By: Dr. Mansoora Shamim (for her VITA see below) University of Oregon July 17, 2012 Knowing the secrets about beginning and evolution of universe and understanding the basic constituents of matter and interactions between them has always been the utmost desire of human beings. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with its twenty-seven […]
Credit: Jakarta Globe via Wasim Sroya A mob attack last Friday on an Ahmadiyah community in Bogor’s Cisalada village has rattled the beleaguered group as it tries to recover from a similar, more violent, incident from two years ago. “It was about 1 p.m. when we heard people shouting outside […]
Credit: Washington Post: BEIRUT —A bombing in Damascus on Wednesday killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajha and his deputy, Asef Shawkat, who was the brother-in-law and close confidante of President Bashar al-Assad.The deputy commander of the Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest and most dramatic sign of […]
Source: Qantara A new inter-religious research training group seeks to investigate how people began to think about religion and to determine how thinking about religion can be made into a […]
Source: Tahir Mahmood-Germany. By Zubair Khan In spite of best efforts the Muslims residing in European countries remain divided to start the month of Ramadan as well to celebrate the Idul Fitr. True it is each country has its own horizon, as well due to time difference, the variation in […]
Source: The Local German scientists have invented the world’s lightest material – which is also strong, regains its shape after being squashed and even conducts electricity. Scientists believe the material […]
Credit:Asiatimes: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency to close a notorious cell that focused on monitoring internal politics, in a direct challenge to the ISI’s ability to operate as a “state within a state”. In a judgement that puts pressure on the agency to be […]
Credit: Asiatime. A minor incident in the Persian Gulf this week that saw a US Navy fuel ship open fire on an Indian fishing boat demonstrates how overcrowding by US warships and aircraft to intimidate Iran’s nuclear ambitions raises the likelihood of a spark that ignites full-scale war. Tehran, having […]
Credit: TOI 10 tricks to become a loving, positive person (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) It’s one thing to wax eloquent on positivity, but quite another to be a positive person at heart. Despite believing to have a positive outlook, we invariably weigh the cons first, consider several times before sparing a […]
Source: The Finger Lakes Times By Sardar Anees Ahmad One of the world’s greatest scientists, Albert Einstein was asked to opine on various fields of knowledge – including God. Einstein considered […]
Credit: ET The leadership of the two parties met at the Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo in June last year. DESIGN: FAIZAN DAWOOD KARACHI: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) maintains close ties with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, a religious party which has recently found its voice again in mainstream Egyptian politics, and a group […]
Credit:ET No need to spend on Petrol – Diesel – CNG. Get a Donkey instead for only Rs 10 per hour. PHOTO: EXPRESS GUJRANWALA: Liaqat Ali, his wife and parents will on Saturday return from a week-long vacation to Murree financed by savings from their rent-a-donkey business. Ali’s mother Rabia Bibi […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) yesterday denounced an Israeli claim that Al-Aqsa Mosque is part of Israeli territory. OIC Secretary-General Professor Ekmeledin Ihsanoglu said: “The Islamic nation will not accept any move by Israel to encroach on Al-Aqsa, the third holiest mosque for Muslims.” He called […]
by Stefania Summermatter, swissinfo.ch Switzerland will soon have legislation specifically banning forced marriages, a social issue involving violence and isolation which raises tough questions about the integration of minorities from abroad. Marriage “is not, has never been and cannot be a private matter”, wrote the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss. For centuries, […]
AP | Jul 17, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Middle East peace, America’s defining issue for decades of dealings with Israel and its Arab neighbours, was just a postscript Monday as Hillary Clinton made perhaps her final visit to the region as secretary of state. Three years after […]
by Mohammad Ghazal | Jul 17, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Tkiyet Um Ali will launch a campaign during the holy month of Ramadan, to distribute more than a quarter-of-a-million iftar meals to needy families across Jordan. The charity has already launched a media campaign to solicit donations for […]
Credit: UPI.Com via Wasim Saroya MUNICH, Germany, July 17 (UPI) — A Munich court is denying a divorce for a woman tricked into marriage, saying because she was never legally married, she cannot be legally divorced. Anna K., 31, has been fighting for a divorce from Kulwinder S. since 2008, […]
Fiji: Round-trip airfare from Los Angeles starts at $1049 Los Angeles Times Air Pacific, the official airline of Fiji , is offering airfares starting at $1049 round-trip from Los Angeles to Nadi on the South Pacific nation’s main island Viti Levu. Though the deal is on until the end of the month, […]
US should pressure nations to rescind anti-Ahmadiyya laws By Katrina Lantos Swett, chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) – 07/16/12 04:59 PM ET http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1340179658.html#_=1342569769945&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fblogs%2Fcongress-blog%2Fforeign-policy%2F238199-us-should-pressure-nations-to-rescind-anti-ahmadiyya-laws&size=m&text=US%20should%20pressure%20nations%20to%20rescind%20anti-Ahmadiyya%20laws%20-%20The%20Hill's%20Congress%20Blog&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fblogs%2Fcongress-blog%2Fforeign-policy%2F238199-us-should-pressure-nations-to-rescind-anti-ahmadiyya-laws http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?api_key=369058349794205&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D9%23cb%3Df4cd998b4%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthehill.com%252Ffb1760c2%26domain%3Dthehill.com%26relation%3Dparent.parent&extended_social_context=false&href=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fblogs%2Fcongress-blog%2Fforeign-policy%2F238199-us-should-pressure-nations-to-rescind-anti-ahmadiyya-laws&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&node_type=link&sdk=joey&send=true&show_faces=false&width=150 https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fblogs%2Fcongress-blog%2Fforeign-policy%2F238199-us-should-pressure-nations-to-rescind-anti-ahmadiyya-laws&size=medium&count=true&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com&hl=en-US&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DsosyIBURzJA.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!V1HSHW0XVB-YepGbpQ%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTMF2xh6Sr_jc__pdLpN7VOIRO3bPg#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart&id=I0_1342569770450&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com On June 27, along with members of Congress and other guests, I heard a message of peace and freedom from the Ahmadiyya world leader, […]
West Java Cop-Out? Islamist Mob to Go Unpunished. July 16th’s Jakarta Globe surely suggests more questions than answers, most notably on the Police’s interest in serving the community in a non-sectarian way. No one will be charged in Friday’s mob attack on members of Bogor’s Ahmadiyah community, the National Police […]