US: My faith in action

This 11-year-old Muslim-American wonders how I can give thanks in this holiday season. The world seems like a crazy place these days. People are blowing themselves up in places like Pakistan and someone recently even tried to shoot at the president from outside the White House.

Sadly, many of these fanatics are doing it in the name of God. Some even say they belong to my faith, Islam.

US: Purely American Holiday Has Universal Sentiment

FITCHBURG -- Immigrants across the region put their own ethnic spin on the holiday.

This Thanksgiving marks the 31st year that Bashir Uddin Mehmud came to America from Pakistan.

Mehmud is president of the Fitchburg chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and serves as the imam.

Canada: A Celebration Of Faith

This past Saturday Cross Cultures Magazine (CCM) presented a multi-faith gathering, or ‘Panorama of Sacred Expression’ hosted at Forest Hill United Church in Kitchener. Albeit a small gathering, those in attendance presented a mosaic of beliefs and stimulated a great deal of conversation. Event promotions described the event as an opportunity to share all things sacred from various religious faiths and denominations, and challenged anyone to “prove your faith has taught you love for all mankind.”

Politics: Diplomacy For Diplomats

The Mansoor Ijaz affair is the most disgraceful diplomatic episode in Pakistan’s history. It demonstrates the extent to which the foreign policy establishment has deteriorated because of the appointment of persons of questionable probity as envoys to key capitals.

Science: Salaam Abdus Salam

Mohammad Abdus Salam (1926-1996) was his full name, which may add to the knowledge of those who wish he was either not Ahmadi or Pakistani. The man proudly lived and died as both, and much more, as Pakistan disowned him, in life and in death. The government denied him the honour of a state funeral; the media remained absent from the burial ceremony at Rabwah, which has since been renamed not after Abdus Salam but as Chenab Nagar, just to spite its Ahmadi residents.