Washingtonpost.com ……… By Karen Attiah , 2017 March 16 Remember when rescuing women from the violence of radical Islam was used by Laura Bush as a reason for U.S. troops to go to war to fight terrorism abroad? Now it appears that President Trump is using women’s safety to justify keeping foreigners from Muslim countries out […]
Source: http://www.lloydminstersource.com/articles/article/2017-03-16-event-hosts-good-conversations By Kassidy Christensen The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at of Lloydminster held its Islam Understood event Monday night to provide locals with the opportunity to learn about the true teachings of Islam. Tariq Azeem, imam/missionary with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Lloydminster, said the event was pretty good but the attendance […]
Source: BBC The authorities in Brazil suspended 33 government officials amid allegations that some of the country’s biggest meat processors have been selling rotten beef and poultry for years. Three […]
Source: BBC The BBC has apologised after a tweet from the Asian Network account asked, “What is the right punishment for blasphemy?”. The tweet provoked criticism that the BBC appeared […]
Source: BBC The government has removed its adverts from YouTube amid concerns they are appearing next to “inappropriate” material on the video-sharing site. The Cabinet Office said it was seeking […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website 18 March 2017 Image copyrightMICHAEL GURVEN The healthiest hearts in the world have been found in the Tsimane […]
Source: http://www.sbsun.com/social-affairs/20170316/faith-leaders-unite-in-san-bernardino-in-favor-of-refugees By Ryan Hagen, The Sun Faith leaders unite in San Bernardino in favor of refugees SAN BERNARDINO >> Leaders of diverse faiths gathered Thursday with versions of the same message: We’re all descended from refugees, and our God commands us all to care for refugees today. Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, […]
Source: http://www.squamishchief.com/news/local-news/news-briefs-1.12025568 Islam Understood The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) will be holding an Islam Understood Open House in Squamish on Saturday, March 18 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Squamish Public library. Come and meet with members of the association, ask questions or browse reading material. Everyone is welcome. […]
“I had the opportunity to work with various churches, media, and other charity organizations where our members volunteered regularly. Working in Lloydminster, it was very special in this regard”, TariQ Azeem Source: http://www.meridianbooster.com/articles/article/2017-03-16-embarking-upon-a-new-chapter Embarking upon a new chapter By Tyler Marr | March 16, 2017 2:59 PM Tariq Azeem, Imam with the […]
Source: Time BY Alice Park When doctors give their patients a difficult diagnosis, whether it’s for a condition like cancer or a rarer disease for which there is no standard treatment, […]
Source: Time BY Samuel Breidbart and Vinay Nayak Breidbart and Nayak are students at Yale Law School. It’s time for Donald Trump to do something he’s pretty much never done before: […]
Source: Common Weal Magazine By Gilbert Meilaender March 13, 2017 Several of my children, in the summer before they began kindergarten, participated in a program called “safety city.” Among the […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 9 March 2017 Photo: AFP The upper house of parliament has rejected the idea of a nationwide ban on the Islamic face veil and other face coverings. […]
Source: Religion News Service By Ben Goossen SHARETWEET EMAILPRINTMORE FILADELFIA, Paraguay (RNS) Violence tore through this close-knit, traditionally pacifist community on the night of March 11, 1944. All the more remarkable, […]
03/03/2017 MTA International Urdu Available Translation Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, English, French, German, Indonesian, Malayalam, Pashtu, Russian, Sindhi, Swahili, Tamil, Turkish Friday Sermon delivered by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Recorded on 3rd March 2017. CHECK HERE IN YOUR LANGUAGE: http://www.mta.tv/friday-sermon/friday-sermon-3rd-march-2017 Editor’s Note: The […]
Source: BBC More than 1,100 complaints of child sexual abuse have been made against the Anglican Church of Australia, a royal commission inquiry has heard. The allegations, dating from 1980 […]
Reuters International MAR 17, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (reuters_tickers) By Jeff Mason and Andreas Rinke WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump […]
Reuters International MAR 18, 2017 Aishat Kadyrova (front), head of the Firdaws fashion house and daughter of the Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadyrov, attends the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia in […]
Reuters International MAR 18, 2017 Pope Francis arrives during the penitential celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi(reuters_tickers) VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis […]
As an American Muslim and interfaith leader here in SFO Bay Area, I find Mr. Trump’s statement on national TV “ISLAM HATES US” very troubling . Much like Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and several faiths, Islam does not teach hate. Quran does not speak in such terms and language that would […]
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