Second Florida Mosque Hit by Arson Attack in 5 Months
Source: NBC News By NIKITA BIRYUKOV and ALEXANDRA BACALLAO A fire at a Florida mosque was ruled arson Friday, the second time an Islam house of worship was set on […]
Olathe shooting: My husband loved America, says widow
Source: BBC The widow of an Indian man killed in a suspected race crime in the US has said her husband “loved America” and came to the country “full of […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada Stands In Solidarity With Jewish Community
SourcE: http://www.publicnow.com/view/2A3CFD927058B5A263FCA5F023AE5F6A14F41841?2017-02-24-13:00:40+00:00-xxx231 THE CENTRE FOR ISRAEL AND JEWISH AFFAIRS 24/02/2017 | News release | Distributed by Public on 24/02/2017 16:56 From our partners in the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at community: Canadian Muslim Community Condemns Anti-Semitic Act in Toronto The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada denounces the act of Anti-Semitism that took place in […]
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Lloydminster host Coffee campaign to dispel misconceptions about Islam at the Vermilion Public Library
Source: http://www.vermilionstandard.com/2017/02/22/local-voices-heard-during-muslim-event By Taylor Hermiston, Vermilion Standard VERMILION, Alta. – Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Lloydminster, Alta./Sask. have been welcomed with respect and solidarity, according to Imam Tariq Azeem. Azeem has been hosting Coffee and Islam, a national campaign intended to dispel suspicions and misconceptions regarding Islam, at the Vermilion Public […]
Austin’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community holds a “Coffee, Cake & True Islam” gathering at Caffe Medici
Source: http://kut.org/post/austin-muslims-invite-community-talk-islam-over-coffee By SYEDA HASAN Recent reports show hate crimes against Muslims in the U.S. have spiked to levels not seen since just after 9/11. This has led one Austin-area Muslim group to try and combat misconceptions about their religion. They’re holding a series of community conversations, inviting people to come and […]
Muhammad Ali’s son detained at airport: ‘Are you Muslim?’
60COMMENTS By Associated PressFEBRUARY 25, 2017 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A lawyer says the son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was detained by immigration officials at a Florida airport. Chris Mancini tells the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky that 44-year-old Muhammad Ali Jr. and his mother Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the […]
USA: Albany Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Dispelling Islamophobia through their ‘True Islam’ campaign
Source: http://poststar.com/news/local/muslims-reaching-out-in-local-gatherings/article_78b88502-908c-5a80-98c2-d56c423d121d.html By KATHLEEN PHALEN-TOMASELLI kphalen-tomaselli@poststar.com Dispelling myths The ‘True Islam’ campaign clarifies eleven misconceptions about Islam to actively counter extremism and misinformation about Muslim people and their religious beliefs: True Islam is a religion that: Rejects all forms of terrorism Believes in non-violent jihad (path) Believes in the equality, education and […]
White House Blocks CNN, New York Times, and Others from Press Briefing
Source: The Daily Beast Reporters from several news organizations were denied entry to a press briefing at the White House on Friday afternoon, in a surprising breach of protocol that spurred fervent responses from newsroom executives. Journalists from CNN, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, the BBC, BuzzFeed, […]
Senior Trump Aide Seb Gorka Has Ties to Anti-Semitic Groups
Source: The Daily Beast President Trump’s deputy assistant, Sebastian Gorka, developed close ties to far-right and anti-Semitic groups in Hungary, according to an investigation by The Forward. When Gorka, 46, was caught wearing a medal associated with a Nazi collaborationist regime, he told Breitbart News that he wears it to […]
Donald Trump badmouths Sweden, Germany and Paris in one go
Source: The Local US president Donald Trump intensified his verbal attacks on Sweden, France and Germany on Friday, painting swaths of Europe as a jihadist-infested hellscape. Firing up victory-drunk conservatives at a rally outside Washington, Trump trashed long-time allies as he sought to justify his own controversial crackdown on immigrants. […]
Photos: St. Louisans Unite to Clean Desecrated Jewish Cemetery- Syrian Muslim Refugees join in
by Danny Wicentowski February 23, 2017 Photo by Danny Wicentowksi The Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery was packed with volunteers on Wednesday. Despite the crush of reporters and volunteers filling the Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery Wednesday afternoon, Marc Daniels managed to slide through a gap in the crowd — and suddenly, there […]
Why Muslims could actually thrive under President Trump
Source: The Washington Post By Jalal Baig February 23 Protesters hold an American flag as part of a rally called “Peace for Iran” in Washington, D.C. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) […]
Islamophobia grows louder in North Carolina: ‘Can we not kill them all?’
Source: The Guardian BY Jordan Green in Kernersville, North Carolina Jordan Green is senior editor for the Triad City Beat in Greensboro, NC Friends and family members pray at a […]
McMaster Has the Islamophobes Worried. Good.
Source: Politico When America’s most influential Islamophobes are upset, you know the president made a good choice. “Score one [for] the swamp,” whined Robert Spencer upon hearing the news that […]
Oklahoma court favors church in Syrian torture lawsuit
Source: Associated Press By SEAN MURPHY OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man from Syria who says he was tortured in his home country after converting to Christianity has no legal recourse against an Oklahoma church that published his name and baptism online, the state’s highest court ruled on Wednesday. The […]
Muslim Group Wins Right to Build Mosque in Michigan City
Source: The New York Times By DANIEL VICTOR Protesting the construction of a mosque in Sterling Heights, Mich., in 2015.CreditJohn M. Galloway/Detroit News, via Associated Press Over the objections of […]
‘Love Heals.’ Jewish Families Heartbroken Over Cemetery Vandalism Find Comfort in Muslim Supporters
Source: Time Melissa Chan Updated: 6:26 PM PKT | Originally published: Feb 22, 2017 A Muslim-American group in the U.S. helped raise more than $113,000 in a single day to […]
The Number Of Anti-Muslim Hate Groups In The U.S. Tripled In 2016
Source: Huffington Post By Christopher Mathias The number of anti-Muslim hate groups in the U.S. nearly tripled in 2016 partly because of Donald Trump’s rise to political power, suggests a new […]
Mother Facing Likely Deportation Takes Refuge In Denver Church
Source: Huffington Post By Ryan Grenoble DENVER ― A mother of four facing possible deportation has taken refuge in a Denver church after customs officials denied a request to extend […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Queens, NY’s Coffee, Cake and True Islam – An informal conversation about Islam
Source: https://allevents.in/hollis/queens-nys-coffee-cake-and-true-islam/740200272806127 Queens, NY’s Coffee, Cake and True Islam TIME: Thu Feb 23 2017 at 07:30 pm VENUE: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Queens, 188-15 McLaughlin Ave, Hollis, United States EVENT DETAILS QUEENS, NY’S COFFEE, CAKE AND TRUE ISLAM An informal conversation about Islam: We find a great deal of commentary and analysis […]