Source: Brazzil Magazine Brazilian success is being vastly praised inside and outside the country and there are good reasons for this. In the last two decades, the Brazilian economy not only conquered the hyperinflation of the 1980s, but also reduced poverty by almost 70% since 1994. Due to stabilization, economic […]
I could have added it to my earlier article about the Swiss boy’s journey to Islam, as it was a short journey onward to Ahmadiyyat: the True Islam. The first issue of the Holy Quran in German translation that I read was from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Switzerland. The address […]
In an earlier article, Mr. Qasim Rashid has suggested that it was about time that polygamy should be legalized in America, which can be read here at the Muslim Times. On the one hand, I would like to second Mr. Qasim Rashid’s request that it is about time that polygamy is legalized in Western […]
Pravda Ru: The problem of hunger becomes more and more serious for millions of people around the world. A recent report from the World Bank said that food prices had grown by 33 percent since July 2010 and neared the peak level of 2008. The situation with food reserves in […]
Rfi France: French growth will slow in 2012 to 1.9 per cent from 2.1 per cent this year, the report predicts. The French government’s 2012 forecast is 2.25 per cent growth. France is the eurozone’s second-biggest economy after Germany. “Progress is being made in fiscal consolidation but more efforts might […]
Rfi France. The markets are watching anxiously ahead of a meeting on Tuesday in Paris between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, to discuss ways to try to resolve the eurozone debt crisis. For Details: http://www.english.rfi.fr/economy/20110816-sarkozy-and-merkel-meet-discuss-eurozone-debt-crisis
I was asked to tell my story how I became a Muslim at the age of 15. Actually from my point of view it is quite a simple story, but let me try to be a bit specific. I was born into a Christian Protestant family. My father liked to attend the […]
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he does not expect any backlash from the United States if the Palestinians continue to push for statehood. Speaking to reporters in Sarajevo Tuesday, Abbas said if the U.S. vetoes the bid at the United Nations Security Council in September, Palestinians […]
Jakarta Globe: Almost exactly one year ago, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the following on the occasion of Independence Day: “I want to underline the importance of maintaining and strengthening our brotherhood, harmony and tolerance as a nation… In everyday life, we still find cases that don’t reflect the harmony, tolerance and mutual respect […]
(AFP) – WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday criticized an Indonesian court for jailing a minority sect member for six months for defending himself and others from a lynch mob that killed three of his friends. “We are disappointed by today’s sentencing of Deden Sudjana who was a victim […]
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Press Release Freedom House, Washington A second brutal mob attack on Indonesia’s Ahmadiyya last week, as well as the harsh sentencing of an Ahmadi victim in a previous attack, are further proof of a troubling downward spiral in religious freedom in Indonesia. Read more
Editor’s comments: There is a testimony of many in Alcohol Anonymous that only a belief in a superpower could prevent them from relapsing. When temptations are strong, be it romance, sex or any addiction, only spirituality can save and sustain a person. Agnosticism just does not cut it! On a […]
China’s maritime authority on Tuesday confirmed that it will sue companies responsible for oil leaks in the Bohai Bay. The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said in a statement that the oil spill in the Penglai 19-3 oil-field developed by ConocoPhillips China caused damage to China’s oceanic ecological system, and the […]
PALESTINE NEWS AGENCY Cairo – PNN – Egypt has deployed tanks and thousands of military troops in co-operation with Israel into the Sinai Peninsula in an attempt to regain control of the area. Control of the Sinai has been in limbo since former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s fall from grace […]
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch Geneva needs to diversify its tourism offer to compensate for an over-reliance on holidaymakers from the Gulf states, say tourism experts. Some 1.8 million people attended the Fêtes de Genève festival that ended on Sunday, but the figures were down from two million last year, most […]
By ARJUWAN LAKKDAWALA | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Ramadan is a special month, and it is a very joyful time for Muslims who fast and celebrate this month. But how do non-Muslims living in the Kingdom feel about Ramadan? To find out, Arab News spoke to several non-Muslims, who said they saw […]
By ALI KOTARUMALOS | AP ARABNEWS JAKARTA, Indonesia: An Indonesian man wounded when Islamic hard-liners launched a deadly attack on his minority sect was sentenced Monday to six months in prison — more than some of those caught on video taking part in the lynching. Human rights groups blasted the […]
By Zain Khasawneh, Jordan Times AMMAN –– Some 40 university students have decided to hit the streets during Ramadan to distribute water and dates to motorists and passers-by who are not at home at sunset – the time of iftar. The volunteers, who are part of a larger group of […]
By Khetam Malkawi, Jordan Times AMMAN – Although the total number of visitors to the Kingdom decreased by 31 per cent in July 2011 compared to same month last year, the number of Saudi tourists increased by 21 per cent, according to a Ministry of Tourism report released on Monday. […]