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Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with Him, and that some of us take not others for Lords beside Allah.’ But if they turn away, then say, ‘Bear witness that we have submitted to God.’ (Al Quran 3:65)
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Pope Francis: ‘I Believe in God, Not in a Catholic God’
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with… Pope Francis’ Controversial Remarks Prompt Vatican ‘Damage Control’
Source: Huffington Post VATICAN CITY — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has grabbed headlines with his off-the-cuff homilies, crowd-pleasing one-liners and lengthy interviews during which he has pontificated on everything…Jesus’ Crucifixion Date Possibly Friday April 3, 33 A.D., According To Earthquake Study
The Huffington Post | By Samreen Hooda Posted: 05/25/2012 4:39 pm EDT | Updated: 05/31/2012 8:02 pm EDT A new study suggests that the Biblical date of Jesus’ crucifixion is, in fact, possible to confirm. The…
Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Source: NY Times: Alice Munro, the renowned Canadian short-story writer whose visceral work explores the tangled relationships between men and women, small-town existence and the fallibility of memory, won the…
A captivating book about the life of Prophet Muhammad
Source: muslimmirror.com Book: Follow Me, God Will Love You – Muhammad The Prophet for All Author: Syed Hamid Mohsin Pages: 435 Publisher: Salaam Centre, BangaloreContact:salaamcentrebangalore@gmail.com By Erum Altaf, In a time when some evil-minded…Why every Muslim must aspire to perform Hajj
Source: observer.ug Millions of Muslims are pouring into Islam’s holiest city of Mecca for the annual Islamic pilgrimage, Hajj, the religion’s fifth pillar. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) received the divine instructions…Respect non-Muslims — Maulvi Yawson (Ameer and Missionary in charge, Ghana)
Source: ghanaweb.com The acting Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, Alhaji Maulvi Muhammad Yusuf Yawson, has urged Muslims to respect and protect the lives and…
Dr. Faheem Younus, president of the Baltimore Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community confronts myths about Islam
Source: carrollcountytimes.com Dr. Faheem Younus, president of the Baltimore Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, said he has acted as a voice for moderate Muslims on national outlets including a regular…Israeli scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Jerusalem Post: 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry to be awarded to Jewish-American scientists Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, Arieh Warshel for work on multiscale models for complex systems; Levitt, Warshel…Indonesia- a new breed of politicians with clean hands
In Indonesia a new breed of politician is on the rise. The Wall Street Journal: Fifteen years after the overthrow of strongman Suharto, and less than a year before the…Dr. Abdus Salam and Nobel Prize of 2013
Epigraph: Thou sees not, in the creation of the All-merciful any imperfection. Return thy gaze, seest thou any fissure. Then Return thy gaze, again and again. Thy gaze, Comes back to thee…
Mass fraud
Source: ET: We may be moving steadily closer to a system where it becomes possible to pick up electoral fraud, using sophisticated electronic technology now available. Following the moving of…
Former dictator Musharraf granted bail, free to leave Pakistan
By Syed Raza Hassan and Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD | Wed Oct 9, 2013 (Reuters) – Former military dictator Pervez Musharraf could leave Pakistan as soon as Thursday after a decision…Obama to choose Yellen for top Fed job, markets relieved
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate Fed number two Janet Yellen on Wednesday to run the world’s most influential central bank, providing some relief to markets that would…
The dilemma of Kashmir’s half-widows
Decades of conflict have produced many ‘half-widows’ whose husbands have disappeared but are not declared deceased. Decked by thick deodar forests, terraced corn fields, apple orchards and jagged mountains, the…Freedom of Speech: A Core Islamic Value!
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We (Allah) have sent down to Our servant (Muhammad), then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers…How our entire history was dumped in a horse stable
Dawn.com: by Majid Sheikh – Away it went in ignominy, on hundreds of wheelbarrows to be dumped in a dirty, humid and putrid discarded horse stable. I am talking about…
Saskatoon mosque to open in 2015
New mosque hopes to ‘promote love for all’ Plan to open in 2015 By Jason Warick, The Starphoenix October 7, 2013 Lal Khan Malik, president of the Ahmaddiya Muslim Community…
Rollback nations: The modern Islamic state continues to be a besieged idea.
Indianexpress: By Khaled Ahmad: After the Taliban killed a major-general and blew up 80 Christians in Peshawar, Pakistan is busy rationalising the situation in favour of “peace talks” with them.…
China replaces five central bank advisors
Source: China Daily BEIJING – China has replaced five members of its central bank’s monetary policy committee, according to a circular released on Wednesday by the State Council, China’s Cabinet. Chaired…
Religious liberty and the Supreme Court
Source: The Economist: The way to determine whether the government is impermissibly “endorsing” religion, the courts later decided, is not to canvass actual citizens but to imagine how a reasonable…
Mission failure
Source: The Economist: THE first major response to the terrorist attack on the Westgate shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, came two weeks to the day after the shooting began on…
Religion and the UN
Source: The Economist: WHEN the United Nations was created after the second world war, it was “an era of secular international relations and few if any anticipated that religion would…
A tragedy off the coast of Indonesia that should shame Lebanon’s neglectful government
by Robert Fisk, The Independent This is the story of how the Syrian war reached out 5,000 miles across the globe and destroyed at least 29 Lebanese lives in the…
Egypt Gov’t Revokes Permit for Muslim Brotherhood’s NGO
TEHRAN (FNA)- Egypt’s interim government revoked the permit for a non-governmental organization set up by the Muslim Brotherhood. The move follows a Sept 23 court ruling that banned the Brotherhood…Taliban sexually abuse suicide bombers during training
Source: LUBP Observers confirm sexual abuse Doctors and activists in Pakistan and Afghanistan have medically confirmed that such abuse occurs. “We have examined at least five teenage boys … who…
Why the ‘Atheists: You’re Wrong’ Billboard isn’t a Christian Message
I was scrolling through my Facebook feed a few days ago when I came across a picture of the new billboard in Times Square. If you’re one of the approximately…
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