My View Of Religion As Truth
The Star: Religion is an idea of life, the universe and everything stating how we should live. What will happen to us after death. A God – or at least […]
Ahmadi leader brings message of peace at speech in Mississauga
Toronto Star: Nearly a month after Canadian cardiologist and member of Islam’s Ahmadi sect, Mehdi Ali Qamar was shot to death in Pakistan, thousands of members of the controversial Muslim minority gathered in Mississauga on Saturday to pledge their allegiance to a peaceful jihad. “What is our response? Are we going […]
Slain Pickerington doctor deemed martyr
Columbus Dispatch: A memorial was held in Madison Township for a “martyr” yesterday. About 100 relatives, friends and colleagues gathered to remember Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar of Pickerington at the service at the Ba’it ul Nasir mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. That wasn’t as many as the 7,000 who […]
Fighting Islamophobia With ‘Political Correctness’
Huff Post: by Todd Green, PhD — There is an organized cottage industry in the U.S. that makes a living out of demonizing Muslims and stirring up fears of a formidable “Islamic threat.” Nathan Lean refers to this industry as the “Islamophobia Industry.” It is a multi-million dollar network with deep pockets […]
Fighting Islamophobia With 'Political Correctness'
Huff Post: by Todd Green, PhD — There is an organized cottage industry in the U.S. that makes a living out of demonizing Muslims and stirring up fears of a formidable “Islamic threat.” Nathan Lean refers to this industry as the “Islamophobia Industry.” It is a multi-million dollar network with deep pockets […]
Dr Bikram Lamba- My impressions of 38th Canadian Annual Convention
The Ahmadiyya Annual Jalsa- A Once in Lifetime Experience By Drlamba | Posted 11 hours ago | Innisfil, Ontario http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1146583 It is an experience that is ineluctable, inexplicable and indicative of deep faith, and reverence. It was the 38th Annual Jalsa of the Ahmadiyya Community – an event that […]
Presbyterians Vote to Divest Holdings to Pressure Israel
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 called children of God.Blessed are […]
Hazel McCallion receives Sir Zafarullah Khan Award 2014
Epigraph: And help one another in righteousness and piety; but help not one another in sin and transgression. And be mindful of your duty to Allah. (Al Quran 5:3) Hazel […]
America does not learn
June 20, 2014 Opinion & Analysis Yuram Abdullah Weiler With militants controlling Mosul, Tikrit and Fallujah, and lobbing mortar rounds into Baghdad International Airport, the US is preparing its Baghdad embassy personnel for rapid evacuation in a manner reminiscent of the hasty departure from Saigon in 1975. Meanwhile, Iran has […]
Confucius and the Age of Anxiety
Source: The Huffington Post By Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder Confucius points to the Noble Person, chün tzu, as the epitome of human development, a person of moral goodness who is described as having fulfilled a variety of the salient Confucian virtues including goodness, jen, righteousness, i, […]
I Won’t Apologize for Being Muslim
Huff Post: by Sarah Harvard — The Benghazi quasi-controversy took an ugly turn at a recent panel on the issue conducted by the Heritage Foundation, when prominent anti-Islam activist Brigitte Gabriel decried “180 million to 300 million Muslims’ quest for the destruction and dominance of Western civilization” — comments that […]
I Won't Apologize for Being Muslim
Huff Post: by Sarah Harvard — The Benghazi quasi-controversy took an ugly turn at a recent panel on the issue conducted by the Heritage Foundation, when prominent anti-Islam activist Brigitte Gabriel decried “180 million to 300 million Muslims’ quest for the destruction and dominance of Western civilization” — comments that […]
According To Math, You Should Believe In God
Epigraph: And worldly life is nothing but a sport and a pastime. And surely the abode of the Hereafter is better for those who are righteous. Will you not then […]
If the first thing you ask a Muslim woman is if she's American, you might be a bigot
theguardian: by Linda Sarsour — I am Muslim and I am American. Speaking out against the Islamophobia industry is how I practice my patriotism. Spreading hate against Muslims is, apparently, a quite lucrative business in the United States. Saba Ahmed’s experience demonstrates that there is a systematic demonization of Muslims […]
If the first thing you ask a Muslim woman is if she’s American, you might be a bigot
theguardian: by Linda Sarsour — I am Muslim and I am American. Speaking out against the Islamophobia industry is how I practice my patriotism. Spreading hate against Muslims is, apparently, a quite lucrative business in the United States. Saba Ahmed’s experience demonstrates that there is a systematic demonization of Muslims […]
Obama: U.S. Prepared to Take 'Targeted' Action in Iraq
President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United States is prepared to take “targeted and precise” military action against Islamist militants in Iraq, but he pledged that American forces “will not be returning to combat.” He said the United States is prepared to send as many as 300 American military […]
Obama: U.S. Prepared to Take ‘Targeted’ Action in Iraq
President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United States is prepared to take “targeted and precise” military action against Islamist militants in Iraq, but he pledged that American forces “will not be returning to combat.” He said the United States is prepared to send as many as 300 American military […]
Noam Chomsky: The responsibility of privilege – The famed linguist and political activist says intellectuals have a moral duty to hold centres of power to account.
His popularity – or notoriety as some would say – endures because he is still criticising politicians, business leaders and other powerful figures for not acting in the public’s best interest. At the heart of Chomsky’s work is examining the ways elites use their power to control millions of people, […]
Pope Francis Promises Not To Pray For Argentina In World Cup
Huffington Post Posted: 06/14/2014 12:09 pm EDT Updated: 06/14/2014 12:59 pm EDT Print Article VATICAN CITY (AP) — He recently renewed his Argentine passport and remains an official card-carrying member of his favorite Buenos Aires football club. But Pope Francis has pledged absolute neutrality for the World Cup. Francis recalled […]
Did the U.S. and Israel Want Open-Ended Chaos in the Mideast?
Did the U.S. and Israel Want Open-Ended Chaos in the Mideast? They might have quite coldly and consciously fomented conflict in order to achieve their strategic objectives in the region. By Thomas Harrington, CounterPunch June 17, 2014 | During the last week we have seen Sunni militias take control of […]