by Lisa Schnell The evening sun shines through the barred windows onto the 18 men. They’re wearing ruby-colored T-shirts and black pants. Some nudge each other’s shoulders out of sheer […]
Haroon Siddiqui, The Toronto Star 28/6/2014 Two cricket players and a hijab-wearing Canadian transcend stereotypes. OLLY GREENWOOD / AFP/Getty Images Muslim cricket player Moeen Ali’s long flowing black beard is the topic of national conversation in the U.K. following his emergence last week as a hero in a dramatic game […]
A decision by a chain of pharmacies to sell an over-the-counter DNA paternity test has provoked serious ethical concerns. Sun Store, which operates mainly in French-speaking Switzerland, has decided to sell the PATERtest in its larger stores. Although such do-it-yourself tests are available on the Internet, it is believed to […]
France’s law banning women from wearing face-covering veils in public is not discriminatory, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. The court’s decision follows a case brought by […]
France’s law banning women from wearing face-covering veils in public is not discriminatory, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. The court’s decision follows a case brought by […]
The Guardian: Since the militarisation of the Syrian revolution, there has been much reporting in the UK of British Muslims going to fight in Syria and now Iraq. The recent […]
The Guardian: Since the militarisation of the Syrian revolution, there has been much reporting in the UK of British Muslims going to fight in Syria and now Iraq. The recent […]
Source: halesowennews.co.uk YOUNG Halesowen Muslims will be taking part in a mass anti-extremist three-day rally in Surrey to pledge loyalty to Queen and country. Members of the Ahmadiyya Youth Association, based at the […]
theguardian: by John Hooper — In his first interview with a female journalist since his election to the spiritual leadership of the world’s 1.2 billion baptised Catholics, Pope Francis dodged a string of questions about whether he intended raising the status of women in his church and made a joke about women […]
theguardian: by John Hooper — In his first interview with a female journalist since his election to the spiritual leadership of the world’s 1.2 billion baptised Catholics, Pope Francis dodged a string of questions about whether he intended raising the status of women in his church and made a joke about women […]
By Matthew Feldpausch Zipf SWISSINFO.CH JUN 27, 2014 Since the minaret ban in 2009, a consistent battle cry of red, white, and black has accompanied every major conservative initiative. The formula – outsiders, coated in black, imposing on Swiss prosperity – seems to work: conservative parties continue to dominate the […]
theguardian: by Mark Townsend — More than half of Islamophobic attacks in Britain are committed against women, who are typically targeted because they are wearing clothing associated withIslam, new data reveals. The figures of anti-Muslim attacks, compiled in the nine months following the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in May 2013, come […]
The Khalifa Of Islam Is The Cure For The ISIS Crisis We’ve all heard the old adage – those who don’t learn from the lessons of history are doomed to […]
Huff Post: by Jessica Elgot — Scottish people are more likely than Muslims to say they are not proud to be British, a new poll has found, but the research also showed some non-religious Brits still believe that Muslims should not celebrate their religion openly. Sixty-three per cent of British […]
Telegraph.co.uk: by Imam Abdul Quddus Arif — Early on a Monday morning last month (May 26), I was awoken by a very distressing text message which read ‘an Ahmadi doctor has been martyred outside of Bahishti Maqbara [an Ahmadi Muslim cemetery in Rabwah, Pakistan]’. I did not know who this […]
Telegraph.co.uk: by Imam Abdul Quddus Arif — Early on a Monday morning last month (May 26), I was awoken by a very distressing text message which read ‘an Ahmadi doctor has been martyred outside of Bahishti Maqbara [an Ahmadi Muslim cemetery in Rabwah, Pakistan]’. I did not know who this […]
The local Guardian: by Louisa Clarence-Smith — L-R: Qaim Zaidi, British Heart Foundation; Rafiq Hayat, national president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association.; Waseem Ahmad, UK National Head of the Elders Association Muslims from across Britain raised more than £220,000 for 40 charities during a weekend walk for peace. More than 1,600 […]
By Samuel Jaberg Switzerland is the most multicultural of all the 32 teams taking part in the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil. But are players like Shaquiri and Rodriguez a sign of Swiss integration or are immigrants just bigger football fans? The name Haris Seferovic is now firmly lodged […]
MANAUS, Brazil: Switzerland powered into the World Cup knockout stages as Group E runners-up and will play Argentina for a quarter final berth after a superb Xherdan Shaqiri hat-trick gave […]
theguardian: by Yassir Morsi — Islamophobia is not just bigotry or fear. It’s a frenzy that fills the gaps in our social imagination. As Badar’s cancelled talk shows, it also doesn’t require the Muslim to say anything In the last two days we have seen an eruption of Australia’s public and […]