Princess Haya: champion for women’s rights
Source: France 24 An Olympic horse rider and a trailblazer for women’s rights, Jordanian royal Princess Haya has long championed causes close to her heart including youth and education. In […]
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Amtul Q Farhat
A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
Parents will be allowed to remove children from sex-ed classes under new Ontario government curriculum
Source: The Globe and Mail Caroline Alphonso Education Reporter Parents will have the option of removing their children from sex-ed classes as the province rolls out a new curriculum that […]
Paradigm shift in Austria’s security politics vis-à-vis Islam
Austrian Interior Ministry’s security agency closes the chapter of cooperating with the country’s Islamic Religious Community, adopting the right-wing agenda of criminalizing Muslim actors By Dr. Farid Hafez- a political […]
Young Muslims travelling across rural Australia to challenge misconceptions about Islam
The road trip will see young men from six cities visit more than 50 rural towns on the way to a gathering at Uluru. Source: SBS News By Antoinette Radford […]
Romania, a beacon of coexistence for Muslims in Eastern Europe
Romanian Muslims, some with Ottoman roots, largely spared Islamophobic rhetoric seen in neighbouring countries. People know and like their Muslim neighbours and they don’t believe everything they see on TV. […]
‘The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin’ Review: A Portrait of a Champion
The legend of Saladin as an ideal Quranic leader who fought back invaders remains a potent symbol in the Islamic world’s public memory. Source: The Wall Street Journal By Christopher […]
Contributions of Islam and Confucianism to ethics in 21st century
Source: Malaysiakini This is the full text of the speech delivered by the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah (above) at the 2nd Malaysia-China Youth Civilizational Dialogue on Islam and […]
When Swimming As a Muslim Woman Becomes A Political Act
By Rowaida Abdelaziz, HuffPost US Manar Hussein stood in the sand and faced the blue Atlantic Ocean, as the water hit her toes over and over in waves. The 27-year-old […]
U of T conference on Ibadism highlights pluralism within Islamic tradition
Source: Mirage News Ibadism is a theological sect within Islam that stands alongside the more widely practiced Shi’a and Sunni traditions. But it isn’t nearly as well known in North America – a blind spot a recent conference at the University of Toronto sought to rectify. The conference, titled “Ibadism […]
New Zealanders Convert to Islam after Christchurch Mosque Attacks
Source: IQNA A resident in Canterbury, New Zealand’s South Island, felt called to Islam and converted to become Muslim after the Christchurch mosque attacks. “I was always kind of searching […]
Profiling Muslims Was Wrong After 9/11—And It’d Be Wrong to Use It to Fight White Supremacy Now
Source: Newsweek The tragic attacks earlier this month reminded the nation what many have long known to be true: Most violent domestic terrorism now originates from white supremacists, according to […]
The Koran is a work of peace, not violence
Source: The Times By Bryan Appleyard A leading Muslim scholar’s encyclopaedia of the holy book proves Islam does not condone terrorism, he says To the terrorist’s eye it is there […]
Islam making great strides among Cuban women
Source: Dunya News More and more women wearing veils can be seen walking through the picturesque streets of old Havana, but these women aren’t tourists from far-flung places, they are […]
Islamic Empires by Justin Marozzi review — an outstanding history of Islam
An anecdote-filled study of the Islamic world and its global impact told through 15 of its greatest cities. Review by Peter Frankopan Source: The Times I am embarrassed to […]
The myth of Eurabia: how a far-right conspiracy theory went mainstream
Once an obscure idea confined to the darker corners of the internet, the anti-Islam ideology is now visible in the everyday politics of the west. How did this happen? Source: The Guardian By Andrew Brown In July 2011, a quiet European capital was shaken by a terrorist car bomb, followed […]
Muslims Raise Over $100,000 In Bail Funds To Free Detained Migrant Parents
The “Muslims for Migrants” campaign has already secured the release of six detained parents. By Carol Kuruvilla, HuffPost US American Muslims have raised over $100,000 this month to help migrant parents detained by the U.S. government post bail and reunite with their kids. The “Muslims for Migrants” campaign has already […]
Recalling the surprisingly modern story of a medieval Muslim
Source: patheos.com by Dan Peterson Bill Hamblin and I wrote this column for the 19 October 2013 issue of the Deseret News: In late 1997, Brigham Young University Press published a new translation (with the original Arabic text on the facing page) of a volume by the 11th-12th century Islamic […]
When CSIS comes knocking: Amid reports of Muslim students contacted by spy agency, hotline aims to help
Creators of University of Toronto-based student support line say spy agency often on ‘fishing expeditions’ By Shanifa Nasser at CBC When Ramz Aziz received a nervous phone call from his mother-in-law two years ago, it wasn’t to check in on his new baby. Instead, two men were at her door, looking […]
Edmonton Imam ousted from local community centre
Source: City News An Edmonton Imam has been ousted from leading prayer at a local community centre after critics say he used alleged “hate speech” online and during his sermons. Rachelle Elsiufi reports. Read Further Suggested reading and viewing for proper understanding of universal brotherhood and anti-Semitism BBC Video: The […]
Trump often blames mass shootings on mental health. When the perpetrator is Muslim, he blames Islam.
Source: The Washington Times By Aaron Blake President Trump invoked “racism, bigotry and white supremacism” in his speech Monday about the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio. That’s […]
