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News of activities of the branches of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Anjumans Ishaat Islam based in Lahore

HOPE March 2015

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An increasing number of people, especially in conservative Christian circles, are claiming that Islam is an inherently violent religion. They point to all the violence in the history of Islam and all of the violence being carried out by Muslims today as proof of this. I believe this claim is as misguided as it is dangerous.

Is Islam inherently violent?
Source : Mennonite World Review
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Naturally occurring climate change lowered oxygen levels in the deep ocean, decimating a broad spectrum of seafloor life that took some 1,000 years to recover, according to a study that offers a potential window into the effects of modern warming.

How long will oceans take to recover from man's pollution?

Source : Los Angeles Times

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It is not the young who are writing obituaries for the old,…I have seen the blood shed by so many young people steadily mounting up until now I am submerged and cannot breathe. All I can do is take up my pen and write a few articles, as if to make a small hole in the mud through which I can draw a few more wretched breaths. What sort of world is this ? The night is so long, the way so long .  .  .

Sunnis kill again in the name of Islam.

Source : www.kafila.org

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