Real Peace on Earth
Review of Religions: The political, economic and social unrest in the world is indeed the most critical issue of our time. The disturbances in the Middle East, tensions between North […]
Why the Quran Protects Against Radicalization: A Rebuttal to USA Today’s Nabeel Qureshi
Source: Patheos.com By Tahir Nasser The dust from the bombs had barely settled in Brussels when the first anti-Islamic articles started appearing in major news outlets. In particular, Christian pundit […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Chicago celebrates Maseeh-e-Moud Day – A Report
Messiah has come to promote peace. -Imam Shamshad. Report by: Nadeem Raza Chicago Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Chicago West (North & South) celebrated Masih Moud Day on March 20th 2016. A good gathering of the people from the community attended this event. The program comprised of recitation and English translation […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Chicago condemnS Brussels attack
“The religion of Islam which doesn’t permit to waste water, how that religion can permit shedding blood?” -Imam Shamshad A. Nasir (Chicgo) Belgium, a symbol of love, respect and peace in the European world, has been attacked by ISIS. Death toll has reached 31 while 300 people got injured. Such […]
‘I found the message of Islam simple, yet powerful’
An Indian Muslim devotee offers prayers during Eid al-Adha at Jama Masjid in New Delhi, in this October 6, 2014 file photo. (AFP) ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 25 March 2016 Akifah Baxter, a former Christian based in the United States, once strolled through a bookstore in search for guidance […]
#STOPISLAM WILL NEVER BE THE ANSWER TO EXTREMISM
Newsweek: In the wake of the tragic Brussels attacks, the world has been flooded with familiar knee-jerk, emotional responses. Symbolic of this superficial divide has been the Twitter hashtag #StopIslam, emerging as a conduit for polarized views. But, facing down extremism—one of the challenges of our age—requires level heads and sombre […]
WHAT REALLY GOES ON AT A MUSLIM MOSQUE?
24 FEB 2016 POSTED BY SHEHLA AHMAD, AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY TACKLING THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT MUSLIM PLACES OF WORSHIP. President Obama recently made his first official visit to an American mosque. […]
Is Europe becoming islamophobic?
http://piketty.blog.lemonde.fr: Public discussion on the place of Islam and Muslim populations in European societies is becoming increasingly hysterical. In the absence of precise information and research, we draw general conclusions on the capacity or the desire of tens of millions of people to integrate and live together from events which […]
Child Brides and the Quran – Dispelling the Misconceptions on International Women’s Day
Patheos.com: It demands no introduction that many people, including Muslims, believe that Islam permits child marriage. As a result, Islam is often dismissed as a highly misogynistic religion by some non-Muslims, […]
London ‘more Islamic’ than Muslim world – scholar
Telegraph: London is a more “Islamic” city than much of the Muslim world put together, a leading Muslim scholar has argued. Maulana Syed Ali Raza Rizvi, a prominent Shia cleric, who was born in Pakistan and studied in Iran, said he “feels more Islamic” in Britain than other countries because […]
Is Islam violent?
Source: Daily Times By Jonathan Power: Who has been a foreign affairs columnist for the International Herald Tribune for 20 years and author of the much acclaimed new book, Conundrums […]
Greece: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community holds 2nd National Peace Symposium in Athens
By Imam & National President, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Greece Tel: +30 2112140522 | Fax: +30 2112140522 Website: http://www.alislam.org, http://www.mta.tv, http://www.loveforallhatredfornone.org “The principle to which we adhere is that we have […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Malta & KSU hold a successful Peace Symposium on Shariah & State
Source: ahmadiyyamalta.org The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Malta & KSU held a successful Peace Symposium on Shariah & State on March 2, 2016, at the University of Malta. In this symposium Dr. […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Effective Advocacy on Religious Freedom
mpac.org: Last week, Ahmadiyya Muslims held a briefing on Capitol Hill to counter extremist narratives. In front of a full room, almost a dozen Members of Congress talked about their support for religious freedom and their appreciation for the unveiling of a program designed to theologically refute ISIS. After the […]
The Guardian view on religious intolerance: a sin against freedom
Source: The Guardian From Russia to Pakistan by way of the US campaign trail, bigotry and ideas of policing belief need to be confronted The murder of Salman Taseer was […]
Sweden: Mosque love bombed in show of Muslim solidarity after attacks
ibtimes.co.uk: After nearly a dozen reported attacks on mosques across Sweden in 2015, a mosque was flooded with red paper hearts in a show of solidarity for Muslims. People posted […]
Video: One Filmmaker’s Mission To Humanize Women Who Wear The Hijab
Huff Post: Faiza Ambah joins HuffPost Live to discuss her critically-acclaimed film, “Mariam.” Her film tells the story of a veiled Muslim teenager who must decide between keeping her hijab, […]
Muslims need a new definition of Islam in order to survive
Quartz: A few weeks back I was in a mosque, decrying the scourge of sectarianism. (I’d been invited to speak, to be clear: I wasn’t just monologuing uninvited.) In too many places, I noted, Sunni and Shia Muslims are not just at odds with each other, they’re at war. To […]
Profile: Black American Women in the Ahmadiyya Movement of Islam
http://sapelosquare.com/: This photo is the first known group photo of visibly-identifiable Muslim women in the United States. It was originally featured in the January 1923 edition of The Moslem Sunrise, the newsletter of the Ahmadiyya Movement of Islam (AMI) in the United States, a South-Asia based Islamic missionary movement that was […]