Epigraph:
Allah does not forbid you to be kind and act equitably towards those who have not fought you because of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes. Surely Allah loves those who are equitable.
Allah only forbids you, respecting those who have fought against you on account of your religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and have helped others in driving you out, that you make friends of them, and whosoever makes friends of them — it is these that are the transgressors. (Al Quran 60:9-10)
A Coptic Church in Abu Dhabi
Lead post collected by Rafiq A. Tschannen, Associate Chief Editor of the Muslim Times
New Egypt’s charter enshrines right of citizenship for Coptic Christians and Muslims
Epigraph: Permission to fight is given to those against whom war is made, because they have been wronged — and Allah indeed has power to help them — Those who…
What Can the 8 Million Coptic Christians Teach Us?
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Copts are the native Christians of Egypt. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority from 400–800 A.D. and the majority…
If religion doesn’t start wars, it’s clear it can make some conflicts harder to solve
theguardian: by Andrew Brown — “These conflicts are not about religion. They are about identity, and resources, and power,” he said. “Even Boko Haram is not about religion. In modern…
Narendra Modi and the BJP bludgeoned their way to election victory
theguardian: by Jyati Ghosh — This general election in India was almost a test case: just as advertising can make people want a particular brand of soft drink or breakfast cereal, can…
Punjab: Blasphemy accused Ahmadi man gunned down in police station
Source: Dawn.com May 16, 2014 Ahmadi man gunned down in police custody Sharaqpur, Punjab: A teenager walked into a police station on Friday and shot dead a 65-year-old man from…
Ahmadiyah Mosque sealed off in Bekasi
The Jakarta Post: The Bekasi city government locked down the Al-Misbah mosque, a place of worship for Ahmadiyah Muslims, on Friday in Bekasi, West Java. According to Sudiana, the head…
Boko Haram and the crippling of Islam in Africa – Radical movements in Africa are hurting the future of Islam on the continent.
Abdelwahab El-Affendi Dr Abdelwahab El-Affendi is Reader in Politics and the Centre for the Study, University of Westminster and Co-ordinator of the Centre’s Democracy and Islam Programme since 1998. n…
Crimea’s Muslim Minority: ‘It’s Either War Or Compromise’
ALEXANDER WINNING BAKHCHISARAY, Crimea (Reuters) – Seventy years after their families’ mass deportation under Soviet leader Josef Stalin, the Crimean Tatars are in a quandary: should they cooperate with their…
The current power struggle between Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif or between ISI and Geo
Source: LUBP For details click HERE The farce of calling Nawaz Sharif anti-establishment posted by Taj | May 11, 2014 | In Headlines, Original Articles Is the Saudi-backed Pakistan PM…
Football: Blatter admits Qatar World Cup was a ‘mistake’
May 16, 2014 – 10:55 FIFA President Sepp Blatter says awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a “mistake”. But in an interview with Swiss public television on Thursday…
The Radicalisation of Swiss Muslims
May 15, 2014 Swissinfo.ch How do young men who grew up in Switzerland become extremists? Following this Swiss TV report on three cases, the Federal Intelligence Service confirmed that of…
The flame still burns
STORY SUMMARY On the 66th commemoration of the Nakba, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were violently forced out of their homes and off their land, it is more vital…
In USA schools remain deeply segregated along lines of race as well as class—
Source: The Daily Beast: Sixty years ago tomorrow in Brown v. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public education is unconstitutional, writing that…
Fierce winds spawn flaming funnels
San Marcos, California (CNN) – The good news: Temperatures and winds across scorched parts of southern California are starting to subside. The bad news: Unruly wildfires keep barreling across the region,…
Muslim women have the right to seek education
Source: letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com | Saima Sheikh, Allen As an American Ahmadi Muslim woman who believes in the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, I condemn this act by the Boko Haram group. This…
[Urdu Video] Prophets after Muhammad (pbuh) proved by Quran
Source: youtube.com A clip from Rah-e-Huda program (MTA) Visit the official websites of Muslim Jamaat Ahmadiyya www.alislam.org www.mta.tv Also the forum is located at www.mta.tv/rah-e-huda …
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Persecution Newsletter May 2014
Source: pressahmadiyya.com Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan continue to be murdered, imprisoned and denied the right to worship. Worryingly, a trend of persecuting Ahmadis is now spreading to other Muslim countries and below…
Nigeria: Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya urges govt to find lasting solution to insecurity
Source: mydailynewswatchng.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Organisation, the Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya Nigeria (MKAN) has called for concerted actions among various relevant stakeholders in ensuring that Nigerians are protected from the activities of…
Lord Ahmed of Wimbledon and MP Chris White visited the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque
Source: leamingtoncourier.co.uk Leamington and Warwick MP joins Lord Ahmed in talk covering EU politics and discrimination Lord Ahmed of Wimbledon and Chris White, MP for Leamington and Warwick, visited the Ahmadiyya…
HRW urges Saudi to free two Ahmadi Muslims held for apostasy
Source: dailystar.com.lb DUBAI: Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Saudi Arabia to free two citizens held without trial for two years after converting to an offshoot of Islam banned in the conservative Sunni kingdom. Sultan al-Anzi, aged 33, and…
5 Reasons Boko Haram is Un-Islamic
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Indian Elections 2014 results: Narendra Modi heaps humiliating defeat on Congress
Narendra Modi tweeted after his victory looked certain. India has won! ???? ?? ????? ????? ??? ??? ???? ???? — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 16, 2014 Underlining the humiliation of India’s…
Britain’s richest 1% own as much as poorest 55% of population
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The 67 Richest Are as Wealthy as the World’s Poorest 3.5 Billion
sanders.senate.gov: Oxfam International, a poverty fighting organization, made news at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year with its report that the world’s 85 richest people own assets with…
Atheists didn’t fail to expel God from schools. They proved they are a religion
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Prehistoric Skeleton in Mexico Is Said to Link Modern Native Americans to Siberians
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Does Narendra Modi threaten secular and liberal India?
Editor’s note: Sunny Hundal is a British-Asian journalist and blogger who has written about Asian issues for a range of publications including The Guardian and The New Statesman. He’s founder and editor…
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