Last Yemen Jews eye exodus after Shiite militia’s takeover
SANAA: A few worried families are all that remain of Yemen’s ancient Jewish community, and they too may soon flee after a Shiite militia seized power in the strife-torn country […]
OIC announces package of urgent measures to counter terrorism
JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE ARABNEWS.COM The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) announced a package of urgent measures to prevent the rapid spread of terrorism, which has hit a number of OIC […]
Barbaric killing of Coptic Christians by ISIS & Charter of Freedom to St. Catherine’s Monastery by Prophet Muhammad (saw)
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan condemns the barbaric killing of Coptic Christians by ISIS. Mr Anees Ahmad Nadeem, the National President & Missionary Incharge Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan said: “The barbaric […]
Manipulating the Pakistani narrative
Daily Times: There are three crossroads in its pre-1971 history where Pakistan could have become the kind of inclusive, modern democratic state Pakistanis could be proud of. The first occasion was in 1958, had the general elections been allowed to take place under the 1956 Constitution. A pro-west elite feared […]
Iran president calls for stronger ties with China
Source: China Daily TEHRAN – Iran wants to further advance its relations with China, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said. Steady development of bilateral ties is not only beneficial to Iran […]
Talking offers hope of a peaceful solution. But we’re not allowed to do it – The very precautions aid agencies now take have made them objects of suspicion
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT An important academic investigation to be published in a few days prompts me to ask important questions. Could we save the lives of our people in Isis hands if we talked to the “Islamic State” it claims to represent? Jordan publicly declared its willingness – […]
Who Is A Kafir?
Source: New Age Islam.com Very clearly, even under the most trying conditions of war spread over 9 years meant to annihilate Islam, the Quran makes a clear distinction between the `kafir’ among the non-Muslims and others. There is not a single verse in the entire Quran that directs the Muslims […]
Silence or prison for Myanmar’s human rights defenders
Aljazeera: The recent rape and murder of two volunteer teachers – Maran Lu Ra and Tangbau Hkwn Nan Tsin – in Myanmar’s northern Shan State prompted condemnation from across the world. Demands for justice and accountability have been swift, and pointed. The government of Myanmar’s response to these demands has […]
Woman’s murder sparks outrage in Turkey
CNN: by Joseph Netto and Gul Tuysuz — Protesters hold a banner reading ‘Ozge, we have suffered with you’ during a demonstration in Ankara Her body was left on a riverbed next to a cemetery, burned and abandoned, found just days after her family reported her missing. Now, a nation […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns Chapel Hill Shooting & mourns with families of victims
Source: rabwah.net The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA mourns with the families of Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, and his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and Abu-Salha’s sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, of Raleigh. Each […]
Bigotry & bias: Muslims only newsworthy when they kill, not when they get killed?
Source: nation.com.pk Chapel Hill massacre in North Carolina, where three young students were shot to death on Tuesday was a horrendous incident. To say that they were Muslim,the news would have some weight of discrimination, but the truth is they were. However, the question is has media given the news due […]
Ahmadiyya Persecution in Pakistan – Newsletter February 2015
This month’s issue reports on how a national TV show in Pakistan aired hate speech against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, labelling Ahmadi Muslims the “common enemy” of the nation. A […]
the believers against the believers
Dr Aslam Abdullah is the Director-Imam of the Islamic Society of Nevada. He also teaches Islamic Studies at University of Nevada Las Vegas, OLLI program and is the chief editor of the Detroit-based weekly newspaper Muslim Observer THE BELIEVERS AGAINST THE BELIEVERS in Dr Aslam Abdullah, Insight, WHAT’S HOT February […]
The Syrian crisis risks creating a lost generation
The humanitarian catastrophe that has resulted from the conflict could be a breeding ground for extremism By Khalid Bin Mohamed al-Attiyah, foreign minister of Qatar As we mark the fourth anniversary of the Syrian civil war, the humanitarian consequences of the conflict are simply staggering. On top of the estimated […]
Sisters in arms: Kurdish women in front line against Daesh
PARIS — Meet Nassrin Abdallah. With her diminutive height and broad smile, it doesn’t seem like she should strike fear into the hearts of hardened militants from Daesh terror group. […]
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s message to the youth in Europe and North America
The secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council has said for the first time since the revolution that we use simple language to develop mutual understanding with the world. The secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council has described Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s message to the youth in Europe and […]
Abandoned in life; forgotten in death
ET: ‘Pakistan’s 9/11’, ‘Never again’, ‘united we stand’ and similar expressions of resolve and the severity of the situation post-APS, Peshawar were all natural, and perhaps justified in that moment of grief, and above all, horror. The All Parties Conference, the National Action Plan, the moving to tear tribute songs; […]
Indonesian religious minorities hope for tolerance, safety under Jokowi
khabarsoutheastasia.com: Indonesian Ahmadis are no strangers to persecution. Attacks and discrimination against them are rife, but Iskandar Gumay hopes that things for the minority Muslim sect will improve under Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Indonesia’s new president. Ahmadi Muslim cleric Iskandar Gumay prays at al-Hidayah Mosque in Jakarta on January 21st. He […]
Watch incredible moment brave elderly woman ‘confronts Islamic State militants and brands them devils’
This is the moment a frail woman apparently confronted Islamic State militants in an extraordinary act of bravery. The remarkable footage appears to show the woman branding the men “devils” during the angry exchange, thought to have taken place in Syria. More…http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/watch-incredible-moment-brave-pensioner-confronts-islamic-state-militants-and-brands-them-devils-10046111.html
Qatar Foundation calls solidarity walk for students killed in US
Manama: A solidarity walk will be held in Doha on Sunday for the three Muslim students shot dead in the US last week. “In response to the terrorist act committed against three American Muslim students in Chapel Hill in North Carolina in the United States last week, Qatar Foundation calls […]