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By Salma Javid Khan on March 9, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Young Canadian Ahmadi Muslims Launch Door-to-Door Education Initiative in Toronto

Source: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2017/03/210295/young-canadian-muslims-launch-door-door-education-initiative/ By Constance Renton – March 6, 2017 , 10:22 pm Toronto – Following the massacre in Quebec last month, which left six Muslim men dead and five others injured, Muslim youth across Canada launched a new initiative aimed at educating neighbors and community members about being a Muslim in Canada. The […]

By rabyam on March 9, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Watch the New York City Women’s Day March in 360°

Source: Time By Joyce Lee 11:02 AM PKT “Today, today is for the indigenous women. Today is for the black women. Today is for the Asian women and the Latina women,” writer and poet Jamara Mychelle Wakefield declared in front of a large crowd gathered in New York City’s Washington Square […]

By Salma Javid Khan on March 9, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association spreads message of peace in Orillia

Source: http://www.orilliapacket.com/2017/03/06/youth-association-spreads-message-of-peace Youth association spreads message of peace By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times Monday, March 6, 2017 6:04:22 EST PM Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association canvassing in Orillia Sunday. PATRICK BALES/THE PACKET & TIMES Orillia was one of 65 towns and cities in Canada to get […]

By rabyam on March 9, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

New Israel Law Bars Foreign Critics From Entering the Country

Source: The New York Times By LAURIE GOODSTEIN A banner calling for the boycott, divestment and sanctioning of Israel hanging from the Manhattan Bridge in New York during a protest […]

By rabyam on March 9, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

What Do Mormons and Muslims Have in Common?

Source: Politico By STEPHEN PROTHERO It should have been a simple question: Last week, Trump counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka was asked by a radio host whether the president believed that […]

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Muhammad Ali’s son launching religious freedom campaign

Source: Associated Press By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Muhammad Ali’s son and ex-wife declared a “showdown” over religious freedom against President Donald Trump a month after they were detained by immigration […]

By Salma Javid Khan on March 9, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Op-Ed: “Quran outlines our duty as to defend churches, synagogues and all places of worship”, American Ahmadi Muslim

Source: http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/letters/ci_30838344/guest-column-i-decry-hatred-against-any-religion GUEST COLUMN: I decry hatred against any religion Sentinel & Enterprise | UPDATED: 03/06/2017 08:26:06 AM EST By Ijaz Ahmed Hundreds of tombstones were vandalized in a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia over the weekend. Hearing about this was both shocking and upsetting. As a Muslim American, I condemn […]

By Salma Javid Khan on March 9, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hosts cellphone repair workshop

Source: http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=39564 The Cell Phone Solution posted (March 3, 2017) Last year the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at hosted a cellphone repair workshop. Now, you might think this is trivial – but doesn’t everyone have at least one broken cell phone that needs fixing? Indeed, there’s a growing demand for this type of […]

By rabyam on March 8, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Amid Islamophobia and travel bans, one mosque offers a lesson in caring

Source: Washington Post By Petula Dvorak Columnist March 6 The mosque in a squat, brick industrial park in Northern Virginia was bustling Saturday morning.Women in springtime-colored hijab walked through the […]

By rabyam on March 8, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Bayonne Zoning Board votes down Muslim community center

Source : NJ.com By Corey McDonald | The Jersey Journal Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that the proposal failed to pass despite the Zoning Board voting 4-3 in […]

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After Spying on Muslims, New York Police Agree to Greater Oversight

Source: The New York Times By MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN Photo A restaurant on Steinway Street in Astoria, Queens, in an area known as Little Morocco was under surveillance […]

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Lawmakers push for more ‘religious liberties’ in Florida public schools

Source: Miami Herald BY KRISTEN M. CLARK Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE Students and teachers in Florida’s public schools would more explicitly have the right to say the Lord’s Prayer, pray […]

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Muslims in Congress, Democrats blast new Trump travel ban: ‘Muslim Ban 2.0

Source: CNN By Tom LoBianco, CNN Washington (CNN)The two Muslim members of Congress swiftly blasted President Donald Trump’s new version of the travel ban as still targeting Muslim-majority countries — […]

By Zubair Khan on March 8, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Entire US Senate demands Trump take action on threats to Jewish centers

Source. T of Israel SHINGTON — In a remarkable display of bipartisanship, every single member of the United States Senate signed an open letter to the Trump administration Tuesday demanding that action be taken to address the ongoing surge in anti-Semitic incidents throughout the country. More:

By Zubair Khan on March 8, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Trump could be impeached for falsely accusing Obama, says Harvard professor

Source: ET A Harvard University professor has claimed that US President Donald Trump could face impeachment if he lied when he claimed former president Barack Obama had ordered surveillance of his phones during the 2016 presidential campaign. Law professor Lawrence Tribe expressed these remarks in response to George Washington University […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on March 8, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

WikiLeaks CIA files: The 6 biggest spying secrets revealed by the release of ‘Vault 7’

Julian Assange has claimed the documents are the biggest intelligence release ever Andrew Griffin @_andrew_griffin WikiLeaks has released a huge set of files that it calls “Year Zero”and which mark the biggest exposure of CIA spying secrets ever. The massive set of documents – over 8,000 pages in all – include […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on March 8, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

9/11 : Your first and second thoughts?

After 9/11 it was sort of my ‘hobby’ to ask everyone of my friends, relatives, colleagues and acquaintances: “What was your first and second thought at the moment you saw the collaps of the Twin Towers” ? (we were not even told at the time that there was a ‘Tower […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on March 7, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

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America

Young Canadian Ahmadi Muslims Launch Door-to-Door Education Initiative in Toronto

Watch the New York City Women’s Day March in 360°

Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association spreads message of peace in Orillia

New Israel Law Bars Foreign Critics From Entering the Country

What Do Mormons and Muslims Have in Common?

Muhammad Ali’s son launching religious freedom campaign

Op-Ed: “Quran outlines our duty as to defend churches, synagogues and all places of worship”, American Ahmadi Muslim

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hosts cellphone repair workshop

Amid Islamophobia and travel bans, one mosque offers a lesson in caring

Bayonne Zoning Board votes down Muslim community center

After Spying on Muslims, New York Police Agree to Greater Oversight

Lawmakers push for more ‘religious liberties’ in Florida public schools

Muslims in Congress, Democrats blast new Trump travel ban: ‘Muslim Ban 2.0

Entire US Senate demands Trump take action on threats to Jewish centers

Trump could be impeached for falsely accusing Obama, says Harvard professor

WikiLeaks CIA files: The 6 biggest spying secrets revealed by the release of ‘Vault 7’

9/11 : Your first and second thoughts?

Yes, the Nike Pro Hijab Has Landed

WikiLeaks outs CIA for turning smartphones, TVs into spy cameras and audio bugs

Vaughan Ahmadiyya woman at conference