Ahmadiyyat: True Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
In a recent Poll, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has defined, what joins and separates the Muslims. There is a 164 page report of the Poll […]
In Xinjiang Uygur, in China, 11 million Muslims Celebrate Eid
Source: China Daily During holy month, faithful gave 3 million yuan to nursing homes Muslims in China celebrated the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting, on Sunday. Thousands of […]
” If only ” … Muslims nations could cooperate with each other in science and technology … (incl. agriculture)
” If only ” the Muslim world could concentrate in solving its own problems and coordinating with each other. For instance: Egypt imported in 2011 an amount of 11’600’000 metric […]
Wanted: better bridges between science and aid efforts
Imogen Mathers 17 August 2012 | EN Science and new technologies underpin many humanitarian products SunFire Solutions Aid innovators are calling for more interaction with research and development communities, ahead of World Humanitarian Day, reports Imogen Mathers. [LONDON] In the aftermath of the devastating bomb attack on the UN’s Baghdad […]
Swiss keep religion at a distance
by Clare O’Dea, swissinfo.ch Religion is becoming less important in people’s private lives in Switzerland, even among tax-paying members of the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, two-thirds of whom are […]
Six million foreign pilgrims performed Umrah
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 20 August 2012 Around six million foreign pilgrims have traveled through the Haj Terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah during this year to perform […]
Mursi likely to visit Iran
South Asian News Agency (SANA) ⋅ August 19, 2012 ⋅ Share/Save CAIRO, (SANA): Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Mursi will visit Iran to attend the Non-Aligned Movement meetings on Aug 30, […]
Did Katie Holmes Divorce Tom Cruise Over Scientology?
With all the reports on Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s divorce taking over every gossip headline, there is one theme that seems present in every article, Scientology. Tom has been […]
Genetically engineering ‘ethical’ babies is a moral obligation, says Oxford professor
Daily Telegraph: Professor Julian Savulescu said that creating so-called designer babies could be considered a “moral obligation” as it makes them grow up into “ethically better children”. The expert in […]
Mormon Priesthood: No Blacks Allowed
NY Times: I BELIEVE that in 1978 God changed his mind about black people,” sings Elder Kevin Price in the Broadway musical “The Book of Mormon.” The line is meant to be […]
Islamic text removed from Ahmadi’s shop, home in Sheikhupura
Express Tribune: LAHORE: Members of an Islamic organisation removed Quranic texts and religious words from the shop of an Ahmadi family in Kot Abdul Malik, Sheikhupura, on August 14 with the help of local police. Factory Area Police had gone to Qamar Zia’s mobile shop with members of an Islamic organisation, Almi […]
Praying for calm in a vortex of racism
Source: The Edmonton Journal By Humda Malik, Edmonton Journal August 13, 2012 This is my country!” the man blurted as he butted ahead of me in line while I waited to pay for groceries. Let me set the scene. I was in Walmart with my screaming toddler and my insistent […]
What Catholics Can Learn From The Quran
Huff Post: Kathlene K. Duff. (Kathleen K. Duff serves on the Diocese of Albany’s Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. She is a campus minister at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School […]
UK and German spies feed intelligence to Syrian rebels
RT: British and German spy intelligence on Syrian government troop movement has been shared with rebels to aid attacks on pro-Assad forces, UK and German newspapers revealed on Sunday. An unnamed Syrian opposition official admitted that British intelligence is covertly aiding antigovernment forces in Syria, UK weekly newspaper the Sunday […]
Singapore Could Be The World’s Richest Country By 2050
Business Insider: If you enjoy peering inside the minds of the world’s super rich, take a spin through the 2012 “Wealth Report.” Compiled by Citibank, and a property consultancy called Knight Frank, it’s a lengthy analysis based partly on interviews with the super rich. (Definition: people with more than $25 million […]
Bret Michaels Calls Off Engagement After 18 Years: The Dangers of Cohabitation (or should we call it: “The total collapse of the family as we know it”?)
By Brittney R. Villalva , Christian Post Reporter The Christian Post Bret Michaels has called off his engagement to Kristi Gibson after an 18-year relationship. Poison front man and reality star Bret Michaels has called off his engagement from Kristi Gibson after proposing to her nearly two years ago in […]
Tanzania: (Ahmadiyya) Muslim Leaders Set to Participate in Census
BY AMINA JUMA, 19 AUGUST 2012 Morogoro — AHMADIYYA Muslims Community in Morogoro Region has assured the Government in the Region that their followers will participate in the National Census, which is expected to take off on August 26, this year. Morogoro Regional Ahmadiyya Muslims Community Sheikh Asif Butt said […]
American Muslims are celebrating, but they’re nervous as well
Today is the first day of Eid Al-Fitr—a three-day celebration that follows the month of Ramadan during which Muslims fast during the day. Recently several factors made American Muslims nervous and fearful. Eid is a good time for the society to make Muslims feel at home in America. In Western […]
Wording on women sparks protest in Tunisia
When Tunisia’s National Constitutional Assembly published the new draft constitution, a storm broke out over its words about women. It read: “The State guaranties the protection of women rights and the promotion of their gains, as a real partner of men in the mission of the homeland building, and the […]
Fair CEC, unfair polls- unless Electoral lists are Corrected
Fair CEC, unfair polls byKunwar Idrees The appointment of Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) has raised widespread hope that the next elections will be fair. The chief contenders […]