When three Ahmadi students got a casting call for movie extras, they took it as a joke, They did not imagine that their extra role will help change how the acting profession is perceived within their own community. Medical students Humza Ahmed, Haris Ahmed and Harris Ahmed were originally asked to portray Taliban soldiers in the movie Horse Soldiers, but they refused because of their religious beliefs. The Ahmeds are of Pakistani heritage and were born into the revivalist Ahmadiyya Muslim …
What will the future Pakistan look like? That’s what Pakistani artist Omar Gilani tried to depict in a series of futuristic digital illustrations. Gilani, who is 28 and a Mechanical Engineering by profession says he never received any formal training in arts. “I began digital manipulation and created some art pieces on a digital tablet at university,” In the past, Gilani has been commissioned as a designer by several International organizations which include Save The Children, United Nations, British Council …
Ahmadis were forced to perform Friday prayers in the courtyard after Indonesian authorities shut down the community’ Mosque in Depok, a satellite city of the capital, Jakarta. On Thursday, February 23rd, Depok’s municipal police sealed Masjid Al-Hidayah which belongs to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The mayor of Depok said this is the seventh time the Mosque has been sealed since 2011 Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners, including members of the notorious Islam Defenders Front (FPI), staged a rally the on Friday …
Kailoola Productions have released a new trailer for their documentary titled “Abdus Salam”. The docufilm aims to trace Salam’s path from a small village in rural Pakistan to the United Kingdom and Italy. The tells Salam’s story using archival footage, interviews with colleagues, students, and family-members, and on-location footage from Pakistan, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.
U.S. Congressman and Former co-chair of Ahmadiyya caucus, Ted Poe has urged the U.S. to designate Pakistan a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”. Congressman Poe who leads the House Subcommittee on Terrorism introduced ‘Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Act‘ in US House of Representatives on March 9th, 2017. The Bill pushes the U.S. to declare Pakistan a “state sponsor of terrorism”, or give a detailed justification within 90 days as to why such a designation should not be given to Pakistan. …
Pakistani Security forces foiled a potential terror attack in the Ahmadiyya town of Rabwah on Saturday. According to local media reports, the CTD (Counter-Terrorism Department) raided a vacant Government building adjacent to a Police post and arrested at least one suspect. The CTD also recovered explosives and detonators hidden inside a desktop computer. The suspect was arrested from ‘Muslim Colony’, an ‘illegal settlement’ of Muslims set up by the Pakistani Government which is considered a no-go area for Ahmadis. A …
Canadian Bhangra band EN KARMA has teamed up with the multi-talented Sanjay Seran lead vocalist of Vancouver-based Delhi 2 Dublin to release their new single entitled ‘She Kills.’ Shot in Vancouver, the ‘She Kills’ video is based around the band’s core mantra of Friendship. In the video, the boys can be seen jamming out to Bhangra beats in a recording studio. She Kills continues En Karma’s musical fusion of Canadian World Music meets Bhangra. Their debut album En Karma reached …
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi was accused of ‘Religious Bias’ after she deleted a congratulatory tweet about Oscar-winning Muslim actor Mahershala Ali. Ali won the award for best-supporting-actor for his role in the movie “Moonlight”. The 43-year-old who converted to Ahmadiyya sect of Islam in 2001 became the first ever Muslim actor ever to win an Oscar. However, his win did not go down well in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistani Ambassador to the U.N. Maleeha Lodhi, …
Mahershala Ali made history Sunday night by becoming the first Muslim to win an Oscar. Ali, a Muslim convert since 1999 joined the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a movement seen as heretical by other Islamic sects, in 2001. 43-year-old Ali took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the movie ‘Moonlight’. In the movie, Ali plays Juan, a Cuban-born drug dealer in Miami who becomes a father figure to the bullied child of a drug addict. …
ہائکورٹ کے معروف ایڈوکیٹ ملک غلام عباس نسوانہ نے15 فروری کے روزپانامہ کیس کے جج جسٹس عظمت سعید سے اہم ملاقات کی اور مختلف امور پر تبادلہ خیال کیا۔
چنیوٹ(نامہ نگار)مردم شمار ی کی تیاریاں شروع پاک فوج کے افسران اور جوان مردم شماری کے سلسلہ میں چنیوٹ پہنچنا شروع ہو گئے ۔ڈپٹی کمشنر ،ڈی پی او چنیوٹ اور دیگر افسران سے پاک فوج کے افسران اور جوانوں کی مردم شماری کے سلسلہ میں میٹنگ اور ضلع چنیوٹ کا وزٹ کیا گیا۔تفصیلات کے مطابق کرنل عمران اور میجر عامر کی قیادت میں پاک فوج کے افسروجوانوں نے ضلع چنیوٹ میں مردم شماری کے سلسلہ میں پہنچ گئے ہیں چنیوٹ …