Chapel Hill shooting: When is a crime a ‘hate crime’?
By Ben Brumfield, CNN Updated 2:25 AM ET, Fri February 13, 2015 (CNN) The cries from family members and shocked Muslims are clear: Call it what it is, a hate crime. […]
Thousands attend funeral for Muslim students shot in North Carolina
Around 5,500 mourners pay tribute to Deah Barakat, Yusor Mohammed Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, gunned down in their apartment At least 3,000 people attended a candlelit vigil Nicky Woolf […]
Scientist: ‘Try to contact aliens’
By Pallab Ghosh, Science correspondent, BBC News Continue reading the main story in BBC Related Stories Alien hunters: An array of hope Alien hunters: What if ET ever phones our home? […]
Mustafa Mattan shot dead through Fort McMurray apartment door. Mustafa Mattan was answering a knock at his door on Monday night when he was shot
By Andrea Huncar, CBC News Posted: Feb 12, 2015 4:44 AM MT Last Updated: Feb 12, 2015 8:17 AM MT A man who moved from Ottawa to Fort McMurray less than a month ago was shot dead in his Alberta apartment on Monday, his family told CBC News. Mustafa Mattan, […]
How Canada’s rejected flags reflect the nation’s religious life
Toronto Star: With the maple leaf flag celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend, the Star visited Library and Archives Canada to take a peek at the flag submissions that didn’t […]
Three young Muslims’ killings; hate crime or not?
World Bulletin / News Desk Police say a dispute over a parking space spurred the murder Tuesday of three North Carolina college students, but the Muslim father of two of […]
The Case Against the Case Against the Crusades
BY ROSS DOUTHAT, THE NEW YORK TIMES FEBRUARY 10, 2015 In my Sunday column on the controversy surrounding President Obama’s National Prayer Breakfast speech, I tried to explain what I saw as the problems with the president’s “high horse” references to Western Christian sins without letting the column get sucked […]
Funerals set today for 3 Muslims killed in N.C.
Source: USA Today Three Muslim students, who were honored by thousands in a candlelight vigil at Chapel Hill, N.C., will be buried Thursday in Raleigh as authorities try to determine […]
Chapel Hill murders: Is Stephen Hicks a terrorist?
The Telegraph: by Padraig Reidy — Is slaughter made more or less awful if we more strictly categorise the perpetrator Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. Craig Hicks has been charged with their murder Stephen Hicks, the man charged with the murder of young […]
Lynching as Racial Terrorism
The New York Times — It is important to remember that the hangings, burnings and dismemberments of black American men, women and children that were relatively common in this country between the Civil War and World War II were often public events. They were sometimes advertised in newspapers and drew […]
Pregnancy, Alcohol and Islam
Epigraph: They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater than their advantage.’ (Al […]
Denial in Muslim students’ deaths: Column
Source: USA Today By Qasim Rashid The shootings in N.C. are about more than parking dispute. Anti-Muslim attitudes are rife. Three college students killed on Tuesday in Chapel Hill, N.C., […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mourns With Families of Chapel Hill Students
Issues call for patience and tolerance Source: ahmadiyya.us The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA mourns with the families of Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, and his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and Abu-Salha’s sister, […]
USA: “Saving the Savior: Jesus in Islam” event scheduled by Ahmadiyya
As many anticipate the upcoming “Saving the Savior: Jesus in Islam” event scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 25, at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, it naturally brings up the question about the role […]
True Islam speaks out against atrocities committed by ISIS | SALMAN MUNIR
Source: theeagle.com | SALMAN MUNIR The violence continues and more blood has been shed; ISIS has beheaded two Japanese hostages Huruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto and released a video of the Jordanian pilot, Moaz Kasabeh, being burned alive. [We just learned that American aid worker Kayla Mueller has been killed buy ISIS.] This […]
USA: All women mosque opened in Los Angeles
How Scholars View All-Women Mosque (In-depth) By Shari`ah Staff, Thursday, 05 February 2015 00:00 onislam.net 29051 The recent opening of an all-women mosque in Los Angeles, USA, raised debate among Muslim communities and scholars especially in the US.The Women’s Mosque of America is the first in the US to be […]
Heartwarming social experiment asks people to hug a blindfolded Muslim man
Embracing other cultures: Group asks passers-by if they will give a hug to blindfolded Muslim ‘terrorist’ in bid to fight Islamophobia Experiment conducted by group to eliminate Muslim stereotypes Blindfolded […]
Hey Harper, Mosques Don’t Create Terrorists
Huffington Post: I’ve prayed in downtown Toronto mosques, on multiple occasions, in the last week. According to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, that means I may be a frequent visitor to […]
USA: Three Muslim students dead in North Carolina shooting
Hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter trends as man, 46, charged with murder after killing at housing complex near University of North Carolina campus Deah Barakat with his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. All three were shot dead. Photograph: Supplied Lauren Gambino in New York @LGamGam Wednesday 11 February […]
Text of Obama’s proposal to authorize military force against ISIS
Summary Associated Press / Daily Star Lebanon Full text of Obama’s proposed resolution to formally authorize military force against ISIS: To authorize the limited use of the United States Armed […]