US secretary of state, John Kerry, suggests that protecting the beseiged Syrian town of Kobani is not a primary objective of US-coalition forces. ‘As horrific as it is to watch in real time what’s happening in Kobani … you have to step back and understand the strategic objective,’ he says […]
Salon: Her words seem particularly apt this week in light of Bill Maher’s recent opening of the Islamophobic floodgates during his “Last Word” interview with Sam Harris and Ben Affleck. In the now infamous segment, Harris argues “Islam is the mother load of bad ideas” and that “We are misled to […]
Ever since the Pentagon started talking about Isis as apocalyptic, I’ve suspected that websites and blogs and YouTube are taking over from reality. I’m even wondering whether “Isis” – or […]
Daily Caller: With Ayaan Hirsi Ali in an uproar over her unvitation from Brandeis University, and Richard Dawkins beginning his American tour, what better time to invite them to work together to […]
The Muslim Times Tagline: Ebola is here to show the Muslims, Christians, Jews and others that we are all one and in same boat. May God keep us safe. Ameen! (CNN) — […]
President Obama likes to list “our friends and partners” who have signed up for his military campaign in Iraq and Syria. If only he knew how to lead such a wartime coalition. This week’s handling of the crisis on the Syrian-Turkish border is a case study in mismanagement. True to […]
The Muslim Times Promoting Hijab rather than Burqa after Boris Johnson’s ‘Burqa Storm’ Boris Johnson, a ‘Burqa Storm’ and Perhaps Some Populist Calculations Source: The New York Time By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura […]
by Michael Young, The Daily Star, Lebanon Summary President Barack Obama’s attitude toward the Syrian conflict is the equivalent of wanting to win the lottery without buying a ticket. Obama has used his aircraft to bombard ISIS in Syria, but the president does not want to do anything yet, or […]
The Times: One faced a Taliban bullet to defend a girl’s right to read. The other won’t even face down the American gun lobby At a talk last weekend by the artist Jonathan Yeo, I was struck by the title of his portrait of Malala Yousafzai: Girl Reading. In it, Malala […]
No religion teaches cruelty or injustice, says Lal Khan Malik Source: theguardian.pe.ca Lal Khan Malik is a thoughtful, loving Muslim. He is peaceful. The national president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam’at […]
Epigraph: O ye who believe! why do you say what you do not do? Most hateful is it in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not […]
October 09, 2014 12:15 am • By Lilly Fowler lfowler@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8221Loading… IF YOU GO What: St. Louis Shroud Conference 2014 Where: Drury Plaza Inn, at 355 Chesterfield Center. When: Today through Sunday. Tickets are $150 for all events, $50 per day. Opening talk is free. Register at stlouisshroudconference.com It’s […]
The mother of a US hostage has appealed to the leader of the Islamic State (IS) militants to get in touch with her. Paula Kassig posted a letter on Twitter, for Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, asking how he can be reached. “I am an old woman and Abdul Rahman is […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kelly James Clark, Senior Research Fellow, Kaufman Interfaith Institute, Grand Valley State University Shortly after the 2004 publication of his book, Random Designer, biologist Richard Colling was prohibited from teaching introductory biology courses at Olivet Nazarene College in Illinois and his book was banned from the campus. Peter […]
By Anthony Zurcher, Editor, Echo Chambers Perhaps it’s a reflection of our high-tech society. Every day seems to bring new videos of alleged police brutality, where law enforcement officers employ questionable tactics when dealing with black suspects. According to Washington Post columnist Clinton Yates, what occurred on the afternoon of 1 October isn’t one […]
Source: crawleynews.co.uk | UK Last Friday, 524 MPs voted in favour of British planes carrying out air strikes on the jihadist group. MP Henry Smith said: I thought it was the right thing […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is returning to Kincardine on Oct. 11 to canvas the area, with hopes of educating residents about the misconceptions of Islam in wake of the recent […]
“We can thrive even when we are a minority.” Dalia Mogahed was propelled into the international spotlight when she became President Barack Obama’s advisor on Muslim affairs. Born in Egypt, […]
Source: nytimes.com A few days ago, I was on a panel on Bill Maher’s television show on HBO that became a religious war. Whether or not Islam itself inspires conflict, debates about it certainly do. Our conversation degenerated into something close to a shouting match and went viral on the web. Maher […]