Obama wishes Muslims a happy Ramadan
Source: The Hill President Obama marked the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday, offering his “warmest greetings” to those celebrating in the United States and abroad. […]
Imagine if the media covered alcohol like other drugs
Vox.com; What if the media covered alcohol like it does other drugs? This was a question that came up in my coverage of flakka, a synthetic drug that made headlines after law enforcement blamed it for people running in the streets naked in delusional paranoia. What follows is a satirical […]
Nine Killed in Shooting at Charleston Church
Source:NY Times: Police gathered outside the Emanuel A.M.E. Church after a shooting on Wednesday in Charleston, S.C. Credit Richard Ellis/European Pressphoto Agency A white gunman opened fire Wednesday evening at a historic black church in downtown Charleston, S.C., before fleeing, the police said, and nine people were killed. The Charleston Police […]
Americans Are Less Confident In Organized Religion Than Ever Before: Gallup Survey
Religion News Service | By Cathy Lynn Grossman Posted: 06/17/2015 (RNS) Americans have less confidence in organized religion today than ever measured before — a sign that the church could […]
Ramadan is a Spiritual Flight. Check in Now!
1. Print your “boarding pass to heaven” We have made customized Ramadan calendars for 30 major US cities. Each calendar includes local salat times and the 30-day spiritual fitness challenge […]
Canadian Muslims Launch "Fast with a Muslim Friend" Campaign to Share their Ramadan Experience with Canadians
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada connects Canadians with their fellow Muslims through a unique National Campaign, during the Holy month of Islam The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada has launched a national […]
Canadian Muslims Launch “Fast with a Muslim Friend” Campaign to Share their Ramadan Experience with Canadians
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada connects Canadians with their fellow Muslims through a unique National Campaign, during the Holy month of Islam The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada has launched a national […]
Ramadan – a Muslim month of fasting, sacrifice, prayers and self-purification
Source: ahmadiyyamalta.org By: Laiq Ahmed Atif, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Malta Email: amjmalta@gmail.com Who can understand the importance of food and water more than those who have ever passed through hunger, thirst or any kind […]
Morgan Freeman's and Every One's Obsession with God
Epigraph: When your Lord brought forth offspring from the loins of the sons of Adam, He made them witness against their own selves by asking them: Am I not your […]
Morgan Freeman’s and Every One’s Obsession with God
Epigraph: And He (Allah) gave you all that you wanted of Him; and if you try to count the favors of Allah, you will not be able to number them. […]
Fundamentalists Think Science Is Atheism
Source: Huffington Post By Karl Giberson, Ph.D; Professor, Stonehill College Equating science with atheism is one of the most dangerous byproducts of America’s culture wars. This strange polarization portends disaster, as […]
Feeding our Children
By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson While a member of the Texas legislature, I introduced legislation that mandated providing meals to children from low income families. It is extremely important that during the […]
Why Muslims in Anchorage will fast 9 hours more than Muslims in Cape Town
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan | June 16, 2015 | 3 Comments When the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan begins later this week, some Muslims around the world will […]
New study finds that cigarettes are linked to nearly half of all deaths from a dozen common cancers
Business Insider: by Lisa Rapaport — (Reuters Health) – Roughly half of deaths from 12 smoking-related cancers may be linked directly to cigarette use, a US study estimates. While the largest proportion of deaths associated with smoking were for cancers of the lung, bronchus, trachea and larynx, about half of […]
Court rules New York Sikh student can serve in US army with beard and turban
theguardian — An attorney for the Sikh Coalition said the decision to let Iknoor Singh enlist while adhering to Sikh rules is ‘an important victory for religious freedom’ Sikhism, a 500-year-old religion founded in India, requires its male followers to wear a turban and beard A Sikh college student from New […]
Sikh Student’s Right To Serve In ROTC And Wear His Turban Upheld By US Court
The Huffington Post | By Carol Kuruvilla Posted: 06/15/2015 A Sikh college student will now be able to pursue his dream of serving in the U.S. Army, without being forced […]
Sikh Student's Right To Serve In ROTC And Wear His Turban Upheld By US Court
The Huffington Post | By Carol Kuruvilla Posted: 06/15/2015 A Sikh college student will now be able to pursue his dream of serving in the U.S. Army, without being forced […]
What Has Islam Contributed to Western Culture
Some Right-Wing Europeans Say Islam Hasn’t Contributed to Western Culture. Here’s Why They’re Wrong By Akbar Ahmed, 10 June, 2015 One of the right-wing tropes about Islam in Europe, which is making alarming inroads into the mainstream, is that it represents a “culture of backwardness, of retardedness, of barbarism” and […]
Robert Fisk: America siding with ‘terrorists’ like al-Nusra? It’s not a conspiracy theory; History suggests otherwise, as well as intelligence reports
Most Used No apologies for returning today to the strange case of the “moderate” Jabhat al-Nusra rebels, the throat-cutters and executioners who are playing the anti-Isis card to woo the US. Their leader, you may recall, told Qatar’s Al Jazeera channel that his al-Qaeda affiliated warriors will oppose both Isis […]
Robert Fisk: America siding with 'terrorists' like al-Nusra? It's not a conspiracy theory; History suggests otherwise, as well as intelligence reports
Most Used No apologies for returning today to the strange case of the “moderate” Jabhat al-Nusra rebels, the throat-cutters and executioners who are playing the anti-Isis card to woo the US. Their leader, you may recall, told Qatar’s Al Jazeera channel that his al-Qaeda affiliated warriors will oppose both Isis […]