USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Fitchburg condemns Paris attacks
Source: telegram.com | By Paula J. Owen TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF Local Muslims say they are trying to help spread the message of what Islam really is in response to three days of […]
Ahmadi Muslims hold Qu’ran exhibition to banish myths about Islam
Source: ilfordrecorder.co.uk An exhibition has been held to promote peace and eradicate any misconceptions of Islam. Mubashir Siddiqi, of Clayhall, helped set up the display at Wanstead Library, in Spratt Hall […]
New Zealand: 26th Annual Convention for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: scoop.co.nz Monday, 19 January 2015, 6:27 pm Press Release: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community NZ 26th Annual Convention for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Auckland The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will be hosting their […]
Anti-Muslim attacks: Firebombs & pigs heads thrown into mosques after Paris shootings
Source: independent.co.uk Muslim-owned businesses also targeted as hate crimes increase. Twenty-six mosques around France have been subject to attack by firebombs, gunfire, pig heads, and grenades as Muslims are targeted with violence […]
“Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad – A Clear Provocation”, say Greek Ahmadiyya Muslim
Source: linkedin.com It is sad and extremely hurtful to learn that Charlie Hebdo has once again published a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as a response to the attack on their […]
A Muslim’s letter to terrorists/jihadists
Source: CNN By Sadaf Shah Je ne suis pas Charlie. I am Muslim, and I am hurt Dear terrorists, jihadists, extremists, Assalamo Alaikum (Peace be upon you) I greet you […]
Far-right leader says French govt afraid to use word ‘Islamist’
Source: france24.com The debate in France over how to refer to terrorists who kill others in the name of Islam is heating up after the country’s leading far-right figure took the government to task for shying away from the word “Islamist”. More….http://www.france24.com/en/20150119-france-government-afraid-using-word-islamist-marine-le-pen-oped-charlie-hebdo/
Cameron Defends ‘Reasonable’ Letter To Mosques
Source; sky.com David Cameron has rejected criticism by some Muslims of a letter sent to mosques in England urging them to do more to root out extremists and prevent young people being radicalised. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said it wanted Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to clarify the request – […]
The Muslim Times Celebrating Martin Luther King’s Day
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
Chomsky: Paris attacks show hypocrisy of West’s outrage
Source: CNN (CNN) After the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, which killed 12 people including the editor and four other cartoonists, and the murder of four Jews at a kosher supermarket […]
Florida boy’s circumcision is legal fight for parents, rallying cry for procedure’s opponents .
Source: Herald BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – An estranged Florida couple’s fight over whether to circumcise their son has become a rallying cry for those who denounce the procedure as barbaric. The dispute between the one-time Palm Beach County couple has sparked a prolonged court battle, protests and the rapt attention […]
The world’s deadliest sniper: As a gripping film of his life is released, how one ruthless marksman claimed 255 victims – then died by the bullet himself
Chris Kyle was the most successful sniper in American military history He claimed 255 lives during four tours of Iraq before retiring in 2009 His life is the subject of […]
Muslim solutions to Terrorism in Paris
Source: The Arab Daily News By Mike Ghouse Outrage, condemnation, candle light vigils and revenge talk is all good, but the need is practical solutions beyond condemnations. Obviously the burden squarely falls on Muslims; we have to grudgingly admit that almost all acts of terror are committed by men claiming […]
What is the Punishment for Blasphemy in Islam?
Source: Review of Religions, September 2011 Introduction Blasphemy, derived from the Latin Blasphemia, is generally defined as the exhibition of irreverent behaviour or language towards God, religion or anything held sacred. […]
Pakistan, Islam and economics: putting things into perspective
The two nation theory was not as much an ideology as it was a lawyer’s argument to get his client — in this case the Muslim people of the subcontinent — a better deal in power sharing This article is partially in response to Muhammad Taqi’s column, ‘Pakistan, Islam and […]
Can true Muslims only be either militants or hypocrites?’,
Unreal Islam The word “takfīr” (pronounced “tuck – feer”) is one of the most fearsome words in the Islamic lexicon. Deriving from the same root as “kāfir” – infidel – it refers to the act of declaring someone who is nominally a Muslim to be an infidel. And, of course, […]
The convenient myth of radicalisation
Middle East Eye: by Cj Werleman — War, occupation and Western atrocities are the breeding ground for terrorist attacks, not Islamic scripture Why is it standard procedure for the media to focus on the religiosity of the terrorist, rather than his political grievances, in any analysis of a terrorist attack? […]
Pope Francis’s comments praised by the Worldwide Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: Press release Pope Francis’s comments to respect the religious sentiments of others praised by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad; he also said that the Muslims should respond to new caricatures […]
The Messiah and the Mahdi – One and the Same Person
By Luqman Ahmed Contrary to the beliefs of mainstream modern Sunni & Shia school of thought in Islam, the Ahmadi Muslims believe that the prophecies about the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi in Islam were fulfilled by one person. Most Sunnis & Shias of today believe that they will be […]