Switzerland: Swimming lessons also for Muslims
Lausanne, Switzerland. The federal court as expected upheld its decision of 3 years ago that Muslim children should not be given permission to skip the obligatory mixed-gender swimming lessons in […]
Six-Points Programme or Independence? – by Nurul Islam, Research Fellow Emeritus of International Food Policy Research Institute
Source: The Daily Star Nurul Islam It is widely believed by a large number of people of all political persuasions that the Six-Points Programme was a demand for autonomy of East Pakistan in a conventional sense within a federation of two regions of East and West Pakistan. However, the […]
First-hand account of Operation Searchlight; Flashback of the night of March 25, 1971
Source: The Daily Star Monday, March 26, 2012 OP-ED Photo: Arechive Abidur Rahman My heart bleeds when I vividly remember the tragic scenario of the fatal night of March 25, 1971. Destiny goaded me into a stormy orbit of the country’s journalism. After Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was released […]
Bangladesh: Nation salutes Independence heroes
source: The Daily Star Visitors at the National Memorial wave flags to pay tribute to Liberation War heroes. Photo: Palash Khan Star Online Report Hundreds of thousands of people of different generations thronged Liberation War memorials across the country Monday to pay tribute to the brave sons and daughters […]
Ahmadiyya Mosque at Saidabad in Hyderabad attacked by Extremists
By Shahid Pervaiz, Bangalore Ahmadiyya Mosque at Saidabad in Hyderabad was attacked and the worshipers were locked inside for more than 3 hrs, today. Youm e Messiah-e-Moud was being celebrated today (Sunday being a public holiday) at many Mosques and Mission Houses around India. At the Saidabad Mosque “Masjid ul Hamd” the Jalsa had started at 11am and […]
Kenya: Six Months Into Operation Linda Nchi, Time for Soul-Searching
Credit: Allafrica.Com A few weeks from now- April 16th to be precise-Operation Linda Nchi will be entering its sixth month since the launch in mid October last year. It is time for some serious soul-searching and honest appraisal. There are several pertinent questions that ought to be asked of our […]
US pays $50,000 for each death in Afghan shooting
Credit: TOI KANDAHAR: The United States has paid $50,000 in compensation for each Afghan killed in the shooting spree attributed to a US soldier in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official and a community elder said on Sunday. The families of the dead received the money on Saturday at the governor’s […]
Islamic book on how to beat wives irks UK
Credit: TOI LONDON: An Islamic marriage guide advising men on ‘the best ways’ to beat their wives has sparked outrage in Britain, especially among moderate Muslims who say that it encourages domestic violence. The book – ‘A Gift For Muslim Couple’ – tells husbands that they should beat their wives […]
Iran not keen to walk Turkey’s red carpet
Credit: Asia Times: By Kaveh L Afrasiabi CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts – In a major setback for Turkey’s self-promotion as a pivot of regional diplomacy, Tehran could rebuff Ankara’s bid to hold the next round of multilateral nuclear talks in Istanbul. As a result, unless Ankara sends Tehran some reassuring signals, it […]
Faith and Europe’s enlightenment
Credit: Express Tribune: The Dark Ages is the period Europe spent in ignorance of Greek knowledge. How did Europe get out of this period? We saw last week — in my oped titled “A brief history of modernity” published in this newspaper on March 18 — how the foundations of […]
Pakistan: Stop Reporting or get Killed: Journalist warned
AHRC.Com: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a journalist of a US based news agency is receiving death threats from Taliban Pakistan for writing stories on […]
Sarkozy to bar radical imams from entering France
(Reuters) – France will bar radical Muslim preachers from entering the country to participate in an Islamic conference next month as part of a crackdown after shootings by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman, […]
Ahmadiyya Malta Peace Symposium 2012
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta organised its annual “Peace Symposium 2012”on Friday 16th March 2012, at the Grand Hotel Excelsior, Floriana, Malta. In this symposium Dr. Simon Busuttil MEP, Hon. Evarist Bartolo […]
Govt pays compensation to stranded Sri Lankan maid
By RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN, ARAB NEWS STAFF The Saudi government paid SR72,000 in compensation to a stranded Sri Lankan housemaid whose Saudi sponsor had not paid her wages for the last 17 years. Kusuma Nandini, 57, who had come to Riyadh in 1994, was kept a virtual slave in the […]
Jordan: Authorities detain suspected Syrian ‘spies’
by Taylor Luck | Mar 25,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Authorities confirmed on Sunday the arrest of several Syrian army defectors on suspicion of spying for the Syrian regime. According to the Public Security Department (PSD), police forces in Mafraq arrested last week 10 alleged army defectors who entered […]
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
NY Times: by Jonathan Haidt: THE RIGHTEOUS MIND You’re smart. You’re liberal. You’re well informed. You think conservatives are narrow-minded. You can’t understand why working-class Americans vote Republican. You figure […]
Wielding Fire, Islamists Target Nigeria Schools
NY Times: MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The teenager in the immaculate white robe stood in the ruins of what had been his school. There were no classrooms, no desks or chairs, […]
Muslim leader warns of devastating consequences of nuclear war
Last night, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Fifth Khalifa, spoke at length about the perilous state of the world and the impending […]
The Pakistan Government owes Explanation to the International Community
Whereas the Holy Qur’an honors and holds every human life sacred, an extremist group in Pakistan, Tahaafuze Khatime-Nubuwwat (TKN) in a recent conference continued its tradition of inciting murder and hate crimes. It […]
Does Death Exist?
Many of us fear death. We believe in death because we have been told we will die. We associate ourselves with the body, and we know that bodies die. But a new scientific theory suggests that death is not the terminal event we think. One well-known aspect of quantum physics […]