[Urdu Artcile] Naseehato’n ka Guldasta by Imam Shamshad A. Nasir
Kindly click on the images to zoom them. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam of the Baitul Hameed Mosque, Chino, California. Imam Nasir currently serves as […]
Supreme Court case could change how you watch TV
Source: CNN Money A two-year-long legal battle between the country’s biggest broadcasters and a startup called Aereo is about to culminate at the U.S. Supreme Court. The court’s decision, expected sometime […]
Exclusive – U.S. force in Afghanistan may be cut to less than 10,000 troops
April 22, 2014 – 00:28 By Missy Ryan and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan may drop well below 10,000 – the minimum demanded […]
Boston Marathon’s Muslim Runners To Play A Critical Role In Shattering Stereotypes
Huff Post: by Omar Sacirbey — (RNS) Ask Jalon Fowler, a 38-year-old IT specialist for John Hancock Financial Services, what advice she would give to two Muslim friends who will each be running their first Boston Marathon, and this Muslim convert is happy to opine. “Go easy; stay relaxed,” Fowler […]
Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter’s life story is a warning to us about racism and revenge
theguardian: by Geoffry Robertson — In 1976, I was a junior lawyer on Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter’s retrial defence team. His story has a significance that should outlive his death. It all began with the riots in Watts and Harlem in the early 1960s, which left 13 black children killed by […]
A New Muslim Renaissance is Here
Source: The Time Magazine By Rabia Chaudry, who is an attorney and the founder and president of the Safe Nation Collaborative. History is witness to a time past when the Islamic civilization produced globally unparallelled architecture, literature, science, philosophy, theological discourse, and cultural influences – influences so strong it made European […]
Gospel story of Jesus’ resurrection a source of deep rifts in Christian religion
Source: The Washington Post By Kimberley Winston, Published: April 18, 2014 “On the third day, he rose again.”That line, from the Nicene Creed, is a foundational statement of Christian belief. […]
An Islamic Easter? The Real Resurrection of Jesus– A Muhammdan Messiah
A Muslim Times Original By Abdul Alim I grew up reading a lot of interesting fiction. Some of it was interesting stories with good moral lessons and some was just plain wild and mesmerizing. The most fascinating were those, where things happened always supernaturally, there were heroes who would not […]
Christopher Cooksey: Muslim group hopes for safe Boston Marathon
Source: host.madison.com Dear Editor: The bombing of the Boston Marathon last year was a tragedy. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev stated that the bombings were done to protect Islam from the United States. However, Islam unequivocally rejects the taking of innocent lives. The Quran states: “Whosoever killed a person … it shall be as […]
The Terasem Faith is a new-age religion designed to allow God and technology co-exist
Mail Online — ‘Life is purposeful, death is optional, God is technological and love is essential’: The new tech-inspired religion that uses ‘mindfiles’ and robots to store your soul for ‘future revival’ Why can’t God and science exist concurrently? And why shouldn’t we remain relgious while embracing the ways technology […]
The End of Surveillance for New York Muslims — For Now
Source: muslimwriters.org | Salaam Bhatti Earlier this week, the NYPD disbanded its Muslim surveillance program. Good riddance. Through all the pain, suffering, and headlines this operation caused over the course of a decade, […]
Marathon bombings contradict teachings of Islam
Source: muslimwriters.org | Duluth News Tribune One year removed from the Boston Marathon bombings, people raise eyebrows about Muslims’ loyalty to the United States or Islam’s viewpoint on terrorism. The bombings had no […]
US calls on Myanmar to stop Rakhine violence
UNITED NATIONS: US Ambassador Samantha Power to UN called on Myanmar’s government Thursday to take urgent steps to stop the violence in the western region where thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled their homes, warning that continuing unrest could imperil the country’s path to democracy and prosperity. Power linked the smooth […]
Is Easter ‘Happy’?
Source: Huffington Post By Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite; Professor of Theology, Chicago Theological Seminary ‘Happy Easter!’ You hear it everywhere, in malls, in streets, and in churches. But is […]
Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy?
Source: BBC The US is dominated by a rich and powerful elite. So concludes a recent study by Princeton University Prof Martin Gilens and Northwestern University Prof Benjamin I Page. This is […]
US to seize Iran-owned skyscraper in New York
STORY SUMMARY US prosecutors unveiled plans Thursday to sell an Iran-owned Manhattan skyscraper in the largest terror-related seizure ever, and distribute proceeds to families affected by attacks linked to Tehran. Among the creditors are families and estates of victims of the 1983 bombings of US Marine barracks in Beirut that […]
Global views on morality
The Pew Research Center’s 2013 Global Attitudes survey asked 40,117 respondents in 40 countries what they thought about eight topics often discussed as moral issues: extramarital affairs, gambling, homosexuality, abortion, premarital sex, alcohol consumption, divorce, and the use of contraceptives.1 For each issue, respondents were asked whether this is morally acceptable, […]
84 Square Feet House
Epigraph: And this life of the world is nothing but a pastime and a sport, and the Home of the Hereafter — that indeed is Life, if they but knew! […]
Let’s Pray for Peace on Passover
Source: muslimwriters.org The innocent lives taken at the Kansas Jewish community center and senior living facility was a heinous act against mankind — and I’m deeply sorry to the families who […]
Public Debate: Are the Ahmadiyya part of Islam?
Source: canliizle.in Video Description: Debaters: Sadat Anwar (MDI Canada) and Ansar Raza (Ahmadi-Qadiani missionary) This is an entire video taken from MDI (www.TheDebateInitiative.com). Public Debate: Are the Ahmadiyya part of Islam? (Click […]