Five million non-EU immigrants living in UK
The UK is home to almost five million people who were born outside the 27 EU member states, more than almost any other European country, new figures have shown. Only […]
Higgs Boson and Pakistani scientist
Credit: Dawn .com RECENTLY, at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), scientists have discovered Higgs Boson, colloquially known as God Particle. It is termed as the final missing piece of the Standard Model of particle physics. The model was developed by Dr Abdus Salam in liaison with other scientists […]
Zardari signs contempt of court amendment bill
Credit: ET President Asif Ali Zardari gave his consent to the controversial contempt of court amendment bill on Thursday. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari gave his consent to the controversial contempt of court amendment bill on Thursday, Express News has reported. The bill will provide immunity from contempt proceedings […]
Saudi girls impress NZ women
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 12 July 2012 A cultural program recently organized by Saudi girl students in Wellington impressed New Zealand women as it removed their misconceptions about Saudi women […]
‘Settlements may harm Israel’s Jewish majority’
AFP | Jul 11, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli President Shimon Peres has warned of the demographic consequences on Israel of ongoing settlement in the occupied West Bank. “Israeli settlements in densely populated Arab areas could bring about a demographic change about which we would do well […]
Dollar diplomacy disaster in Pakistan
Russian TV: The standoff between Washington and Islamabad was the longest and most expensive exhibition of overwhelming arrogance by the White House to date. On the eve of the Independence Day, after an interminable string of near misses, the seven-month gridlock between the two countries was finally broken. With the […]
Pakistan Police Demolishes the Minarets of Kharian Mosque
Editor’s comment: Police in Pakistan showing complete disregard for religious freedoms. Source: The Express Tribune LAHORE: Six minarets of an Ahmadi place of worship, Baitul Hamd, were demolished by the Kharian […]
Gunmen kill 9 security personnel in Lahore
Credit: ET Policemen seal off an area, that was attacked by gunmen, outside a police hostel in Lahore on July 11, 2012. PHOTO: AFP LAHORE: Gunmen shot dead nine Pakistani police and prison staff as they slept in Lahore on Thursday, the second attack on security forces in the country’s political […]
Ahmadiyya community a credit to religious education
Source: Kincardine News – While the essence of Scottish culture was echoing through Kincardine this past weekend, I was saturating myself in knowledge gained as a guest of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC) at Mississauga’s International Centre and their Mosque in Maple, Ont. I was one of over 1,000 guests […]
Pope sues German magazine over Vatileaks cover
Source: The Telegraph The Pope has taken a German satirical magazine to court over a front cover that pictured the pontiff with a yellow stain down the front of his […]
Russia to honour arms sales contracts to Syria
Russia said on Wednesday it would fulfil a contract to deliver air defence systems to Syria and had no plans to impose an arms embargo on its Soviet-era ally despite […]
Libya’s liberals call for civil state, reject political Islam
A top member of Libya’s liberal coalition, which claims to have swept 70 percent of seats reserved for parties in the next congress, on Wednesday rejected political Islam and called for a civil state. “The National Forces Alliance is against the injection of religion into political battles,” Faisal Krekshi, secretary […]
Why Mali’s Islamists are destroying Timbuktu Muslim shrines AND what does the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at teach about praying at shrines?
PARIS (AFP) ― The mausolea of Timbuktu, known as the “city of 333 saints,” are shrines in the Sufi brand of Islam dominant in Mali but a heresy to the […]
Outrage after UPS supervisor called Muslim employee, 35, a MONKEY
By EMILY ANNE EPSTEIN Source: MailOnline A Muslim employee of UPS in Orlando, Florida, says that his coworkers and managers routinely humiliated and harassed him while the company did little […]
Bosnia buries hundreds at Srebrenica massacre site
Bosnians on Wednesday buried 520 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, with the two alleged masterminds of the slaughter finally on trial for genocide. About 30,000 people were gathered at […]
Saudi Shi’ites throng funeral of slain protester
DUBAI (Reuters) – Thousands of Shi’ite Muslims turned out for the funeral of a man killed during protests triggered by the arrest of a prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric in Saudi […]
Europe’s Muslims edge towards synchronising Ramadan
By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS | Wed Jul 11, 2012 REUTERS (Reuters) – When the Muslim holy month of Ramadan arrives next week, fasting will definitely begin on Friday […]
Syria’s Ambassador to Iraq Reported to Defect
Source: NY Times. Syria‘s ambassador to Iraq was reported to have defected on Wednesday, which if confirmed would be the second prominent defection from President Bashar al-Assad‘s government in less than a week. More:
Fury grows at Islamabad’s NATO u-turn
Source: Asiatimes: A coalition of prominent jihadi organizations has descended on Islamabad to protest the reopening of NATO supply lines to Afghanistan, with 50,000 supporters refusing to leave a sit-in at Parliament House unless last week’s decision is revoked. Enjoying the full backing of intelligence agencies, the Defense of Pakistan […]