Washington Post: by Adam Taylor — On Sunday, at least 1.5 million people marched through Paris in a dramatic display of solidarity after extremists killed 12 people at the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and four at a kosher grocery last week. A police officer also was fatally shot. It was […]
addictinginfo.org: by Kerry-Anne — The Pope gave liberals an early Christmas Present this week, on a flight back from Turkey…by drawing a parallel between Christian Fundamentalists and Islamic terror groups such as ISIS. When a journalist attempted to draw the Pope into yet another condemnation of the world’s 2 billion Muslims on […]
Source: tribune.com.pk BERLIN: A German newspaper in the northern port city of Hamburg that reprinted Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) cartoons from the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo was the target of an arson […]
Source: rt.com A union of Turkish imams has announced that it will organize demonstrations in front of various media organizations across Germany in solidarity with France after the deadly attack at […]
Source: liverpoolecho.co.uk Liverpool shows solidarity for Paris terror attacks as 400 people attend city centre Charlie Hebdo march Around 400 people are taking part in a march in Liverpool city centre in support of the victims and families affected by the Paris terrorist attacks. The event was organised by a group […]
Source: wimbledonguardian.co.uk Politicians put their differences aside on Friday night to show their solidarity with Paris after a spate of horrific terrorist attacks. With Merton’s union jack at half mast as […]
Source: forbes.com It took Christianity hundreds of years but the faithful finally learned to stop killing over spiritual differences. Israel should be criticized as a nation state, not a spiritual representation […]
Source:Spiegel.de “Can we laugh about anything? Will we be able to laugh about anything tomorrow? These questions are worth asking. No limits to humor that is in the service of freedom of speech, because when humor stops, it is very often to make place for censorship or self censorship.” Cabu […]
Source: gulfnews.com Charleville-Mizihres, France: Mourad Hamyd describes himself as a normal 18-year-old who lives with his parents but on the day France was gripped by the Charlie Hebdo massacre, he became known as “the third suspect” — even though he was in class at the time of the shooting. More…..http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/teen-in-shock-after-wrongly-linked-to-charlie-hebdo-attack-1.1439603
For many on the left, tolerance comes easily. But economic disarray has sapped the will to defend our principles of rationalism and individual liberty More…http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/11/europe-survive-islamist-terror-learn-to-fight-for-values-holds-dear
Source: alislam.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad prays for peace in the world The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has categorically […]
Source: youtube.com Islam Exhibition at the historical University of Göttingen (Germany) from the 5th to 9th January 2015… It was visited by more than 8100 guests.
Source: Euro News: “This is what I am saying to Muslims around the world … don’t isolate yourself, don’t be on the margins, come into the mainstream, be visible, be vocal, be the voice of the voiceless, of the silent majority that are all against what is happening” More:
Source: NY Times: PARIS — Hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets of Paris to join top French officials and world leaders for a rally and march under extraordinary security in a government-sponsored show of unity and defiance after a series of terrorist attacks. The somber march began […]
JIM EDWARDS JAN. 9, 2015, 7:20 AM The police officer executed by gunmen in a street outside the office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris was a Muslim. His name was […]
Algeria. Long before the identity of the murder suspects was revealed by the French police – even before I heard the names of Cherif and Said Kouachi – I muttered the word “Algeria” to myself. As soon as I heard the names and saw the faces, I said the word […]
The New Yorker: by Teju Cole — A northern-Italian miller in the sixteenth century, known as Menocchio, literate but not a member of the literary élite, held a number of unconventional theological beliefs. He believed that the soul died with the body, that the world was created out of a […]
Source: Open Salon By Muhammad Zafrullah JANUARY 10, 2015 10:08PM Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo offices during an editorial meeting on January 7, 2015. They killed the magazine’s editor and his police bodyguard and several others, injuring quite a few. The total number killed came to be […]
Source:theguardian.com Ahmed Merabet, the police officer gunned down in the Charlie Hebdo attack, was killed in an act of barbarity by “false Muslims” his brother said in a moving tribute on Saturday, where he also appealed for unity and tolerance. Speaking for a group of relatives gathered in Paris, Malek […]
Source: theguardian.com Up to a million people – including dozens of world leaders – will converge on Paris on Sunday in a show of defiance and unity after terrorist attacks that left 17 people dead last week in the French capital. In what will be one of the most significant […]