Celebrities you might not have known are actually Muslim
Source: The Tribune Currently, there are an estimated 1.8 billion Muslims in the world, which is roughly 24 percent of the global citizenry. This makes up a majority of the […]
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A Q Farhat
A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
New Study Says 72 Percent of People With Anxiety Recover with Social Support & Spirituality
Epigraph: Man does indeed transgress, Because he thinks himself to be self sufficient. Surely, unto thy Lord is the return. (Al Quran 96:6-8) Source: Best Life By Diana Bruk Anxiety […]
G25 in Malaysia decries laws against apostasy
Source: Free Malaysia Today By Robin Augustin and Nicholas Chung PETALING JAYA: The G25 group of former senior civil servants has spoken out against apostasy laws, saying a Muslim’s decision […]
PM Trudeau meets Iran plane crash victims’ families as dispute over cause deepens
Source: The Star By Lee Berthiaume An international dispute over the cause of the Tehran plane crash deepened on Friday even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met the families of […]
Canadian solo traveller Rosie Gabrielle converts to Islam after spending time in Pakistan
Source: Dawn Canadian solo traveller Rosie Gabrielle, who spent a notable amount of time in Pakistan last year has announced that she has converted to Islam. Taking to Instagram, Gabrielle […]
Researcher says only 25% of Canadian drinkers know alcohol causes cancer. A B.C. campaign wants to change that
Source: CBC Many people don’t know that alcohol can cause cancer. Now you do. This sobering message from Fraser Health Authority appeared Monday on ads in Lower Mainland transit stations […]
Evangelicals using religion for political gain is nothing new. It is a US tradition
Source: The Guardian By Reverend William Barber No one who has read US history can be surprised by the hypocrisy of Evangelicals for Trump but it also tells us how their undoing will inevitably come ast Friday the Trump 2020 campaign held its first rally at a megachurch. King Jesus […]
The Secret Power of Idleness
The brain does some of its best work when we take a break. Source: Psychology Today By Nigel Barber Ph.D. Most people want to work hard, be productive, and make […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association cleans up New Year’s party mess downtown
Source: Calgary Herald By Stephanie Babych In an act of service to the community, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association spent New Year’s morning picking up trash left behind by those […]
Pope Francis apologises after slapping woman’s hand
Pontiff admits ‘sometime even I lose patience’, referring to incident with pilgrim at Vatican Source: The Guardian Pope Francis has apologised after slapping a woman’s hand as he greeted pilgrims […]
Successor To Khamenei Died Because He Trusted Islamic Medicine, Son Reveals
Source: Radio Farda The son of a prominent Ayatollah, once named as a possible successor to the Islamic Republic Supreme Leader, says his father died because he trusted Islamic medicine […]
Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker ends Mohammad cartoon contest within hours
Source: Montreal Gazette Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders said on Sunday he had ended a contest for cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammad, only hours after announcing the contentious event. In […]
Pennsylvania dioceses offer $84M to 564 clergy abuse victims
By Michael Rubinkam – Associated Press Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses have paid nearly $84 million to 564 victims of sexual abuse, a tally that’s sure to grow substantially in the […]
Reducing History: The Crackdown on Islam in China and India
Source: International Policy Digest By Stephen Chan We enter 2020 with a sense that Islamic populations are under siege in both China’s Xinjiang province and throughout India. That the two […]
3,000 Dalits in Tamil Nadu to convert to Islam over ‘govt inaction after caste wall’ collapse
Source: The Print By Rohini Swamy Dalits say they will convert to Islam in phases. The decision comes weeks after a wall, built to keep them separated from OBCs, collapsed, […]
Mecca 1979: The mosque siege that changed the course of Saudi history
Source: BBC It’s four decades since a charismatic preacher and his followers staged an armed takeover of the Grand Mosque of Mecca and the holiest place in Islam became a […]
Before Sanna Marin came Benazir Bhutto
Source: Al Jazeera by Maija Liuhto Is having a female leader definitive proof that a country has reached gender equality? On December 10, Finland’s left-wing Social Democrats, who lead a […]
India university to teach doctors Ghost Studies
Source: BBC A prestigious Indian university is offering a certificate course to teach doctors how to treat people who claim to see or be possessed by ghosts. The six-month course […]
Muslim scholar Ghazali passed away 908 years ago
One of his titles Mujaddid means renewer of faith who appears once in century Source: AA By Ayse Busra Erkec Muslims across the world will commemorate the 908th death anniversary […]
Muslim woman paid $120K in suit alleging Ramsey County jail forced her to remove hijab, strip
Source: Star Tribune By Paul Walsh A six-figure settlement and sweeping changes in how female Muslim inmates are treated in Minnesota are among the results of a lawsuit after Ramsey […]