Somalia suicide bombs kill seven in Baidoa
bbc.co.uk: At least seven people have been killed in a twin suicide bomb attack in the town of Baidoa in southern Somalia. READ MORE…
Gay Muslim doctor Nazim Mahmood commits suicide after mother tells him to ‘cure’ his homosexuality
ibtimes.co.uk: A London doctor killed himself by jumping naked from his penthouse apartment after his mother pushed him to seek a “cure” for his homosexuality, an inquest has heard. READ MORE…
Luke Somers, American Hostage, Is Killed During Rescue Attempt in Yemen,
Source: NY Times. SANA, Yemen — An American journalist held for more than a year by Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen was killed during a rescue attempt by United States commandos late Friday, a senior United States official said. Early reports of the overnight raid were sketchy. The official said […]
Tory peer blames Muslims for decline of pub industry
independent.co.uk: A Conservative peer – also a former brewery boss – has been labelled “ridiculous” for blaming Britain’s Muslim community for the collapse in pub numbers. During a House of Lords debate, Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, who was a director of Marston’s brewery in Burton Upon Trent for 12 […]
‘Alan Henning was final straw’ Ex-British soldiers avenging death by fighting IS in Syria
express.co.uk: Jamie Read, from Cumbria, made headlines last month after it was revealed he had gone to the war-stricken country to fight alongside the Kurds in the battle against IS militants. He said he believed IS was “the biggest threat the world faces” and was prompted to act following the […]
‘The Muslims are coming!’ Why Islamophobia is so dangerous
Source: CNN Birmingham, England (CNN) — Whether it’s Mohammed becoming the most popular baby name, or one in 10 babies in England being Muslim or the fact that halal meat is being served in Pizza Hut, a Muslim story always tends to generate more heat than light. Indeed, Islamophobia is […]
Kiribati: The world’s next Atlantis?
Source: CNN (CNN) — The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati may be the first country to disappear under the rising sea levels of climate change. Its people fear their homeland may become the world’s next Atlantis. As our boat nears the shore, the dark shadows beneath the sea sharpen into […]
ISIS recruit Arif was part of a group of 40 radicalized boys in college
Source: TOI MUMBAI: Kalyan engineer Arif Majeed, who quit terror group Islamic State and returned to India last month, has told investigators that he was part of a radicalized group of 40 students at a Panvel college and each one of them was referred to as Naqeeb — Urdu for […]
SWISS IN THE SPOTLIGHT: OSCE meeting ends with no Ukraine consensus
Switzerland has won praise for its presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE), which has now come to an end. But a key meeting in Basel has failed to find a compromise over Ukraine. The gathering of foreign ministers for OSCE countries did however make progress in the […]
Lebanon holding IS chief’s daughter, ex-wife: Minister
BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities are holding a daughter and an ex-wife of the head of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the interior minister said. It was initially reported that a wife and son of the self-proclaimed “caliph” had been arrested last month. The woman, who has been named as […]
Crowding, shoving challenges of Umrah season
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID To ensure a smooth worshiping experience for everyone at the Grand Mosque this Umrah season, the director of the Gates Administration at the mosque in Makkah, Abdullah […]
Russia’s regional role (in the Middle East)
The Daily Star, Lebanon: Editorial The recent Russian movement in the region speaks not only of Putin’s desire to reassert Kremlin’s position in the area, but of U.S. failings here. But as long as it done with peaceful intentions then it is to be welcomed. Traditionally, Russia tended to keep […]
The Day My Faith in America Died
Huff Post: by Paul Brandies Raushenbush — “Do you think the Surgeon General is behind it?” Sean joked with me this morning, “I mean there were cigarettes and cigarillos involved in both so maybe they just really don’t want us to smoke.” Sean’s attempt at humor masked the deep pain he is […]
Continued Racism in Trump’s America and Universal Brotherhood in Islam
Epigraph: O ye people! Be mindful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single first life form and created therefrom its mate, and from them over […]
USA: St. Barnabas Episcopal Church Invites Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Ahmadiyya Muslim community of Glen Ellyn Chicago Chapter visited St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn, IL. on a special invitation from Reverend Donna M. Lalongo, the head of the […]
Who are the Yazidis?
Yazidis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ( Total population 840,000 – 1,000,000[1][2][3] Regions with significant populations Iraq 650,000[4] Syria 50,000[5][6] Germany 40,000[1][7] Russia 40,586[8] Armenia 35,272[9] Georgia 20,843[10] Netherlands 5,000[11] Sweden 4,000[7] Scriptures Yazidi Book of Revelation (Kitêba Cilwe) Yazidi Black Book (Mishefa Reş) Languages Kurdish (Latin)[12][13] Yazidism Type Syncretic […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Singapore’s 27th annual peace convention – A Report
Source: Nasir Ahmad, Nazim Photography and Reporting Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Singapore’s 27th annual peace convention, the Jalsa Salana commenced today, 5th December 2014. This three-day event traditionally attracts Muslims mostly from South […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 313. Commandment – in whose houses you are allowed to have meals
313. Commandment – to whom houses you are allowed to have meals [24:62] There is no harm for the blind and there is no harm for the lame, and there is no harm for the sick and none for yourselves, that you eat from your own houses, or the houses […]
Helping Humanity: Community service
Christians, Jews and Muslims can also work together for the good of our communities. Source: usatoday.com To honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community began organizing blood […]
Harper says Canadian Muslim condemnation of attacks on soldiers very important
The comments — believed to be Harper’s first public words of support for Canadian Muslims following the incidents — were made as he addressed a gathering of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]