Asian Human Rights Commission: By William Gomes: Freedom of expression is one of the essential pre-requirements for the practice, protection and promotion of democracy. If we are to speak of a […]
(Reuters) – Pope Benedict on Friday denounced the “powerful political and cultural currents” seeking to legalize gay marriage in the United States, where Maryland has just become the eighth state […]
Washington Post: By Lisa Miller The battle of the sexes, waged this election season with fulsome fury in the public space, is being fought in a much more painful, private sphere […]
ghanaweb.com: The Washington, D.C chapter of Real Amass Alumni Association, USA, Inc. has delivered $2,500 worth of athletic wear and equipments to their Alma Mater, T. I. Ahmadiyya Secondary School, in […]
blog.pennlive.com By Mary Klaus Three years ago, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Harrisburg bought an uptown Harrisburg Lutheran church and turned it into a mosque. This winter, that same group […]
Source: Brandon Sun – A cross-country exhibition devoted to promoting peace and dispelling myths about Islam is scheduled to make a stop in Brandon on Thursday. The Holy Qur’an Exhibition […]
Source: News Optimist – A cross country tour to promote Islam and the Holy Qur’an is coming to North Battleford next week. Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA) , a non-profit charitable religious organization in over 200 countries, will be including North Battleford as part of […]
Source: Herald Leader – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA) hosted a exhibition on the Holy Qur’an at Portage and District Library, Thursday, with the aim of promoting peace, condemning terrorism, and dispelling myths about Islam. Over the past 14 months AMYA has visited over 337,000 houses in […]
ScienceDaily (Mar. 7, 2012) — A series of studies conducted by psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Toronto in Canada reveal something the well off may not want to hear. Individuals who are relatively high in social class are more likely to engage in a variety […]
Recently I went to a panel discussion that’s part of a series on Revolutionary Nonviolence organized by a coalition of groups, including Quakers and representatives of Occupy Philadelphia. There were supposed to be four panelists on this particular night, but the one representing “Faith Community-Based Nonviolent Action” could not make it — […]
Nick Clegg today demands the introduction of a “tycoon tax” which will mean that wealthy Britons have to pay a minimum rate of tax on their total annual earnings of […]
Source: The Local Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle ruled out even talking about German military involvement in Syria on Friday, saying it would be “counterproductive,” during a meeting of the Council […]
Italy’s foreign minister said Friday that Rome wanted Britain to communicate further details on its failed Nigeria rescue bid “in the next hours”. Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata said after talks […]
Dr Ramgoolam exhorted the students to make a commitment to continue to work relentlessly towards an even brighter future. He recalled that the Maurice Ile Durable project was launched for the benefit of this generation and that of future generations, adding that students have a greater stake in the success […]
Source: The New York Times MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In Silicon Valley, the line between computing and biology has begun to blur in a way that could have enormous consequences for human longevity. Bill Banyai, an optical physicist at Complete Genomics, has helped make that happen. When he began developing […]
Source: The New York Times WASHINGTON — A World Bank report shows a broad reduction in extreme poverty — and indicates that the global recession, contrary to economists’ expectations, did not increase poverty in the developing world. The report shows that for the first time the proportion of people living in extreme poverty […]
Source: Wired.com Late last year, scientists with the OPERA collaboration in Gran Sasso, Italy reported an incredible finding: neutrinos that appeared to be moving faster than the speed of light. The news spread at a barely slower pace, fascinating the public. One thing everyone knows is that a very famous […]
In yet another sign of a strengthening recovery, the United States added 227,000 net jobs in February, the third consecutive month of gains over 200,000. The unemployment rate was unchanged from 8.3 percent in January, the Labor Department reported Friday, as nearly a half million people who had been staying […]
President Hu Jintao on Friday stressed maintaining national integrity, ethnic unity and social stability in Tibet, and other Chinese leaders also joined with national legislators in panel discussions. During a panel discussion with legislators from the Tibet autonomous region at the ongoing parliamentary session, Hu urged the consolidation of foundation […]
Controversial clauses that permit detention, arrest or surveillance of suspects at specific places, without informing their families, have been partially revised in response to an outcry to curb possible abuses of public security measures, as the latest amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law is tabled for lawmakers to read. Read […]