Why Muslims celebrate Eid on different days?
Additional reading: Eid Mubarak and What is the Muslim Times doing for You? and: Rumi: The Quran is Like a Shy Bride! Suggested reading: Bringing the Muslims to the Same Day Eid […]
One lakh apply for ‘one-way ticket’ to Mars to never return
Source: Hindustan Times: The Mars One project by NASA which aims to colonize Mars beginning in 2022 has reportedly revealed that more than one lakh people are eager to join the project in a bid to visit the red planet, but do not want to come back. More:
“No Muslim parking”
Source: Morocco World News: By Youssef Sourgo Last Thursday another similar incident of discrimination and hostility toward Muslims emerged. Lined along the street next to El Farouq Mosque in Houston, a number of signs read, “No Muslim parking in the Westview Shopping Center. Your car will be towed.” More:
Saskatoon, Canada: Muslim community packs CUC to mark end of fasting month
Source: thestarphoenix.com There wasn’t enough room on the arena floor for Saskatoon’s growing Muslim community Thursday morning. Thousands of people packed Credit Union Centre to mark the first day after Ramadan, […]
Dirty U.S. politics
STORY SUMMARY The situation in Egypt continues to deteriorate by the day, and the flurry of Western “mediators” who have been coming and going appear to be making a bad situation even worse. Thus, it is disturbing to see Graham and McCain show up as mediators and then voice opinions […]
The embassies should have stayed open
August 08, 2013 12:20 AM By Michael Young The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY Today, with U.S. embassies in the region closed because electronic “chatter” suggested an attack was imminent, terrorists know this by listening to American officials. The news that the U.S. discovered that Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had ordered […]
FITCHBURG (Massachusetts, US): Ahmadiyya Muslim Community celebrates Eid al-Fitr
Source: sentinelandenterprise.com FITCHBURG — Tucked away in a wedge-shaped building at the corners of Main and Mill streets on Friday, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community worshipped, embraced and ate together as part of their celebration of Eid al-Fitr, the last day of the holy month of Ramadan. The men and […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community West Lafayette (Indiana, US): End of Ramadan evokes mixed emotions
Source: jconline.com It wasn’t until after sunset Wednesday that Haroon Mohammad knew when the local Muslim community would celebrate Eid al-Fitr, or the Festival of Breaking the Fast. Perched on the […]
Philadelphia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Celebrate End Of Ramadan
Source: philadelphia.cbslocal.com BENSALEM, Pa., (CBS) – Muslims around the world held celebrations Friday to mark the end of Ramadan, including a mosque in Bensalem. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Philadelphia chapter is […]
Project PNG: Finding An Islam Identity, Insha’Allah
Source: theglobalmail.org Papua New Guinea: Listen to photographer Vlad Sokhin’s stories of getting to know a little-known part of society, as you view his photos of small communities of Muslims in PNG. […]
‘Angel’ priest mysteriously appears at near-fatal accident site, helps victim
Photos of the nearly fatal wreck won’t show him, but rescuers and emergency workers swear: A man dressed in priest garb did show at the scene of a recent roadway accident and administer aid and prayer that seemed to save the 19-year-old victim’s life. Katie Lentz, a Tulane University sophomore, […]
Al Qaeda Conference Call Intercepted by U.S. Officials Sparked Alerts
Source: The Daily Beast: The intercept provided the U.S. intelligence community with a rare glimpse into how al Qaeda’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, manages a global organization that includes affiliates in Africa, the Middle East, and southwest and southeast Asia. Several news outlets reported Monday on an intercepted communication last week […]
Obama looks like a deer caught in a Trans-Siberian locomotive’s headlights.
Source: Asia Times: The cluelessness of the Obama administration – not to mention US Think Tankland – cannot be overemphasized. Nobody in the Beltway has articulated a sound Russian policy – apart from demonizing Putin. That suits Vlad the Hammer fine; he’s busy carefully constructing a new strategic reality not […]
FIRST ON CNN: State Department pulls diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan, amid terror threat
Washington (CNN) — The State Department has evacuated most of its diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan in response to a terrorist threat against the U.S. consulate, senior State Department and other senior U.S. officials told CNN. “We have picked up what we regard as a threat worthy of taking this action,” one […]
Harris Zafar on Mike Huckabee Radio Show
Harris zafar, National Spokesman for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA Click here to listen: http://mikehuckabee.com/_cache/files/ef774815-0509-4cbe-b1c4-172901ebef83/Harris%20Zafar%208%208%2013.mp3
Fashion brightens Muslim fast’s end
By JoAnne Viviano It was just a week before the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, but neither 15-year-old Nadia Mirza nor her older sister, Summer, had decided what to wear for […]
US President Barack Obama greets Muslims on Eid
Source: The Economic Times WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Thursday sent their warmest greetings to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr around the world, calling it “part of […]
JPMorgan Reveals It Faces Criminal and Civil Inquiries
JPMorgan Chase disclosed on Wednesday that it faced a criminal and civil investigation into whether it sold shoddy mortgage securities to investors in the run-up to the financial crisis, the latest legal threat to the nation’s biggest bank. JPMorgan acknowledged for the first time the existence of the investigation — […]
US lawmaker compares Edward Snowden with Mahatma Gandhi
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: A senior lawmaker from President Barack Obama’s Democratic party has compared US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden with Mahatma Gandhi, saying the controversial whistleblower was engaged in a “non-violent” act of “civil disobedience”. John Lewis, one of America’s most revered civil rights leaders, says Snowden, who has come […]
Author on militant Islam is Manning trial witness
Source: TOI MARYLAND(US): Prosecutors of Bradley Manning trial have approached experts on militant Islam for showing Manning damaged US interests by disclosing classified information through WikiLeaks. Navy Cmdr. Youssef Aboul-Enein is set to testify on Thursday at Manning’s sentencing hearing at Fort Meade, near Baltimore. More: