True Sharia based on justice, equality, not fear, hatred
By: M. Imran Hayee, Duluth News Tribune On May 21, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed legislation barring all Kansas state courts from considering “foreign” law in their rulings. While many […]
‘They’re robbing us’: 12-year-old exposes Canada’s banking flaws, goes viral
Russian TV: Economists around the world are struggling to break free of the clutches of the financial crisis but a Canadian girl explains exactly what needs to be done. Victoria Grant, 12, became an overnight Internet sensation after a video of her slamming Canada’s banks and the government for robbing […]
1 dead, 7 injured in Toronto mall shooting
Source: CNN One person was killed and seven others injured Saturday when shots were fired at the Eaton Centre shopping mall in Toronto, police said. Six of the victims suffered […]
Ahmadiyya Youth, Paying Tribute To Mother Mary.
Source: Moose Jaw Times Herald – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA), which is an auxiliary wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (www.alislam.org), is hosting an open house Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at the Moose Jaw Public Library today to promote religious harmony, dispel misconceptions about Islam […]
State Dept. report on world human rights ignores US abuses
It has a chapter on every other country in the world, but a State Department report on global human rights doesn’t address the U.S. role in atrocities overseas. Globalpost: Alex Pearlman From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, the State Department’s annual report card on human rights in most of the countries in […]
US unleashed Stuxnet cyber war on Iran to appease Israel
Russian TV: The US and Israel made the Stuxnet virus as a new kind of weapon targeted against Iran, a media investigation revealed. The operation reportedly started in the Bush […]
Muslim group dispel myths one door at a time
Source: The Spec – The rain and gusty winds didn’t stop members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA) from visiting neighbourhoods in Stoney Creek Friday to debunk misconceptions about the Islamic faith. “People should judge Islam, or any religion for that matter, on their teachings, not by […]
Mosque Construction Continues To Attract Opposition Across U.S.
Huff Post CHICAGO (RNS) Mohammed Labadi had a lot at stake when the DeKalb City Council voted Tuesday (May 29) on a request from the Islamic Society of Northern Illinois University to build a two-story mosque. Labadi, a businessman and Islamic Society board member, said a bigger mosque is needed […]
How Christian fundamentalists plan to teach genocide to schoolchildren
the guardian: The Bible has thousands of passages that may serve as the basis for instruction and inspiration. Not all of them are appropriate in all circumstances. The story of Saul and the Amalekites is a case in point. It’s not a pretty story, and it is often used by […]
Story of a recent convert to Islam: Rohaan Law
Source: MKA USA. My name is Rohaan Law and I am a recent convert to Islam-Ahmadiyya. I came from a murky past mired with lots of bad company and a […]
Total lack of religious freedom in early America and struggle of Quakers
Query XVII: The different religions received into that state? Religion By President Thomas Jefferson President Thomas Jefferson The first settlers in this country were emigrants from England, of the […]
All places of Worship Praise and Pray to One God: Slade Synagogue-Now Mosque
Pikesville mosque to open at Slade Mansion on Park Heights Avenue. By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun6:02 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2012Synagogues and schools line Park Heights Avenue in Pikesville— […]
THE NEXT 100 YEARS – A FORECAST for the 21st Century
An extract from the book: THE NEXT 100 YEARS – A FORECAST for the 21st Century By George FRIEDMAN published in 2009 by Anchor Books The books gives us a Global Forecast. We are giving our readers as a sample the chapter on Turkey pages 144 to 148. TURKEY During […]
Tech giants warn of massive threats to a free and profitable Internet
Washington Post: By Cecilia Kang U.S. officials and high-tech business giants have launched an assault against what they view as a massive threat to the Internet and to Silicon Valley’s bottom […]
Belief-O-Matic and Me
Huff Post by Kecia Ali. Associate Professor of Religion, Boston University According to the Internet, I am 100 percent Reform Jew. This came as something of a surprise to me since I’m a Muslim. Let me explain. In the wake of Sept. 11, I was invited to contribute an essay […]
Got war if you want it
Credit: Asiatimes: By Pepe Escobar Pentagon head Leon Panetta told ABC News that the US is “ready” to attack Iran. It depends on US President Barack Obama giving it a go. Will he or won’t he? Nobel Prize winner and Drone Godfather Obama has been busy “justifying the ‘just war’ […]
American Company Helping Iran Achieve The Most Advanced Nuclear Power Imaginable
Business Insider Given the weighty U.S. sanctions imposed upon Iran for its nuclear program, this is a story we never expected to write. A group of leading American nuclear scientists in New Jersey are joining forces with an Iranian team. The New Jersey-based research firmLawrenceville Plasma Physics (LLP) have announced they’ve […]
Bosnian Muslim student promotes tolerance
Source: Daily Press APPLE VALLEY • He was born into the middle of a war, with his mother hoping he’d stay in her womb as long as possible so things […]
The Real Muslim Problem
Source: Huff Post By Joyce S. Dubensky CEO, Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding There’s lots of talk about the “Muslim Problem” in the U.S. and abroad. Generally, I find that framing troubling. But recently some very ordinary experiences made me realize that there actually is what I can only call […]
Do Americans have the right to ban Mosques?
Huff Post NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Construction of a Tennessee mosque that has been strongly opposed by critics of Islam likely will be stopped after a judge ruled Tuesday that local […]