He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
by Mohamed Cherif in Geneva, swissinfo.ch Somalia’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva has sounded the alarm over the desperate food shortage in his country, where famine has been declared in the south. For several years, Yusuf Muhammad Isma’il has ensured a diplomatic presence for Somalia, hit by civil […]
Norwegian police are investigating claims by Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted carrying out Friday’s twin attacks in Norway, that he has “two more cells” working with him. Mr Breivik made the claim as he attended his first court hearing following the bombing in Oslo and a massacre on an island […]
As Congress and President Obama failed yet again to break their stalemate over the debt limit, Wall Street and Washington turned their attention to a critical question: How long will investors give them? “We may have a few stressful days coming up — stressful for the markets of the world […]
25 July 2011 BBC News More than 30,000 Muslims have taken part in an annual gathering in Hampshire to re-affirm their rejection of violence and extremism. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community from 50 countries held the Jalsa Salana festival at East Worldham, near Alton. During the three-day event, the […]
by Jessica Dacey, swissinfo.ch and agencies Three environmental activists have been jailed for over three years each for plotting the bombing of the IBM nanotechnology centre in Switzerland. A 26-year-old Swiss-Italian from Ticino and an Italian couple aged 29 and 34 were found guilty by the Federal Criminal Court of […]
By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Extensive arrangements are being made in mosques Kingdomwide to accommodate the additional rush of worshipers during the holy month of Ramadan. The department of mosques that functions under the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance has directed imams and muezzins in […]
Source: The Guardian The tragedy in Norway this weekend may prove to be a watershed moment in terms of how we approach far right followers, groups and their ideology. Until now, European democracies and their security services had focused almost exclusively on the threat from al-Qaida -inspired terrorism. Rightwing extremist groups and their more […]
If a suspect is accused only days after the attack, beware of a false flag event, Stephen Lendman says.
Source / Credit: CNN July 23, 2011 — Oslo, Norway (CNN) — The death toll in the mass shooting and bomb attack in Norway rose to 92 Saturday, as leaders and the public alike tried to make sense of what the prime minister called the country’s “worst atrocity” since […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: Chairman of the Supreme Judiciary Council Saleh Bin-Humaid has warned that current crises in the Muslim world have diverted the attention of followers from more serious issues. “The current crises have taken a dangerous turn diverting the attention of the Muslim Ummah […]
By Muath Freij, Jordan Times JERASH – The Turkish Galata Mevlevi Music and Sema Ensemble provided music fans with a touch of spirituality at the Jerash Festival of Culture and Arts on Saturday. More than 1,000 attendees were exposed to the beauty and spirituality of the Sema, the Mevlevi whirling […]
The 1,500 page document which appears to have been written by […] the Norwegian arrested for killing at least 92 people in a bombing and shooting spree, contains many references to Islam in the Netherlands. The document, which includes many references to newspaper reports and right-wing blogs, refers several times to […]
Source: The Guardian The man charged with the twin terror attacks that killed at least 93 people in Norway on Friday is expected to plead not guilty when he appears in court on Monday despite telling his lawyer the atrocities had been “gruesome but necessary”. Anders Behring Breivik has confessed to the […]
Source / Credit: Al Jazeera A few years ago, the respected Cambridge scholar T J Winter, also known by his Muslim name of Abdal Hakim Murad, gave a fascinating lecture to Humanities staff and students at the University of Leicester. The title was “Islam and the threat of the West”, turning […]
Aljazeera English. Initial reactions to the attacks in Norway showed a “clash of civilisations” exists, but not in the way many understood. The Norwegian terrorist who murdered more than ninety innocent civilians – many of whom were teenagers – did not act alone. Or rather, he acted within a cultural […]
A new Pew poll shows that people in Muslim-majority nations also fear Islamic extremism. This contradicts the Republican Party’s collective message. We know by now that Republican leaders have a habit of Islam-bashing, and that Herman Cain of course takes the cake. The definitely-won’t-win presidential candidate called a potential Tennessee […]
Source: Qantara Open any newspaper in the UK today and the two topics that govern any discussion on Muslims are women and extremism. Unsurprisingly, writes Sara Khan, Muslim women feel these topics are inadequately addressed by Muslims themselves. Two British organisations recently decided that the time had come to take […]
In a previous essay in April, “Learn from Pakistan“, I described the rapidly increasing coarseness of feeling and language against the Ahmadis in the Indian Urdu press, concluding that it does not bode well for either India or its Muslims. The article mainly dealt with some events in Punjab, Haryana, […]
Source: TheLocal Germany said Sunday it was making available to the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) up to €100 million ($144 million) in loans for civilian and humanitarian purposes. More Here…
Source: Ahmadiyya Times / MTA.TV Ahmadiyya Mulim Community is now established in 200 countries of the world with Chile being of the latest additions. The progress of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was laid out by His Holiness, Hadhrat Mirzā Masroor Ahmad, the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, before a crowd of 30,000 in the […]