Why Every Muslim Should Join the Islamic Caliphate
Faithstreet.com: have a message for Muslims everywhere: it is time you accept the Caliphate. Before you object, before you let the vitriol and misunderstandings of the Caliphate make you stop […]
An antidote to Islamophobia
Boston Globe: IN 1979, WHEN I was a child, the Michigan community center that my father and great-grandmother founded to help Arab immigrants was gutted by fire. Investigation found that the center was targeted by racists. With the help of community residents — white, Latino, and black as well as […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community organizes Seminar in New Delhi World Book Fair 2016
More information on other programs: http://www.newdelhiworldbookfair.gov.in/events-2016/World-Book-Fair-Events-2016.html PICTURES FROM THE EVENT ABOUT NDWBF: KNOW THE NEW DELHI WORLD BOOK FAIR New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF) held for the past 41 years, […]
Islam for Europe: Which Islam?
Written by Dr. Abdul Alim: Are Islam and Europe incompatible? Unfortunately a large number of Europeans think that Islam is not compatible with their way of life. But is that […]
When Muslims Admired the West and Were Admired Back Lessons on Coexistence from Jane Austen’s London
zocalopublicsquare.org: Is it right to talk about friendship in a time of hatred? More specifically, is it right to consider Muslim affection for the West when, from London to Boston to Paris and now perhaps San Bernardino, Muslims appear to be saying we hate you? In trying to make sense […]
Why I converted: The transformation of Dilip Kumar into AR Rahman
Source: Scroll.in Becoming a Muslim gave the musician a new name, a fresh identity and a renewed sense of purpose. By Nasreen Munni Kabir When AS Dileep Kumar decided to […]
What Would a True Islamic State Look Like?
A new propaganda video was recently released by ISIS, addressing the UK specifically in its depraved, chilling rhetoric. Among other things, the video spoke of ‘waging jihad,’ ‘breaking borders,’ and ‘ruling by the sharia.‘ Though they may have chosen ‘Islamic State’ as their name, both history and scripture testify to […]
Dolce & Gabbana is catering to a soon-to-be $484 billion market most retailers ignore
Style.com Arabia announced on Sunday that Dolce & Gabbana was debuting a line with abayas and hijabs, a first for the brand. Style.com Arabia, which exclusively revealed the line for the […]
Gambia: ‘Islam Gives No One Authority to Harm Others’ Says Youth President of Ahmadiyya
http://allafrica.com/: The national youth president of Ahmadiyya, Tahir Ahmad Touray, has revealed that Islam is a peaceful religion and gives no authority to anyone to harm others. He made the statement on Friday at the 32nd annual national Ijtema of Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya held at Nusrat Senior Secondary School in Bundung.It […]
Not a Terrorist until Proven Muslim, a Seminar organized by Dipu Ahad, Muslim Councillor
Report by Nabeela Ali Bureau Chief Newcastle, Nawa-i-Jang London. Dipu Ahad has organized a seminar on Wednesday, January the 13th at 7pm at Royal Station Hotel Newcastle, about Islamophobia, terrorism; […]
The Shia-Sunni Schism is about Politics, Not about Islam
Written by Dr. Abdul Alim: Since the execution of the Shia Cleric Al-Nimr over the weekend, and the subsequent tensions that have worsened the relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, […]
The ‘road to righteousness’ at Qadian
Tribune India: You wouldn’t know where Qadian is unless you know what it stands for. For the record, the town’s streetlights are switched off because the Municipal Committee owes Rs 26 lakh to the power utility. It has irregular water supply for its over 40,000 residents. And its lone government […]
The Year 2016 and our Responsibilities by Khalifa Of Islam
Alislam.org: Today is the first day of the New Year and the year is starting with the blessed day of Friday. It is tradition to wish each other a Happy New Year, as such people are sending messages of good wishes to Hazrat Khalifatul Masih and they would be wishing […]
What should we teach about Islam?
waqarahmedi.wordpress.com: What a roller coaster of a year 2015 was – especially if you teach about religion. The frenzied debate about free speech post-Charlie Hebdo, spate of ISIS terror attacks and, yes, Donald Trump, propelled classroom practitioners like me into relentless action. But these things and more also made us rethink […]
The Ottoman caliphate Straddling two worlds Worldly, pluralist, hedonistic—and Muslim, too
Economist: ORHAN OSMANOGLU cradles a French handkerchief embossed with the letter H. “This is all I have left that’s my great-great-grandfather’s, the caliph’s,” he says. His family has fallen far since those illustrious days. Abdulhamid II lived in a palace, Yildiz, in the heart of Ottoman Istanbul; Orhan lives in […]
Absurd criticism of Islam
RASHEED ABOU-ALSAMH Published — Sunday 27 December 2015 With the recent bloody attacks in Paris and San Bernardino by terrorists claiming to be doing these in the name of Islam, discrimination against Muslims has grown worldwide. They are targeted by these new critics, many of them American, well-educated and from […]
Sam Harris’ detestable crusade: How his latest anti-Islam tract reveals the bankruptcy of his ideas
Salon: There are few get-rich-quick schemes left in modern publishing, but one that persists could be called Project Islamic Reformation. Writing a book that fits in this category is actually quite easy. First, label yourself a reformist. Never mind the congratulatory self-coronation the tag implies; it is necessary to segregate oneself from […]
Four Reasons Why Quran’s Charter of Human Rights Goes Beyond the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
For The Muslim Times by Dr. Abdul Alim: On December 8, 2015 King Abdullah of Jordan spoke to Charlie Rose about the possibility of a Third World War. On December […]
Hijab: Oppressive or Islamic
Patheos.con: By Ayesha Noor I went shopping on a hot June afternoon. I wore a cool beige outer garment over my Jeans and top and complimented it with a blue […]
Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in Mandera bus attack
BBC: A group of Kenyan Muslims travelling on a bus ambushed by Islamist gunmen protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, according to eyewitnesses. They told the militants “to kill them together or leave them alone”, a local governor told Kenyan media. At least two people were […]