Lahore: First Lady urges women to wear Hijab

First Lady Nusrat Pervez Ashraf has urged the Muslim women to wear Hijab, which does not prevent them from making progress. She said that women could express their abilities by keeping themselves within the practices of Islam. They should wear Hijab to tell the world that it protects them and does not become a hurdle in their progress, she added.

World: Why I Believe in Islam

I have been asked to state why I believe in Islam. When I put the question to myself, the reply I received was, for the same reason for which I believe in anything else, that is to say, because it is the truth. A more detailed reply would be that in my view the central doctrine of all religions is the existence of God and man's relationship with Him, so that the religion that can succeed in establishing a true relationship between God and man must be true, and the truth of a faith is surely a sufficient reason for believing in it.

Religion: Pope Benedict Calls For Religious Freedom In Middle East

Pope Benedict XVI appealed Saturday for religious freedom in the Middle East, calling it fundamental for stability in a region bloodied by sectarian strife.

Benedict spoke on the second day of his visit to Lebanon, a country with the largest percentage of Christians in the Middle East. He arrived amid a wave of violent demonstrations over an anti-Islam film across the Muslim world.

Religion: Gratitude - A Source Of Blessings

In terms of gratefulness to God, this year grace of God enabled the message of Ahmadiyyat that is true Islam to be taken to every corner of the Earth. This was also achieved in places where the task apparently looks difficult. This was experienced during the tours of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih and he has spoken about these experiences.

France: Wounded girl from Alps massacre says she saw 'one bad man'

The British girl left for dead after the French Alps massacre only saw one ‘bad man’, police said yesterday.

Zainab Al-Hilli, seven, returned to the UK yesterday, eight days after she was shot in the shoulder and beaten around the head.