Source: Times of India Three day 121st Annual Convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat to begin on December 29 AMRITSAR: Ahmadiyya’s from across the world including Pakistanwould converge at Qadian in Gurdaspur district to participate in the three day 121st Annual Convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat, India beginning on December 29th. […]
THE HUFFINGTON POST – by Sara Gates Risk analysis company Maplecroft released its Human Rights Risk Atlas 2013 Thursday, revealing a definitive rise in human rights violations around the world. [SCROLL DOWN TO SEE SLIDESHOW OF COUNTRIES WITH EXTREME HUMAN RIGHTS RISK] The sixth annual report, which ranked 197 countries […]
by Abdelhafidh Abdeleli, swissinfo.ch Nearly two years after the start of the Arab Spring, revolutionary enthusiasm among Swiss-based activists has given way to careful reflection on how to best help […]
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden By: Syed Ahsan Ahmad, ACCA, CPA My name is Ahmad Syed Ahsan. I am Chartered Accountant from United Kingdom and Oxford University Brookes graduate. I have worked as Director in Government of Pakistan and is associated with The World Bank`s project in the country as a part […]
Source: The Express Tribune (ET) In a welcome development recently, the Sindh High Court directed provincial law officers to comment on a petition that seeks to include a human rights […]
The head of Turkish human rights association, the Organization of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed People, known as Mazlumder, says the country’s Hijab ban is a violation of human […]
Jakarta Globe | December 01, 2012 A novel that tells the story of Ahmadis being thrown out of their homes and forced to move to refugee camps has won Indonesia’s […]
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch In a bid to overcome divisions among the political left and civil society on how to deal with stricter asylum rules, the non-governmental Refugee Council and […]
By Barbara Lochbihler The Daily Star, Lebanon “Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come,” the American poet Carl Sandburg wrote hopefully in 1936. His sentiment seems more apt than ever nowadays, but not because humanity has turned pacifistic. Rather, wars are increasingly fought remotely, with drones – or […]
by Ami Teibel, The Daily Star, Lebanon Story Summary Israel is considering resuming its contentious practice of assassinating militant leaders in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in an effort to halt intensified rocket attacks on Israel’s south, according to defense officials. With Israeli elections two months away, rocket barrages from Gaza […]
The Jakarta Post, Tasikmalaya | Archipelago | Mon, November 12 2012 Hundreds of people from various Islamic organizations staged a protest on Monday in front of the Salawu Religious Affairs Office (KUA) in Indramayu, West Java, because of rumors that the office had wed an Ahmadis couple. Coordinator of the […]
By ANNE BARNARD THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria’s rebel fighters — who have long staked claim to the moral high ground for battling dictatorship — are losing crucial support from a public increasingly disgusted by the actions of some rebels, including poorly planned missions, senseless destruction, criminal […]
Several primary and secondary schools in Berlin are segregating migrant children into classes with “vastly inferior education,” to attract “ethnic Germans,” an NGO has told a United Nations Human Rights […]
By Council on American-Islamic Relations OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 7, 2012 — Muslim civil rights group asks Tulsa bank to review discriminatory ‘no hats’ policy OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on Tulsa’s Valley National Bank to review […]
by Patricia Islas, swissinfo.ch Colombia is on the path to peace after 50 years of civil war and Tunisia is trying its hand at democracy after two decades of dictatorship; […]
BY CARLA HINTON chinton@opubco.com An Oklahoma Muslim civil rights group is trying to help an Oklahoma native return from the Middle East to visit his terminally ill mother. Adam Soltani, […]
Ruth Pollard Middle East Correspondent THE terrified men lie huddled in a group on the dusty floor of an abandoned building as armed opposition fighters kick and stamp on their bodies. Amid the chaos, the prisoners protest their innocence, but their cries go unheeded. Their captors – apparently fighters from […]
by Ali Bluwi ARABNEWS Saturday 3 November 2012 I had the opportunity to read two reports on the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and Britain and their relationship with the Freemason movement. I also read a report on Rashin Ghanoshi and Khairat Al-Shater — two leading figures of the Muslim […]
Switzerland has accepted 50 recommendations made by other states as part of a human rights peer review process carried out by the United Nations Human Rights Council, while rejecting four […]
Mahmud Mosque in Switzerland built before recent ban on minarets in Switzerland By Simon Bradley Source: Swissinfo.ch United Nations member states have urged Switzerland to step up its fight against […]