Australian PM: ISIS ‘Has Nothing to Do With Any Religion’
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott declared that ISIS “has nothing to do with any religion” during a press conference on Tuesday. He said: “The point I keep making is that […]
Netanyahu: European support for Palestinians ‘endangers Israel’
Rappler.com: PARIS, France – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused European governments on Monday, December 15, of siding with the Palestinians over their latest UN bid for statehood, saying their […]
Vienna may shut down controversial Saudi school
Russia Today: Vienna’s Board of Education has ordered for a school owned by the Saudi government to stop operating by the end of the year, after it failed to provide […]
Stop asking Muslims to condemn terrorism. It’s bigoted and Islamophobic.
There’s a certain ritual that each and every one of the world’s billion-plus Muslims, especially those living in Western countries, is expected to go through immediately following any incident of violence involving a Muslim perpetrator. It’s a ritual that is continuing now with the Sydney hostage crisis, in which a deranged self-styled sheikh […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims back Australian drive against jihadist radicalisation
The Australian News: by Rowan Callick — Mirza Ramzan Sharif is the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association’s external affairs secretary. AUSTRALIA’S Islamic community “must ask with one voice if it is doing […]
Russia raises key interest rate to 17% amid rouble decline
The Russian central bank has announced it is hiking its key interest rate to 17% from 10.5%. The bank said the move was to try to ease the rouble’s recent […]
#illridewithyou: Australians support Muslim neighbors during Sydney hostage crisis
As the Sydney hostage crisis continues to unfold, thousands of Australians have joined a spontaneous movement of solidarity with the country’s Muslims. Using the hashtag #illridewithyou, people from around the country have offered solidarity (as well as rides) to Muslim Australians who might otherwise feel uncomfortable or unsafe wearing religious […]
Hostage taker in Australia’s demands: ISIS flag, talk to Aussie PM
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2014/12/15/bpr-coren-australia-hostage-situation-sydney.cnn 5 people have fled from Sydney cafe A hostage taker in a Sydney cafe has contacted three media outlets via the hostages. An unknown number of people remain captive. FULL […]
Sorry, Internet: Pope Francis Didn’t Open Paradise to Pets
Source: The Daily Beast But Pope Paul VI did, decades ago. This internet rumor isn’t true, but the Catholic Church really has done hard thinking about animal souls. This week […]
Sydney siege: Gunman takes hostages in Lindt cafe
Source: BBC At least one gunman has taken several people hostage at a cafe in the Australian city of Sydney. Pictures on Australian television show at least three people with […]
THIRD CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF JAMIA AHMADIYYA UK TAKES PLACE
Source:pressahmadiyya.com 22 Graduates receive their degrees from Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 13 December 2014, the Third Convocation Ceremony of Jamia Ahmadiyya UK took place at the College premises in Haslemere in Surrey. The ceremony was presided over by […]
The feminist case for the veil
Source: New Statesman A critical book review by Myriam Francois-Cerrah, who is a freelance journalist and broadcaster (France, Middle East and North Africa, Islam) and a DPhil candidate in Middle […]
The elements of radicalization in youth!
Source: The Malta Independent, December 10, 2014; by Laiq Ahmed Atif A few months ago the world was not very much aware of a great threat, which the world is facing these days, and which has now become the talk of the town, and that is the horrific threat of ISIS. […]
The Muslim Times’ Growing Collection to Refute Islamophobia
Epigraph: “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and […]
Women of Ahmadiyya Community Croatia take part in IWCZ Christmas Bazar Zagreb on PAKISTANI Stall
Source:Face Book On 07.12.2014, women belonging to Ahmadiyya community Zagreb organized two stalls under the banner of PAKISTAN in Christmas Bazar of IWCZ (International Women Club Zagreb). One stall was devoted for the Pakistani food while other one contained original sub continental jewelry and Henna Tattoo expertise. First Lady the […]
Cold war is on
Source: Dawn A COLD war is on between the West and Russia in right earnest. Its immediate cause is, of course, the Ukraine. But Prof John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago, and one of the few dissenters in the US, points out in Foreign Affairs that “the taproot […]
Does a reform-driven pope have the power to change doctrine?
Global Post: How far can a pope go? Francis is a change agent rivaled by few other figures in power today. Does a reform-driven pope have the power to change doctrine? […]
Celibacy could cause child abuse, landmark Catholic report admits
Russia Today: Obligatory celibacy could have contributed to child sex abuse in the Catholic Church, a group of Australian archbishops has admitted, becoming the first-ever Catholic institution to publicly acknowledge […]
Islamophobia is racism, pure and simple
Source: The Guardian By Yassin Musharbash Islamophobia is on the rise in Germany. That is troubling enough. But what’s even more concerning is that many of those whom I would define […]
Ex-Guantanamo inmate David Hicks heckles Australia minister
BBC News: Ex-Guantanamo inmate David Hicks has heckled an Australian minister, accusing the government of knowing about his alleged torture by the US. Hicks, who spent five-and-a-half years in the US prison, called Attorney General George Brandis a “coward” when he refused to answer questions. His outburst came as Mr […]