By Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Mr. Mark Noreen of Rancho Cucamonga writes in his May 15th letter that I should stop my “continual challenge” of Christianity, take heed of the words of Jesus in Mat.7:3 regarding specks and logs in people’s eyes, and spend my time correcting the “shortcomings” of […]
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land […]
STORY SUMMARY In an attempt to frame America’s new foreign policy approach as less interventionist and more diplomatic, U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday spoke of his country’s recent so-called achievements. U.S. military intervention appears to have inflamed, rather than reduced, legacies of bloodshed. While it is impossible, he said, to […]
Faith Street.com: By Harris Zafar: Last week, I read with great interest Herb Silverman’s column describing six events that led him to believe that “Islam is the worst and most dangerous religion by all human rights standards.” Although I believe Islamophobia to be a real phenomenon, I do not consider […]
One of our brothers, Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar of Columbus Majlis, has been martyred in Rabwah, Pakistan on May 26, 2014, at the age of 50, Inna lillahi wa inna […]
Husain Haqqani (Urdu: حسین حقّانی; born July 1, 1956), alternately spelled Hussain Haqqani, is a Pakistani political author and the former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States. He was appointed as the Pakistan ambassador in April […]
The news: One hundred children orphaned by the Syrian civil war could find a home in Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica’s summer retreat, “a mansion and riverfront estate surrounded by rolling pastures,” according to Yahoo News. That would be a welcome sight for any of the hundreds of thousands of […]
Source: OnFaith By Qasim Rashid B.Sc. JD Despite the violence, murder, and persecution of Ahmadi Muslims worldwide, all imams have been silent. He turned away with a look of disgust. “You’re a kafir, an apostate,” he said. “I do not need to touch your filthy hand, and I do not need […]
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Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land […]
Obama: ”America should never ask permission to protect our people” Continue reading the main story in BBC and watch a video Related Stories Speech in full with analysis ‘We must […]
Huff Post: by Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman — Why is the discourse about science and religion so utterly unproductive? Almost every day, we hear about school boards fighting against scientific literacy, or screeds about how religion brainwashes our children. Why is it so hard for us to talk about religion and science in any meaningful […]
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — Maya Angelou spent her life as an unstoppable force for art, justice, and love. Her writing touched on themes of struggle and sadness, and often drew on her faith as a source of strength to find beauty and perseverance in hard times. As we […]
Courtesy of Zakaria Virk, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Canada May 27, 2014 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular), […]
http://speier.house.gov/: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-California) and Congressman Frank Wolf (R-Virginia) released the following statements following the brutal killing of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar in Pakistan this weekend. Qamar, an American cardiologist from Columbus, Ohio, was gunned down in front of his wife and toddler son. He was reportedly […]
Perhaps the last poem by Dr Medhi Ali dated 28th March 2014 ================================================================ Canadian Foreign Minister Condemns the Murder of Dr Medhi Ali Baird and Minister Yelich Condemn Violence Against Religious Communities in Pakistan May 27, 2014 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of […]
Huff Post: by Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite— The war on women is literally a war and it is going on all around us, all day long and all night long, all the time; it is a war of epidemic proportions. It is a war fought on the bodies of […]
By Fozia Khawaja, Edmonton A unique Interfaith Symposium held by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association Edmonton, Canada It is hard to believe that faith can provide solutions to the bullying […]
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/world/asia/us-doctor-is-killed-by-gunman-in-pakistan.html U.S. Doctor Is Killed by Gunman in Pakistan By WAQAR GILLANIMAY 26, 2014 LAHORE, Pakistan — An American doctor volunteering at a hospital in eastern Pakistan was shot to death on Monday in front of his wife and 3-year-old son in the latest attack on a follower of […]
Mehdi Ali was the youngest son of Choudhary Farzand Ali Sahib who was one of the pioneers of Rabwah and was close friend with Hazrat Musleh Maood (Razi Allah Anhu). […]