Huff post: Western Christians need to “grow up” and stop complaining of “persecution,” said Lord Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. His experiences abroad […]
By Naseer A. Tahir, MD I had returned to a job in Rochester, NY after working in New Jersey for a year or so. We had just moved into a […]
The Horizontal Falls or Horizontal Waterfalls (nicknamed the “Horries”) is the name given to a natural phenomenon on the coast of the Kimberley region in Western Australia. Despite their name, the Horizontal Falls are a fast-moving tidal flow through […]
The Associated Press JERUSALEM — A look at Israeli Jewish settlers by the numbers: —Israel has built dozens of settlements since 1967 that are now home to at least 541,000 […]
The Jakarta Post: As Indonesia’s global reputation as a model for Muslim democracy deteriorates due to rising intolerance, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made his strongest remark in his state-of-the-nation address […]
British organization Tell Mama collects statistics on incidents of violence and hostility against Muslims. Some experts now accuse EU countries of not running a similar, large-scale database. “I’ve had multiple […]
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, PETER BAKER and MICHAEL R. GORDON Published: August 17, 2013 THE NEW YORK TIMES As thousands of Islamist supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, braced for a crackdown by the military-imposed government, a senior European diplomat, Bernardino León, told the Islamists of “indications” from the […]
Source: speakingtree.in It is alleged that Ahmadies do not believe in the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) to be Khataman Nabiyyeen. This is based on a gross misrepresentation of the Ahmadiyya views […]
Source: heraldsun.com.au The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association held an interfaith Eid Festival dinner to build bridges in the community. Spokeswoman Khola Usman said the aim of the event was to promote a […]
Source: thestar.com.my PETALING JAYA: Muslims in Malaysia should take heed of Prophet Muhammad’s religious tolerance as he actively promoted peace and compassion for all non-Muslim minorities living in Arabia. Chairman of Academy for Civilisation Studies Dr Ghazali Basri told the Star Online that it was unfortunate that many Malaysian Muslims were […]
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), said: “Your worship is meaningless if your character and behavior with the people are not good, and you do not treat them with politeness and good conduct. Your worship will not benefit you at all” What do Muslims do when we go […]
The US government gives Egypt $1.3 billion a year. Egypt then uses that money to buy weapons from US corporations. The irony is thick: Obama calls on Egypt’s interim government to stop its bloody crackdown on protesters, but continues to give it $1.3 billion a year in military aid. For decades, […]
ET: LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court judge has fixed August 20 for arguments on an application seeking alteration of the charges against an Ahmadi man accused of defiling the Holy Quran by distributing allegedly blasphemous literature. The applicant, Azhar Zareef, is one of six men alleged to have blasphemed by printing […]
Source: CNN By Global Public Square staff I was struck by a piece of news recently that is good for America, shows that our politicians are learning from their mistakes, and are actually cooperating with each other – on both sides of the aisle. Sounds too good to be true? For […]
There can be no excuse for the police whose duty is to protect all Egyptians. Robert Fisk, The Independent Friday 16 August 2013 It was a disgrace, a most shameful chapter in Egyptian history. The police – some wearing black hoods – shot down into the crowds of Muslim Brotherhood […]
Story Summary The scholarship and serious popular literature on the Arab region in much of the Western world has improved vastly in the past few years, for the simple reason that authors have been forced to write about the realities of what ordinary Arab men and women have put on […]
Neil Berry ARABNEWS Published — Sunday 18 August 2013 GO Home or Face Arrest” — this is the thuggish message emblazoned on the side of vans that have been touring racially mixed areas of London this summer. The vans are part of a crackdown by the UK Home Office on […]