Prince Charles’s website states that his company donates its profits to charity, but nothing has been given to good causes in the past two years. The Prince of Wales’s love of painting provides him with a relaxing hobby, while the lucrative sale of his watercolours was also thought to provide […]
Growing numbers of Britons are rejecting religious belief, with almost one in four now saying they have “no religion at all”, official figures suggest. A survey of more than 400,000 people by the Office for National Statistics found the proportion who said they were not religious rose from 20.5% in […]
The next episode of interactive Bangla Live Q & A program “SHOTTER SHONDHANE” (Episode – XII) will start from 29th September, 2011 for 4 (four) days. This time Muhtaram Advocate Mujeeb ur Rehman sahib will also take part from MTA London Studio. July 10 Episode of Shotter Shondhane Please invite […]
by Sabrina A. Mohamed, contributing writer. Panelists characterized Sultan Mohamed Sa’ad Abubakar as an Islamic leader looking to ameliorate religious tensions in Nigeria in a discussion on Monday night. The panel, which focused on Islam’s influence in Nigeria, was held in preparation for Abubakar’s visit to the University, which is […]
WASHINGTON — New orders for long-lasting manufactured goods by American companies slipped in August on weak demand for motor vehicles, government data showed on Wednesday, but a rebound in a gauge of business spending supported views the economy could avoid another recession. The Commerce Department said durable goods orders dipped […]
Source/Credit: Asian Human Rights Commission: 26 September 2011: http://www.humanrights.asia Malice, hatred and discrimination against Ahmadi Muslim students in Pakistan are part of a wider scheme to cripple Ahmadis educationally, economically and socially. Ahmadis were declared a non Muslim minority in Pakistan by the amendment in the Constitution and they […]
Source/Credit: Asian Human Rights Commission: 26 September 2011 Malik Ishaq, well known as a killer in many incidents of sectarian violence and bomb blasts has been taken by the state after killing over 100 victims. He is currently being held under house arrest for a period of ten days, supposedly […]
Source/Credit: The New York Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The United States might still be weighing its options about how to deal with Pakistan, but many politicians, retired army generals and popular television talk show hosts here have already made up their minds that America is on the warpath with their […]
by Matthew Allen, swissinfo.ch The global economy is set for a dose of normality in the second half of 2012, forming the springboard for a sustained recovery, a leading economist has predicted. But Switzerland will still have to endure a winter of hardship before the financial markets finally realise that […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ARABNEWS AMMAN: Jordan has some of the region’s most robust laws on paper to protect migrant domestic workers, but human rights groups said Tuesday its failure to enforce them leads to continued abuse. The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Jordanian legal aid center, Tamkeen, […]
By P. K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS Published: Sep 28, 2011 02:23 Updated: Sep 28, 2011 02:23 JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has urged the United Nations to accept the Palestinians’ request for full membership in the international body and recognize it as an independent state. It also called for restricting the […]
By Mihaela Rodina, Agence France-Presse, JORDAN TIMES TIMISOARA, Romania – Western Romania has turned into a harbour of peace for nearly 200 refugees who fled persecution, abuse or violence – many in Libya – and dream only of “living freely”, once resettled in a Western country.“We suffered terribly in Libya. […]
By Taylor Luck, JORDAN TIMES THE KINGDOM’S natural gas supplies from Egypt were cut on Tuesday in what marked the sixth attack on the Arab Gas Pipeline this year. According to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khaled Toukan, Egyptian authorities announced yesterday that an explosion 25 kilometres southwest of […]
The cost of health insurance for many Americans this year climbed more sharply than in previous years, outstripping any growth in workers’ wages and adding more uncertainty about the pace of rising medical costs. A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit research group that tracks employer-sponsored health […]
By John V. Whitbeck The Palestine Chronicle The number of UN member states extending diplomatic recognition to the State of Palestine has now risen to 131, leaving only 62 UN member states on the wrong side of history and humanity. If one ignores small island states in the Caribbean and […]
The Swiss Foreign Ministry has organised two meetings in Switzerland between the Libyan National Transitional Council and Tuareg representatives from Niger and Mali. The talks, which took place on August 6 and 7 and September 21 and 22, dealt with the issue of Moammar Gaddafi’s Tuareg brigades. The Tuareg are […]
An official magazine for Jehovah’s Witnesses that described those who leave the church as “mentally diseased” is at the centre of a police inquiry, it has emerged. Detectives are investigating whether the article, published in July’s edition of The Watchtower, is in breach of Britain’s religious hatred laws. The article, […]
Source: Spiegel International Officials from the BfV, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, will discuss the country’s increasingly vocal Islamophobe scene at a meeting on Thursday. There have been calls to put right-wing populist and anti-Muslim groups under increased surveillance. Islamophobes in Germany could come under increased surveillance by the country’s domestic […]
Earlier today, the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad visited Norway’s National Parliament, the Storting, in Oslo. His Holiness, was greeted by a number of national MPs and was given a tour of the Storting, before having a private meeting with President Terje Anderson in the Presidential Office. Arriving just […]
Cairo: Saudi activists say a court has sentenced a Saudi woman with 10 lashes for defying the kingdom’s ban on women driving. read more