UK: Archbishop Rowan Williams defends outspoken approach
Guardian: The archbishop of Canterbury has said that making “risky and anything but infallible judgments” is a key part of the job as spiritual head of the Church of England, […]
Poll: Obama better for middle class
Global Post: BOSTON — Middle-class voters are, of course, important to the Nov. 6 presidential election. Both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have been aggressively targeting this group, particularly in swing states like Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, Pennsylvania and other places where members of this large and economically struggling […]
anti-Blasphemy laws are a danger to the world
Mahfooz Kanwar, Calgary Herald, Canada http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/Kanwar+Anti+blasphemy+laws+danger+world/7298498/story.html I am halfway through writing my next book entitled: Addiction to Religion, which discusses four organized religions: Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This book will discuss further the issue of blasphemy in all religions. In this column, I am writing on what the blasphemy […]
Islamic theology starts with Deism: Why all Christians and atheists should be Muslims?
Epigraph: Allah is He Who raised up the heavens without any pillars that you can see. Then He settled Himself on the Throne. And He pressed the sun and the […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community gives Message to uphold peace in Haryana
Editors note: Original title states ‘Message to uphold peace’ Source: Jagran Karnal, Haryana Message of fifth Khalifa Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad(at) was conveyed to people who gathered at the Ahmadiyya center located at Ranwar. On the topic of Anti-Isam movie prepared in America, it was conveyed that people should not […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim community holds peace conference in the wake of hate film
Editors note: Title changed. Original title states ‘Appeal for peaceful protest against the film’ Source: Jagran Jalandhar, Punjab Ahmadiyya Muslim Community recently organized peace conference at the Ahmadiyya mosque in […]
Ikea drops women from Arab brochure
Furniture store giant Ikea has been criticised for deleting images of women from the Saudi version of its catalogue, a move the company says it regrets. Comparing the Swedish and Saudi versions of the Ikea catalogue, Swedish newspaper Metro showed that women had been airbrushed out of otherwise identical pictures […]
Social Bullying Prevalent in Children’s Television
ScienceDaily (Sep. 27, 2012) — A new research study led by an Indiana University professor has found that social bullying is just as prevalent in children’s television as depictions of physical aggression. The study, “Mean on the Screen: Social Aggression in Programs Popular With Children,” which appears in the Journal of Communication, found […]
Keeping the faith
Dawn.com: by Hajra Mumtaz. NOT so long ago, the radio was in the news for all the wrong reasons. That was the medium chosen by the militant leader Fazlullah, who became known as Mullah Radio, to spread his messages of hatred and divisiveness. For a long time, he broadcast his […]
Muslim rage is all about politics- Haqqani NEWSWEEK MAG
Husain Haqqani: Muslim Rage Is About Politics, Not Religion Muslims have good reason to be angry—and it’s not a sophomoric movie trailer on you tube. Thousands of cellphone subscribers in Pakistan received an anonymous text message recently announcing a miracle: an earthquake on Tuesday, Sept. 18, had destroyed the […]
Peaceful Approach draws converts to Muslim Group: NZ HERALD
Peaceful approach draws converts from across spectrum to Muslim group By Lincoln Tan, New Zealand Herald Catholicism only mainstream church experiencing growth, especially amongethnic minorities, as study shows other Western religions, such as Anglicanism, ‘fail to connect’ with diversifying cultures. EXPAND Shafiq Ur Rehman, cleric Shafiq Ur Rehman and Christopher Bradley […]
Digital Age overload: ‘Internet addiction’ to be classified as mental illness
RT: Think twice the next time you play a videogame or surf the Net: ‘Internet-use disorder’ is set to be added to the list of mental illnesses in the worldwide psychiatric manual. Kids are identified as being especially at risk. The international mental health encyclopedia known as the ‘Diagnostic and […]
Perot: U.S. risks being “taken over” if we don’t fix economy
(CBS News) In a rare interview with USA Today, Ross Perot, the 82-year-old former third-party presidential candidate, called for long-term solutions to the nation’s ongoing economic woes – and warned that, barring substantive fixes, the U.S. could lose its sovereignty. “The last thing I ever want to see is our […]
Picture of the Day: Mirage and Illusion of Our Passions
“And as to those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to be water until, when he comes up to it, […]
Do Muslims Hate – Jews and Christians – really?
The Muslim Outlook – by Shahid Pervaiz October 01, 2012 As a flash back into the early adolescence years, the time when I learnt the text of Muslim Mandatory Prayers – the most fascinating part that struck my “cognition” was invoking to pray for the blessings of God for Muhammad […]
Please save my future generation
Source: The Daily Star Inam Ahmed and Julfikar Ali Manik, from Ramu, Cox’s Bazar The Buddha statues made of gold are lost forever. The intrinsic designs of Khadi wood are lost in the inferno. The Tripitak is lost too. But for Shreemad Satyapriya Mohathero, who had just turned 83, the […]
Bangladesh Muslims torch Buddhist shrines
Source: CNN News From Farid Ahmed (CNN) — Crowds of angry Muslims attacked Buddhist shrines and homes, torching some of them Sunday in Bangladesh to protest after a photo of a partially burned Quran was posted on Facebook, police said. The protesters chanted anti-Buddhist slogans, blaming the burning of the Muslim […]
Russia bans controversial anti-Islam video
Source: TOI MOSCOW: A Russian court paved the way for a potential closure of the video-sharing website YouTube by banning an anti-Islam video on Monday that sparked violent protests across the Muslim world. Moscow’s Tverskoy Court ruled that the crude video, which was made in the United States and portrays […]
SHOTTER SHONDHANE “সত্যের সন্ধানে” -Episode XVIII of Bangla Q&A, Sep 27-30, 2012
We are highly pleased to inform you all that by the grace of Almighty Allah Episode : XVIII of our much coveted interactive Bangla LIVE Q/A Program – SHOTTER SHONDHANE – are now avaialbe on YouTube for viewing: Shotter Shondhane 27,28, 29 and 30th September 2012 YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=zO5-8xUjvw4 […]
New Bangladesh law could ease suffering of abandoned Hindu women
Source: Khabar south Asia. By K. R. Chowdhury for Khabar South Asia in Dhaka Torulata Rani, 24, is having a tough time raising her six-year-old son by herself in Dokshin Chowra village in northern Nilphamari district, 350km from Dhaka. Her husband Sreepodo deserted the young family six years ago. Torulata […]