Karima Bennoune is a professor of international law at the University of California–Davis School of Law
Book Review: ‘Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here’ by Karime Bennoune
Source: Wall Street Journal Book review by By SOHRAB AHMARI Amnesty Internationalfaced a pivotal choice in early 2010. For half a decade, the global human-rights organization had been promoting Moazzam Begg, a…
Favorite Stories of Kindness
‘One Wish for Iran, Love Israel,’ This documentary highlights the shared humanity of Israelis and Iranians. Israeli and Palestinian – offer both an olive branch and an invitation for coffee…
Islam’s holy book, the Koran, translated into Maori by an 81-year-old Ahmadi Pakistani physicist
Source: Elder learns Te Reo to translate Koran Islam’s holy book, the Koran, has been translated into Maori by an 81-year-old Pakistani physicist. “It took six or seven years to learn…
Press Release: Muslim (Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad) Leader Visits Tropical Fruit World
Source: alislam.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad given Aboriginal Welcome During the final days of his recent tour of Australia, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat…
Shooting Malala – again
Source: blogs.tribune.com.pk Though Malala survived the Taliban’s bullets last year, she is now again under attack in Pakistan by the very same ideology. They attacked her physically then, and now they…
The Growing Influence of FPI and Its Impact on Indonesia
By Maulana Bachti The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) was formed in 1998 by Muhammad Rizieq Shihab. This hard-line Muslim organization comprising of about 3,000 people now, was formed with the…
Despair and suicide in Islam
INSTANCES of suicide or self-killing have been known throughout recorded history. It was known and discussed in the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations; it has been noted in the Jewish…
Most people prefer not to read, survey shows
RIYADH: ALI FAYYAZ Published — Sunday 3 November 2013 The technological boom has had a negative impact on reading habits. A survey recently conducted by Arab News revealed that only…
Donate Your Computer’s Unused Power for the Greater Good
IQ intel: by Renee Edwards – Many of us know someone affected by diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, or AIDS. We care about these people and want to help, but might…
A dream ends, illegals rush to leave Saudi El Dorado
AFP, Riyadh Thousands of illegal foreigners, mostly unskilled workers from Asia, are rushing to leave Saudi Arabia before an amnesty expires on Sunday as they risk being fined or even…
Exhibition of Rare Islamic Objects Opens in Spain
Spain has begun hosting an exhibition ‘Nur: Light in Art, Science from the Islamic World,’ which features 140 works from Muslim countries (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Appropriately for a…
Friday Sermon: “Building Mosques and Steadfastness in Worship of Allah” by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Source: alislam.org Audio Urdu: Play | download German: Play | download Text Formats: English PowerPoint English PDF Slides Other Languages: Arabic Bosnian French Summary: NOTE: Alislam Team takes full responsibility for any errors or miscommunication in this…
Young Ahmadi Muslims from Croydon collected money for the Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal
Source: croydonguardian.co.uk Dozens of young Muslims from across Croydon collected money for the Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal. The collection last Saturday, marked the fourth year local members of the…
10 DAY SEMINAR ON ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY: BERMUDA SUN
Seminar to examine Islam, Christianity Robyn Bardgett Friday, November 01, 2013 9:45 A Relationship: A 10-day seminar will examine the history behind Islam and Christianity. *Photo supplied A 10-day seminar…
Snowden ready to help German probe into US spying
Source: China Daily BERLIN – US whistleblower Edward Snowden is willing to help the German government in its probe into US spying in Germany that included alleged monitoring of mobile…
eDigest: Baroness Warsi says banning the Muslim veil would be like clamping down on the miniskirt in the 60s
Baroness Warsi with Pope Benedict XVI, 2011 picture Lead post collected by Rafiq A. Tschannen, a Swiss Muslim, now a Global citizen Baroness Warsi says banning the Muslim…
Why a religious war in Syria is impossible
Russia Today: International mass media paint the situation in Syria as a never-ending Sunni-Shia feud and hatred towards President Assad. But somehow they keep silent on how thousands of Sunnis…
Ireland: Government to consider removal of blasphemy law
http://www.breakingnews.ie: Removing the offence of blasphemy from Irish law will be discussed by the Convention on the Constitution this weekend. Academics and legal experts will give presentations at the two-day event,…
Survey says world’s top 10 intellectuals are Muslims
Reuters: The bimonthly U.S. international affairs journal Foreign Policy has just published a survey of the world’s top 20 public intellectuals and the first 10 are all Muslims. They are certainly an interesting group…
When Doors Are Closed, God Makes a Way-Out
Source: onislam.net Hijrah, the turning point in Islamic History, has significant lessons that Muslims should understand. Due to its pivotal role in establishing the first Muslim state and spreading Islamic values—such…
IN GOOD FAITH: Do we truly believe?
Source: saudigazette.com.sa None of you [truly] believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari) What a world it would be if this hadith, correlated with…
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