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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, 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
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 […]
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 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 — […]
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 […]
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:
By Qasim Rashid, Spokesperson, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA Dailycaller.com; Al Qaeda, Taliban extremists, and Mike Huckabee have at least one thing in common — both believe Islam is a violent religion. In a recent tirade, Huckabee wondered, “why it is that we tiptoe around a religion that promotes the most murderous […]
Youtube: This testimony is from 2012: Published on Jan 10, 2013 Amjad Mahmood Khan testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives (Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission) about persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in South Asia as part of special hearing on “Challenges Facing Religious Minorities in South Asia”. Proceedings held on […]
Source: daltondailycitizen.com By Najia Humayun: Daily Citizen intern Upon rising before the break of dawn, various thoughts occupy the minds of Muslims whilst preparing to pray. “This is an opportunity to pay […]
Using religion to spread hate To hear a Christian invoke the Qur’an to justify Islamic war against non-Muslims is truly bizarre Tarek Fatah, The Toronto Sun, http://www.torontosun.com/2013/08/06/using-religion-to-spread-hate A Christian Palestinian urged Muslim Canadians to wage war on the Jewish State of Israel. And he did this by invoking a verse […]
Source: TOI LOS ANGELES: President Barack Obama is cancelling plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next month — a rare diplomatic snub. The move is retribution for Russia’s decision to grant temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. It also reflects growing US frustration with […]
Is Your Favorite Charity on This List? To identify America’s 50 worst charities, the Times and CIR examined tens of thousands of pages of public government records from 36 states. […]
August 07, 2013 12:20 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Story Summary I would love to know who is the jerk who wrote the White House’s press statement on the occasion of the inauguration last week of the new Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani. The two most important conflicts […]