UAE’s ‘Hope’ probe to be first in trio of Mars missions
by Dana Moukhallati The UAE’s “Hope” probe, the first Arab space mission, expected to reach Mars’ orbit on Tuesday, blasted off from Japan in July 2020 The first Arab space […]
India becomes first nation to donate COVID-19 jabs to Kabul
Health workers, security force members, teachers and government employees would receive the COVID-19 vaccine first, said a Health Ministry spokesman. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/5hemy Starting next week, Afghanistan will roll […]
Foreign militaries an obstacle in Libya’s path to peace
Author YASAR YAKIS February 07, 2021 Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah delivers a speech via video link during a meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF). (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/9hfv9 […]
US shakes up Yemen policy, but long road to peace
By AFP – Feb 07,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Supporters of Yemen’s Houthi movement gesture as they chant slogans during a demonstration against the outgoing US administration’s decision to designate the […]
LETTER: Baitul Ehsan Mosque vandalized
The Chronicle Herald Published: Feb 05 A fireplace was one of many items damaged in an act of vandalism last week at a mosque being constructed in Conception Bay South. […]
Rollout of AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Halted in South Africa After Study
Source: WSJ By Gabriele Steinhauser Small clinical trial found that it doesn’t appear to protect recipients against mild and moderate illness from a fast-spreading new strain of the coronavirus JOHANNESBURG—South Africa […]
FGM – It’s a “BIG NO” in Islam
Source: voiceofbritishmuslimwomen | by Voice Of British Muslim Women | Amtul Musawar Ahmad, Walsall Time and again, erroneous acts have been perpetrated in the name of religion, when in reality it is personal and other vested interests that spur individuals to commit them. Terrorism and Islam are often shown to be […]
Saudi Journalist’s Call To Remove Sword From Saudi Flag Sparks Heated Debate
Source: memri.org | By B. Chernitsky Saudi author and journalist Fahd Al-Ahmadi, who writes a column for the government daily Al-Iqtisadiyya, recently sparked a heated debate among Saudis on Twitter by proposing a change to the Saudi national flag. The flag in its present form features the shahada (the Islamic declaration of faith, […]
Ahmadi Muslim Physicist Abdus Salam Receives A Blue Plaque In Putney
Source: londonist.com A Nobel Prize-winning scientist, whose work “paved the way” for the landmark discovery of the Higgs boson (AKA, the “God particle”), has finally been honoured with a blue plaque at his home of almost four decades. Abdus Salam, who passed away in 1996, was a hugely influential physicist. […]
Presenting the true teachings of the Holy Prophet in Germany
Source: alhakam.org Last Updated on 5th February 2021 Zubair Khalil Khan, President Jamaat Bensheim, Germany On 21 January 2021, a virtual tabligh event was held by Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Bensheim, Germany. Murtaza Mannan Sahib, Adil Khalid Sahib and Hammad Haerter Sahib delivered speeches and answered questions as well. Stefan Haerter Sahib amicably […]
Zara the First: Young Scot on becoming first female to lead influential Muslim organisation and her debt to another inspirational woman close to home
By Laura Smith February 7, 2021, Zara Mohammed has just been elected as the first female leader of the British Muslim Council She hopes becoming the first woman to head […]
Pope appoints first woman Under-Secretary with right to vote in Synod of Bishops
By Jennifer Hauser, CNN February 7, 2021 Francis' appointment marks the first time a woman has been given such a position. . (CNN)Pope Francis has for the first time appointed […]
Michael Shermer with Bart Ehrman — Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
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6-week-old baby dies after baptism at Romanian Orthodox Church
By Josh K. Elliott Global News Posted February 5, 2021 1:37 pm In this file photo, Orthodox archbishop Teodosie blesses water during an Epiphany religious service in Constanta, Romania, Monday, […]
Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafrullah Khan (ra)
Only a few geniuses are born in one given century, this one was remarkable. Welcome to a short insight to Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan’s website, we seek to provide with […]
ISRAEL: Joint List splits, as Netanyahu plots his path to victory
Analysts say Benjamin Netanyahu’s courtship of the United Arab List goes beyond its ability to help him form a ruling coalition, pointing to a much more sinister reason for the premier’s efforts to break up the Joint List. BY YUMNA PATEL FEBRUARY 5, 2021 Head of the Joint List, Ayman […]
Some reflections on the International Criminal Court decision on its territorial jurisdiction Palestine
BY FRANÇOIS DUBUISSON FEBRUARY 6, 2021 VIEW OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, JULY 23, 2014 IN THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS. (PHOTO: ENFOQUE DERECHO) It is an understatement to say that the […]
West fails to act against rising anti-Islam sentiment: Erdoğan
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL POLITICS FEB 06, 2021 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the Ali Cami after a Friday prayer, Istanbul, Feb. 5, 2021. (AA Photo) “Muslims are being […]
A glimmer of light in the darkness of Libya
Author CORNELIA MEYER February 06, 2021 Delegates attend a vote for the new interim government during a meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum near Geneva on February 5, 2021. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/2kj74 Libya has begun a new phase of its post-Qaddafi transition with the selection of a transitional […]
The Empires Strike Back at Europe
Author JOSCHKA FISCHER February 07, 2021 In this file photo, Syrian refugees prepare to board buses in Istanbul, Turkey, on the way to the Greek border. Turkey’s geopolitical position between […]