Pope Francis says it is ‘not right’ to identify Islam with violence
Source: The Guardian Pope Francis has said it was wrong to identify Islam with violence and that social injustice and idolatry of money were among the prime causes of terrorism. […]
On the occasion of the Swiss national day – 725 years of independance
Jul 31,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – HANS-PETER LENZ On August 1, citizens in Switzerland and abroad celebrate the founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1291. Some 725 years ago, representatives of the three Swiss original Cantons secretly met on an isolated mountain meadow to swear to each other mutual support […]
Muslim Group Calls for Tolerance After Mob Burns Down North Sumatra Temples
Source. Jakarta Globe Jakarta. The country’s second-biggest Muslim group, Muhammadiyah, has called for greater religious and racial tolerance in North Sumatra following the burning down and destruction on Saturday of several Buddhist houses of worship by enraged mobs in the city of Tanjung Balai. No casualties were reported in what […]
Police Name Twelve Suspects in North Sumatra Temple Attacks
Source: Jakarta Glob Medan. Police have charged twelve people with robbery and vandalism after several Buddhist temples and monasteries were ransacked by mobs in the city of Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra, last weekend. “We’ve charged eight suspects with robbery and four with vandalism,” North Sumatra Police spokeswoman Sr. Comr. Rina […]
Russian helicopter on aid mission downed in Syria, all 5 aboard dead
Source: Asia Times. BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian military helicopter was shot down in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province on Monday killing all five people on board, in the biggest officially acknowledged loss of life for Russian forces since they started operations in Syria. Men inspect the wreckage of a Russian […]
Have U.S. Officials Given Up on ‘Defeating’ ISIS?
Source. The daily Beast You don’t hear national security leaders speak of ISIS like an enemy to be beaten. They talk about the terror group like a chronic illness in the global body politic. ASPEN, Colorado — Officially, the Obama administration is still committed to defeating ISIS. But at the […]
How oppressed are Muslims in India?
Source. Dawn Muslims in India form the largest religious minority in the country. According to the 2011 Census, they comprise 14.4 per cent of India’s total population — roughly 174 million people. To use the word ‘minority’ for them, therefore, is misleading: they are the third-largest Muslim population anywhere in […]
Pakistan’s choice
Source: Dawn TWO young Pakistani men have caught Europe’s eye in recent weeks. The first is 35-year-old Mohamad Usman, who has been charged by French authorities for conspiring with the terrorists who carried out the attacks in Paris in November. He was meant to participate in that carnage but was […]
Anti-immigrant hate crime surges in parts of UK that voted to leave EU after Brexit
Source: Dawn Police data in the United Kingdom shows a sharp increase in hate crimes in Britain’s most ‘Eurosceptic’ areas following the Brexit vote earlier this year,The Independent reported. In areas where voters opted to ‘Leave’ the European Union, data shows consistent doubling and tripling of hate crime which surpasses […]
Dr. Craig Considine talks about his experience at Ahmadiyya Convention
Source: Rabwah Times. An interesting video at this LINK
Pope Francis Reveals Why He Doesn’t Discuss ‘Islamic Violence’
Source. NBC News. ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis said he doesn’t like singling out violence carried out by Muslims because people of all religions are guilty of deadly crimes. He told reporters the situation was like “a mixed fruit salad” and that there were “violent people in all […]
Muslims Including Ahmadiyya Go to Catholic Mass Across France, Italy to Show Solidarity
Source: “Look at this whole Muslim community that attended Mass,” she said. “I find this very heartwarming; I am confident. I say to myself that this assassination won’t be lost, that it will maybe relaunch us better than politics can do; maybe we will react in a better way.” Many of […]
Saudi Arabia’s dreaded Kafala system which plagues Indian workers
what is Kafala system? employee cannot quit his/her job without employers consent By: Vicky Nanjappa Updated: Monday, August 1, 2016, 13:02 [IST New Delhi, Aug 1: Watching your fellow countrymen stand in queue for food is never a good sight. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had said that the number […]
Nigeria: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Condemns Murder of Catholic Priest
Source: independentnig.com By Chinyere Abiaziem, Lagos. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community worldwide have expressed shock over the murder of Father Jacques Hamel during the celebration of a morning mass last Tuesday in a church around Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen, North France. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community considers this to be an ‘outrageous’ […]
Should Islam Really Be Feared…?
The Review of Religions is pleased to present an address given by His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, on 9th May 2016, in […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslims – A Star in The Constellation of American Faiths”, says Brian Levin: Director, Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism
Source: huffingtonpost.in Brian Levin, J.D.Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University MARIO ANZUONI / REUTERS: People pray at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Baitus-Salaam Mosque during an open mosque event at which members of the public are invited to see how Ahmadiyya Muslims pray, in Hawthorne, California […]
UK: Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns terror attacks in Europe and calls for peace in the world
Source: pressahmadiyya.com Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addresses disintegration of Muslim countries His Holiness praises Pope Francis for saying today’s atrocities do not equate to a religious war The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has called on Muslim nations around […]