Month: March 2015

April Fool

Source: Abid Ahmad Assalamo Alaikum, The Promised Messiah (as) said: ‘April fool is such a bad custom that it is considered civilised to speak lies’. (Noorul Quran No 2 Ruhani Khazain Vol 9 page 408). It is also described in Encyclopedia Britannia as ‘All Fools Day’. This is a tradition […]

Iraqi forces drive ISIS out of central Tikrit

Source: Reuter (Reuters) – Iraqi troops aided by Shi’ite paramilitaries have driven Islamic State out of central Tikrit, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Tuesday, but the fight to retake all of Saddam Hussein’s home town continued. Government forces have been in a month-long fight for the city, which became […]

“British Muslim girls and extremism” by Sara Khan

Many teenagers feel their parents are not credible authorities; mothers, for their part, told us they were unaware of what educational resources existed to challenge extremist ideology. Source: theguardian.com I met British Muslim women from Sunni, Shia, and Ahmadiyya denominations; women from Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Somali, Arab, English, Welsh and Kurdish backgrounds. […]

"British Muslim girls and extremism" by Sara Khan

Many teenagers feel their parents are not credible authorities; mothers, for their part, told us they were unaware of what educational resources existed to challenge extremist ideology. Source: theguardian.com I met British Muslim women from Sunni, Shia, and Ahmadiyya denominations; women from Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Somali, Arab, English, Welsh and Kurdish backgrounds. […]