‘Marriages are going out of fashion’
By ASEEM CHHABRA February 16, 2023 ‘The point about arranged marriages is — because I come from a progressive family — the idea was completely alien.’ ‘But I have realised over […]
Pakistan: Cousin marriages leading to genetic disorders
HEALTHPAKISTAN S. Khan Islamabad 02/07/2022February 7, 2022 Scientists say inbreeding is causing an unusually high number of genetic mutations to spread in Pakistan, leading to disabilities in children of consanguineous marriages. […]
Pope Francis deplores ‘Third World War’
Money – or rather its misuse – is what drives people away from God and prompts them to go to war, says Pope Francis in an extended interview with Swiss […]
Afghan broadcaster airs rare all-female panel to discuss rights on Women’s Day
PUBLISHED 09 MAR, 2023 REUTERS With surgical masks on their faces, they discussed the position of women in Islam. Afghan broadcaster Tolo News on Wednesday aired an all-female panel in its studio with […]
Prince Rahim Aga Khan speaks on daunting challenges facing the world as it becomes increasingly urban
FEBRUARY 14, 2023MALIK MERCHANT, EDITOR Prince Rahim Aga Khan speaks on daunting challenges facing the world as it becomes increasingly urban, and sheds light on AKDN’s work in a large […]
Silicon Valley’s Ahmadiyya community to host annual interfaith event at Milpitas Mosque
ByAyilah Chaudhary March 11, 2023 During the thirty days of Ramadan, which begins this year on March 23rd, Muslims around the world abstain from food and drink from dawn to […]
Fakhrul: Attack on Ahmadiyya event orchestrated by govt
The BNP leader says that allowing such an event without providing adequate security proves that all of it was preplanned File Photo of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Rajib […]
Ahmadiyya houses marked before attacks: rights groups
Staff Correspondent | Published: 00:26, Mar 14,2023 Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekharuzzaman addresses a press conference on the recent attack on Ahmadiyya community at Panchagarh organised by Human Rights […]
International Day to Combat Islamophobia
International Day to Combat Islamophobia15 March A student clutches her textbook at the Community Girls School in Kotchandana refugee village, Pakistan. Muslim women and girls may face triple discrimination as […]
Costly Iraq intervention must never be repeated
CHRIS DOYLE March 13, 2023 The consequences of the Anglo-American decision to go to war on Iraq 20 years ago this month have haunted that country and the region ever […]
Israel protests are not the salvation of Palestinians
RAMZY BAROUD March 13, 2023 As hundreds of thousands of people joined anti-government protests throughout Israel at the weekend, questions began to arise regarding how this movement might affect, or […]
Saudi FM to Asharq Al-Awsat: Agreement with Iran sign of joint will to resolve disputes through dialogue
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. (AFP file photo) ZAID BIN KAMI ASHARQ AL-AWSAT March 13, 20231 Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah said the […]
Confronting the global water crisis
Mar 13,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Project Syndicate By Mariana Mazzucato, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Johan Rockström, and Tharman Shanmugaratnam LONDON — The world’s water crisis can no longer be ignored. Unless […]
Red Sea Diving Resort: The holiday village run by spies
bbc.com By Raffi Berg BBC News, Tel Aviv Arous was an idyllic holiday resort in the Sudanese desert, on the shores of the Red Sea. But this glamorous destination was […]
Long shadow of US invasion of Iraq still looms over international order
President George W Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq on 1 May 2003. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP Iraq war: 20 years on ‘Tell me, how does this […]
Millions of us marched over Iraq – and were ignored. Now we have broken politics and endless war
Lindsey German We changed public opinion but couldn’t stop the war. The consequences have been terrible, for Iraqis and for all of usWed 15 Feb 2023 No one can say […]
How the search for Iraq’s secret weapons fell apart
News Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, controversy still rages over the existence of the “weapons of mass destruction” (WMDs) which provided the UK’s justification for taking part. New […]
Answers to Everyday Issues – Part 50: World War III, Jinn, Hur al-‘Ayn, adopting husband’s surname
10th March 2023 Click here for Part 49 Guidance regarding basic Islamic issues – which Hazrat Amirul Momineen, Khalifatul Masih Vaa has given on various occasions in his written correspondence and […]
Intra-civilization clash in Türkiye after the earthquakes
BY İBRAHIM KARATAŞ MAR 13, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A Turkish flag flies next to damaged buildings in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, March 9, 2023. […]
Iran-Saudi deal throws ‘cold water’ on Netanyahu’s plans, shakes up Mideast: US media
Sunday, 12 March 2023 10:23 AM Iranian (R) and Saudi delegations in China (Via Nour News) A US media report says the détente between Iran and Saudi Arabia has dealt […]