Quote of the Day: Rumi’s Guest House
This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and […]
Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jama’at (AMJN) celebrated its 100th year of establishment in Nigeria
Ahmadiyya celebrates 100th year in Nigeria By Abbas Jimoh |http://www.dailytrust.com.ng The Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jama’at Nigeria (AMJN) yesterday in Abuja celebrated its 100th year of establishment in Nigeria, with a call on the citizenry, especially Muslim women to be at the forefront of the fight against insurgency. The Amir (President) of […]
Indonesia: Ahmadi Muslims express care for others with blood donation
Ahmadi people express care for others with blood donation Forced out of their houses over religious differences, they have lived like refugees for years, but they are still willing to donate their blood to save the lives of others. On Friday, at least 80 members of the Ahmadiyah community donated […]
Singapore confirms 41 locally-transmitted Zika cases
Source: Aljazeera Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus, mostly among foreign construction workers, and says it expects more incidents to be identified. All but seven of those […]
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The surprising Australian origin story of the ‘burkini’
By Adam Taylor August 17 Mecca Laa Laa, center, is wearing a full-body “burkini” as she sits with other Muslim lifeguards at Sydney’s Cronulla Beach in February 2007. (Anoek de Groot/AFP via Getty Images) Along France’s beaches and swimming pools, there’s a war about how women dress. A number of French […]
Opinions on Gun Policy and the 2016 Campaign
Source: Pew Research Center Most Clinton, Trump backers favor stricter background checks For the past several years, large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans have favored making private gun sales and sales at gun shows subject to background checks. Today, this proposal draws support from 90% of registered voters who […]
Pakistani arrested for making sandals for Bollywood King SRK
IANS/Islamabad- khaleejtimes.com Filed on August 28, 2016 | Last updated on August 28, 2016 at 07.04 am Pakistan Wildlife Department on Friday arrested a shoemaker who made Peshawari sandals with deer skin for Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan. With years of experience and one of Peshawar’s oldest chappal maestros, Jahangir […]
Canada: Star apologizes to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for publishing wrong & misleading photo
Star apologizes to Toronto-area mosque for publishing wrong and misleading photo The Baitul Islam mosque has no connection whatsoever to a questionable study linking Canadian mosques to extremism. Worshippers take part in afternoon prayers at the Baitul Islam Mosque in Vaughan, Ont., prior to Canada Day festivities at the mosque […]
In Riyadh and the Riviera, women have to fight for the right to be themselves
Source: The Guardian Police accosting a woman in a burkini on the beach in Nice. Photograph: Vantagenews.com BY Sanam Naraghi Anderlini So, after all the sound and fury, the burkini fiasco est fini. On Friday, the French courts overturned the ban, once again allowing women to wear whatever they want […]
UK: Birmingham council ‘endorsed Muslim sectarianism’ against persecuted Ahmadi Muslim sect
Birmingham council ‘endorsed Muslim sectarianism’ against persecuted Ahmadi sect Education committee demanded Ahmadi renounce claims to be Muslims following sectarian pressure. Ahmadi Muslim men are pictured outside the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, LondonPeter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Birmingham education authorities buckled to pressure from sectarian hardliners and blocked a Muslim sect […]
French mayors refuse to lift burkini ban despite court ruling
Source: The Guardian A woman wears a burkini on the beach in Marseille, France. Photograph: Reuters Angelique Chrisafis in Paris A majority of mayors who have banned burkinis in about 30 French coastal resorts are refusing to lift the restrictions despite the country’s highest administrative court ruling that the bans […]
Displaced Ahmadis overcome despair to donate blood
Panca NugrahaThe Jakarta Post Mataram | Fri, August 26 2016 Blood for humanity: Displaced Ahmadis donate blood in the Wisma Transito shelter in Mataram, Lombok on Aug. 26. They hold regular blood donation three to four times a year to show they care for humanity despite being neglected by the […]
Europe migrant crisis: Germany expects ‘up to 300,000’ this year
Source: BBC Germany expects up to 300,000 migrants to arrive in the country this year, the head of its Federal Office for Migration and Refugees said. Frank-Juergen Weise told the […]
Paris restaurant ‘refuses to serve Muslim women’
Source: BBC A video showing a restaurateur in a Paris suburb apparently refusing to serve two Muslim women has sparked anger in France and calls for protest. In the video, […]
Germany: Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrives in Frankfurt for 41st Jalsa Salana Germany
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community arrives in Germany Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad travels to attend Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrived at the Baitus Subuh Mosque in Frankfurt on 27 August 2016. […]
Q&A with Khalifatul Maseeh | Can Muslims Celebrate Birthdays?
Source: youtube.com/TrueIslam Question: Can Muslims Celebrate Birthdays (Does Islam allow organizing birthday parties)? Answered By Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra), fourth Caliph of Hazrath Mirz Ghulam ahmad Qadiani (pbuh) who is the Promised Messiah of all Religions / Maseeh-e-Maood wa Mahdi-e-Maood of Muslims Hazrath Mirza ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (as) A video made by Abdul shafi […]
Meet the Super PAC Airing an Ad in Florida Every 15 Minutes
Source: Time Michael Beckel / Center for Public Integrity The 2016 presidential election’s most powerful super PAC is the one backing Democrat Hillary Clinton. That group, known as Priorities USA Action, has aired about 36,000 TV ads since mid-May, according to data provided to theCenter for Public Integrity by ad […]
Pentagon Spent Billions Sending Weapons to Iraq, Afghanistan
Source: Time Lauren Chadwick and R. Jeffrey Smith / Center for Public Integrity The Pentagon has spent billions of dollars since 2001 funneling roughly more than a million assault rifles, […]
