A rich farmer had been trying desperately to marry off his daughters. One day he met Mulla Nasrudin. “I have several daughters,” the farmer told the Mulla. “I would like to see them comfortably fixed. And I will say this, they won’t go to their husbands without a little bit […]
By REUTERS ARABNEWS Published: Jan 20, 2012 18:54 Updated: Jan 20, 2012 23:16 TRIPOLI: Libya will scrap a proposal for 10 percent of seats in a new national assembly to […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 20, 2012 23:17 Updated: Jan 20, 2012 23:17 LONDON: Britain’s telecoms regulator on Friday revoked the license of Iranian state-owned television station Press TV, and said the channel would disappear from UK TV screens by the end of the day. Ofcom said it […]
In a classic example of how people forget to do parenting of their own children and take up the task of parenting the whole world. Moeed Abdul Salam, a radical came from a Plano family that promoted interfaith harmony. He didn’t descend into radical Islam for lack of other options. He […]
Source: Beacon Star – Ansar Raza and Harith Chaudhary put up banners on the Muslim faith and waited for people to come and ask questions Saturday. Raza, a religious minister with Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and Chaudhary, local outreach co-ordinator with the organization’s youth wing, were in at the Parry Sound […]
Premier Wen Jiabao is back to Beijing after a five-day visit to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Before the completion of his trip, Wen attended a press conference in Doha at 6 pm local time. Read More…
A locomotive producer in central China’s Hunan province on Friday rolled out a low-cost magnetically levitated (maglev) train that is more environmental-friendly than conventional ones. Read More…
http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf Watch Ahmadiyya Muslims on PBS. See more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Transcript of the documentary: KIM LAWTON (Correspondent): In New York’s Times Square, it was an unexpected sight: […]
Mourad Dhina, opposant algérien, un des membres fondateurs du Mouvement Rachad (Droiture), a été interpellé à Orly lundi dernier suite, semble-t-il, à une ancienne demande des autorités algériennes. Il s’apprêtait à rejoindre son domicile en Suisse – où il s’est réfugié en 1995 – après avoir participé, à Paris, à […]
Halesowen’s Long Lane Methodist Church has been bought by local Muslims and will open as a fully functioning mosque and community centre in March. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, which runs […]
Source: The Register. A decision to kill leap seconds and permanently change how time is measured has been deferred until 2015 by the International Telecommunication Union. A meeting of ITU Radiocommunication Assembly reps on Thursday was unable to reach a decision on whether to stop adding leap seconds to Coordinated Universal […]
Source: BBC News. A video showing Indian border guards torturing a suspected Bangladeshi cow smuggler has prompted widespread condemnation and anger in Bangladesh. Eight Indian Border Security Force (BSF) guards have been suspended in connection with the incident. … Read more.
Source: NY Times. A new study has found that among immigrants, younger age at the time of migration predicts a higher incidence of psychotic disorders. The study, published last month in The American Journal of Psychiatry, was conducted from 1997 to 2005 in The Hague, Netherlands, where there are […]
The Atheist Society of University College London (UCL) posted a cartoon depicting the Holy Prophet Muhammad, and Jesus Christ, may peace of God be on both, having a beer (God […]
Hamas officials say the Israeli army has arrested Palestinian parliament speaker Aziz Dweik near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The officials say Dweik was detained Thursday at an Israeli military checkpoint as he was travelling to Hebron in the southern West Bank. Israel has not commented on the incident. […]
Courtesy Express Tribune: Pakistan Muslim League –Quaid (PML-Q) MPA Shahzad Elahi, speaking during the Punjab Assembly session on Friday, said the province had become a ‘living hell’ for minorities. […]
Washington. An endangered monkey known as the Miller’s Grizzled Langur has been discovered on the island of Borneo in an area it was not previously known to inhabit, international researchers […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Apple’s value on the stock market briefly rose to $400 billion on Thursday, a record high for what was already the world’s most valuable technology company. The company’s market cap slipped below the $400 billion mark by midday as Apple’s (AAPL, Fortune 500) stock fell back […]
The Springfield philosopher shows us that the issue of God’s existence or non-existence is of little importance Source: Julian Baggini · guardian.co.uk Having argued last week that prayer provides benefits for believers that are not available for atheists, I was interested to come across an academic paper by Tim Mawson […]
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