You may have seen an earlier post where Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s annual convention is presented as a Pakistani gathering to promote image of Pakistan and now another compliment to the […]
Source: The Local Family Minister Kristina Schröder has called on Germany’s high schools to teach the dangers of social networks on the internet. As part of a “Safer Internet Day […]
Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration PVV party has launched a new website where people can report complaints about central and eastern European immigrants in the Netherlands. ‘Do you have problems with people from central and eastern Europe? Have you lost your job to a Pole, Bulgarian, Romanian or other eastern European? We […]
A genocide against Christians is going on in the Muslim world. That’s according to the Somali-born former Dutch MP and writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali in Newsweek. According to Ms Hirsi Ali, since the Arab spring, Western governments and media have too often portrayed Muslims as heroes or victims, and they […]
NY Times: THE public debate in America and Israel these days is focused obsessively on whether to attack Iran in order to halt its nuclear weapons ambitions; hardly any attention is being paid to how events in Syria could result in a strategic debacle for the Iranian government. Iran’s foothold […]
Russian TV: France is outraged with new cultural standards hammered out by French Interior Minister Claude Gueant, who insists that all civilizations “are not of equal value” – and that […]
By TIM ARANGO The New York Times BAGHDAD — Less than two months after American troops left, the State Department is preparing to slash by as much as half the […]
For decades the West has lectured the East on how to manage its economies. Not any more. Source: BBC News. Now the emerging economies of Asia look like models of […]
By ARAB NEWS Published: Feb 8, 2012 02:25 Updated: Feb 8, 2012 02:25 JEDDAH: More than 4,700 pilgrims on 19 flights arrived at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAIA) […]
RAMALLAH — The deal signed in Doha by rival Palestinian movements Fateh and Hamas has moved the two sides closer to reconciliation but challenges remain, officials and experts warn. Palestinian […]
Jordan Premier, delegates discuss with officials prospects of cooperation by Jordan Times | Feb 08,2012 | 23:45AMMAN — Jordan on Tuesday offered to put all its capabilities and expertise at […]
ScienceDaily (Feb. 2, 2012) — Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists have known for years, they govern the behaviors that separate men from women. But how? Now a team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has uncovered many […]
Source: Dawn This is the fourth and final part of a series on the Muslim identity crisis. Find part one here, part two here and part three here. The Muslim crisis of identity is […]
The Obama Administration made a huge political error in its recent decision to compel religious institutions to buy health insurance policies that cover things they believe are inherently sinful–like contraception, sterilization, and drugs that may act as abortifacients. Over the past two weekends thousands of priests read out a letter to their parishes promising that the Church […]
Source: SpaceFlight Now The radar on Europe’s Mars Express orbiter detected sediments beneath the red planet’s surface strongly indicative of an ocean floor that formed billions of years ago, scientists announced this week. Artist’s concept of the Mars Express orbiter at Mars. The thin booms visible in this image […]
By RFI A number of politicians on Tuesday formally requested France’s Constitutional Council to examine the planned law which would punish anyone who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was genocide. Two separate groups, including Senators and members of the French lower house of parliament, say they […]
The three-day, 88 th Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Bangladesh concluded on 5 th February 2012 in Dhaka with a powerful and faith inspiring address […]
Experts from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have recommended the establishment of an umbrella organisation for all Swiss Muslims. In their report, seen by the Swiss […]
Six specialised euthanasia teams consisting of one doctor and one nurse will begin making house calls in the Netherlands next month. Right to Die NL (NVVE) says the teams will visit people who want to end their lives and are eligible for euthanasia under Dutch law, but whose wishes are being […]
“It’s possible for governments to walk and chew gum at the same time.” That’s Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth’s advice to the Dutch government when it comes to pressuring other governments on human rights abuses, while at the same time promoting trade with that same country. Tolerance As for […]