By ARAB NEWS Published: Aug 12, 2011 02:04 Updated: Aug 12, 2011 02:04 JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah will lay the foundation stone to the Makkah Haram expansion works in a few days. The project is called the King Abdullah Expansion of the Makkah Haram. The […]
By ABDUL HANNAN TAGO | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Delaying payment of salaries to workers is a clear human rights violation that Islam does not tolerate, according to a member of the Saudi Jurisprudence Assembly. Abdulrahman Abdul Aziz Al-Muhrij, who was participating in a four-day symposium organized by the Princess Al-Anood […]
By Muath Freij AMMAN – The passion for making juice has been passed on from generation to generation in the Khalili family, which is well-known for preparing different flavours of juice. Ramadan Khalili, owner of the Ramadan Khalili shop in downtown Amman, said his family never abandoned the juice-making profession […]
RAMALLAH/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Agencies) – Jordan Times. A delegation of Arab foreign ministers will urge permanent members of the Security Council next week to vote for Palestinian UN membership, a top Palestinian official said Thursday. Negotiator Saeb Erekat told Agence France-Presse the group would talk with representatives from the veto-wielding Britain, […]
And the Jews say, ‘The Christians stand on nothing;’ and the Christians say, ‘The Jews stand on nothing;’ while they both read the same Book. Even thus said those who had no knowledge, like what they say. But Allah shall judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that […]
Source: Physics World NASA has launched a mission to Jupiter that will shed light on the origin and inner structure of the largest planet in our solar system. The $1.1bn Juno probe was launched today from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12.25 p.m. local time and will now begin a five-year […]
It’s a little-known act of bravery – how two British clerics rescued 1,800 Jews from the Nazis by baptising them. First there was Oskar Schindler, then Sir Nicholas Winton. Now the names of the Reverends Hugh Grimes and Fred Collard are to be added to the roll of honour of […]
Respected Naseem Mahdi, National Vice President of USA represented the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at this event on August 10, 2011. This was a historic first for our Community. Some details of the event from Daily Mail: […]
Source: Cision Wire Leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA speaks with President Obama about 9/11 commemoration The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s National Vice President, Mr. Naseem Mahdi, attended the annual White House Iftar Dinner last night, along with other American Muslim leaders. President Obama highlighted the many contributions and services of […]
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: August 8: Two Katusha rockets fell on west Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on Wednesday, but losses were not known, a security source reported. “Two Katusha rockets fell on the Green Zone, but losses were not known,” the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said […]
Courtesy: CNN By Jim Kavanagh, CNN People tend to become less religious as they become more educated, right? Not necessarily, according to a new study. After analyzing data from a large national survey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist Philip Schwadel found that people actually tend to become more religious – by […]
France24: AFP – Italy and France called Friday for emergency G7 talks and the EU said it is working “night and day” to ready new rescue funding as eurozone lending costs soared and stocks plunged on alarm over renewed global recession. As Europe scrambled to head off pressure on the single […]
france24: AFP – France on Monday said it had given Libyan rebels 259 million dollars (181 million euros) in frozen funds that used to belong to the regime of strongman leader Moamer Kadhafi. “The NTC (National Transitional Council) will now be able to use these funds for purchases of a […]
Source: The Rio Times RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Hearts melt and audiences roar when they hit the stage: a group of senior citizens dancing hip-hop. The group from Niterói, called Grupo Arte de Dançar (The Art of Dancing), drove the public wild during a recent performance at a dance festival […]
Source : The Rio Times RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s two biggest cities, Rio and São Paulo, have been ranked amongst the top fifteen most expensive cities in the world for expats, according to Mercer’s Worldwide Cost of Living Survey published last month. The report has Luanda, Angola as the […]
On 7th September 1974, the government of Pakistan declared the members of Ahmadiyya Muslim community as non-Muslims. Every year this day is celebrated in Pakistan as a great success and victory; today’s Jang Newspaper, a leading Urdu newspaper of Pakistan has given a very detailed coverage to this and dedicated a full page to this subject […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — The British border agency has informed a fundamentalist Rabbi that he will not be allowed to enter the country for the next three years, Israeli daily Haaretz reported Thursday. Rabbi Yosef Elitzur received a letter from the British authorities, signed by the home secretary, informing […]
Indonesia’s anti-terrorism agency signed a memorandum of understanding with eight Muslim organizations to study programs that could help prevent attacks fueled by religious extremism. Among the groups to sign the agreement was Nahdlatul Ulama, the country’s biggest Muslim group. The memorandum calls for discussions about religious radicalism without providing details […]
Hardly a day goes by without front page news about demonstrations and killings somewhere in Middle Eastern nations. The holy month of Ramadan has begun, but nothing has changed. Sectarian violence has been going on continuously in Pakistan Author says: “If the U.S. and other western nations continue to be […]
Source: Science Daily A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows that a small amount of physical exercise could profoundly protect the elderly from long-term memory loss that can happen suddenly following infection, illnesses or injury in old age. In the study, CU-Boulder Research Associate Ruth Barrientos and her colleagues […]