Comments on Shab-e-Miraj
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Yogyakarta Ruler’s Tolerance an Example for Indonesia
Wednesday, 15 June 2011 Jakarta – In Yogyakarta, the cultural centre of the island of Java in Indonesia, the governor, Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, has set an interesting precedent by refusing to ban the Ahmadiyah religious group. The group was founded by a 19th century Indian religious leader, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, […]
Jawed Ahmad Ghamdi’s Allegations Against Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s (as) Claim Proved to be Fake
Courtesy: Imran Karim السلام علیکم جاوید احمد غامدی صاحب کے اس الزام کی حقیقت کہ حضرت مرزا صاحب علیہ السلام کے دعویٰ مسیح موعود کی بنیاد وحدت الوجود کا فلسفہ تھا ! یہ وڈیو اس بات کا ایک اور ناقابلِ تردید ثبوت ہے کہ جماعت احمدیہ پر ہونے والے تمام […]
Wal-Mart Workers Try the Nonunion Route
After numerous failed attempts to unionize Wal-Mart stores, the nation’s main union for retail workers has decided to try a different approach: it has helped create a new, nonunion group of Wal-Mart employees that intends to press for better pay, benefits and most of all, more respect at work. The […]
Ahmadiya community fit to be killed, says pamphlets in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pamphlets branding members of the minority Ahmadiya community as “wajib-ul-qatl” (fit to be killed) and inciting people to attack them are being openly circulated in Pakistan’s textile industry hub of Faisalabad, according to a media report. The pamphlets list the names of several Ahmadiya industrialists, doctors and businesses. The first […]
An Effort to Foster Tolerance in Religion
CHICAGO — For a guy who is only 35 and lives in a walk-up apartment, Eboo Patel has already racked up some impressive accomplishments. A Rhodes scholar with a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, he has four honorary degrees. His autobiography is required freshman reading on […]
Justice Goes Global – NY Times OP-ED
By Op-Ed Columnist, THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN You probably missed the recent special issue of China Newsweek, so let me bring you up to date. Who do you think was on the cover — named the “most influential foreign figure” of the year in China? Barack Obama? No. Bill Gates? No. […]
Canada Post locks out workers
Canada Post has suspended urban operations nationwide, saying it had no other choice. Just before midnight Tuesday, Canada Post issued a release saying it has locked out employees after 12 days of “increasingly costly and damaging” rotating strikes by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). On Tuesday, about 15,000 […]
If Jesus is coming back why do we hear so little about it? Has he already come?
By Robert Jeffress, Special to CNN In January 1961, a few days before John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as president, he invited Billy Graham to spend a day with him in Key Biscayne, Florida. After a round of golf, Kennedy and Graham were returning to their hotel when Kennedy stopped […]
Afghanistan worst place in the world for women, but India in top five
Targeted violence against female public officials, dismal healthcare and desperate poverty make Afghanistan the world’s most dangerous country in which to be born a woman, according to a global survey released on Wednesday. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Pakistan, India and Somalia feature in descending order after Afghanistan […]
Why Google Earth Pixelates Israel
If Google Earth maps the trees, the oceans, and the annals of history, why is a country, Israel, so hard to make out? An article from Mother Jones explores how U.S. policy makers have pixelated Google Earth and why that might change in 2013. Israel’s low-resolution e-presence can be traced […]
Israel wants at least 30 ‘no’ votes at UN
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to convince at least 30 countries to vote against recognising a Palestinian state should the United Nations debate the issue in September, media reports said. “Before we reach September, we have to push through an initiative to secure 30 countries and more who will say […]
Pakistan: State of Fatwas – No human Rights: Extremists openly plan to kill hundreds of Ahmadis–government turns a blind eye
Kāfir Factory – Infidel Factory Last year on Friday, 28th May 2010, the world saw a massacre of innocent Ahmadis in Lahore, Pakistan. A day after a journalist of BBC Urdu, Mohammad Hanif, wrote an article titled “Kafir Factor – Infidel Factory”. In this article he has shown a picture of Pakistani societies […]
Mauritius’s Economic Growth Gaining Momentum
Mauritius’s Economic Growth Gaining Momentum Mauritius’s economy will probably expand more than forecast this year as growth in tourism and exports gains momentum, central bank Governor Rundheersing Bheenick said, adding to pressure for higher interest rates. “We have reason to believe that the country’s economic growth will be above […]
Ahmadi Muslim mosque closed
KAZAKHSTAN: Ahmadi Muslim mosque closed, Protestants fined 100 times minimum monthly wage Source / Courtesy: Forum 18, Norway Kazakhstan has fined an Ahmadi Muslim community – also denying it the use of its mosque and land – as well as imposed fines of 100 times the minimum monthly wage on two Protestants for […]
UN blasts Israel’s blockade over 45% Gaza jobless rate
By AGENCIES • ‘Hamas govt flourishes while restrictions hit the poor’ • Wages fall, jobless rate up since Israel blockade began • Egyptian border opening slightly relaxes tension • High unemployment rate ups pressure on UNRWA JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH: The Gaza Strip enters its fifth year of a full Israeli blockade by […]
Sultan charity constructs 1,246 homes for the poor
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Prince Sultan Charitable Foundation has constructed 200 low-cost housing units for the poor in Al-Laith in the Makkah province as part of a SR385 million project to supply affordable homes. It will aim to provide 1,246 houses in different parts of the […]
‘Muslims should deal with anti-Islam media campaigns rationally’
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Muslim intellectuals must be well prepared to confront any smear campaign against Islam and Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) on the Internet and in other public media, said a prominent Keralite editor. “Although there is nothing new in most of the […]
Mashair on track to help Haj pilgrims
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS Makkah: Municipal and Rural Affairs Minister Prince Mansour bin Miteb on Tuesday inspected the final phase of the Mashair Railway project that links the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah. The project will bring about dramatic improvement in Haj transportation. Speaking to […]
‘No going back on path of reform’
MMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday stressed that there is no going back on the path of reform, a Royal Court statement said. Reform is the optimal means to overcome challenges and build on previous achievements for the best future for Jordan and Jordanians, the King said […]