Charlotte Silver The Electronic Intifada 6 October 2014 In May of this year, Tamam Zubaidi received deeply disturbing word from the Israeli consulate in Toronto. Her travel documents would not be renewed and her permanent residency status in Jerusalem had expired. Tamam, a Palestinian from occupied East Jerusalem, had moved […]
Summary Perhaps no time in recent memory has seen such international attention focused on Islam and Muslims, while sectarian tension, pitting Sunnis against Shiites, is rife in several critically-important areas of the Middle East. Islam itself has been hijacked by a group of ultra-extremists who have distorted centrally-important aspects of […]
257. Commandment not to hide the truth knowingly [2:43] And confound not truth with falsehoodnor hide the truth, knowingly. [3:72] O People of the Book! why do you confound truth with falsehood and hide the truth knowingly?
Somali government and African Union (AU) forces have taken full control of the last port city held by militant Islamists, officials say. Heavy gunfire could be heard as the AU and Somali forces entered Barawe, 220km (135 miles) south-west of the capital Mogadishu, on Monday, residents said. READ MORE…
British teacher David Bolam has been released after being held hostage by militants in Libya since May. The Foreign Office said Mr Bolam, who taught at the now-closed International School […]
Celebrations in West Africa for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha have been badly affected by the Ebola outbreak. Reports from Guinea say public places used for prayers are deserted while religious leaders in Sierra Leone told Muslims not to shake hands or embrace. Meanwhile, a French nurse who got […]
Islamic State (IS) militants are reported to have entered the key Syria-Turkey border town of Kobane and are engaged in street-to-street fighting with Syrian Kurd defenders. IS fighters entered eastern districts, raising their black flag on buildings and high ground. Hundreds of civilians are reported to be fleeing to the […]
Murdered aid worker Alan Henning’s brother has called on David Cameron to put British troops on the ground in Syria and Iraq to catch the Islamic State “monsters” who killed him. Reg Henning said those responsible for killing the taxi driver, from Eccles in Greater Manchester, were “barbarians”. He also […]
Dozens of Ahmadiyya Muslim women adorned in bright overcoats called jilbabs and wearing myriad colorful hijabs kneeled and collectively worshipped their God, Allah, in a harmonized Eid prayer in north […]
Ben Affleck became embroiled in a furious debate about Islam on an American television show, accusing the host of being racist and the guests of being ignorant Harriet Alexander By Harriet Alexander1:56PM BST 05 Oct 2014 Ben Affleck, the Oscar-winning actor and director, has launched a ferocious defence of Islam, […]
By Tom Parfitt, Crimea3:57PM BST 06 Oct 2014 This spring, two tragedies hit Ilmi Umerov in one week. First his father died suddenly after a short illness. Then his homeland […]
Epigraph: Believers, be the supporters of justice and testify to what you may have witnessed, for the sake of God, even against yourselves, parents, and relatives; whether it be against the […]
Israel’s President, Reuven Rivlin made a festive visit to the northern Israeli town of Kfar Yasif near Acre, in honor of the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, which […]
Note: The news has been translated in to English with help of Google Translator GATRA news: sealing action of Masjid Al – Hidayah belonging to the Ahmadiyya community, on Highway […]
Indonesian Ahmadis invite to PEACE. As the world is facing serious conflicts and threats to peace, the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, who resides in London, U.K., has launched […]
Epigraph: Believers, be the supporters of justice and testify to what you may have witnessed, for the sake of God, even against yourselves, parents, and relatives; whether it be against […]
By Ben Brumfield, CNN updated 6:03 AM EDT, Mon October 6, 2014 (CNN) — The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to John O’Keefe and May-Britt and Edvard Moser for work […]