25-year strategic plan aims to improve pilgrims’ service
By MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Haj Minister Bandar Al-Hajjar said ongoing efforts to work out a 25-year strategic plan for Haj and Umrah operations reflect the top priority given by the […]
Mullah Lavrov!
By TARIQ ALHOMAYED, ARABNEWS A dangerous statement, or gaffe, was made by the Russian Foreign Ministry, by its minister Sergey Lavrov, in which he said: “If the current Syrian regime collapses, some countries in the region will want to establish Sunni rule in Syria.” It is very strange that a […]
Jordan: Scant rainfall, depleting springs take toll on once-thriving farming community
SOUF/JERASH — Once known for its abundant pure springs and lush green farms, the small town of Souf in Jerash is now severely lacking in fresh water sources. Springs in […]
This Time it was Acting Ambassador of Pakistan in Germany!
Credit: UK TIMES LONDON: Zubair Khan This time Mr Mazhar Javed, Acting Ambassador of Pakistan in Germany, accompanied by Mr Ghulam Haider, Press Counselor Pak Embassy Berlin, who briefed the […]
A Muslim condemns persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the nations in South Asia with majority Muslim population and its Islamic roots traces to peaceful sufi and other movements in South Asia, much like the […]
Why American Atheists are advertising to Jews and Muslims
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 […]
Translation of the Holy Quran by Sir Zafrulla Khan
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 […]
Bhagavad Gita: You Are Not The Body
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 […]
Religion and Climate Change Fuel Chaos in Sahel
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 […]
New Protests Test Saudi Monarchy’s Control
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 […]
Viruses Recruited as Killers of Tumors
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 […]
‘Dark trade’ in Web-censoring tools exposed by Pakistan plan
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 […]
How the German Economy Became a Model
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 […]
Bangla LIVE Q/A Program on MTA – SHOTTER SHONDHANE – Episode : XV – March 29 to April 1st 2012
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 […]
French school killings suspect will ‘surrender’
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 […]
Energy crisis: India offers gas export to Pakistan
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:
Unstoppable legacy of the ‘war on terror’
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 […]
Iran’s nuclear claims test good faith
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. […]
A Measured Rebuttal to China Over Solar Panels
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 […]
Muslim group to hold local open house on Shari’a law
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 […]