Saudi efforts for good Iran relations continue

By SULTAN AL-TAMIMI | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Kingdom’s bilateral dialogue with Iran will continue, Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said at a joint press conference with his British counterpart William Hague in Jeddah on Tuesday. “I met with Iran’s former Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran and the next […]

Welcome to Palestine – if you can get in

Israel’s threat to deny visitor’s entry to Palestine is as disturbing as it is shocking. Our protest will be a civil society tsunami Palestinians have globally touted an array of rights that Israel systematically denies. There is the right of return, the right of freedom of movement, the right to […]

For God’s sake – stop talking

The US takes pride in its separation of church and state, but the current political scene is ‘strangely’ religious.   Lately, there would seem to be a whole lot more people who have a direct channel to the Big Guy Upstairs than one could have humanly thought possible. It is oft-said […]

Standard Bank unit wins Nigerian sharia licence

By Maram Mazen Khartoum Stanbic IBTC Bank, a unit of JSE-listed Standard Bank, has won approval from Nigeria’s central bank to provide Islamic banking services in Africa’s most populous nation. A preliminary licence was awarded to Stanbic last week for a sharia-compliant banking window, the first one given to a commercial bank in the country, Central Bank […]

FACEBOOK: Updated Facebook policy for the members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat – Timely guidance by the Khalifa of the time

The following policy has been approved by London Markaz for the members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Individual Jama’at members are not permitted to create facebook pages on behalf of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. All pages created by individuals representing “Ahmadiyya” or “Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (a.s.) ” or “The Promised Messiah (a.s.)” or “Mirza Masroor Ahmad” or “Khalifatul […]

Aust unis score well in world rankings

SOCIAL sciences league tables released by QS World University Rankings show a creditable performance by Australian institutions. Only two made the top 10 in any of the six subject areas — the University of Melbourne, ranked nine in law, and the Australian National University, ranked 10 in politics and international studies […]