Source: the Guardian American Atheists is an educational organization; we always intended to inform, to make people think. We never avoid being provocative, though that’s not the goal. We have not only a right, but a duty to speak the truth and to be heard. So our recent billboard campaign in Brooklyn and […]
Scores of English translations of the Holy Quran are now available online. Translations into several languages, including English and Urdu, by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are also available online in […]
Source: Huff Post Religion When I first came across this concept, in theBhagavad Gita, about 20 years ago, I was immediately fascinated by it. Not being subjected to birth, old age, disease and death got my attention. It’s safe to say that no one is looking forward to these aspects […]
Credit: Spiegel Germany: y Horand Knaup. AP Bloody conflicts in a band of Africa stretching from Senegal to Somalia are hampering efforts to bring progress to the troubled region. Muslims are increasingly pitted against Christians, and nomads against sedentary farmers. Matters are made worse by climate change and a flood […]
Credit: Stratfor: The Arabian Peninsula has not been immune to the wave of recent demonstrations in countries across the Middle East. Notably,protests have been ongoing in Saudi Arabia’s Shiite-concentrated Eastern Province for more than a year. Recently, however, unrelated demonstrations began in parts of the country where such unrest is […]
Source: The New York Times In 1951, a 4-year-old boy with leukemia contracted chickenpox. His liver and spleen, swollen by the cancer, soon returned to normal, and his elevated blood cell count fell to that of a healthy child. His doctors at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology in San Francisco were thrilled […]
Courtesy: Cnet A plan by Pakistan for a Web-filtering project prompts U.S. firms to take a stance on selling software to be used for government censorship. For years, Silicon Valley companies have quietly conducted a lucrative trade selling software and equipment to countries that restrict dissent over the Internet. But […]
Source: Spiegel Germany:By Thomas Schulz in New York Getty Images It wasn’t so long ago that many viewed Germany’s economic model as outdated and the country as the “sick man of Europe.” These days, however, even the Americans have come to praise parts of it, though they still doubt whether […]
Shotter Shondhane Dear All : We are highly pleased to inform you all that by the grace of Almighty Allah Episode : XIV of our much coveted interactive Bangla LIVE Q/A Program – SHOTTER SHONDHANE – will be held from March 29 to April 1st. 2012. Inshallah. Details of the program […]
Credit: TOI PARIS: A gunman suspected of killing seven people in the name of al-Qaida, including three children at a Jewish school, said on Wednesday he would hand himself over to police to end an hours-long siege in southwestern France. About 300 police, some in bullet-proof body armour, cordoned off […]
Credit: TOI NEW DELHI: After fuel, India is offering to export natural gas to Pakistan to help the neighbouring country tide over its gas crisis. More:
Credit: Asia Times: By Karen J Greenberg You might think the United States was entering the end of the 9/11 era. Think again. What we in fact have is a national security state wedded to a “war on terror” growing ever-more obsessed with secrecy and ever-more repressive in a world […]
Credit: Asia Times: By Gareth Porter Iranian nuclear envoy Ali Asghar Soltanieh has gone public about the failed visit by the United Nations’ atomic energy agency last month after anonymous statements from the watchdog and Western capitals portrayed Tehran as uncooperative. His account presents fascinating detail that belies that charge. […]
Source: NY Times The US Commerce Department said on Tuesday that it would impose tariffs on solar panels imported from China after concluding that the Chinese government provided illegal export subsidies to manufacturers there. The tariffs were smaller, at 2.9 to 4.73 percent, than some American industry executives had expected. At […]
Source: Kincardine News – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada is once again coming to Kincardine to teach the community about Islam, this time regarding the “misunderstood” Sharia law. National executive director Rizwan Rabbani said the information session is meant to “promote religious harmony dispel misconceptions about Islam and […]
I was hesitant to write again about the subject of Saudi women, but I concluded, after much consideration, the entire topic is more serious than I originally anticipated. My reasons are simply as follows: 1. Women are our mothers, daughters, wives, sisters and others and they affect if not influence […]
OSAKA — A 109-year-old woman in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, has undergone a successful appendectomy, likely becoming the oldest patient to have such surgery in Japan, the attending physician said Tuesday. Read more
With the most rapidly aging population in the world and a growing number of people living to be more than 100 years old, firms in Japan have come up with some innovative products and services to cater to the needs of the elderly. On September 15 — national Respect for […]
Source: Paris Star – Paris will welcome back the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA) this weekend for another afternoon of informative lessons on the Islam religion. The County of Brant Public Library Paris branch will host the group of Muslim youth on Saturday, March 24, 2012 from noon […]