(CNN) — ISIS has made huge territorial gains in the border areas between Iraq and Syria during the past month, as well as capturing strategic cities such as Mosul and Tikrit. Now its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has changed the group’s name from the previous “Islamic State of Iraq and […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Ever since the 2003 invasion of Iraq exposed deep-rooted religious and ethnic divisions, analysts have suggested giving up on the colonial-era borders of modern Iraq and dividing the country. Jihadists have felt the opposite, that the region should be united into a new caliphate — indeed […]
Written by Laiq Ahmed Atif, president Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta You can reach him at amjmalta@gmail.com The world today presents a horrific scenario of crime, violence, killing and a determined attempt to […]
Source: thenorthwestern.com On Sunday Muslims all over the world began fasting to observe the month of Ramadan. For the next thirty days, physically capable Muslims will forgo all food and drink from sunrise to sunset. Children, sick, travelers and the elderly are exempt from fasting. Fasting is much more than just […]
Bassem Mroue| Associated Press DAILY STAR LEBANON BEIRUT: A young, red-bearded ethnic Chechen has rapidly become one of the most prominent commanders in Al-Qaeda splinter group ISIS that has overrun swaths of Iraq and Syria, illustrating the international nature of the movement. Omar al-Shishani, one of hundreds of Chechens who […]
Three Israeli teenagers killed by Palestinians. Vicious, cruel, unforgivable. True. At least 37 Lebanese children killed by Israel. Regrettable, unfortunate, but the ultimate fault of “terrorists”. Untrue. The slaughter of the children at Qana in Lebanon in 1996 – among 109 civilians killed by Israeli shellfire as they sheltered in […]
Three Israeli teenagers killed by Palestinians. Vicious, cruel, unforgivable. True. At least 37 Lebanese children killed by Israel. Regrettable, unfortunate, but the ultimate fault of “terrorists”. Untrue. The slaughter of the children at Qana in Lebanon in 1996 – among 109 civilians killed by Israeli shellfire as they sheltered in […]
ARABNEWS Published — Thursday 3 July 2014 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has instructed Grand Mosque authorities to open the newly expanded annex buildings of the […]
Just like the Jews were verbally demonised and then legally relegated to second-class citizenship before being physically exterminated, the Ahmedis in Pakistan face the same fate Amsterdam: the afternoon was a bit nippy but the warm party atmosphere in the Leidseplein Square in the city centre more than made up […]
Global Post: Somalia. South Sudan. Afghanistan. It was no surprise to see these countries among the world’s most fragile nations in a new report by the Washington-based nonprofit Fund for Peace. But the United States? The world’s most powerful democracy? It didn’t land anywhere near the top, but America was among […]
Global Post: Somalia. South Sudan. Afghanistan. It was no surprise to see these countries among the world’s most fragile nations in a new report by the Washington-based nonprofit Fund for Peace. But the United States? The world’s most powerful democracy? It didn’t land anywhere near the top, but America was among […]
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Over 170 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday following the kidnapping and killing of a 16-year-old Palestinian from the Shufat neighborhood, medics said.Red Crescent medics said 170 Palestinians were injured in the clashes, including three with live bullets.At least […]
Amnesty International blogs: The minefield of women’s apparel Deciding what I want to wear for any given occasion can be a tricky affair. Is smart casual the same as eveningwear? […]
Faith Street: Since the militant group known as ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) declared that the “caliphate has been re-established” in an area straddling the two countries, I’ve been […]
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 surely grasped a strong handle which knows no breaking. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 2:257) The Muslim Times’ […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The Cold War didn’t end in the 1990’s. It simply moved online. That much is clear after a security firm reported this week that Russian hackers have […]
Haroon Siddiqui, The Toronto Star 28/6/2014 Two cricket players and a hijab-wearing Canadian transcend stereotypes. OLLY GREENWOOD / AFP/Getty Images Muslim cricket player Moeen Ali’s long flowing black beard is the topic of national conversation in the U.K. following his emergence last week as a hero in a dramatic game […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in By Tayyab Pirzada With the declaration of a global ‘Caliphate’ by the Islamist group “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” (ISIS) now known simply as “Islamic State”, questions probably arise […]