertising, a profusion of polling, fact-checking, forecasting and analyzing, most of it predicated on the […]
Iran Fired on Military Drone in First Such Attack, U.S. Says
Source: NY Times: WASHINGTON — Iranian warplanes shot at an American military surveillance drone flying over the Persian Gulf near Iran last week, Pentagon officials disclosed Thursday. They said that the aircraft, a Predator drone, was flying in international airspace and was not hit and that the episode had prompted […]
Anglican Church’s New Leader Vows to Seek Reconciliation
Source: NY Times: LONDON — Bishop Justin Welby, the new archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual head of the world’s estimated 77 million Anglicans, pledged Friday to seek reconciliation in some of the most contentious issues of gender and sexuality that have split the Anglican Communion. Read More:
A Vague Role for Religion in Egyptian Draft Constitution
Source: NY Times: Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times Thousands of ultraconservative Salafis protested in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday, angry that the draft constitution did not go far enough to enshrine Islamic law. A compromise in the constituent assembly accepted that “the principles of Islamic law” should […]
ICD to open two new Islamic banks in Africa
DJIBOUTI: ARAB NEWS Saturday 10 November 2012 The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), a private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank Group, is opening two new Islamic banks in Mali and Benin in 2013, to provide Islamic financial services in the areas currently greatly […]
Mitt Romney’s reality check leaves him shell-shocked
By Jonathan Schell The Daily Star Lebanon There is a kind of war under way in the United States nowadays between fact and fantasy. President Barack Obama’s re-election marked a victory, limited but unmistakable, for the cause of fact. Events in the days leading up to America’s presidential election provided […]