ET: SWABI: “Maulana [Fazlur Rehman] thought I would declare Ahmadis Muslims but Imran Khan is not a munafiq (hypocrite)”, said Imran Khan while addressing supporters at a rally in Swabi on Saturday. Imran spoke of initial allegations put forth by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman of being supported by a […]
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 […]
Asian Human Rights Commission: Once again violence against the Ahmadi community has erupted in Punjab province. As the election are approaching (May 11) this recent outburst is seen as an attempt to influence the voters to support fundamentalists and right wing parties. On 28th April 2013 supporters of Khatme Nabuwwat […]
Source: The Express Tribune ET: Once again, the Ahmadi community is being harassed by radical clerics. On April 29, theGulshan-e-Ravi police in Lahore arrested seven members of the Ahmadi community without filing an FIR against them when around 300 people protested in front of an Ahmadi place of worship. With mounting pressure […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Note, in response to PTI statement copied below: Well here it is finally. The cat is out of the bag and its looks ugly. Imran Khan, […]
FP: Knox Thomas: Today, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued its2013 Annual Report, focusing on Pakistan and 28 other countries around the world, including Afghanistan. As an independent U.S. government advisory body separate from the State Department, USCIRF’s Annual Report identifies violations of religious freedom, as defined by […]
Washington Times: Religious freedom is under attack in Pakistan and the situation next door in Afghanistan is not that much better, despite an improvement since the country was ruled by the Taliban, a U.S. government advisory commission said in a report released Tuesday. “Pakistan represents the worst situation in the world for religious freedom for countries not currently […]
Asian Human Rights Commission: AHRC: There have been some developments during the past two weeks that reveal that in the coming elections elements of the Taliban and Al-Qaida had been offered seats in the parliament. Before these developments the security agencies with the help of right wing parties have also […]
Editor’s note: Although the whole video is in Bahasa Indonesia, it is very simple to understand and how beautifully the life of these brave Ahmadi Muslims has been documented. Worth Watching and please remember them in prayers. youtube: Published on Apr 27, 2013 Watch here: 4 April 2013, Walikota Bekasi menutup […]
Source/Credit: Glen Ellyn Patch: By Samrah Ahmad Religions should be judged on their teachings and not on the actions of their adherents. This is the only way to judge fairly. […]
Jahane-Rumi: Half citizens? The Ahmadiyya community of Pakistan Throughout 2012, members of the Ahmadiyya community of Pakistan from all walks of life were harassed, threatened, and at times killed, with impunity. These attacks were the latest in a wave of violence and maltreatment that stretches back to the early years […]
The News: The Ahmadiyya community sit back and watch while others vote By Bilal Farooqi For more than three decades, they have not dropped a vote down the slit of a ballot box — at least not until renouncing their faith. Ironically, even the man who had so diligently fought […]
Huff Post: by Ani Zonneveld. Step aside Islamophobes, this is between me and my Muslim community. Let me help. Here’s a laundry list of all the miss-guided interpretations of Islam: Leaving Islam is an act of apostasy punishable by death; Sharia is a set of laws that brutally punish women, […]
By MidEast Christian News April 25, 2013|3:31 pm Bishops from several European countries are criticizing Saudi Minister of Justice, Mohamed el-Eissi, after he insisted that “the cradle of the Muslim sanctities will not allow the establishment of any other places of worship.” The statement has reflected the Saudi government’s intention to resume […]
Youtube: Alislam.org: A new urdu programme taking its title from a very famous couplet from Pakistan’s great poet, Faiz Ahmad Faiz highlights the plight and persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims in […]
Written for The Muslim Times by Abdul Alim: A dozen bombs hit Quetta, Karachi and Peshawar in the last 24 hours. A headline in a newspaper today states that fifty five known terrorists have been cleared to stand in elections. With killing of politicians and candidates in Khyber Pukhtunkhawa, Balochistan […]
Courtesy: CNN Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is a political comedian and frequent commentator on various TV networks including CNN. He is the co-director of the upcoming documentary “The Muslims Are Coming!” and co-host of a new CNN podcast “The Big Three” that looks at the top three […]
CFP: By David C. Jennings Under the Arbitration Act of 1996, Muslims in the UK were empowered to resolve certain legal matters within their faith in a similar way to […]
religiondispatches: Now that the Boston bombers have been identified—one killed and the other brother captured—the next question is why? Why did they do it, and did religion play a role? As soon as it became clear that the Tsarnaev brothers were Muslim and that Tamerlan, the older of the two, had […]
Bangkok Post: Online news: A group of minority Ahmadiyah Muslims have been holed up in an Indonesian mosque since authorities shuttered it earlier this month, in a stand-off that starkly illustrates the religious intolerance sweeping the country. A member of the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect, Mohammad Iqbal stands behind a door at […]