Source: The Guardian Author: Andrew Brown 9/11 strengthened fundamentalism in every global faith – and in atheism too. But it has also led to backlashes against these doctrines wherever they have appeared. In Islam there have been positive developments. The attacks were repeatedly and clearly condemned by Muslim leaders all […]
Tyler Gnietwotta and Yohanna Ririhena, The Jakarta Post, Sometimes a phrase can be much more than just words and can find its way into everyday use in all aspects of life. This holds true with the Indonesian saying ‘from tragedy to opportunity’ as the nation overcame obstacles faced in the […]
Haaretz: Here destruction is met with a resolve to do good. Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai is able to look past the tragedy. He seeks to rebuild his broken world on hesed, loving kindness, as it teaches in the book of Psalms. His words of comfort lay out a vision for […]
Source: Dawn Author: Riaz Mohammad Khan TEN years ago to the day, the world experienced in real time a spectacular act of violence committed by a new, elusive force, non-state actors, driven by rage and for an ill-defined purpose. There has been greater carnage in the past, but the experience […]
Courtesy / Source: CNN By Dean Obeidallah CNN) — I grew up in an interfaith home where I learned, despite what some on the far right allege today, that Islam and Christianity have much in common. My father was Muslim and born in the 1930s in what was then known […]
By Shane McGinley, ArabianBusinessCom Hanan Ashrawi is laughing heartily. With rockets shooting over the Gaza Strip and the conflict escalating, the job of a Palestinian politician is usually a pretty serious task. Therefore, it is a welcome sign that she can enjoy some light relief from time to time. So […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The eight-day youth forum organized by the Dawa Center of South Jeddah was a big success as it attracted thousands of young men and women and their parents, said Abdullah Bawazir, director of the center and chairman of the organizing committee. “I […]
By SHAHID RAZA BURNEY ARABNEWS MUMBAI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) plans to focus on Muslim issues in the run-up to the civic elections due to be held in six months time. To discuss the Muslim problems and their grievances, a meeting of the NCP’s Other Backward Class (OBC) cell […]
By Tom Heneghan, Reuters, Jordan Times CAMBRIDGE, England – When Henry Kissinger published “Diplomacy”, his study of international relations, in 1994, it had no index entries for Islam or religion. Ten years later, another US secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, wrote her own study on world affairs: “The Mighty and […]
Source: The Whig Standard. Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association will bring its cross-country Holy Qur’an open house to Kingston Saturday. The faith outreach organization has been visiting communities throughout Canada, promoting peace, condemning terrorism and teaching the principles of peaceful Islam.Since the caravan began in November 2010, it has visited 183 […]
By: Laiq Ahmed Atif, President Ahmadiyya Community Malta: http://www.ahmadiyyamalta.org Today the world is facing great threats of terrorism. Thousands of innocent people have been killed and still there seems to be no end to this cruelty. Some blame Islam as a religion of grave terror and bloodshed. But, in reality, there is no […]
JOHOR BARU: Shirley the chain-smoking orang utan is being given the “cold turkey” treatment at the Malacca Zoo to help her kick the habit. The primate will be placed under intensive rehabilitation for two weeks before being transferred to Sarawak. “Actually, Shirley picked up the smoking habit while living in […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Developing and nurturing a solid, local talent base is top on the Government’s agenda, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said yesterday. The Prime Minister stressed the importance of human capital development stating that it is “the most important investment a country can make” as it is the core […]
MALACCA: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) will help the Health Ministry to provide additional training on defensive driving to ambulance drivers following frequent accidents involving ambulances recently. Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri said Saturday relevant classes would be conducted with the department involving to train ambulance drivers about […]
Source/Credit: Washington Post, On Faith By Naseem Mahdi On September 1, 2011, I launched the “Muslims for Life” campaign at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. I did this on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the first and oldest Muslim organization in the U.S.. The same day, […]
Source: The Rio Times Although China and India traditionally lead the group, Russia’s economy has been buoyed by higher commodity prices in recent months, due partly to higher oil prices, leaving Brazil trailing in fourth place. Data recently released by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) – showedsluggish growth in the […]
Source: Swissinfo Over the past 20 years, the consumption of alcohol by the Swiss has decreased on average by one per cent per year, reaching 8.5 litres of pure alcohol per person in 2010. Based on this trend, the government has decided against raising alcohol prices as part of the […]
source:toi on line The news that flashed across television screens a few days ago had a numbing familiarity about it: 11 people had been killed in a bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court, scores more were injured. It was only some weeks ago that multiple bomb blasts, engineered by […]