source:toi on line PAKISTAN: Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan have kidnapped more than 30 Pakistani boys who had mistakenly crossed the unmarked border from the country’s lawless northwest, officials said on Friday. They said the incident took place on Thursday after the group of boys, aged between 12 and 18, left […]
Sourse: asiatimes on line Surveying the Libyan wasteland out of a cozy room crammed with wafer-thin LCDs in a Pyongyang palace, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il, must have been stunned as he contemplated Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s predicament. “What a fool,” the Dear Leader predictably murmurs. […]
“I quickly grabbed my camera and put it on a tripod by the window,” said the 31-year-old photographer who caught the moment the Eiffel Tower appeared to be struck by lightning. The photo, taken from his apartment window last year, surfaced this week and won the Office du Tourisme de Paris […]
The economy failed to add new jobs in August, the first time there has been no increase in net jobs in the United States in 11 months. The flat performance was down sharply from a revised 85,000 gain of jobs in July, the Labor Department said Friday, and was far […]
Source/Credit: The News: By Mansoor Ahmad:Tuesday, August 30, 2011 LAHORE: “I am convinced that this system is made for the rich and they will take away any opportunity that comes for the poor,” said Noor Elahi, who failed to find work for the second day running. “While affluent families are shopping […]
How an Anti-Ahmadi site made me a better Ahmadi Muslim? Posted on August 31, 2011 by theartofmisinformation By Luqman Ahmad: I accidentally stumbled upon an anti-Ahmadi site a few months ago. At first it seemed like just another regular anti-Ahmadi website with hate-filled material, but then I read a few articles and it was clear […]
Source/Credit: WAMU Moderate Muslims were appalled by the terrorist attacks on the U.S. a decade ago, but many have reported being harassed since. That’s partly why members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community want to show the nation their faith is about upholding life. Naseem Mahdi, vice president of the group, says […]
Source/Credit: San Diego Reader Today marks the kickoff of the Muslims for Life campaign – an effort by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to donate 10,000 units of blood via blood drives across America throughout the month of September. The group says its goal is to honor the memory of those […]
This Eid when I woke up to get ready I was in a somber mood. I knew I wasn’t going to the Aqsa mosque (the central mosque) where there would be thousands of people and the sweet smell of perfume would make the cool morning air even fresher. No. Those days […]
Jakarta Globe Not all Muslims celebrated Idul Fitri with jubilance and excitement. For members of the Ahmadiyah minority sect, this year’s celebration is marked by heartache and fear. Firdaus Mubarik, a spokesman for the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI), told the Jakarta Globe on Wednesday that approximately 600 Ahmadis in Sukadana […]
Tropical plants may contain the basis of new and effective treatments for ovarian cancer, according to researchers at the Universities of Strathclyde and Portsmouth. The scientists are developing a programme for testing plant extracts for the ability to stop cells from ovarian tumours growing. In initial tests, several plant extracts […]
Saturday the power of a society will be tested – a society that has finally come alive and grown up after decades of slumber. As the social protest enters its eighth week and the demonstration planned for Saturday is set to be the greatest in Israeli history, it’s time to […]
By Jessica Ravitz, CNN Edmond, Oklahoma (CNN) — His smiling image has been cut out of a snapshot and carefully added to a photo of his father, so it looks as if the boy is standing beside the man. It smacks of a bad Photoshop job, but it gives the […]
Source: http://www.wpusa.org/Interfaith-Council/Resources_quran.pdf The Muslim community and the labor movement share the common goals of social justice, economic fairness, and fair treatment in the workplace. In fact, the history of Islam is rooted in a firm stand against economic exploitation. When Prophet Muhammad ibn (son of) Abdullah, may Allah be pleased […]
By ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: On Wednesday and Thursday evenings, Makkah residents were treated to a performance by a Chinese circus. The shows, which were held in the holy city for the first time, will conclude Friday. The circus put on its performances at Al-Wehdah Sports Club’s theater located in Al-Taneem […]
By REUTERS, ARABNEWS JERUSALEM: The cries for help from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife brought her bodyguard running. “Security, security!” Sara Netanyahu shouted inside the couple’s official residence in Jerusalem. Lying on the floor, the Nepalese woman hired to care for the prime minister’s 96-year-old father-in-law was “slamming herself […]
By AGENCIES, ARABNEWS AMMAN: Security forces killed at least two people as they moved into central and northwest Syria on Thursday, activists said, urging fresh anti-regime protests under the banner of “death rather than humiliation.” Hours before, Hama’s attorney general declared on YouTube he had resigned in protest against bloody […]
Abou ben Adam (may his tribe increase!) awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, an angel, writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adam bold, And to […]
Source: Daily Mirror Author: Ryan Parry DETECTIVES are hunting British Nazis who they believe may have helped Anders Breivik murder 77 people, it emerged yesterday. Norwegian police have allegedly been given the names of potential accomplices by anti-Muslim blogger Paul Ray. Breivik has bragged to officers that he has […]
Source: Guardian Author: Owen Bowcott More than 1,560 suspects have been brought before the courts for riot-related offences, according to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Justice. Of those appearing at magistrates courts since disturbances erupted in early August, 66% have been remanded in custody – a […]