Americas

These Are The Least Free Countries In The World For Religion

Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — The U.S. State Department’sInternational Religious Freedom Reportcites eight nations as “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPCs) due to their “particularly severe violations of religious freedom.” However, there are at least eight more countries which should also be on that list, according to the U.S. Commission […]

Nation of Immigrants

Source: NY Times. In 1908, when a play called “The Melting Pot” was first staged in New York City, helping to popularize the term, New York had a foreign-born population of over 40 percent, but the city was 98 percent white (which could include people of Hispanic origins). The foreign-born […]

‘Over My Dead Body

Source: The Daily Best: In 2012, the Obama administration reached a secret, surprising conclusion: Al Qaeda was no longer a direct threat to America. That assessment was in keeping with the message coming from the White House as President Obama rode to reelection in 2012. However, reports Eli Lake, the […]

Debunking the Extremist Myth That Islam is Anti-Jewish

New bus ads in DC say the Qu’ran promotes Jew-hatred. It’s a meritless, dangerous accusation.  Now, certainly some Muslims are anti-Jewish, as are some Christians, agnostics, atheists—you get the idea. However, nothing in the Qur’an or in Prophet Muhammad’s example supports the myth of “Islamic Jew hatred.” As I detail in my […]

Letter of the Day

Dear Editor, Ever since the May 2010 attacks on two Ahmadiyya Muslim mosques in Lahore, death without dignity has become a bitter reality for Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. Along with […]

FGM: Not in Religion’s Name!

Source: huffingtonpost.co.uk Farooq Aftab: Spokesperson Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Worldwide & AMYA UK, Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate, News Commentator, Writer & Public Speaker/Trainer on Islam Recently, thousands of British Muslim men who make […]