Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Nigeria Will Hold Religious Founders’ Day on Nov 17
Source: Press Release The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria holds its annual religious founder’s day to discuss religion and peaceful coexistence in Nigeria, under the theme: Social Security, National Peace and Sustainable Development- Religion As A Positive Agent. The event which slated for November 17th at the University of Lagos will attract leading Islamic […]
Ahmadiyya Mosque, Epernay France, Wall Chalked
Spokesman Jama’at Ahmadiyya Epernay, France. Thurseday, 8th November 2012. It was informed that Wednesday night a right wing organization: Bloc Identitaire of France chalked the walls of Ahmadiyya Mosque, Epernay France. They also placed some stickers, bearing slogans against Islam, burqa, mosques and foreigners etc. Officials filed a report with national police, […]
French man dies in icy cold, snow expected in Paris
Rfi: France’s bitter cold temperatures have claimed their first life as forecasters said the thermometer will remain below freezing point longer than expected. Biting winds raked the east and centre Friday and snow is predicted in the Paris region on Sunday. A lot More to Read:
Back to Work, Obama Is Greeted by Looming Crisis
Newly re-elected, President Obama moved quickly on Wednesday to open negotiations with Congressional Republican leaders over the main unfinished business of his term — a major deficit-reduction deal to avert a looming fiscal crisis — as he began preparing for a second term that will include significant cabinet changes. Mr. […]
The winter holiday is called Christmas: Does it make Difference
The Vancouver Sun Get used to it. Christmas is coming to a store near you, if it hasn’t already arrived. And right behind will be the annual argument over whether […]
Bangladesh Jamaat e Islami being outlawed soon
Source: The Blitz While Bangladesh Election Commission has already served notice on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami asking it to make some changes in its party’s charter which do not conform to […]
Berlin schools ‘racially segregating’ children
Several primary and secondary schools in Berlin are segregating migrant children into classes with “vastly inferior education,” to attract “ethnic Germans,” an NGO has told a United Nations Human Rights […]
Visa Requirement for Turks Could Soon Be Dropped
Source: Spiegel: L Eylem and Jörg Huber’s case was filed on behalf of Eylem’s teenage daughter, who was denied a visa to visit her mother in Germany. Germans can travel […]
Religious freedom in Europe – when both sides go too far
theguardian: Linda Woodhead. Who could have imagined that a court in Cologne would, this year, rule the ancient and sacred practice of male circumcision illegal, or that the previous year the European court of human rights (ECHR) wouldoverturn its earlier ruling that crucifixes should not be displayed in state schools? The see-sawing […]
Message From SA – Ghana, Can We Have Your Democracy?
Source: Allafrica.com We like to think we’re special in South Africa, especially compared to our African neighbours. Trouble is, we’re not so special. There’s plenty that Africa can teach us, and Ghana’s presidential debates are an excellent place to start. It’s been a sad old time in South Africa recently. […]
In Indonesia, Shia blood is halal!
Source: LUBP As darkness hastily falls on the heart of Madura Island, uniquely shaped traditional wooden houses and hamlets begin to throw long shadows in an eastward direction. Traffic, which during the day is extremely light by Indonesian standards, is now ceasing entirely. Just a few noisy scooters remain on […]
Turkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles: report
(Reuters) – Turkey will imminently lodge an official request with NATO asking the military alliance to deploy Patriot missiles along its border with Syria to guard against violence spilling over, a senior […]
Banana skin slip stops steak knife stabbing
The Local: A banana skin saved a woman from serious injury when her estranged husband slipped on it while trying to stab her with a steak knife, a German court heard this week. Read More:
Yes, we wept with our Ahmadi brothers in the 2010 carnage, But!
Source: Friday Times: In Pakistan a mosque is not the house of God, but the house of a sectarian God. Although Muslim sects across the world have their own separate mosques for the reasons of Imamat, procedure and methodology of prayers, no one is ever stopped from entering a place […]
US judge jails anti-Islam filmmaker for a year
Express Tribune: LOS ANGELES: The man behind the anti-Islam video blamed for sparking deadly protests in the Muslim world was jailed in the US for a year Wednesday for breaching the terms of his probation for a previous offense. Mark Basseley Youssef, 55, will serve the sentence in a US federal […]
The Ideology of Pakistan: A thorny issue
Dawn: by Vaqar Ahmad: If I were a rational person I would not be writing this blog. In the past I have lamented the proliferation of garbage, lauded junkies and […]
The New Illustrious Minister of India, Salman Khurshid Congratulates Barack Obama
The New Illustrious Minister of India, Salman Khurshid Congratulates President Barack Hussein Obama on Re-election: Source: The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Congratulating Barack Obama on his re-election as US President, […]
History of the Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement
Do you know where and how the Red Cross started? Please click on the links below and find out! For more pictures and explanations throughout the years please click on […]
Women In Islam, From The Prophet’s Wife To Gunned-Down Pakistani Teen
By Asma Afsaruddin* LE SOIR/Worldcrunch -Essay- As someone who writes and lectures about women and gender in Islam, I am often asked if women had any role in the making […]