Holy Qur’an Exhibition To Make Brandon Stop in Canada
Source: Brandon Sun – A cross-country exhibition devoted to promoting peace and dispelling myths about Islam is scheduled to make a stop in Brandon on Thursday. The Holy Qur’an Exhibition […]
Holy Qur’an exhibition visits North Battleford
Source: News Optimist – A cross country tour to promote Islam and the Holy Qur’an is coming to North Battleford next week. Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA) , a non-profit charitable religious organization in over 200 countries, will be including North Battleford as part of […]
Holy Qur’an open house visits Portage
Source: Herald Leader – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA) hosted a exhibition on the Holy Qur’an at Portage and District Library, Thursday, with the aim of promoting peace, condemning terrorism, and dispelling myths about Islam. Over the past 14 months AMYA has visited over 337,000 houses in […]
Pakistani woman receives US courage award
Dawn.com: WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Shad Begum was among 10 of the world’s leading women activists the United States honoured on Thursday for their efforts to improve the lives of other women. […]
MUSLIM SECRETS: Outcast group struggles against ‘persecution’ by fellow Muslims WITH VIDEO
Credit: Press & Guide via Wasim Saroya of Selvenia: Imam Irshad Ahmad Mali, regional missionary of the community. There are over a billion Muslims around the world, divided into many groups. But there are some issues that bring them together on the table. And one of those issues they agree […]
Muslim women’s group organizes health fair in Johns Creek
Credit: Appen Newspapers via Wasim Saroya of Selvenia: JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community held a free public health fair on Saturday, March 3, at the Ocee Library in order to educate the community on how to live a healthy life. Saima Ahmad, one […]
FBI Says NYPD Muslim Surveillance Is Breaking The Islamic Community’s Trust
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) As friction over the New York Police Department’s spying on New Jersey Muslims continues to grow, the state’s top FBI officer said the uproar is damaging his agency’s ability to gather important counterterrorism intelligence. “What we have now is (Muslim communities) … that they’re not sure they […]
A Personal Quest to Clarify Bin Laden’s Last Days Yields Vexing Accounts
NY Times: RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — In his quest for the truth about his country’s most notorious guest, Shaukat Qadir started where it all ended: the room whereOsama bin Laden was killed. Last […]
US studies confirm Europe close on ‘God particle’
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Crossing bridges with a message of peace
Credit:The Royal Gazzete on line via Wasim Saroya of Selvenia: Message of understanding and peace: Hafiz Mubarak Kukoy and Imam Azhar Haneef, from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of the United States, who will take part in a day of events at BUEI on Saturday. The day features a faith-based social […]
Anti-sharia laws: Legislating religiosity
Washington Post: By David Waters The legendary football rivaly between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Tennessee Volunteers began with a 6-6 tie on the third Saturday in October 1901. […]
Leaked emails raise doubt over Osama bin Laden being buried at sea
Credit: TOI NEW DELHI: A huge controversy has erupted over the remains of slain al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and what exactly happened to them. Osama bin Laden was apparently buried in the waters of the north Arabian sea, but there are now emails that suggest otherwise. The new emails […]
Is Canada the World’s Next Superpower
Source: CNN Author: Erin Burnett Since Iceland’s financial collapse in 2008, the country has debated whether it should stick with the krona or adopt the currency of another country. The obvious choice seems to be for Iceland to submit to, say, oil-rich Norway or maybe even join the EU and […]
President Obama urging decent speech in public discourse!
http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/VideoPlayerMain.swf Nine advertisers and a radio station in Hawaii dropped Limbaugh’s show after he called a law student a “slut’’ and a “prostitute.’’ Editor’s comments: I applaud President’s comments. Additionally, […]
Stanford found guilty in Ponzi scheme
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A federal court jury in Houston found former financier R. Allen Stanford guilty Tuesday on 13 of 14 counts of running a Ponzi scheme. Stanford, who […]
Seriously, Washington’s Afghan policy will not work
By Fareed Zakaria, The Daily Star, Lebanon The controversy over the desecration of copies of the Quran in Afghanistan and the murder of Americans that followed is, on one level, one moment in a long war. But it also highlights the difficult and ultimately unsustainable aspect of America’s Afghan policy. […]
Cross country exhibition visits Moose Jaw
Source : Moose Jaw Times Herald – It started as a movement of using peaceful means to combat hostility and misunderstanding towards Islam, and on Saturday the ‘Holy Qur’an open house’ tour will be coming to the Friendly City — and all are invited. “The whole idea is to show […]
AIPAC beats the drums of war: A question of when, not if?
Washington Post: Dana Milbank: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told the AIPAC gathering on Monday night that Obama needs more of a “clear, declaratory policy” toward Iran. “If Iran […]
Gender Disparity in the Clergy: Breaking the Stained Glass Ceiling
Republican Congressman Darrel Issa deserves our gratitude for his selection of an all-male panel of clergy witnesses to testify at the recent congressional hearing on reproductive rights and religious freedom. He has unintentionally sounded a startling and overdue wake-up call concerning the face of religion in America. Thankfully, our country […]
The Vast Majority Of Israelis Are Against A Unilateral Strike Against Iran
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits this week with U.S. President Barack Obama and others in the U.S., only one in five Israelis, or 19 percent, favor unilateral military strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities without Washington’s approval, according to a poll taken by Israel’s Dahaf Institute and released by […]