By LAUREN LUMSDEN PUBLISHED: 20:38 GMT, 18 July 2014 A Brooklyn-based women’s clothing line run by two Orthodox Jews has come under fire for sharing a picture to Instagram of a popular Muslim fashion blogger wearing one of their designs. Mimu Maxi, a boutique specializing in modest-yet-stylish clothing, received dozens […]
Firstlook.org: Ayman Mohyeldin, the NBC News correspondent who personally witnessed yesterday’s killing by Israel of four Palestinian boys on a Gazan beach and who has received widespread praise for his brave and innovative coverage of the conflict, has been told by NBC executives to leave Gaza immediately. According to an NBC source upset at […]
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — Some 15 hours into my fast in the blistering Virginia heat my head hurt–but it wasn’t a symptom of Ramadan. Rather, I found myself digesting The Times columnist David Aaronovitch’s latest piece, “Moderate Muslims — it’s time to be outraged.” Aaronovitch argues that, “there is no […]
Source: dallasmuslims.wordpress.com The long awaited Spiritual Fitness camp is coming to Dallas! This is open to all girls and boys until 18 years of age and is building up on the success of the nationwide program that was conducted across many Jamaats and benefited by over 700 boys and girls. Click here to see […]
Source: NY Times UNITED NATIONS — The United States on Friday ramped up its suspicions that pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine felled a Malaysian jetliner, asserting there was “credible evidence” that a Russian-built antiaircraft system in a rebel-held location had fired the missile that destroyed it, killing all 298 people […]
When Muhammad Ahmad Chaudhry visited The White House to take part in the Iftar dinner, President Obama signed this birthday card for his twin children Momin and Dania (3).
Source Stratfor: We ate breakfast to the news that an airliner had crashed in Ukraine. We had lunch to the news that Israel had invaded Gaza. An airliner crashing is perhaps more impactful than an invasion. We have all wondered, when we hear of a crash, or even in quiet moments […]
theguardian: by Sadhbh Walshe — Sitting and waiting in US District Court here on Wednesday, you got the undeniable sense that something unusual was about to happen. Here was the end of a terrorism trial with two men who had already pled guilty – the British citizen Babar Ahmad to providing material […]
Toronto terror plot: FBI wiretap reveals suspect was trained by man in touch with Al Qaeda Chiheb Esseghaier lived with and was trained by “Al-Masul, who allegedly was “in direct contact” with terror leader known as “the Doctor,” Ayman Al-Zawahiri. The Toronto Star, 2014/07/16 Chris Young / THE CANADIAN PRESS […]
Huff Post: In my previous blog, I talked about how religious believers often feel as though they are faced with a lose-lose decision — science or religion. The Bible, for example, seems to speak of a fairly quick and recent creation by very specific divine interventions — the creation of […]
Man behind push for GTA cricket stadium has history of legal trouble Chairman of cricket’s Canadian Premier League and mastermind behind proposed stadium was found guilty in 2007 of using a company to defraud a local business of $8 million. The Toronto Star 2014/07/16 Steve Russell / Toronto Star file […]
A group of non-Muslim Hamiltonians were invited to experience what Muslims suffer for their religious beliefs by fasting for a day. Fasting is part of Ramadan, the month-long observance which began in Canada June 29 and sees Muslims fast every day from sunrise to sunset. READ MORE…
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE ANNUAL IFTAR DINNER, JULY 14, 2014 The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 14, 2014 East Room 9:03 P.M. […]
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE ANNUAL IFTAR DINNER, JULY 14, 2014 The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 14, 2014 East Room 9:03 P.M. […]
Editor’s Note: This book dates back to 2006, but its importance is as “NEW” (acute) as ever. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is accusing Israel of creating an apartheid system […]
Editor’s Note: This book dates back to 2006, but its importance is as “NEW” (acute) as ever. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is accusing Israel of creating an apartheid system […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expected to highlight the contributions of Muslim Americans to U.S. society at the annual White House Iftar on Monday evening, a tradition dating back to 1996 in which Muslims break their fasts during the holy month of Ramadan in the company of administration officials. […]
Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who survived an attack by the Taliban, on Monday appealed to Boko Haram militants in Nigeria to lay down their weapons and “stop misusing the name of Islam.” Malala is visiting Nigeria in support of an estimated 276 girls kidnapped by Boko […]
Huff Post: by Dale Hansom Bourke — (RNS) While the violence escalates in Israel and Gaza, a movement is taking hold that unites Jews, Muslims and others in a campaign for peace. On Tuesday (July 15), a daylong fast is planned as part of a public effort to show unity […]
theguardian — Community of Greece won US supreme court ruling which upheld its right to open town meetings with a prayer An atheist is set to deliver the invocation in a western New York community whose town board won a US supreme court decision upholding its right to open meetings with a […]