Haj guides visited pilgrims’ countries in past centuries
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS The tasks carried out by members of the Tawafa Chiefs’ Organization — a body that encompasses the heads of three main pilgrim serving guides including Haj […]
Procedures for foreign pilgrims to be digitized
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered an e-channel project for foreign Haj pilgrims. “As part of the project, Haj visa issuing procedures, including finger printing, should be completed at the country of departure before pilgrims leave for the Kingdom. All procedures that a […]
American view of Muslims distorted by TV news
Dani Anguiano | THE ORION Cars are burning and people are running rampant through the streets as anarchy ensues. While watching any of the major news networks such as Fox, NBC or ABC, most would think the entire Muslim world is in utter chaos all the time. The news gives […]
Open Mosque Day 2012
Huff Post: by Megan Sweas. With the Southern California sun shining off its white marble walls and tall blue minaret, King Fahad Mosque in Culver City is hard to miss. But I almost did miss it. As I turned my car around, I thought about how easy it would be […]
Justice for minorities: Pipe dream or possibility?
Dawn.com: by Faiza Mirza. Although, on the surface, the constitution of Pakistan vows to protect the Muslim and non-Muslim minorities of Pakistan, however, in practice we have yet to see a time when Ahmadis, Christians, Shias, Hindus and other religious communities were treated on the same footing with Sunni Muslims. […]
One Film Can Make a Difference
Huff Post: by Craig Considine. We learned through “Innocence of Muslims” that one film can make a difference in the way Americans and Muslims perceive each other. Now is the time for “Journey into America” to make the difference, but for the better. ……… The anti-Islamic propaganda film “Innocence of […]
Israeli cyber attacks targeted offshore oil, gas platforms– Iran IT head
RT: Iran’s offshore oil and gas platforms were the targets of the cyber attacks aimed at crippling the country. All threats were repelled and Israel was behind them, according to head of IT at the Iranian Offshore Oil Company, Mohammad Reza Golshani. Golshani told Reuters that the attack happened over […]
Trial by ordeal or the Shariah Law?
Epigraph: “And as for the man who steals and the woman who steals, cut off their hands in retribution of their offence as an exemplary punishment from Allah. And Allah […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims condemn machination to create rift between Sikh and Ahmadiyya’s
Source: Times of India AMRITSAR: With intentions of creating rift between Sikhs and Ahmadiyya Muslims, a person using fake ID on Facebook has attempted to defile Guru Nanak Dev and […]
Members of Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Germany donating Blood-A very short video shown in prime news of German TV
Source: Zafarullah Khan of Germany Click HERE to watch the video: Newscaster explaining the blood donation campaign, which Majlis Khuddamul Ahmaddiyya, an auxiliary organization of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany organized with the cooperation of Red Cross Germany. About 100 Khuddams donated the blood.
Gurdon and Yamanaka share Nobel prize for stem cell work
Source: BBC Two pioneers of stem cell research have shared the Nobel prize for medicine or physiology. John Gurdon from the UK and Shinya Yamanaka from Japan were awarded the prize for changing adult cells into stem cells, which can become any other type of cell in the body. Prof […]
Necessary Illusions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies Author(s) Noam Chomsky Publisher South End Press, Pluto Press Publication date June 1989 Media type Paperback Pages 422 ISBN 0-89608-366-7 OCLC Number 19457706 Dewey Decimal 302.2/3 19 LC Classification P95.8 .C48 1989 Necessary Illusions: […]
Turkey’s parliament authorises military operations against Syria
Guardian: Turkish military fires into Syria for second day after five civilians are killed by shelling in border town Turkey’s parliament has authorised military operations against Syria and its military […]
Why You should Outsource to Indonesia
Whether you like it or not, we are now doing business in a boundless world; the Internet has made geographical location irrelevant when it comes to get things done. You […]
Mali: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Braces for Battle
Source: Stratfor Oct 8, 2012 | 1015 GMT The North African franchise of the global jihadist group appears to suspect that an international intervention is looming…. Refer:
Qadian incident deliberate mischief; non-Qadianis role not ruled out
Source: Punjab Newsline Monday, October, 08 2012 – 19:57 CHANDIGARH: The recent sacrilegious incident attributed to an Ahmadiya youth appears to be rooted in the intra-faith rivalry between the different sects among the Muslims. The sacrilegious post on Facebook allegedly attributed to some youth who claimed himself to be an […]
Qadian: Ahmadiyya Jamaat demands strict action against FB culprit
Source: Punjab Newsline: Monday, October, 08 2012 – 16:51 QADIAN (GURDASPUR): Ahmadiyya Jamaat has demanded strict action against those persons who are responsible for insulting Sikh gurus on facebook post. A delegate of Ahmadiyya Jamaat met SSP Batala along with Baba Sukhdev Singh Bedi, a descendant of Guru Nanak Dev […]
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: This article relies on references to primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject. Please add citations from reliable and independent sources. (April 2012) Plato’s Allegory of the Cave by Jan Saenredam, according to Cornelis van Haarlem, 1604, Albertina, Vienna Part of a series on […]
5 signs you’re a grown up now
Source: ET: The small moments before the milestone of ‘30’ that make you realise that you’re no longer a teenager. 1. You actually start avoiding junk food Double-decker burgers with cheese oozing out of them make you cringe rather than drool. You no longer trust your metabolism and on those […]
Jirga declares 13 girls vani in Dera Bugti
Source: ET The decision was taken to settle murder-related conflict between Bagirani and Shahwani tribes. PHOTO: FILE DERA BUGTI: A jirga in Dera Bugti, Balochistan declared 13 girls vani on Monday while settling a murder-related conflict between two tribes, Express News reported. The conflict was between the Bagirani and Shahwani tribes […]