Archaeologists dig at ancient site next door to Islamic State
By Mohammed Rasool and Deb Riechmann The Associated Press GAZIANTEP, Turkey —Archaeology and war don’t usually mix, yet that has been the case for years at Karkemish, an ancient city […]
Ahmadiyya question: Setting Niazi free
Dawn: Former Minister of Religious Affairs in the Z.A. Bhutto government (1971-77), Kausar Niazi, has been mistreated by history. by Nadeem F. Paracha Many local historians have charged him for influencing some of the Bhutto government’s many controversial policies, especially the one that supposedly ‘resolved the long standing Ahmadiyya question’. […]
Imams failing young Britons, says Ahmadiyya Muslim leader
Epigraph: Love of your country is part and parcel of a Muslim’s faith. The Holy Prophet Muhammad Guardian: Young British Muslims are being let down by clerics who are under-educated […]
LISTEN: No, Religion Does Not Cause All Wars – A Conversation With Karen Armstrong
Huff Post: Welcome to this week’s ALL TOGETHER, the podcast dedicated to exploring how religious ideas and spiritual practice inform and shape our personal lives, our communities and our world. The show is hosted by Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, the Executive Editor of HuffPost Religion. This week we talk to […]
Makkah beauty pageant thwarted
Authorities in Makkah have thwarted plans for a beauty pageant in the holy city, citing the Shariah law that prohibits such a show as reason for the decision. The pageant, […]
Washington Cathedral’s first Muslim prayer service interrupted by heckler
By Pamela Constable November 14 at 11:07 PM In a corner of Washington National Cathedral, several hundred Muslim worshipers and other invited guests gathered Friday afternoon for a first-ever recitation […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 292. Commandment to give full measure and full weight, and diminish not unto people their things
292. Commandment to give full measure and full weight, and diminish not unto people their things [7:86] And to Midian We sent their brother Shu‘aib. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah; you have no other deity but Him. A clear Sign has indeed come to you from your Lord. So […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 294. Commandment – do not cut off the highway for travelers (for theft and robbery)
294. Commandment – do not cut off the highway for travellers (for theft and robbery) [29:30] ‘Do you indeed come lustfully to men and cut off the highway for travellers? And you commit abomination in your meetings!’ But the only answer of his people was that they said, ‘Bring upon us the punishment […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 293. Commandment – if an unrighteous person brings you any news, ascertain the correctness of the report fully
293. Commandment – if an unrighteous person brings you any news, ascertain the correctness of the report fully [49:7] O ye who believe! if an unrighteous person brings you any news, ascertain the correctness of the report fully, lest you harm a people in ignorance, and then become repentant for what you have […]
Mehdi Hasan: sanctions for ‘dishonest, demonising press coverage’ of Muslims
Guardian: Misrepresentative portrayals of Muslims and other minorities will not stop unless newspapers are threatened with sanctions, Mehdi Hasan said yesterday. The columnist and political director of the Huffington Post […]
USA: Multi-faith clergy pray at Nevada Governor’s Mansion
Multi-faith clergy pray at Nevada Governor’s Mansion seeking God’s mercy on Ebola In a remarkable interfaith gesture, faith leaders from various traditions prayed together in Nevada Governor’s Mansion in Carson City (USA) on November 13 evening seeking God’s mercy on Ebola and for its worldwide victims and their loved […]
Mosque to host city peace conference
The Star: A Sheffield mosque is to hold a peace conference to commemorate the centenary of the start of World War I. The Bait-ul-Afiyat Mosque in Sussex Street is to […]
The Race for U.N. Secretary-General Is Rigged
FP: The U.N. secretary-general is the world’s chief diplomat, but most of the world doesn’t get much say in who gets the nod. In the end, it’s the U.N. Security […]