Iranian Woman wins Highest Prize in Math – Fields Medal
Maryam Mirzakhani, a Professor at Stanford, was one of four winners honored Wednesday at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul. She was honored in 2014 and she died of […]
NY: Sikh Doctor victim of Another Hate Crime
Doctor Jaspreet Singh Batra, Victim Of Another Alleged Sikh Hate Crime, Urges Message Of Forgiveness The Huffington Post | By Antonia Blumberg Posted: 08/11/2014 3:16 pm EDT Updated: 08/11/2014 3:59 pm EDT Doctor Jaspreet Singh Batra came forward on Monday as the victim of an alleged Sikh hate crime that took […]
Robin Williams… and My Dad
Source: The Huffington Post By Rev. Chuck Currie: United Church of Christ minister The shocking news about Robin Williams’ apparent suicide isn’t really shocking so much as it is commonplace. In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control reported 39,518 suicides, which makes suicide the 10th leading cause of death for Americans. In […]
Praying for Peace
Huff Post: by Fr. Peter-Michael Preble — I try not to choose sides especially in events that do not directly involve me or events that are so complex I do not understand them. Sometimes, however, we are forced to take sides but if we do I hope we have all […]
How Religion Affects Children’s Judgment of What Is Real and What Is Pretend
Huff Post: by Kathleen Corriveau — Some media reports about our research have said, on the basis of these results, that religious children cannot tell fact from fiction. We doubt such a conclusion is warranted. Our interpretation is different. Religious children are encouraged to think that miracles are possible — […]
U.S. Actions in Iraq Fueled Rise of a Rebel
NY Times: BAGHDAD — When American forces raided a home near Falluja during the turbulent 2004 offensive against the Iraqi Sunni insurgency, they got the hard-core militants they had been looking for. They also picked up an apparent hanger-on, an Iraqi man in his early 30s whom they knew nothing […]
PBS Documentary: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Arabic: الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, transliterated: al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyyah al-Ahmadīyyah; Urdu: احمدیہ مسلم جماعت) is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (1835–1908). The original movement […]
Robin Williams, Dies at 63 in Suspected Suicide
By DAVE ITZKOFFAUG. 11, 2014 NYTimes Continue reading the main story Slide Show Slide Show|14 Photos Robin Williams in Pictures CreditJay Paul for The New York Times Robin Williams, the comedian who evolved into the surprisingly nuanced, Academy Award-winning actor, imbuing his performances with wild inventiveness and a kind of […]
Why Should a Successful Actor Like Robin Williams Commit Suicide?
Epigraph: Those who believe, and whose hearts find comfort in the remembrance of Allah. Aye! it is in the remembrance of Allah that hearts can find comfort. Those who believe […]
The US, IS and the conspiracy theory sweeping Lebanon
Is America behind the creation of the Islamic State? The BBC’s Suzanne Kianpour, in Beirut, looks at the latest conspiracy theory doing the rounds in Lebanon. “In the Middle East, conspiracy theories are in our blood,” one former Lebanese official said over lunch in a restaurant in central Beirut. He […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s 66th Jalsa Salana, the Annual Peace Convention
Source: pennlive.com | muslimconventionusa.org Interfaith guest session Date: 08/16/14 Venue: Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex Time: 3:30 PM – 7:00 PM Address: 2300 N. Cameron St. Harrisburg, PA 17110 Description: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslims bring message of Islamic peace to Saskatoon
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) Source: cjme.com More than 3,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims gathered in Saskatoon for their […]
Penelope Cruz Accuses Israel of Genocide
Hollywood Studios Blacklist Penelope Cruz over Gaza Letter Accusing Israel of ‘Genocide’ By Fiona Keating | IB Times – Sat, Aug 9, 2014- yahoo.news Actress Penelope Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem have roused the fury of Hollywood producers, with pledges made to snub the Spanish couple. Oscar-winner Bardem and Cruz signed […]
Harrisburg Muslim convention will promote non-violent solutions to world troubles
Source: Pennlive.com By David Wenner | dwenner@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter August 08, 2014 at 2:43 PM Muslims who are firing rockets in the name of Islam are violating the principles of […]
Iraq: US plans rescue mission for besieged Yazidi refugees
The United States is exploring options to evacuate thousands of Iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain in northern Iraq by Islamic militants after four nights of humanitarian relief airdrops, officials in Washington said. At least half of the 40,000 people besieged by jihadists on Mount Sinjar had escaped by Sunday […]
The Observer view on Gaza and Israel’s international reputation
theguardian — It is clear that more and more people across the world – justifiably or not – are asking why western governments may assert a moral and legal right to mount air strikes in defence of embattled women and children dying in the mountains of northern Iraq, but […]
A call to arms for atheists (minus the arms)
Guardian: I never thought secular society would be something that would, in my lifetime, need defending. Yet, without having become any more religious, en masse, we find that state education has been handed over to any have-a-go Harry that feels up to it, which in a quarter of cases means […]
Canada: Green party shames NDP and Liberals with clear view on Gaza
Unlike federal NDP and Liberal party, Green party Leader Elizabeth May took a principled stand against the violence in Gaza. Haroon Siddiqui, The Toronto Star Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo Green party Leader Elizabeth May denounced the three main federal parties for “parroting” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Canada: Thousands of Ahmadi Muslims gather in Saskatoon
Source: thestarphoenix.com About 3,000 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim faith from all over Western Canada are gathered in Saskatoon this weekend to discuss how best to spread their message of peace […]
USA: Annual American-Ahmadiyya Muslim Convention to Focus on World Crisis
Source: marketwired.com Over Five Thousand From Across the US to Attend Longest Running American Muslim Convention HARRISBURG, PA–(Marketwired – August 08, 2014) – Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, one of the nation’s oldest […]