Brazilian Bishop, Urges Ordination Of Married Elders As Priest Shortage Grows
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Ahmadiyya Focused on peace at the UN
Source: news-journal.com Radicalization of youth is one of the biggest challenges facing us today. Often, we hear of young people taking arms to shoot fellow students while other frustrated youth have […]
Calgary’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community sees success with outreach efforts
“Extremism has no room in Islam,” said Mohsin Kamran, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association. “It’s a very peaceful and moderate religion.” Source: metronews.ca Members of Calgary’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community […]
Ahmadi Muslims in East Valley seeking peaceful image
eastvalleytribune.com: Ann Wilcox’s daily routine looks like any other American Muslim woman’s. She covers her head with a hijab, abstains from alcohol and pork, and rises before sunrise to perform […]
Canada: Canadian women captured by ISIS in Syria
Gill Rosenberg, Canadian citizen, reportedly captured by ISIS in Syria Canada ‘pursuing all appropriate channels’ to verify reports, is in touch with local authorities The Associated Press Posted: Nov 30, 2014 1:33 PM ETLast Updated: Nov 30, 2014 2:39 PM ET Gill Rosenberg from White Rock, B.C., who emigrated to […]
Sex and the Saints
Source: NY Times: WHEN ushered into the master bedroom of the Mormon patriarch Brigham Young at his winter home in St. George, Utah, a few years ago, I felt duty-bound to ask an obvious question: Where did the other women sleep? Other women? The church tour guide blushed, and laser-stared me […]
Ferguson Illuminates Our Racism
Source: NY Times: WASHINGTON — WHEN Ferguson flared up this week after a grand jury failed to indict the white police officer Darren Wilson for killing the unarmed black youth Michael Brown, two realities were illuminated: Black and white people rarely view race in the same way or agree about […]
Canadian family of radical son creates outreach program
Source: winnipegsun.com EDMONTON — Chris Boudreau now knows there were signs her son was headed down a deadly path. Damian Clairmont — killed in Syria in 2012 as a member of […]
Muslim missionary calls for peace at Barrie interfaith breakfast
Source: simcoe.com Peace on Earth and goodwill toward all people. That might be a common phrase in a Christmas carol, but one many at Coun. Peter Silveira’s third annual Barrie Interfaith […]
Calgary group serving as positive example of the Islamic faith
Source: calgaryjournal.ca In the last few months, the Canadian public has been awash in news about Muslims and the Islamic faith. Between talk of the ISIS movement, acts of vandalism against […]
More U.S. dishonesty – editorial – The Daily Star, Lebanon
The Daily Star The situation on the ground in Syria is extremely complicated, in contrast to the skies, where things are crystal-clear. The U.S.-led coalition carries out daily airstrikes against ISIS targets, while Syrian aircraft bomb regime opponents and anyone who happens to be in the way. After a series […]
When Whites Just Don’t Get It
NY times: WE Americans are a nation divided. We feud about the fires in Ferguson, Mo., and we can agree only that racial divisions remain raw. So let’s borrow a page from South Africa and impanel a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to examine race in America. The model should be […]
The Disease of Being Busy
O Being: by Omid Safi — I saw a dear friend a few days ago. I stopped by to ask her how she was doing, how her family was. She looked up, voice lowered, and just whimpered: “I’m so busy… I am so busy… have so much going on.” Almost […]
Promoting Islam in Quebec City
lifeinquebec.com: Main pic: Sarah Cherki of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community speaks to Quebecers during an information session on Islam. Photo credit: Ruby Pratka If there has ever been an easy time to be an imam in Quebec City, now is not it. The divisions stirred up by the Charter of Values […]
Humanity First’s Annual Telethon on Nov 29th
Epigraph: They ask thee what they shall spend. Say: ‘Whatever of good and abundant wealth you spend should be for parents and near relatives and orphans and the needy and […]
Mississauga: Mayoral candidate charged in death threat investigation
Mississauga News By Louie Rosella November 28, 2014 Riazuddin Choudhry Halton Regional Police have charged Riazuddin choudhry, 69, (left) after Milton journalist Mohsin Abbas,went to police, alleging he was threatene e alleging he was threatened. MISSISSAUGA — A mayoral candidate in last month’s municipal election in Mississauga has […]
The cultural idiocy gap between parents and kids is getting wider
Source: The Guardian. Adults almost inevitably will become idiots because most of them cannot keep up.’Photograph: Alamy I was sitting at a table with my family. Absent-mindedly, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a leaf, and idly tried to pick it up. But it would not come. […]
Promoting Islam in Quebec City
Source: lifeinquebec.com If there has ever been an easy time to be an imam in Quebec City, now is not it. The divisions stirred up by the Charter of Values […]
Members of Ahmadiyya Muslim community clearing Misconceptions
The Purpose of Islam: The purpose of Islam is to enable people to establish peace in society,” he said. “So, anything you do that disrupts the peace of society is […]
Picture of the day: Hijab – A symbol of unity in diversity
Source: twitter.com/Mark Wilson