U.S. Muslims More Moderate Than Muslims Worldwide
Source: The Huffington Post By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) Muslims in America are much less inclined to support suicide bombing than other Muslims abroad, and are more likely […]
Press Release: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA Welcomes His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad on his first trip to the West Coast
Alislam.org: Press Release: Khalifa of Islam Greeted by Thousands of Americans Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA Welcomes His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad on his first trip to the West Coast Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA welcomed the Khalifa of Islam yesterday, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, to Bait ul Hameed Mosque in Chino, California […]
Expanding our empathetic scope (thoughts of a Syrian student in the US …) by Burhan Aldroubi
by Burhan Aldroubi Source: The Williams Record Western imperialism, a modern segment of historic imperialism, continuously inspires discussion in our classrooms. Realist and morally deterministic arguments go head to head, with both regrets and admissions realized as afterthoughts. Formal discussions about Latin America or the Levant can perhaps be viewed […]
Sharia do like it
Source: The Economist: A new study reveals what Islam means in different countries ISLAMIC law, in many eyes, has overtones of rigid puritanism. Yet some of its staunchest backers are also strong supporters of religious pluralism, reports the Pew Research Centre, a think-tank, in a survey of 38,000 Muslims conducted in 39 […]
Canada accuses Qatar of trying to buy UN agency
AP | May 04, 2013 | 23:30 SOURCE: JORDAN TIMES TORONTO — A bid by Qatar to relocate the United Nations’ civil aviation agency from Montreal to the tiny emirate has angered Canada, where politicians from all sides vowed Friday to band together to fight the proposed move. The International […]
Christian Professor From Iowa College Says Jesus was a Muslim
Epigraph: “Say ye: ‘We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us, and what was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob and his children, and what was given […]
Discovering a Mosque in the World’s Largest Catholic Country
Huff Post: Throughout my entire life, I have always been surrounded by others who share my Muslim faith: my very large Indian family, my friends from Connecticut, the thriving Muslim population at Georgetown and around Washington, D.C. For this reason, the biggest challenge for me while studying abroad in Rio […]
Guantanamo is a Blot on the Glorious Face of America
By Saeed Qureshi In his press conference on April 30 President Obama reaffirmed his resolve to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp by repatriating the left over detainees to their respective countries or to other destinations. The President’s press conference was in response to the grave situation propped up following […]
[Short Video] Khalifa of Islam arrives in LA on 4th May 2013 beginning A North American Tour
Alislam-Youtube: Published on May 4, 2013: Short Video of arrival of Khalifa of Islam and Islam’s best Advocate of Peace in Log Angeles on 4th of May 2013. May Allah bless him […]
38,350 suicides in 2010, in USA
Source: BBC The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans rose 28% in a decade, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has found. Among adults 35-64, white people and American Indians saw the sharpest increases from 1999 to 2010. The CDC did not investigate causes behind the trend, […]
Who are the Ahmadi Muslims? And why are they so controversial?
Vancouver Sun: They are a small religious sect in Canada. But I receive more emails and news releases from the Ahmadiyya Muslims than I do from the rest of Canada’s roughly one million Muslims combined. The Ahmadiyya are not shy about seeking converts in Canada, mainly by connecting with politicians […]
Wall Street Journal: The Pakistanis Who Won’t Vote
WSJ blogs: Rights groups welcome Pervez Musharraf-era reforms to Pakistan’s electoral system, which helped put religious minorities on an equal footing with Muslims. But Ahmadis say they were left out, and some other religious minorities say they still don’t have adequate representation in Parliament. “We want to be part of […]
Atheist shoes go missing in God-fearing US
Source; Godless Berlin-based shoe firm Atheist has enjoyed runaway success over the past year, and garnered orders from around the world – but it seems their faithless brand name is causing problems for shipments to the United States. More:
64 percent of Muslims in Egypt and Pakistan support the death penalty for leaving Islam
Washington Post: by Max Fisher. The Pew Research Center’s vast new study on the views and attitudes of global Muslim populations was bound to create controversy. Like the U.S. public knowledge polls that find that one-third of Americans can’t name the vice president, Pew’s report includes some less-than-flattering pieces of data. And while […]
[Video] On Russia Today: Labelling “Muslim” Terrorists- Ahmadiyya Muslim Defending Islam)
Youtube: Published on Apr 26, 2013 Boston Bombings: Is it fair to give label to terrorists as Muslim, Chrisitian, Jewish, Buddist, Hindu, Sikh so on and so forth. Dr. Faheem Younis […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community world leader to visit the West Coast
By Canan Tasci canan.tasci@ inlandnewspapers.com @ChinoValleyNow on Twitter CHINO — Ahmadiyya Muslim Community members are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their world leader in Southern California on Saturday. In his […]
National Day Of Prayer 2013, May 2, Proclamation By President Obama
Epigraph: “And when My servants ask thee (Muhammad) about Me (Allah), say: ‘I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should […]
5-Year-Old Accidentally Kills His Sister Using A Rifle Made For Children
Business Insider: Dylan Lovan. Sharon Rengers, a longtime child advocate at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, said making and marketing weapons specifically for children was “mind-boggling.” “It’s like, oh, my God,” she said, “we’re having a big national debate whether we want to check somebody’s background, but we’re going to […]
O’Reilly Factor: Pew Survey About Muslim Views
Bill O’Reilly Confronts Muslim Guest Over Why Many Muslims Believe Violence Is Justified by Josh Feldman Bill O’Reilly brought up a Pew study [PDF] finding that a disturbingly high percentage of Muslims in some […]