Source: Edmonton Journal Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Canada is planning two open houses in Edmonton as part of the organization’s cross-Canada effort to promote peace, condemn terrorism and bring awareness about peaceful Islam. The dates are: – -Nov. 3, from noon to 7 p.m., at Riverbend Public Library. – -Nov. […]
By MARGARET COKER TRIPOLI, Libya—Libya’s interim governing authority formally announced the North African country liberated from the slain strongman Moammar Gadhafi and began to officially set out a more-detailed political process to help Libya achieve a more representative democracy. Tens of thousands of Libyans attended the celebratory speeches held in […]
LOS ALTOS, Calif. — The chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to a nine-classroom school here. So do employees of Silicon Valley giants like Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard. But the school’s chief teaching tools are anything but high-tech: pens and paper, knitting needles and, occasionally, mud. Not […]
(By: Laiq Ahmed Atif) “Relate of your dead only that which is good, and refrain from speaking ill of them.” Death is an integral part of life and death is as real as life. Nothing is so certain as the fact that for all of us there will come a […]
RFI The Brussels meeting agreed to unlock eight billion euros in aid to Greece with finance ministers saying that banks and private investors must take a greater share of the costs. The French proposal on the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) was at the heart of disagreement between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and […]
By RFI New Zealand beat France in Sunday’s Rugby World Cup final but their 8-7 win was the result of a better-then-expected showing by les Bleus. The victory is the All Blacks’ first since they won the inaugural tournament in 1987. More: http://www.english.rfi.fr/ sports/20111023-all-blacks-beat-france-rugby-world-cup-only-just
We’re not safe living anywhere: Ahmadis The Jakarta Post, Bekasi The imam of the Al-Misbah Ahmadiyya mosque in Jatibening, Bekasi, recently called on members not to congregate for Friday prayers for safety reasons following an official ban on Ahmadiyya religious practices in Bekasi. Rahmat Rahmadijaya, the imam, said, “It’s up to them if they want […]
Bogor. Hundreds of men from a local Muslim hard-line group occupied the roadway in front of the GKI Yasmin church on Sunday, forcing congregation members to hold their service a kilometer away from their sealed building. The churchgoers have been staging prayers on the sidewalk outside their church for more […]
Courtesy: CNN The outspoken Ahmadinejad has long been a lightning rod for Iran’s critics. U.S. authorities have accused Iran of being involved in a plot to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, in spring 2012. The alleged scheme involved a connection to the Quds Force, a branch […]
By Omar Obeidat JORDAN TIMES DEAD SEA – The Arab world needs a Marshall Plan under which rich countries provide financial support to develop the economies of other states in the region, leading policy makers and experts suggested Saturday. European countries and the US will not be able to help […]
Death of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan puts focus on the Allegiance Counci By Abdul Nabi Shaheen, Correspondent, GULF NEWS Riyadh: Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz has died, the palace announced on Saturday, leaving his brother and veteran Interior Minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz the likely successor to […]
By REUTERS GULF NEWS ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates plans to provide $3 billion in financial aid to Egypt but is still discussing the mechanism to deliver it, a senior UAE official said on Saturday. “The UAE has approved an assistance of $3 billion to Egypt, but the mechanism […]
Source / Courtesy: BBC online And when people are brought together, and when the girl-child buried alive is questioned about, ‘For what crime was she killed?’ (Al Quran 81:8-10) More than 200 Indian girls whose names mean “unwanted” in Hindi have been given a fresh start at a mass renaming […]
Kings College study breaks down 350 herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine and predicts their activities covering 41 therapeutic areas in Western medicine. Chem-TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) breaks down 350 herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. The digital database relates traditional Chinese herbal medicine to Western pharmaceutical counterparts on the […]
A keynote address delivered to locals and members of parliament by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba), Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the inauguration of Bait-un-Nasr Mosque in Oslo, Norway, after the Welcome address by Norway’s Defense Minister Grete Faremo.
Medieval Crusading and the War on Terror As the never-ending war on terror enters its second decade, commentators and opinion continue to seek insight from the medieval crusades, when European Christian armies marched to the Middle East to make war against Muslim adversaries. To the casual observer, the crusades would […]
Israel PM ‘ready to partially freeze West Bank building if it brings Palestinians back to talks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ready partially to freeze West Bank settlement building if it will bring Palestinians back to direct talks, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday. But the Palestinians said they […]