Abdus Salam Science Fair at Jalsa Salana USA 2014
Epigraph: “The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.” Holy Prophet Muhammad Formal walk through on Sat. Aug. 16th, 2014, 2-4 PM (along with the […]
[Urdu Artcile] Naseehato’n ka Guldasta (20) by Imam Shamshad A. Nasir
Kindly click on the images to zoom them. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam & missionary-in-charge of the Baitul ul Jaam’e Mosque, Glen Ellyn Cell Phone: 909-636-8332 | Email: Shamshadanasir@gmail.com
Heaven is for neuroscience: How the brain creates visions of God
Salon.com: Excerpted from “The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery.” For most of recorded history, human beings situated the mind — and by extension the soul — not within the brain but within the heart. When […]
Milwaukee: 2nd anniversary of Sikh Temple shooting
http://www.jsonline.com 2 years after temple shooting, victim’s family relies on Sikh teachings Michael Sears Memorial services are being held through Tuesday at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek. On Aug. 5, 2012, six worshippers were killed and four other people were injured in a shooting. By Dinesh Ramde, […]
Israel has broken my heart: I’m a rabbi in mourning for a Judaism being murdered by Israel
Source: Salon.com By Rabbi Michael Lerner: He is an American political activist, the editor of Tikkun, a progressive Jewish interfaith magazine based in Berkeley, California, and the rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue, […]
The stigma of being an atheist in the US
Source: BBC By Aleem Maqbool, BBC News, Columbus, Ohio Atheists in the US are rallying together, launching a new TV programme and providing support for those who go public with their […]
USA: Chicago Imam says: Violent Jihad Must be Waged Against Israel
The Clarion Project A Chicago Imam preached that Muslims should wage war against Israel and that paradise awaits those who die fighting jihad. By Ryan Mauro Sun, August 3, 2014 Imam Mohamed Elimam of the Islamic Center of Chicago. A video has emerged of an imam in Chicago preaching that […]
How Street Harassment Became An ‘All-American Pastime’
Huff Post: by Alanna Vagianos — “It’s constant, it’s inescapable, it’s hard to get away from.” That’s how the “Street Harassment: Sidewalk Sleazebags and Metro Molesters” video begins, referring to the insidious nature of cat-calling. In the video posted on July 29, Vocativ interviewed numerous women including Miss DC 2009 Jen […]
9 Facts About the Israel-Palestine Conflict On Which We Can All Agree
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — Simply open your mouth on Israel-Palestine, and faster than you can blink you’ll be labeled either a heartless Zionist or a Hamas terrorist. Both extreme labels are equally fruitless. If we cannot find a middle ground in dialogue, how can we expect Israel and […]
State Dept. should act on Pakistan’s religious freedom violations, watchdog group says
(RNS) An independent religious freedom watchdog panel has welcomed the State Department’s annual religious freedom report and its list of the world’s worst offenders, which had laid dormant for three years. The list of “countries of particular concern” had remained unchanged since 2006 — and hasn’t been formally issued by the State Department since 2011 — when Burma, China, […]
US Muslim movement embraces gay and interfaith marriages, female imams and mixed prayersuf
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Omar Akersim prays regularly and observes the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast. He is also openly gay. Akersim, 26, is part of a small but growing number of […]
A Venerable Jewish Voice for Peace
Source: Democracy Now By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan The Israeli assault on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip has entered its fourth week. This military attack, waged by […]
A Muslim Reflection on Global Crisis
Source: The Huffington Post By Amaar Ahmad, Ph.D Electrical Engineering, Virgina Tech In this day and age, fortunately we also hear voices of reason that invite all nations towards peace. His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, has been inviting world leaders to resolve conflicts through dialogue. […]
Love thy Neighbor is a Christian Value, Hate and Stereotyping aren’t
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had […]
What about a Palestinian’s right to freedom?
Epigraph: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, […]
The US is not neutral
Summary Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated Thursday that he would not pull troops out of Gaza until Hamas’ tunnel network was completely destroyed, despite growing international calls for a cease-fire, and announced the call-up of 16,000 more army reservists. On a day when 16 Palestinians were killed in a […]
Boston subway ads are shocking– ‘and so is the reality on the ground’
Mondoweiss: by Annie Robbins — (Photo:Ads Against Apartheid) Bostonians have been checking out the “ONE WORD” campaign in their subway system, describing Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. The ad campaign was launched this week by Ads Against Apartheid (AAA), a local Boston-based nonprofit. The ads are currently running in Boston’s downtown State Street Station where they […]
US, UN announce deal on 72-hour Gaza cease-fire
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
Gaza UN shelter attack ‘totally unacceptable’ – White House
The US has said the shelling of a UN shelter in Gaza is “totally unacceptable and totally indefensible”. In its strongest criticism yet of Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory, the US – Israel’s closest ally – urged Israel to do more to protect civilian life. A quarter of Gaza’s […]
Kerry Stresses U.S.-Germany Relationship Amid Spying Allegations
Source: Huffington Post VIENNA, July 13 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, standing alongside Germany’s foreign minister, on Sunday stressed the strategic importance of relations between the two […]