Derbent (A Muslim Majority city) as Russia’s Oldest City?
Derbent as Russia’s Oldest City? Think Again, Moscow Says Not so many years ago, Derbent buzzed with plans to celebrate its 5,000th anniversary, envisioning the day when it would claim […]
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A Q Farhat
A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
Turkey ditches religion from IDs
Turkey ditches religion from IDs as it eyes EU membership Turks will no longer be required to display their religion on national identification cards as part of the country’s attempts […]
Pluralism and the Najran Christians: How Prophet Muhammad Went Beyond Tolerance
Source: The Huffington Post By Craig Considine; Sociologist, Speaker, Writer Last week I gave a presentation in front of a group of undergraduate and postgraduate students at Rice University in […]
The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Test of Our Common Humanity
Source: Huffington Post By Gaurav Krishnan; Senior at DexterSouthfield School, Boston MA The danger of being ruled by fear is one that is all too present in the modern age. […]
How Google Mulls Muslim Image
Auto-incorrect: Google changes ‘Muslims report terrorism’ to ‘Muslims support terrorism’ US search giant Google has been forced to apologize and alter its search algorithm, after it kept suggesting that those […]
Should your family unplug from smartphones?
A program called Family Day Unplugged is trying to convince people in Alberta to unplug from their smartphones and other devices and instead spend time focused on their family. Could […]
Islam was a religion of love, and the Taj Mahal proves it
Source: The Washington Post By Haroon Moghul In the early 1630’s, right around the time the Puritans were beginning to build Boston, Mumtaz Mahal died in childbirth. In those days, […]
Nelson Mandela’s grandson’s conversion to Islam
Source: BBC Mandla Mandela’s conversion to Islam sparks South Africa ‘disquiet’ The Congress of Traditional Leaders in South Africa (Contralesa) told the BBC that being Muslim could affect his ability […]
‘Violence more common’ in Bible than Quran, text analysis reveals
Source: Independent The Old Testament was found to be more than twice as violent as the Quran An analysis into whether the Quran is more violent than the Bible found […]
Why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit
Scientists finding answers– An economics professor made the audacious suggestion a few years ago that the medieval practice of trial by ordeal “worked” because innocent people were more likely than […]
Watch how people react to Bible quotes disguised as from Quran
The Islam has been under huge scrutiny lately and is often criticised for being an aggressive religion… but what about Christianity? In this video we disguised a Bible as a […]
The hijab-wearing Barbie …..
Source: CNN It was only last month that Mattel gave Barbie a dramatic transformation with a variety of skin tones and different body types, including adding curves to her […]
Why give to charity? What Muslims and Catholics have in common.
Source: Washington Post Organized religions have traditionally played a major role in charitable works — Christian and Muslim organizations have long established schools, hospitals and social service organizations. Catholic Charities […]
Video: Obama condemns anti-Muslim rhetoric in first US mosque visit
Source: BBC Barack Obama has condemned what he called “inexcusable political rhetoric” about Islam, an apparent reference to recent remarks by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. In his first visit […]
Edmonton Muslim Teen, Forgives Store Owner After Being Refused Service
“If women had the right to wear as little clothes as they desired without people finding it offensive, then I had every right to cover my body as much as […]
Anti Islamic slogans in Richmond Hill learning centre
Swastika, anti-Islamic slogans graffiti found on Richmond Hill learning centre Source: CBC York Regional Police are asking for the public’s help identifying the suspect, or suspects, responsible for spray painting […]
How this Waterloo x-cop’s evidence-gathering software is changing how we investigate crime
Police captured Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from his hideout in a boat in a dramatic hail of bullets, but that was just the beginning of their work. Less exciting, […]
B.C. teacher reprimanded for calling Muslim student ‘Taliban’
Sooke Grade 11 math teacher Matthew Pell repeatedly referred to the teen as “Taliban” and told the class “don’t make her angry, otherwise she will bomb you.” A Vancouver Island […]
50 Year Anniversary Celebration of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada at Vaughan, ON City Hall
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10 things the Quran says about domestic violence
By Olamide Oni; who is a Senior Associate at Pulse. She is a creative writer, music lover, and a borderline-obsessed Harry Potter fan. When she isn’t working on her first […]