80 year old woman killed during break-in

Robbers murdered a 80-year-old woman and took away gold ornaments, cash and other valuables in three strike here the other day. As per detail, the incident occurred in Mohallah Nasirabad of Rabwah where unidentified intruders killed a 80-year-old woman Amatul Majeed. She was alone in the house when the culprits stormed the house.

Intolerance in the curriculum

There have been several shocking incidents over the past week or so that go only to highlight the kind of intolerance we are facing in our society and the manner in which this is spreading. Worst of all the spirit of hatred has also seeped into classrooms, and is being used to poison the minds of children. This process will of course lead to the emergence, even before our watching eyes, of yet another generation persuaded that it is acceptable …

Shadows of endless nights

During the ghastly summer of 1974, five Ahmadi students in Multan were ruthlessly beaten. Prof. Abbas bin Abdul Qadir was killed in Hyderabad. On September 7th 1974, the day when Ahmadi Muslims were declared Non-Muslim, five Ahmadi students were expelled from a Faisalabad university. Two students were forced to ride a donkey through city streets with their faces painted black. Later, Master Ziauddin Arshad, a teacher in Sargodha, was murdered.

Mobile Payments: Square’s Card Case iPhone app

Ever wished you could make payments by using just your iPhone without the need of swiping any cards or fondling your pockets for change well now you can and Square’s latest iPhone app called Sqaure Card Case lets you do just that. The iPhone app released on Wednesday lets you make mobile payments without even taking your phone out of the pocket. Card Case utilizes the “geofencing” technology which came bundled with Apple’s latest iOS5 update. Geofencing builds virtual boundaries …

Smartphones takeover Seoul

South Korea is home to 49 million people and just 2 years ago there were only 500,000 smartphone users in the country. This march that number went up to 10million and an announcement made last week puts that number close to 20.1 million, that is a huge increase in just over 6 months. It is expected that the number of Smartphone users in Korea will shoot up to 30million in the first half of 2012 and to 40million by the …

Pakistan spot fixing trial: Fixer Majeed pleads guilty

Majeed who was filmed accepting £140,000 from an undercover reporter of the now dysfunctional News of the World had pleaded guilty for spot fixing charges along with bowler Muhammad Amir on 16th of September but due to reporting restrictions set by the Judge the please was not revealed until today. Mazhar Majeed ,36 from Croydon in South London who was agent to the three Pakistani cricketers now faces corruption charges along with the trio Muhammad Amir, Salman Butt & Muhammad …

Kashmir: Ahmadi Father & Son abducted by armed men

Dr. Shah Muhammad Javaid a senior surgeon and vice president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Kotli was abducted by armed men on Sunday night along with his 11 year old son Fahad . They were returning to their home in Sadiqabad, Kotli from his inlaws’ house with was a five minute walk from their home . Dr Shah’s car was discovered at 7:00am on 31st October by Motorway Police near Deena, Jehlum more than 100 kilometres away from his home meanwhile …

Windows 7 Phone users to get free Nokia Maps

Nokia one of the leading mobile makers has partnered up with Microsoft to make its map software Nokia Maps available on all Windows 7 Phone devices. In the past Nokia Maps was only made available to Nokia devices however the partnership agreement signed earlier this year between Nokia & Microsoft means that the application will soon make its debut in the Windows Phone marketplace as a free install within the next couple of weeks. This would mean people with Windows …

ICSR – The Zafrullah Khan Lecture & Essay Competition Prize

The Sir Zafrullah Khan Lecture organized by ICSR – The International Centre for the Study of Radicalization in conjunction with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community took place in the famous city of London on Monday 3rd October 2011. The event held at Kings College University’s council room was well attended by a packed audience of around lawyers, Politicians, Senior Police Officers, Academics and other interested observers.

British Muslims go Underground – For Poppy Appeal

Saturday 29th& Monday 31stOctober: 100 volunteers at 40 Zone 1 train and tube stations, aiming to raise £20,000 Young Muslims are planning to turn up at London’s rail and underground stations in force – to collect money for the Poppy Appeal. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association will again be helping The Royal British Legion as a mark of good citizenship and a testament to the Islamic edict of demonstrating loyalty to your country.