By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A Saudi woman secondary school teacher in Jubail has won an international award for the innovative educational methods she presented during the annual Partners in Learning Middle East and Africa Forum held in Jordan recently. Noura Aldowaikh of the Secondary School in […]
By YOUSUF MUHAMMAD | ARAB NEWS MADINAH: Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Prince Naif opened an international conference on “The Phenomenon of Takfir (branding opponents as infidels)…Reasons, Impact and Treatment” here on Tuesday. Earlier on arrival at the conference venue, Prince Naif was greeted by Prince Saud bin […]
Source: Midland Mirror MIDLAND – Iftikhar Ahmed from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Canada discusses the nature and true meaning of Islam with John Hutchison during a Qur’an open house on Saturday at the Midland Public Library. The Toronto-area group promotes peace, condemns terrorism and raises awareness about the Islamic […]
Source: Spiegel International When Joseph Ratzinger became pope in 2005, Catholics in Germany joyfully celebrated the first German pope in almost 500 years. Since then, the euphoria has turned to disappointment and disillusionment. Benedict XVI’s visit to Germany this week will do little to heal the deep divide between conservatives […]
Source /Credit: Al Ufaq: 16 September 2011: Written By Atif S. Ahmad: http://alufaq.com I’m a Pakistani Ahmadi Muslim. I know you haven’t read these three words in a single sentence because of an amendment made to the constitution of our country that precludes the composition of such a statement; legally! Still, I have to […]
Source: Moballigh Wasim Saroya of Bosnia/Silvenia/Macedonia, The Nation on Web 19,Septmber 2011 September 19, 2011 CJ urged to take action against land grabbingCHINIOT – Advocate Supreme Court Malik Rab Nawaz has appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to take suo motu action against Qadiani Jama’at which […]
(Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s cut Italy’s credit rating on Tuesday in a surprise move that increased strains on the debt-stressed euro zone and raised pressure on policymakers to take more decisive action to resolve the crisis. Analysts said the one-notch downgrade, citing poor growth prospects and political instability, was […]
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Sept. 19, 2011) – A proposed new policy on alternative medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) has drawn a firestorm of criticism even before it is adopted. In a response to the draft policy, the Committee for the Advancement of Scientific Skepticism […]
by Brendan Work, PALESTINE NEWS NETWORK It begins like a joke and ends like a prayer: a rabbi walks into a Palestinian city and shouts, “Allahu akbar!” The rabbi is settler leader Menachem Froman, the city is Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, and in his Monday evening speech at […]
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1056432–condo-fraud-allegations-shock-family?bn=1 Allegations of a multi-million-dollar fraud against a condo property manager have stunned members of his family who say they have no clue about his whereabouts. “When I saw his picture (in the newspaper) I was shocked — shocked,” Salman Khan said in his first interview since the scandal broke. […]
KARACHI: At least eight people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack targeting a senior police official in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area of Karachi on Monday. The blast occurred outside the house of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Crime Investigation Department (CID) Chaudhry Aslam. The house, nearby buildings and […]
I appear little more than a silhouette to most. Source/Credit: The Express Tribune | Blog By Jusra Mujib | September 20, 2011 “Excuse me … I’m almost afraid to ask this, but I have never seen anyone like you before. May I please take a picture?” Summer hat, sea blue shirt […]
Secularism must be embraced and should not be perceived as a threat to religion. Source/Credit: The Express Tribune | Blog By Faraz Talat | September 13, 2011 The vox populi says “no”, and I understand that most readers would hold fast to this sentiment with earnest sagacity regardless of what I […]
Source/Credit: Jihad-watch:Posted by Raymond on September 19, 2011 “[Samuel] Huntington said the truth even though he was a liar, for the coming struggle is the clash of civilizations, and Islam will be victorious and rule the world with an Islamic caliphate.” So says popular Muslim leader, Abu Shadi: “The Muslim Caliphate is Coming; […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: More than 300 Muslim leaders, scholars and academics are expected to participate in the annual Islamic conference organized by the Muslim World League (MWL) in Makkah during the Haj season this year to discuss major Muslim issues. “We are holding this conference […]
Source/Credit: European Union Reports: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 Many European countries have large and growing Muslim minorities. This is particularly true for the countries of Western Europe that have experienced influxes of Muslim immigrants over the last several decades from a variety of Middle Eastern, African, and Asian countries, as well as Turkey […]
Event on Extremism in the EU September marks 10 years after the horrific 911 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in America. It was a turning point in history both in terms of the reach and the sheer numbers slain by terrorists in a single incident. Sadly it was just […]
These days we have the charade of Palestine trying to become a member of the United Nations and Israel and the United States (especially) trying frantically to keep them out. The United States can do it easily with its ‘Veto power’ at the UN Security Council. Personally I do not […]