Tikkun Daily: Saadia Faruqi: On May 11 at the Montage in Beverly Hills, approximately 300 people gathered to listen to a speech about standing up to extremism and intolerance in Islam. The topic was certainly not new, just another clarification of the old story: Islam doesn’t condone terrorism. The real reason why […]
CNN Religion Blogs: Editor’s Note: Naseem Mahdi is national vice president and missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. By Naseem Mahdi, Special to CNN Last weekend, more than 6,000 Ahmadi Muslims gathered in Virginia for their 62nd annual convention. But with more than 2 million Muslims living in the United States, […]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (left) and US Congressman Keith Ellison (right) at his swearing-in ceremony with President Thomas Jefferson‘s Qur’an, in 2007 Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is an American politician and lawyer serving […]
Huff Post: We have heard the soaring phrases often. They are fixed in the American book of verse. Now, they sound again in Steven Spielberg’s magnificent film, “Lincoln.” They come to us as tones of faith from Abraham Lincoln’s presidential speeches: “a firm reliance on Him who has never yet […]
Time: One evening in June 2009, Richard Holbrooke paid a visit toPakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari at the presidential palace in Islamabad. It was one of his first visits to the region as the Obama Administration’s special representative toAfghanistan and Pakistan. In that role, Holbrooke — who died in December 2010 […]
Mirza Hasan F.L. Ahmad Anderson – the first American #Ahmadi #Muslim (pic attached) #islam pic.twitter.com/gMwsArCT — Salaam Bhatti (@salawm) January 20, 2013 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Suggested Reading Was President Thomas Jefferson a Muslim?
Tweet from Mustafa Qadiri: Public Library of UD Diplomacy Text search View Map Make Timegraph View Tags Image Library PAKISTAN: SUMMER OF DISCONTENT? Date: 1974 June 8, 05:40 (Saturday) Canonical ID: 1974ISLAMA05499_b Original Classification: LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Handling Restrictions: — N/A or Blank — Character Count: 7936 Executive Order: — N/A […]
Huff Post: Although the North Carolina House of Representatives killed a bill Thursday that would have paved the way for establishing an official state religion, a new national HuffPost/YouGov poll finds widespread support for doing so. The new survey finds that 34 percent of adults would favor establishing Christianity as the official state religion […]
Huffingtonpost: This week, millions of Jews around the world will celebrate the holiday of Passover, commemorating the Jewish exodus from ancient Egypt. At the start of the holiday, we will […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Is anyone else wondering why the Steubenville, Ohio rape victim’s two best friends testified against her? With this week’s arrest of two other girls who “menaced” the teen victim on Facebook and Twitter, we have the beginnings of an answer. Rape culture is not only the […]
The Atlantic Monthly: One morning in September 2006, during the United Nations General Assembly, President George W. Bush’s daily intelligence brief contained a particularly chilling item. It was three sentences long, and it scared the hell out of the dozen or so White House officials cleared to read it. According to […]
Alislam.org: Youtube: Published on Mar 20, 2013 A documentary about John Alexander Dowie, who was an opponent of the Promised Messiah (as). Narrated by Ahmad Mubarak. © Copyright MTA International. […]
newevangelicalpartnership.org: Too often the words “Muslim” and “terrorist” are interchangeable in the public mind. The caustic effect of the 9/11 attacks and the aftermath of two wars in Muslim countries […]
Editor’s Note: Yusef Lateef is our Ahmadiyya Muslim brother- An American Jazz player- Great music to listen to. Yusef Lateef – I Need You Published on Jan 2, 2013 Contemplation (1960) Standard YouTube License http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4wU6mzvflI […]
youtube: Published on Jan 26, 2013 Short introduction into the beliefs, history and works of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. This is a global Muslim community, established in over 200 countries around […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Epigraph: “And as for the man who steals and the woman who steals, cut off their hands in […]
Global Post: SKOPJE, Macedonia — On Jan. 12, thousands of citizens in the Republic of Macedonia marched through the streets here to express shared outrage over their government’s use of force against journalists and opposition members of parliament on Christmas Eve. The forcible suspension of press freedom and the physical […]
Source: Global Grind By: Rabbi Marc Schneier and Russell Simmons On Jan. 7, exactly two weeks before we are to simultaneously celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. […]
Editors Note: Abdus Salam is very well known for his getting a Nobel Prize, but very few people including Pakistani know that in 1968 he was also given “Atoms for […]
Huff. Post: by Craig Considine: In seventh century Arabia, a middle-aged man had a vision to create a new religious and social order for a largely pagan and tribal society. The man, Muhammad, told his band of followers to behave wisely and civilly. “The best among you,” he said, “are […]