Riyadh inks memo on waterworks
Japan and Saudi Arabia on Sunday signed a memorandum on Japan’s cooperation in infrastructure building for the water business in the country, government officials said Monday. read more
President Barack Obama and President Mahmoud Abbas will meet today
United Nations (CNN) — As the international community works on a package of initiatives to avoid a diplomatic showdown over Palestinian statehood at the U.N. Security Council this week, the presidents of the United States and the Palestinian Authority will meet to discuss the issue, a senior U.S. official told […]
Saudi woman teacher excels at MEA education forum
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 […]
Naif opens Takfir conference in Madinah
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 […]
Islamic Insight
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 […]
Disillusioned German Catholics – The Pope’s Difficult Visit to His Homeland
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 […]
An Open Letter to the Pakistani Media
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 […]
Is another Problem propping up for Ahmadies in Rabwah?
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 […]
Italy credit downgraded, French banks pressured
(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 […]
New Alternative Medicine Policy Draws Fire From Doctors, Public
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 […]
Rabbi to Bethlehem: Satan Does Not Want a Palestinian State
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 […]
Toronto Condo fraud allegations shock family
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. […]
Suicide blast in Karachi targets SSP CID, 8 killed
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 […]
The Way I See It: Burqa woman: A ‘make-believe’ refugee
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 […]
Can Secularism Help Pakistan?
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 […]
Christians Must Choose Between Jizya, Conversion, or War says an Egyptian preacher
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; […]
Muslim leaders to address new challenges at Makkah confab
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 […]
Muslims in Europe: Promoting Integration and Countering Extremism
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 […]