Spain growing barter economy: Pay your house rent with printers
(Reuters) – It’s 10.30 on a chilly winter’s morning in central Madrid and retailer Emanuela Scena is opening up for business. Her shop is one of several offering second-hand goods […]
Uncle Sam Is No Imam: Should FBI promote an interpretation of Islam?
NY Times: Op Ed: By SAMUEL J. RASCOF: TWO years ago, John O. Brennan, President Obama’s top adviser on counterterrorism, spoke to members of a Muslim student group in a packed auditorium at […]
Angry Afghans protest Quran disposal at US base
Credit: The Bellingham Herald as referred by Wasim Saroya of Selvenia: KABUL, Afghanistan – More than 2,000 angry Afghans, some firing guns in the air, protested on Tuesday against the improper disposal and burning of Qurans and other Islamic religious materials at an American air base north of Kabul. Gen. […]
Va. mosque vandalism draws sympathy for long-persecuted Muslim sect
Credit: Washinton Post: Reference provided Wasim Saroya Imam Selvenia: By Pamela Constable, Tuesday, February 21, 1:09 AM In late January, workmen in Chantilly erected a minaret on the roof of a new building, the first highly visible sign that it was to be a mosque. That night, vandals hurled rocks at its […]
20,000-Year-Old Buildings Discovered in Jordan
A joint British, Danish, American and Jordanian team of archaeologists has discovered 20,000-year-old hut structures at the archaeological site of Kharaneh IV in eastern Jordan. Source: SciNewsCom According to the […]
Ahmadiyya leader attacked in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Source / Credit: Al-Ufaq Faisalabad, Pakistan : The Head of the Ahmadiyya Jamat, Faisalabad chapter was attacked by unidentified gunmen in an attempt on his life today in the industrial city of central Punjab today. He remained unhurt while two other Ahmadis have been injured in the attack and are […]
Pakistan: Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Faisalabad attacked, two injured
Credit: Al-Ufaq And Nasim Malik of Sweeden: Via Email: Faisalabad, Pakistan : Ameer Sahib of the Ahmadiyya Jamat, Faisalabad Pakistan chapter was attacked by unidentified gunmen in an attempt on his life today in the industrial city of central Punjab today. He remained unhurt while two other Ahmadis have been injured in the attack and […]
Over 70,000 Syrians flee to Jordan as violence continues
Only around 4,000 register with UN agency by Taylor Luck | Feb 20,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The number of Syrians who have fled to Jordan since the beginning […]
Master weaver from Makkah dazzles at British Museum
By JOMANA ALRASHID | ARAB NEWS LONDON: The British Museum here is hosting a demonstration of textile weaving by Hassan Alwany, the master weaver from Dar Al-Kiswa in Makkah, revealing […]
Shoura OKs King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Center for Dialogue in Vienna
By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: The Shoura Council approved a draft proposal on Monday to set up the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in Vienna. The approval was given at the eighth regular session of the council chaired by Abdullah Al-Asheikh on […]
Spiritual Lessons in Reflecting upon Nature: Metaphors that guide us to higher spirituality
By Zia H Shah The article was published in the spring volume of Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in USA: http://muslimsunrise.com/ Human knowledge is a collection of metaphors and […]
Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad: A Great Orator in defense of Ahmadiyyat-True Islam
My apology for English readers this video is in Urdu: This talks about a verse of Sura Tahreem and how it applies to polemics between Ahmadiyyat and its critics. The […]
Andhra Pradesh, India: Muslim-controlled State Wakf Board issue boycott orders for Ahmadis
Source: AhmadiyyaTimes World’s largest democracy, India, was given a black eye yesterday when a Muslim controlled governmental entity, the State Wakf Board in Andhra Pradesh (AP) enacted hate based policies towards a religious minority in Hyderabad. According to the steps taken on February 18 by the AP State Wakf Board, […]
West’s poker face at Middle Eastern grand chessboard
by Adrian Salbuchi for RT The planned neo-colonial takeover of the Middle East is gearing up. As the heat rises, the West finds it increasingly difficult to proceed with its […]
Governor-General of Tuvalu calls on Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in London
On 15 February 2012, the world Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad was called on by the Governor-General of Tuvalu, Sir Iakoba Italeli at the Fazl […]
Muslims who believe in the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani
See comments and to read more go to the Library in Alislam.org. The Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community In the 19th century, Islam as a religion and Muslims as a nation were helpless. Muslim empires were crumbling all over the world. In the subcontinent […]
Jordan condemns breaking into al-Aqsa mosque by israeli settlers
Amman (ANTARA/Xinhua-OANA) – Jordan on Sunday condemned breaking into al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers, calling on the Arabs and Muslims to intervene to halt such violations, the state-run Petra news […]
Taliban Gaining More Resources From Kidnapping
Credit: Newyork Times: LAHORE, Pakistan — A campaign of high-profile kidnappings has provided the Pakistani Taliban and its allies with new resources, arming insurgents with millions of dollars, threatening foreign aid programs and galvanizing a sophisticated network of jihadi and criminal gangs whose reach spans the country. Wealthy industrialists, academics, […]
Iran Raid Seen as a Huge Task for Israeli Jets
Credit: Newyork Times: WASHINGTON — Should Israel decide to launch a strike on Iran, its pilots would have to fly more than 1,000 miles across unfriendly airspace, refuel in the air en route, fight off Iran’s air defenses, attack multiple underground sites simultaneously — and use at least 100 planes. […]
US, Iran inching toward talks
Credit: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar The foreplay is nearing completion on the Iran situation. The surest sign is that there were no serious takers in Western capitals for the Israeli smear campaign this week that Tehran’s agents had been going about placing bombs in New Delhi, Tbilisi and […]