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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: The Daily Beast: The President didn’t want to strike ISIS in Iraq this week, but he no choice. But there is still no plan to defeat the group, which gets more powerful by the day. The Obama administration moved quickly this week to try to defend U.S. personnel from […]
Robert George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and a professor of politics, has been selected to receive the 2014 Ahmadiyya Muslim Humanitarian Award for his “tireless commitment to religious freedom.” George, who is also vice chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, will be honored at the group’s […]
faithstreet.com: I can empathize with religious groups whose mission is to convert everyone in the world, since I think the world would be better if everyone “saw the light” of secular humanism. But whether religious or secular, I believe the best form of proselytizing is to lead by example. I […]
Huff Post: by Eric Simpson — The notion that one can be spiritual but not religious is like saying you have blood in your body, but don’t care much for the skeleton. Similarly, claiming you need to go to Church to be spiritual is like saying you need to shop […]
HRW: (New York) – Pakistan’s government should rescind the suspension of fundamental rights and the grant of military authority for law enforcement in Islamabad, Human Rights Watch said today. Powers given to the military risk misuse in the face of ongoing large-scale political protests. “Pakistan faces very real threats of terrorism, […]
Pennlive.com: by David Wenner — Muslims who are firing rockets in the name of Islam are violating the principles of their faith. That will be a central theme of an annual American-Muslim convention that will take place Aug. 15-17 at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg. The convention by the […]