Thailand’s Muslim insurgency roars back to life
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Asia Times The southern Thai province of Narathiwat, March 30, […]
ISIS resurfaces again despite efforts by Europol to block them from the internet
In fight against ISIS’s propaganda machine, raids and online trench warfare Source: The Washington Post By Joby Warrick THE HAGUE – The campaign started with the cyber equivalent of a massive airstrike: law-enforcement agencies from eight countries, moving in unison to smash two of the main propaganda organs of the Islamic State. […]
The Quran And the Bible and the Wars?
Finding Peace Within the Holy Texts Source: NY Times Nov. 17, 2015 By David Brooks It’s easy to think that ISIS is some sort of evil, medieval cancer that somehow […]
Quran does not cause terrorism and is no more violent than the Bible, expert says
Source: Independent By Lizzie Dearden; @lizziedearden “The source of the problem is the Quran itself…anyone who reads it either leaves it or becomes a terrorist.” That claim, made on a […]
Meet Osama Bin Laden’s Mother — Alia Ghanem
My son, Osama: The al-Qaida leader’s mother speaks for the first time Source: The Guardian By Martin Chulov Nearly 17 years since 9/11, Osama bin Laden’s family remains an influential part […]
Toronto shooting suspect identified as Faisal Hussain, 29
Source: BBC Canadian officials have identified the suspect in Sunday’s deadly shooting in Toronto as Faisal Hussain, 29. The Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said it was releasing his name […]
Toronto gunman kills woman, injures 13
Toronto shooting: Deadly attack in Greektown district Source: BBC A gunman has opened fire on a busy avenue in Toronto, killing a young woman and injuring 13 other people, one […]
Indonesia plans crackdown on condemned cleric’s militant network
Source: Reuters By Kanupriya Kapoor, Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s counter-terrorism police plan to arrest more than 100 suspected militants in a bid to prevent retaliatory attacks after […]
French far-right group arrested over alleged plot to attack Muslims
Source Independent Several firearms reportedly discovered during raids and some suspects had grenades and explosives A group linked to France’s radical far-right have been arrested on suspicion of planning an […]
Quebec Mosque Shooter Was Consumed by Refugees, Trump and Far Right
Source: The New York Times BY DAN BILEFSKY QUEBEC — When Alexandre Bissonnette learned of Justin Trudeau’s now-famous tweet welcoming refugees to Canada, the waif-like 28-year-old political science student told police that he snapped. Just […]
Toronto van tragedy bonds city in blood. But no one will say the word ‘terrorism’
Source: The Star How naive we have been, whistling by the graveyard as carnage was wrought in European and American cities, Rosie DiManno writes. A sneaker. A purse. A tiny […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community says Time has come to stop blaming only Muslims for the World’s Problems
Source: Khalifa of Islam On 17 March 2018, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at […]
Transcript of Speech of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad in UK Peace Symposium 2018
The event was held at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in London and was attend by over 550 non-Ahmadi guests, comprising government ministers, ambassadors of state, members of both Houses of […]
Austin bomber: ‘Challenged young man’ or ‘terrorist’?
Source: Washington Post By Samantha Schmidt For weeks, the 23-year-old suspected bomber terrorized the city of Austin with a string of explosions that killed two and injured several others. But […]
3 rural Illinois men charged with Minnesota mosque bombing
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI CHICAGO (AP) — Federal authorities on Tuesday charged three men from rural central Illinois with the bombing of a Minnesota mosque […]
Mosques should be Nationalized in Pakistan
By Saeed Qureshi, who is a senior journalist, former editor of Diplomatic Times and a former diplomat.This and other articles by the writer can also be read at his blog […]
India: King Abdulla speaks at Islamic Conference
Source: New Age Islam A conference was held today (1st March 2018) at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan on ‘Islamic Heritage: Promoting Understanding and Moderation’. The Prime Narendra Modi attended the […]
War on terror is all faiths’ fight against ideology of hatred – King of Jordan
Source: Jordan Times – March 2, 2018 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday underlined that the global anti-terrorism war is not a fight between different religions or peoples […]
Prominent Republican Donor Issues Ultimatum on Assault Weapons
Source: MSN News By ALEXANDER BURNS A prominent Republican political donor demanded on Saturday that the party pass legislation to restrict access to guns, and vowed not to contribute to […]
Is Every Human Life Sacred or Could it be Merely Collateral Damage?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The gunman who allegedly killed at least 17 people at a Florida high school on Wednesday was a former […]
