The Importance Of Muslim Unity
Source: perspectivesofafellowtraveler.wordpress.com Before I begin I would like to point out that this is not directed at all Muslims, as there are many that already have nothing but love for […]
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A Q Farhat
A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
Inside Jobs and Israeli Stooges: Why Is the Muslim World in Thrall to Conspiracy Theories?
Huff Post: by Mehdi Hasan — Did you know that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Isis, was trained by Mossad and the CIA? Were you aware that his real name isn’t Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai but Simon Elliot? Or that he’s a Jewish actor who was recruited […]
Tales of the Dead …….
National Geographic: Tales of the Dead Come Back: How Modern Medicine Is Reinventing Death They can fly through walls or circle the planets, turn into pure light or meet long-dead […]
A Muslim group meets, prays, plays, and works for peace
Source: philly.com They arrived at Camp Saginaw carrying sleeping bags and blankets, hustled about a soccer field, mounted go-karts – even made s’mores. And just after 1 p.m. Saturday, the scores […]
"Why I Did Not Boycott the ISNA Convention" by Qasim Rashid
Source: huffingtonpost.com Earlier this month Islamic scholar Dr. Tariq Ramadan publicized his impassioned decision to boycott the ISNA conference. As an Ahmadi Muslim, I disagreed with his decision. In fact, even […]
Violence against women a national emergency, say Our Watch campaigners
theguardian: by Helen Davidson — A comprehensive national initiative is focusing on distorted ideas of gender equality as part of plans to tackle the “national emergency” of violence against women and children. Our Watch was established by the commonwealth and Victorian governments last year, and on Friday revealed its strategy […]
Domestic violence is a problem we are barely managing. But we need to end it
Epigraph: It is lawful for you to make love to your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, and you are a garment for […]
Peres Proposes ‘UN for Religions’ to Pope at Vatican
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Aga Khan Museum enhances Islamic values
Aga Khan Museum to open Sept. 18 A new and proud chapter in Canadian Ismaili Muslim history is set to unfold in September with the opening of the spectacular Aga […]
Learning from the 'Wrong Kind of Muslim'
Philly.com: by Stu Bykofsky — IMAGINE IT IS Sunday, the day a law takes effect stripping American Catholics of their rights. Such a law disenfranchised German Jews in 1935. Fewer than 40 years after the Nazis did it, Pakistan disenfranchised its Ahmadi Muslim Community. This Sunday is the 40th anniversary […]
Why I Did Not Boycott the ISNA Convention
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — Earlier this month Islamic scholar Dr. Tariq Ramadan publicized his impassioned decision to boycott the ISNA conference. As an Ahmadi Muslim, I disagreed with his decision. In fact, even if I agreed with every complaint he made, I still would not boycott ISNA for […]
Australia: Students learn about life inside the mosque
Source: rabwah.net I always wanted to see a mosque from the inside but was afraid of entering. I’m so happy that I saw inside and now I know what Muslims do […]
Learning from the 'Wrong Kind of Muslim'
Source: philly.com IMAGINE IT IS Sunday, the day a law takes effect stripping American Catholics of their rights. Such a law disenfranchised German Jews in 1935. Fewer than 40 years after […]
Nigeria: Ahmadiyya condemns war in Muslim nations
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Fiji: Muslims pray for peacekeepers of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces
Source: By Avinesh Gopal And Nasik Swami @ fijitimes.com Aleem Shah, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Fiji’s national secretary said: All the members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Fiji are reminded to pray for the safety of our countrymen in their daily prayers” THE Fiji Muslim League has requested all its mosques and centres to […]
USA: North East Muslim group condemns beheading
Source: itv.com A group representing Muslims in the North East has condemned the killing of an American journalist. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community North East has spoken out after Islamic State released video footage claiming to show the murder of American journalist Steven Sotloff. “The AMC completely denounces the shocking, barbaric and […]
Al Akhbar USA Publishes Ahmadiyya Jalsa Salana News
Source: alakhbar-usa.com | Email: AlakhbarUSA@yahoo.com News report by Imam Shamshad Nasir Saheb, Missionary-in-charge Baitul ul Jaam’e Mosque, Glen Ellyn Cell Phone: 909-636-8332 | Email: Shamshadanasir@gmail.com Read the paper online @ http://www.alakhbar-usa.com/Issue254.html
Are Muslims Violent?
Huff Post: by Gary M. Burge — Are Muslims violent? Yes. Are Jews and Christians violent? Yes. The problem is not one’s religious affiliation. The problem is spiritual: There is something bent inside each of us that inspires us to distort the higher values of the faith we profess. I […]
Indian village bans unmarried women from using mobiles
theguardian — An Indian village has banned unmarried women from using mobile phones for fear they will arrange forbidden marriages that are often punished by death, a local official said today. The Lank village council decided unmarried boys could use mobile phones, but only under parental supervision, said one council […]
Indian court bans animal sacrifice
theguardian — Rights activists hail Himachal Pradesh’s decision to outlaw ‘barbaric’ slaughter of animals in Hindu temples A court in remote northern India has banned a long tradition of sacrificing animals for religious reasons, deeming the practice cruel and barbaric. The high court in Himachal Pradesh has asked police and other […]