by Michael Young, The Daily Star, Lebanon Summary Today, even Arab countries opposed to Assad have made the campaign against ISIS a priority, undermining the primacy of the struggle against a brutal Syrian regime. Terrorism is the new catchword and has fragmented those opposed to Assad. President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has […]
Source: USA Today By Qasim Rashid The shootings in N.C. are about more than parking dispute. Anti-Muslim attitudes are rife. Three college students killed on Tuesday in Chapel Hill, N.C., […]
ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM Published — Thursday 12 February 2015 Sometimes during a war, one picture changes the flow of events and put an end to the war. Observers may recall the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Phan Thi Kim Phuc taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972. The picture shows […]
Issues call for patience and tolerance Source: ahmadiyya.us The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA mourns with the families of Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, and his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and Abu-Salha’s sister, […]
As many anticipate the upcoming “Saving the Savior: Jesus in Islam” event scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 25, at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, it naturally brings up the question about the role […]
Source: theeagle.com | SALMAN MUNIR The violence continues and more blood has been shed; ISIS has beheaded two Japanese hostages Huruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto and released a video of the Jordanian pilot, Moaz Kasabeh, being burned alive. [We just learned that American aid worker Kayla Mueller has been killed buy ISIS.] This […]
ICNA offers condolences in NC killings, calls for full investigation (The Muslim News team in San Francisco Bay Area shares the pain and concerns of the family members of these innocent Muslim students killed in North Carolina yesterday. Our deepest sympathies and prayers for them and the families). -—FOR IMMEDIATE […]
The Journey Bullfights, Flamenco, Gachas, Spanish guitar, Siesta and castles come to mind when a tourist packs his bags for Southern Spain. For a Pakistani traveler, however, Spain is only […]
Dawn: OVER the years, as self-anointed ‘defenders of the faith’ have multiplied in a rightward-drifting Pakistan, the number of people accused of ‘offences against religion’ has gone up exponentially. As reported in this paper, the Punjab prosecution department, in collaboration with the home and police departments, has shortlisted 50 undertrial […]
Spyghana: The three wings of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana have called for an end to the rampant killing of Ahmadi Muslims worldwide due to their faith and beliefs. […]
How Scholars View All-Women Mosque (In-depth) By Shari`ah Staff, Thursday, 05 February 2015 00:00 onislam.net 29051 The recent opening of an all-women mosque in Los Angeles, USA, raised debate among Muslim communities and scholars especially in the US.The Women’s Mosque of America is the first in the US to be […]
Embracing other cultures: Group asks passers-by if they will give a hug to blindfolded Muslim ‘terrorist’ in bid to fight Islamophobia Experiment conducted by group to eliminate Muslim stereotypes Blindfolded […]
Huffington Post: I’ve prayed in downtown Toronto mosques, on multiple occasions, in the last week. According to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, that means I may be a frequent visitor to […]
by Stephen Schwartz For some time, an argument has been made that the liberal left, in refusing to examine the problems of Islam, has betrayed its Enlightenment roots. That is, […]
Background In 2005, the Danish daily newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, published derogatory cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad(saw), the Founder of Islam. In its editorial, the newspaper argued that Muslims should endure insults and mockery, like all others. As shockwaves of indignation spread across the Muslim world, the uninformed, misled by the Mullah, […]
NEW COUNTER-TERRORISM laws will be on the statute books in a “period of weeks”, according to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan. Flanagan attended a meeting with other EU foreign ministers in Brussels yesterday, where they discussed ways to boost cooperation to combat the threat posed by radicalised Europeans returning […]
Following the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, two videos have emerged showing Saudis pledging allegiance to their new ruler – by shaking hands with cardboard cutouts of King Salman and the two heirs to the throne. Actors standing behind the life-sized cutouts extend their arms to shake hands with […]
A new survey on how Islam is viewed in Austria suggests that anti-Muslim sentiment has risen sharply in the wake of the Paris shootings, with 69 percent of those polled saying they did not believe that Islam belongs in Austria. More………..http://www.thelocal.at/20150209/poll-islam-does-not-belong-in-austria
God on Trial is a 2008 BBC/WGBH Boston television play written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, starring Antony Sher, Rupert Graves and Jack Shepherd. The play takes place in Auschwitz during […]
The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon is facing plan that aims to divide Arab countries into warring states and prevent diversity or coexistence, General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim said Wednesday. “Nobody […]