Rabia Chaudry TIME 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 nobles want to dress like Muslims. Critics of Islam and Muslims scoff at this romanticism, […]
Source: The Huffington Post The Huffington Post | by Inae Oh The New York Police Department has shut down its controversial Muslim surveillance program. The New York Times reports the […]
Lostislamichistory.com: Today’s American political landscape can be quite a confusing and frightening place. The ideas of the Founding Fathers are commonly cited as the foundation of the nation. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are seen as the infallible documents on which American life are based. Freedom, democracy, and […]
Courtesy of Wasem Sayed, USA Written by Helena Gustavsson Translated from Swedish newspaper It’s been a year since the marathon bombing killed three people and injured hundreds. Boston’s residents have gathered […]
STORY SUMMARY by Rami G. Khouri One of the most fascinating, if problematic, recent incidents relating to the extent of allowable free speech in the United States took place this week when Brandeis University withdrew an invitation to the Somali-Dutch-American anti-Islamic firebrand Ayaan Hirsi Ali to give a speech and […]
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar By the time you read this Russia will have invaded Ukraine. Well, that’s what the Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, US Air Force General Philip Breedlove, is spinning. Breedlove Supreme says the Russians are “ready to go” and could easily […]
Insight: by Peter Legge — You probably missed it in the local news, but there was a report a few years back that someone in Pakistan had advertised in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed a Canadian – any Canadian. An Australian dentist wrote the following […]
Dawn: WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama warned Monday that religious violence had no place in US society after a gunman with alleged anti-Semitic ties killed three people at a Jewish center and retirement home in Kansas on Sunday. According to police, the attacks happened within minutes of one another. Alleged gunman […]
Source: yourallen.dallasnews.com American Muslims stand in solidarity with Jewish Americans to condemn religious violence and extremism in all its forms hmadiyya Muslim Community USA condemns in the strongest terms the April 13th attacks on two Jewish centers in Kansas City, which left three dead. Ahmadi Muslims offer their sincere prayers and condolences […]
Source: triblive.com | Adnan Ahmed | Imam Ahmadiyya Pittsburgh April 9 may have started as a regular day at Franklin Regional Senior High School, but it ended in a most unexpected manner. Students stabbed — some of them seriously injured — when a 16-year-old sophomore attacked them with knifes. My heart goes out to […]
Huff Post: by Kashif N. Chaudhry — Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Khalifa and spiritual head of the worldwideAhmadiyya Muslim Community, for instance, unequivocally condemned the Boston attack and offered his condolences, saying: My sympathies are with the victims of the Boston bombing. We condemn that attack in its entirety. The […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Jack Mirkinson The journalists who won the Pulitzer for their momentous reporting on Edward Snowden’s national security revelations celebrated their victory on Monday, and stressed that […]
A farmer died leaving his 17 horses to his three sons. When his sons opened up the Will it read: My eldest son should get 1/2 (half) of total horses; […]
Global Post: Your accountant may tell you how much you owe in federal taxes this year, but they won’t likely tell you how your money is spent. Sure, we all know Washington needs cash for things like Social Security and Medicaid. But did you know you’ll pay an average of […]
Epigraph: And it is He Who sends down water from the cloud; and We bring forth therewith every kind of growth; then We bring forth with that green foliage wherefrom […]
San Diego Free Press: by C. J. Werleman — Chris Hedges, who not only spent a decade as a New York Times correspondent in the Middle East, but was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of global terrorism, writes, “The dehumanization of Muslims in U.S. social culture and the […]
Source: muslimwriters.org With Ayaan Hirsi Ali in an uproar over her unvitation from Brandeis University, and Richard Dawkins beginning his American tour, what better time to invite them to work together to promote […]
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Source:NYTimes: Joanne Jaffe, a New York City police official, and her adopted daughter, Christina Rivera. As a baby, Christina survived a shooting whose 10 victims included her mother. CreditMichael Appleton for The New York Times The bodies were discovered throughout the first-floor railroad flat in Brooklyn, a bizarre still-life of death. […]
Did You Know? 1. Your shoes are the first thing people subconsciously notice about you. Wear nice shoes. 2. If you sit for more than 11 hours a day, there’s a 50% chance you’ll die within the next 3 years. 3. There are at least 6 people in the world who […]