Muslim-majority Malaysia and Vatican establish diplomatic relations
The Vatican and Malaysia established diplomatic relations on Monday in the wake of tensions between Muslims and religious minorities in the Southeast Asian nation. Read More
Believers or heretics? The battle between mainstream Muslims and the Ahmadiyya community
Source/Credit: Al Jazeera – http://stream.aljazeera.com/ Believers or heretics? The battle between mainstream Muslims and the Ahmadiyya community In response to requests from our online community, we are focusing on the Ahmaddiya Muslim community. The ongoing battle between Ahmaddiyas and mainstream Muslims has gone largely unreported in the mainstream media. It’s based on […]
French government blocks jobs for foreigners
France – Wednesday 27 July 2011 In April, French Interior Minister Claude Guéant announced he wanted to cut work-related immigration, claiming that the integration of migrants had failed in France. Now the list of jobs open to non-European immigrants has been halved. Foreign lift-repairers, surveyors and insurance salesmen are no longer welcome. […]
Indonesia draws criticism over light sentences for sect killings
From: Asia Pacific News Jakarta – Indonesia drew international criticism on Thursday as a court handed down light sentences to 12 men convicted in connection with the killing of three followers of the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect. The court in the western Java city of Serang sentenced the defendants to between three […]
3-6 months for Ahmadiyah riot organizers
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Twelve men were sentenced on Thursday to three to six months’ imprisonment for various charges, starting from limited involvement to masterminding the riot that led to the deaths of 3 minority Ahmadiyah sect members in Banten. Three panels of judges at the Serang District Court levied […]
Youth Gets Three Months’ Jail for Brutal Ahmadiyah Attack
From: The Jakrata Globe Indonesian Police are putting on a massive display of force as the trials of 10 defendants charged in the brutal violence against members of the minority Ahmadiyah religion in Banten conclude with the verdicts on Thursday morning. One verdict has already been passed, with one youth, […]
Gearing Up for September Protests; Israel’s Military Allocate NIS 75 Million for New Weapons
Tel Aviv – PNN – (Palestine News Network) Israel’s Defense Ministry has allocated more than NIS 75 million to purchase ‘non-lethal’ weapons to disperse expected Palestinian protests this September, according to ynetnews. The Ministry considers that there will be an increased possibility of confrontations between Palestinian protesters and Israel’s military […]
Editorial: Not ‘made’ to suffer
Arab News The whole system of hiring maids in Saudi Arabia needs govt attention and changes in the law This newspaper regularly publishes stories about maids in the Kingdom — maids attacked, murdered, abused, raped, unpaid, held as prisoners, treated as slaves — and sometimes even maids executed. There is […]
Brotherly spirit
A friend in need is a friend in deed. And that has been proven time and time again by Saudi Arabia, which is more than a friend to Jordan, with the brotherly ties binding the two countries rising to levels that can be exemplary to other Arab states. At a […]
France provides Jordan with 600m euro financial assistance package
AMMAN (JT) – Jordan and France on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), under which France will provide the Kingdom with 600 million euros ($900 million) to finance development projects for the period 2011-2013. The memo, signed by Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Jafar Hassan and Director General […]
60 Years of the Geneva Refugee Convention: Europe must uphold its values
Source: Thursday, 28 July 2011. Sixty years after the signature of the Geneva Convention on Refugees, which has helped millions of men, women and children fleeing persecution, wars and torture, to secure protection and the prospect of a brighter future, the world remains scarred by conflicts new and old. Since […]
Hina Rabbani Khar meets Manmohan Singh
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar met the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, here on Wednesday. She also met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, today. Thirty four-year-old Khar, who is Pakistan’s first woman foreign minister, met the two leaders after holding talks with External Affairs Minister […]
Malta: The former First Lady, who lives on in people’s hearts
Source/Credit: The Times of Malta: Thursday, July 28, 2011 , by Laiq Ahmed Atif, president, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta, Ta’ Xbiex Death is as real as life and death is an integral part of life. The life of a human being is limited on this earth and everyone has to leave this world to […]
One for all: Jamatud Dawa gathering concludes with a rallying call
MULTAN: Jamatud Dawa organised a gathering to unite all religious parties against terrorism, suicide attacks and US and Indian intervention in Pakistan. On Saturday, Prof Hafiz Saeed made an appearance in a gathering organised under the umbrella of the Defence Pakistan Forum in Multan. Saeed led a gathering of […]
Lessons from the Norwegian tragedy
Source: Dawn Author: Mahir Ali WESTERN terrorism experts have faced considerable derision in the past few days for jumping to the conclusion, in the immediate aftermath of a bomb blast aimed at governmental offices in central Oslo last Friday, that Al Qaeda had once again picked a relatively soft target. […]
Steroid drugs may pose vision danger, stronger warning urged
Source: USA Today Steroid drugs such as prednisone taken by 25.5 million Americans for arthritis, cancer, transplants and other conditions need stronger consumer warnings about a rare but possibly irreversible […]
Mexico judge sentences teenage assassin to three years
Source: The Telegraph A Mexican judge on Tuesday sentenced a 14-year-old American boy to three years in prison for homicide, kidnapping and drug and weapons possession. Authorities say the teen […]
Why People Phone Hack; A Look Into The Psyche Of Wrongdoing
Source: Medical News Today Phone hacking. It doesn’t even sound ethical. Neither does phone spying nor my personal favorite phreaking. So how does management at a best-selling newspaper approve this and everyone else play along? “Some people may have remained quiet because they believed that this was acceptable practice – […]
Muslim Community prays for victims of Norway attacks
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns absolutely the horrific killings that took place last Friday in Norway. Such an attack serves no purpose other than to destroy the peace of a society and to bring devastation to the nation and the wider world. In response to this incident, the world Head of […]
UAE Ramadan timings for public sector
By Yahoo! Maktoob DUBAI – Work at the UAE federal ministries and departments will be from 9am till 2pm during the holy month of Ramadan, the state news agency WAM said. Meanwhile, the working hours of private sector companies will be reduced from eight to six hours during the Holy […]