EU withdraws £106,000 ‘racist’ propaganda video
The European Union has withdrawn a £106,000 propaganda video promoting itself as a force for world peace after complaints of “racism”. Last week’s short “viral” internet film shows a white […]
Stanford found guilty in Ponzi scheme
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A federal court jury in Houston found former financier R. Allen Stanford guilty Tuesday on 13 of 14 counts of running a Ponzi scheme. Stanford, who […]
A Pakistani newspaper misappropriating an Ahmadiyya Mosque in Toronto
Chief Editor’s comments: The newspaper in Karachi is trying to fool the masses and offering them some feel good misinformation, by labeling Ahmadiyya achievements as those of non-Ahmadi Muslims. It […]
Wilders anti-euro report gets frosty reception
The anti-euro report commissioned by Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party, has been widely condemned in Dutch political circles. The report argues that the introduction of the euro has cost the Netherlands a fortune and that it would be cheaper to reintroduce the old Dutch guilder than remain part of the euro […]
Dutch retailer in headscarf sacking case
Leading Dutch retailer HEMA is being taken to court in Belgium after a female employee was fired for wearing a headscarf. The Belgian Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (CGKR) is pressing charges against the firm. HEMA dismissed the Muslim employee a year ago after customers complained about […]
Dutch headscarf design convinces FIFA
July, Muslim women will be able to wear headscarves during football matches. FIFA has decided to drop its 2007 ban on the hijab or headscarf. The ban was introduced because […]
A Challenge to Make Science Crystal Clear
Source: NY Times At 11, Alan Aldawas fascinated by the colorful, translucent undulations of a burning flame. So he asked his teacher, “What is a flame?” “It’s oxidation,” she said. The answer dumbfounded him. A flame is indeed oxidation, a type of chemical reaction that occurs when something burns. But […]
Saudi diplomat killed in Bangladesh’s capital
Source: Arabnews & Gulfnews Police wheel the body of Khalaf Al-Ali, a second secretary at the Saudi Arabian embassy, into the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue on Tuesday. An unidentified gunman shot dead the official early on Tuesday, police said. (Reuters) By JULHAS ALAM | AP Published: Mar 6, […]
Seriously, Washington’s Afghan policy will not work
By Fareed Zakaria, The Daily Star, Lebanon The controversy over the desecration of copies of the Quran in Afghanistan and the murder of Americans that followed is, on one level, one moment in a long war. But it also highlights the difficult and ultimately unsustainable aspect of America’s Afghan policy. […]
Scientists unveil incredible shrinking car
Source: The local Scientists at the world’s biggest IT fair unveiled on Tuesday what they hope is the car of the future that can shrink to fit tight parking spaces […]
Thomas More and Islam: Utopia (1516)
Sir Thomas More, by Hans Holbein An odd case in early 16th century literature on tolerance is the work of Erasmus’s personal friend Thomas More. In his Utopia of 1516, More pictures an ideal society where different religions co-exist. He not only allows the diversity of Islamic society to enter the stage, […]
India’s Supreme Court to Hear Dispute on Drug Patents
MUMBAI, India — While China was becoming the world’s shop floor, India took its place as the world’s pharmacy, and in recent decades has been the largest provider of cheap, lifesaving medicines in poor countries across the globe. But most of that medicine has been generic copies of brand-name drugs […]
Cross country exhibition visits Moose Jaw
Source : Moose Jaw Times Herald – It started as a movement of using peaceful means to combat hostility and misunderstanding towards Islam, and on Saturday the ‘Holy Qur’an open house’ tour will be coming to the Friendly City — and all are invited. “The whole idea is to show […]
I will never allow my people to live in the shadow of annihilation-Israeli PM.
Credit: Washington Post: “None of us can afford to wait much longer,” Netanyahu told a cheering audience at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference in Washington. “As prime minister of Israel, I will never allow my people to live in the shadow of annihilation. Read Complete […]
Pakistan’s Fearless women: Sherry Rehman, Shehrbano Taseer feature on world women list
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Source/Credit: The Express Tribune Pakistan Ambassador to the US, Sherry Rehman and daughter of slain Punjab governor Shehrbano Taseer, have featured on The Daily Beast (Newsweek) list […]
European asylum seekers in the Ottoman Empire
Christmas celebration in present day Istanbul During those troubled decades, the empire also became a haven for the religiously oppressed. In the mid seventeenth century, for example, a cluster of […]
Jona Lendering: Islam’s Contributions to Modern State Law; the Myth of Hellenism
Historian Jona Lendering just republished his book ‘Vergeten erfenis. Oosterse wortels van de westerse cultuur’ (Lost Legacy. Eastern Roots of Western Culture) in which he confirms two strong suspicions of mine, namely that Islamic Law was in fact the basis for the modern State — with its fabled separation of […]
AIPAC beats the drums of war: A question of when, not if?
Washington Post: Dana Milbank: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told the AIPAC gathering on Monday night that Obama needs more of a “clear, declaratory policy” toward Iran. “If Iran […]
UK: Far-right Supporters Agree with Armed Attacks
Significant numbers of far-right supporters in the UK consider violence and “armed conflict” a legitimate form of political expression, experts will warn this week. The first audit into the attitudes […]