Red Cross museum: Exhibition reflects ‘open and generous Switzerland’
June 01, 2013 After almost two years of renovation, the Red Cross and Red Crescent museum has reopened in Geneva with a new permanent exhibition. Visitors embark on a journey […]
Anti-Shariah Movement Gains Success in the US
Huff Post: By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) When Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved a 2010 ballot measure that prohibits state courts from considering Islamic law, or Shariah, the Council of American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit within two days challenging the constitutionality of the measure, and won. But when Oklahoma […]
Britain’s Islamic Future
thegatestoneinstitute.com: The moment that the white British become a minority will symbolize a huge transfer of power — cultural political, economic and religious — an “irreversible change in British society, […]
America must think the unthinkable: it is declining
Story Summary By Kishore Mahbubani The Daily Star However, too many American leaders are shirking this responsibility. Last year, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, two U.S. senators, one member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and a deputy national security adviser participated in a forum on the future […]
Muslim college carves out a niche in USA
Source: Detroit Free Press BERKELEY, CALIF. — Abass Darab closes his eyes, unwraps the prayer beads from around his wrist and clutches them in his lap. A half-minute or so […]
Top Muslim preacher urges Sunnis to join Syria war
Story Summary Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi has called on Sunni Muslims to join the rebels fighting the Syrian regime, as he lashed out at Shiite group Hezbollah for sending […]
War on Reason by Council of Islamic (?) Ideology (CII) in Pakistan
ET: Saroop Ijaz” In traditional Islamic jurisprudence, there is considerable debate on when an individual who has gone “missing” can be pronounced dead. The primary focus was when the wife can be declared a widow for the purposes of inheritance and remarriage, etc. The position in the Hanafi School varies […]
The Real Truth About Muhammad (PBUH), Prophet of Islam- Myths Busted
http://www.muhammadfactcheck.org: Today in the media there is an unprecedented and malacious effort to project the actions of some extremists who call themselves Muslims to sully the image of Islam and […]
Song banned in Athens for “encouraging” Islam
World Bulletin: A song composed by Greek composer Manos Hacidakis titled “Kemal” has been banned in Athens following allegations that it serves as Islamic propaganda. Listen to the song: […]
On Israeli identity, Jewish democracy and oxymorons – A response to Carlo Strenger
Clinging to a dangerous oxymoron, Israel claims to be both a democracy and at the same time belong to “world Jewry.’ The consequences of this fallacy are severe. By Shlomo […]
30th International Quran Competition kicks off in Tehran
Source: tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — The 30th International Quran Competition was inaugurated at the Summit Conference Hall in Tehran on Friday. Reciters and memorizers from over 70 countries are participating in this year’s […]
True and False Prophets – The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam Part IV
Source: amer786.hubpages.com Introduction This is the last in a series of Hubs I wrote so readers can get an opportunity to hear the ‘other side of the story’ on The […]
The paradox of our time… Do you agree with me? Any suggestions / solutions?
I want to know… Do you agree with me? Life has become a race today – a race to be the richest, the best, the famous, the greatest… The paradox of our time is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; Wider freeways but narrower viewpoints; We spend more […]
Calgary Mayor comes to meet Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat (aba)
Source: alislam.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad meets various dignitaries and holds media conference The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad was visited by […]
Roads to ending Israeli apartheid envisioned in new book
Rod Such The Electronic Intifada 28 May 2013 130528-pretending-democracy.jpg Pretending Democracy: Israel, an Ethnocratic State is a collection of essays by Israeli, Palestinian and South African intellectuals dissecting the nature […]
Today is the Pancasila Day in Indonesia
It’s Back to Basics on Pancasila Day Firdaus Mubarik of the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI) says this is particularly apparent in the ongoing persecution of the minority Islamic sect by […]
Hearts of peace
Calgary Herald: by Salman Khan. It has become more and more apparent why the true and peaceful teachings of Islam need to be spread, because it is Muslims themselves who need reformation, not Islam. Re: “Soldier-killing suspect linked to al-Qaeda ally,” May 27, and “Tenth suspect arrested in terrorist murder […]
Reflect Atheists in a More Positive Light
Huff Post: by Chris Stedman. “I’m actually an atheist.” And then she added: “You know, I don’t blame anybody for thanking the Lord.” In a couple of short sentences, Vitsmun delivered two equally powerful messages: that she was not embarrassed by her atheism, and that she respected her religious friends […]
Who Owns God?
Huff Post: T. Sher Singh. I, for one, would welcome some prayer, any prayer, even the Lord’s Prayer — a Christian observance — in preference to NO prayer. All I can say to my friend is this: Closed minds can do much harm to us all. Let’s open them — […]