Epigraph:
But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow in the back of a date-stone. (Al Qur’an 4:125)
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Local Attorney to Present “Declaration of Equalities for Muslim Women” Today
Epigraph: But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow…
Dr. Jeffrey Lang – From Atheism To Islam 1/4
Source: Religion of Islam By Ammar Bakkar Dr. Jeffrey Lang is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Kansas, one of the biggest universities in the United States.…
Heaven’s Bankers: Inside the Hidden World of Islamic Finance by Harris Irfan, review: ‘noble intentions’ Is sharia-compliant banking just a way of twisting the rules?
By Mona Siddiqui8:00AM BST 19 Jul 2014 Even those who assume to know something about sharia – Islamic law – are reticent to make claims about Islamic finance, so complex…
Orthodox Jewish design duo are branded ‘appalling’ and ‘shameful’ for posting a photo of Muslim fashion blogger wearing their modest-chic wares
By LAUREN LUMSDEN PUBLISHED: 20:38 GMT, 18 July 2014 A Brooklyn-based women’s clothing line run by two Orthodox Jews has come under fire for sharing a picture to Instagram of…
India’s senior journalist proposes independent Kashmir
Daily Times: NEW DELHI – Indian journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik, whose meeting with Hafiz Saeed in Lahore has kicked up a row in the Indian parliament, defended himself by saying he…
How Islam has Influenced Christian understanding of God
Islam for West: When Baylor University researchers asked their 1700 participants about what they think God looks like, 60 percent drew abstract or nature scenes.[1] Stated in another way, the…
NBC News Pulls Veteran Reporter from Gaza After Witnessing Israeli Attack on Children
Firstlook.org: Ayman Mohyeldin, the NBC News correspondent who personally witnessed yesterday’s killing by Israel of four Palestinian boys on a Gazan beach and who has received widespread praise for his brave and innovative coverage…
Inter-Religious Match for Peace Brings Top Soccer Players Together
Huff Post: As the world deals with World Cup withdrawal, we can look forward to some of the biggest names in soccer coming together to play a friendly match in…
Germany: Catholics: Numbers of Church resignations increases significantly
Editor’s Note: Please excuse the grammar, ‘google translate’ being used: Last year the Catholic Church in Germany lost almost 180,000 people, significantly more than in 2012; reason for this may…
Israeli ground offensive kills 44 Gazans on first day
CAIRO: Egypt renewed its call for a truce to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza on Friday as the overall Palestinian death toll since July 8 to…
Iran, six powers agree to 4-month extension of nuclear talks: envoys
Summary Iran and six world powers on Friday agreed to a four-month extension of negotiations on a long-term nuclear deal that would gradually end sanctions on Tehran in exchange for…
Editorial: Daily Star Lebanon: Murder with impunity
Summary Israel has been successful at portraying its actions in the Gaza strip as a war against the Hamas movement; the simple fact is that it is a war against…
IS Jihadists stone Syria woman to death for ‘adultery’
Middle East online — NGO reports Islamic State has carried out its first sentence of death by stoning against woman in Tabaqa, accusing her of adultery. BEIRUT – Jihadists in…
Meet The Global Muslim Peace Movement
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — Some 15 hours into my fast in the blistering Virginia heat my head hurt–but it wasn’t a symptom of Ramadan. Rather, I found myself…
PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: Swiss asked to boost Geneva Conventions in Gaza
The Swiss foreign ministry is holding exploratory talks for an international conference on the respect of humanitarian law in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian authorities. The ministry confirmed…
Abbas’ son: Peace talks are futile, one-state solution only peaceful resolution to conflict – Tareq Abbas says his father should abandon peace talks, dissolve PA, force Israel to take over West Bank.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ youngest son Tareq told the New York Times on Tuesday that he believes peace talks with Israel are futile and that the one-state solution is…
The Importance of Eating Together
Source: The Atlantic After my mother passed away and my brother went to study in New Zealand, the first thing that really felt different was the dinner table. My father…
Speech on ‘Talluq Billah’ in voice of Hazrath Musleh Maud, Mirza basheeruddin Mahmud Ahmad (ra)
Source: youtube.com…
Muslim groups slam new call for UK burka ban
Muslim groups across the UK have hit out against a campaign to ban burkas, saying the “dangerous” move would fuel Islamophobia at a time of increasing racial tensions in Britain.…
Giant wood-carved Koran
Many oversized Korans have been created in many parts of the world, but the largest Koran carved out of wood is to be found in Palembang, South Sumatra. Work on…
Evidence Points to Pro-Russia Separatists in Destruction of Malaysian Plane
Source: NY Times UNITED NATIONS — The United States on Friday ramped up its suspicions that pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine felled a Malaysian jetliner, asserting there was “credible evidence”…
30 Palestinians killed and dozens of injuries as Israel continue its ground invasion of Gaza
PNN’s correspondent in Gaza, Hassan Dohan, reports that the Israeli Occupation Forces raided several border areas last night, entering the Strip from the eastern and northern borders. The Israeli army…
eDigest: Kelly Hollins and 5000 Others, How They Came to Islam in UK
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah as…
End targeting of Ahmadis in Pakistan
Source: washingtontimes.com | MOHAMMAD IQBAL KHAN, Aberdeen, Md. A young man was fatally shot in front of his shop a few days ago in Nawabshah, Pakistan. Imtiaz Ahmad was an Ahmadi Muslim and the youth leader…
Sign this petition: Take action towards protecting the rights of minority Ahmadis
Source: change.org Petition by Maria Sharif, Edmonton, Canada Over the last decade the Ahmadiyya Muslim community has been targeted due to religious beliefs. In Pakistan Ahmadies face religious persecution daily and are killed…
Ramadhan entering most blessed phase
Mosques across the country are all set to receive believers who stay inside the prayer halls as part of ‘I’tikaf’ for the rest of Ramadhan as the holy month is…
Million dollar birthday card
When Muhammad Ahmad Chaudhry visited The White House to take part in the Iftar dinner, President Obama signed this birthday card for his twin children Momin and Dania (3). …
Canada: Serving a Cross-cultural burger
Unique burger draws from Pakistan and South Africa Mississauga restaurant MESH fuses Pakistani, South African and Portuguese flavours The Toronto Star, 2014/07/16 Bernard Weil / Toronto Star Order this photo…
The Future of Pakistan
The Future of Pakistan http://tribune.com.pk/story/319797/the-future-of-pakistan/#.U78mIs74f4M.facebook Dr Stephen P Cohen, a Senior Fellow at the Washington DC-based think tank the Brookings Institution, is considered as the ‘dean of the Pakistan…
Reflections on an Unforgiving Day
Source Stratfor: We ate breakfast to the news that an airliner had crashed in Ukraine. We had lunch to the news that Israel had invaded Gaza. An airliner crashing is…
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