Epigraph:
Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you may take heed. (Al Quran 16:91)
Mosque of Medina: First built in first year after Hijra by the Holy Prophet Muhammad
A woman attends a demonstration calling on the Nigerian government to increase efforts to rescue the hundreds of girls kidnapped from a school in Lagos, Nigeria
Lead post by Ahmed Sahi: He is a GTA-based journalist. He also serves as chairman and chief editor of Muslim Writers of Canada, the largest Muslim writers guild in the country
Boko Haram does not represent Islam
Dear Boko Haram: You’re Spitting in the Face of Muhammad
New definition of a ‘Pakistani’
Afghan immigrant attempts to cross the Channel on a raft with bedsheets for sails
Telegraph: Asif Hussainkhil was saved after being picked up less than two nautical miles off Sangatte near Calais. A young Afghan man has been rescued by the French coastguard after…
Ahmadiyya Muslims Plan To Extend Humanity First To Belize
Geert Wilders on ‘slippery slope’, Jewish group states
Telegraph: A Dutch Jewish group has attacked Geert Wilders for building alliances with far-Right-wing parties such as Marine Le Pen’s Front National. Geert Wilders on is on a “slippery slope”…
For Muslims, Boko Haram is disgrace
Source: CNN (CNN) – Hey Boko Haram, have you read the Quran lately? Most of the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world have, and we’re utterly certain that it condemns kidnapping…
NEW NIGERIA OUTRAGE
Source: CNN Boko Haram militants reportedly kill at least 150 people as authorities offer a $310,000 reward to help find abducted girls. More:…
Thai Court Ousts Premier
Source: NY Times: BANGKOK — A Thai court on Wednesday ordered Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra removed from office, a highly divisive move and a victory for the powerful antigovernment movement…
eDigest: Muslim World Leader Calls for Religious Freedom in Pakistan
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…
In Islam, there’s more than one way to be an ‘atheist’
theguardian: by Nesrine Malik — Just as Muslims need to expand tolerance for non-belief into the public sphere by challenging the structures that define this space, westerners energised by the…
Indian Women Use Sharia Law To Fight For Gender Equality In Court System
Huff Post: by Heather Mcllvaine— “Clergy are not open to reform experiences which are pro-women,” wrote Solanki. “Muslim women in Pakistan enjoy more legal protection than Indian Muslim women.” MUMBAI,…
Muhammad: The Story of A Prophet and Reformer
Muslim Television Ahmadiyya: Community Broadcasting to a Global Audience
Vatican tells UN committee 848 priests defrocked in past decade
In a second day of grilling by the UN, the Holy See released statistics on how many priests have been defrocked and disciplined over sex abuse in the past decade.…
Investigators fail to decode arrested FBI agent’s devices
Source: ET FBI agent Joel Cox. KARACHI: Even after hours of arrest, investigators failed to decode information from the devices belonging to a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent arrested at…
French Soccer Club Hires Woman to Coach Its Men
Source: NY Times: Helena Costa, whose father did not like soccer and who often had to go to neighbors’ homes to watch games, will become the first woman to coach…
Keep Indonesia Secular, President Yudhoyono Urges
Thousands run around Battersea Park to fight against negative stereotypes of Muslims
Faith Leaders Leading the Fight Against Income Inequality in New York
Huff Post: All throughout history, clergy of all faiths and denominations have been deeply involved in the fight for civil rights and for fair and just treatment for all people.…
Taking liberty by Asma Jehangir
The Friday Times: When two unbridled forces clash, the debate around it will naturally degenerate. Hamid Mir was targeted and seriously injured. It is a miracle he survived. There is…
Vatican Has Defrocked 848 Priests For Abuse Charges Since 2004: Report
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