Epigraph:
And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our Lord, take us out of this town, whose people are oppressors, and make for us some friend from Thyself, and make for us from Thyself some helper?’ (Al Quran 4:76)
Lead post collected by Salma Javid Khan, the Muslim Times’ Editor for India
Muslim World Leader Calls for Religious Freedom in Pakistan
Source: prnewswire.co.uk LONDON, May 6, 2014 An online petition to Rt Hon David Cameron MP, The Prime Minister, has been set up to urge him as a friend of Pakistan to raise these issues…
Borderlands: The New Strategic Landscape
Geopolitical Weekly TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014 – 03:03 Stratfor By George Friedman I will be leaving this week to visit a string of countries that are now on the front…
Pakistan’s Hindus, other minorities face surge of violence
Source: firstpost.com RAHIM YAR KHAN Pakistan (Reuters) – The mob arrived at around midnight, brandishing clubs. They smashed statues, looted gold artifacts and then set the Hindu temple in Pakistan ablaze.…
Qur’an lesson for the day: To observe Prayer is a great Virtue
113. To Observe Prayer is a great Virtue [2:178] It is not righteousness that you turn your faces to the East or the West, but truly righteous is he who…
Islamic calligraphy – Picture of the day
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eDigest: US Supreme Court Allows Prayers at Town Meetings
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has…
Education for the Voiceless: India’s Muslim Students Still Ignored and Underserved
Huff Post: by Brianna Sacks — MUMBAI, INDIA– The bell rings, and nearly 700 Muslim students pour fromAnjuman-I-Islam school’s worn, stone buildings onto a dusty quad. Their plain, blue-and-white, government-sponsored uniforms…
Wisdom Isn’t What You Think It Is, And It Doesn’t Always Come With Age
Huff Post: by Gregory Beyer — Sorry, the wise are an exclusive group. That’s not just because wisdom is so difficult to attain, but because a given society can tolerate…
“I know that your community has suffered terrible persecution” Rt Hon David Cameron MP, The Prime Minister
stopthepersecution.org: Stop the Persecution of Ahmadis TO: Rt Hon David Cameron MP, The Prime Minister Dear Prime Minister 30 YEARS OF STATE SPONSORED PERSECUTION IN PAKISTAN 30 years ago under…
Picture of the day: Growing flowers in gas bombs
worldbulletin ?@worldbulletin #Palestinian lady collects gas bombs fired by Israeli army. She grows flowers in these bombs. pic.twitter.com/ThWZ7JgovL…
Syria’s rebels admit they are unable to govern
STORY SUMMARY The Syrian border is just a few miles north of the processing station for refugees in Rabah al-Sarhan. Syrian rebel commanders had invited me to travel with them…
Crimean Karaites hail Russia’s takeover of peninsula
STORY SUMMARY Crimea’s tiny 800-strong Karaite minority — Turkic-speaking, not entirely Jewish and overwhelmingly pro-Russian — hopes that Moscow’s takeover of the peninsula will help them preserve their ancient culture.…
OIC flays carnage of Indian Muslims
JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the attacks on Muslims in which 32 were killed, including women and children, in the Indian state of Assam. OIC Secretary-General…
Monica Lewinsky Speaks out – was made a scapegoat
Published May 06, 2014, FoxNews.com Facebook 370 Twitter 347 Gplus 26 Monica Lewinsky, now 40 and 17 years removed from her affair with then-President Bill Clinton, is speaking out — offering what could…
Rahul Gandhi wants to see US President wearing a wrist watch with “made in Mirzapur” tag
Source: MIRZAPUR (UP): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi wants to see the US President wearing a wrist watch with “made in Mirzapur” tag.The Gandhi scion said he wants to develop manufacturing…
Burton, UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association celebrated Holy Founders Day at the Caribbean Centre
Source: burtonmail.co.uk East Staffordshire mayor Michael Rodgers attended with Mayoress Julie Killoran as the chief guests. FAITH leaders and 100 guests packed out a Burton function centre to hear about Muslim…
Julie Phillips And Gemma Parkin Found Guilty Of Ripping Up Quran At Football Game
Huff Post: Julie Phillips, age 50, and Gemma Parkin, age 18, have been found guilty of a “religiously-aggravated public order offence” after they ripped up pages from the Quran at…
Supreme Court to Atheists: If you don’t like it, leave the room
After Supreme Court ruling, do religious minorities have a prayer? By Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog Co-editor (CNN) – If you don’t like it, leave the room. That’s the essence of Supreme…
Pakistan, Cameroon and Syria pose the greatest risk of exporting wild poliovirus
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan to set up polio vaccination points at airports Pakistan will set up mandatory polio immunisation points at its international airports in response to recommendations by the World Health Organisation…
Is there any hope for Nigeria?
Source: CNN Protesters in a “million-woman march” on Wednesday, April 30, in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, highlight the government’s failure to rescue scores of girls who were kidnapped from their…
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