Accepting Islam

The Muslims of Early America

IT was not the imam’s first time at the rodeo. Scheduled to deliver an invocation at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo last week, Moujahed Bakhach of the local Islamic Association of Tarrant County canceled his appearance because of the backlash brought on by a prayer he had offered […]

Christians Can Worship In Mosques Too

Patheos.com: By Saima Sheikh It seems that Christian extremists have found a new hero, Christine Weick.  She is the woman who disrupted the MuslimFriday prayer service in the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. last November. Christine alleged that the Muslims took over the National Cathedral to make a statement. Muslims didn’t take over […]

Muslim group fights prejudice

Telegram.com:  FITCHBURG — Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are waging what they call an awareness campaign against extremism and radicalization in an effort to show that radical jihadists are far removed from the true teachings of Islam. Furqan Mehmud, regional youth leader for Ahmadiyya communities in the Fitchburg and […]

Nations Must Repeal Blasphemy Laws

Huff Post: What did the terrorist attacks against the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and the kosher supermarket in Paris share with the flogging of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi in Jeddah last month? Each was an assault on freedom of conscience, religion, or belief. Moreover, in the Charlie Hebdo and Badawi cases, […]

Time for honest debate about Islam

CNN.com: Harris Zafar is national spokesperson and youth vice president for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, which describes itself as an international revival movement within Islam. He is also author of “Demystifying Islam: Tackling the Tough Questions.” The views expressed are his own. (CNN)Just a month into the year, and already […]