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 […]
Source:elderofziyon.blogspot.co.uk In Paris, a grand mosque built in honour of the 100,000 Muslim soldiers who died fighting for France in the First World War, became a sanctuary for Jews escaping persecution less than three decades later. Si Kaddour Benghabrit was a French Algerian who was deeply loyal to France. During […]
France is at “war” with terrorism, but not religion, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Friday as police cornered two suspected Islamist gunmen near Paris. “We are in a war against […]
This Muslim Man Saved Several People During The Paris Market Siege Lassana Bathily is being hailed as a hero. posted on Jan. 10, 2015, at 5:23 p.m. David Mack BuzzFeed News […]
Source: huffingtonpost.com On Wednesday, gunmen attacked the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The magazine is known for its controversial depictions of the prophet Mohammad, which is believed to […]
Source: getwestlondon.co.uk Atta ur Rahman Khalid, Imam of the Baitul Wahid Mosque, in Hanworth, speaks out against atrocities after police storm hostage sites A Muslim leader in Hanworth today condemned the […]
Fareed Ahmad is the former President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for Devon and Cornwall and the National Secretary External Affairs for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK. Source: plymouthherald.co.uk Had the killers […]
Source: greece.greekreporter.com | By Atta-Ul Nasser This is an article, sent to Greek Reporter by Atta-Ul Naseer, an Imam & National President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Greece, condemning the Charlie Hebdo attack in […]
Source: France24.com Dated: 09.01.15 Famed French author Michel Houellebecq has insisted that his novel “Submission”, which envisions a France ruled by a Muslim government, is not a racist scare story. Nevertheless the novel, which hits bookstores Wednesday, has sparked a media storm. More…http://www.france24.com/en/20150104-novelist-houellebecq-vision-muslim-governed-france-not-racist-islamaphobia/
The pope was not present at the screening but Jolie, who is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and two of her children met him briefly afterwards, a spokesman said. Her husband Brad Pitt was not present. The pope was not present at the […]
Published: 09 Jan 2015 11:44 GMT+01:00 The politician behind the successful campaign to ban the construction of new minarets in Switzerland is now calling for a ban on certain […]
Members of the French technical and scientific police work at the site near a mosque in the Sablons neighborhood of Le Mans, western France, on Thursday, after shots were fired and three blank grenades were thrown at the mosque shortly after midnight, leaving no casualties. (AFP PHOTO / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER) […]
ANKARA — The world is losing its ability to prevent conflicts and the lack of “effective leadership” has led to the worst displacement situation since World War II, the UN refugee chief warned Tuesday. Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in Ankara that the twin crises in […]