thrguardian: by Leon Moosavi. It is important to stress that from the estimated 5,000 converts to Islam every year, almost all of them embrace Islam after being inspired by its monotheistic clarity, its moral guidance and its holistic framework. Conversion to Islam is rarely political, but it is usually connected to […]
Source: Toronto Star By: Haroon Siddiqui Good for the CBC that on Monday it identified the two Canadians who were part of the Jan. 16 hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in which 37 workers were killed, along with the Al Qaeda-linked terrorists. But bad for the CBC that in its ensuing coverage […]
Source: Ahmadiyya Times. An Ahmadi man is among the over 40 killed in twin blasts that occurred on Sunday evening in Abbas Town, Karachi, a Shia-dominated neighborhood, which also left […]
Source: Huff Post, by Nasser Karimi. TEHRAN, Iran — Buddha statues have joined Barbie dolls and characters from “The Simpsons” TV cartoon as banned items in the conservative Muslim nation. Authorities are confiscating Buddha statues from shops in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to stop the promotion of Buddhism in the […]
Sourse: Stop Extremism, by Soheb Ahmed. There was a time when Ahmadis were brutally murdered and everyone kept quiet, thinking that it will never happen to anyone else and now we see that Shias are on target. This criminal silence of the past is haunting the nation today. If this […]
[The below is from an Initial Report received via phone] Assalaamu Alaikum, About 150 Hooligans of Tahaffuz Khatme Nabuwwat attacked a newly purchased Mission house in Kamareddy (Andhra Pradesh). Kamareddy […]
Al Arabiya News: Musa Furber. It has been reported that the Egyptian cabinet is considering taking legal action against those who use religion to incite violence. Beyond incitement to violence, there may even be a case that such irresponsible statements fall under Egypt’s blasphemy law, which clearly states “whoever makes use […]
Huff Post: Jessica Elgot. Speaking clearly, but with noticeable damage to the right side of her face, said: “Today you can see that I’m alive. I can speak. I can see you, I can see everyone. I am getting better day by day and it’s just because of the prayers of […]
Mail Online: Tim Shipman. ‘But let me tell you what’s really dangerous. It’s when people are treated differently because they hold a different religious belief. It’s when a country turns a blind eye towards that discrimination. Fewer than one in four British voters believes Islam is compatible with the British […]
Huff Post: Dr. Faheem Yunus. I believe in unity against hatred. I believe that our love for Pakistan should not be measured by the amount of hatred we express for America. I believe that our love for Islam cannot be reckoned by our hatred for those who differ with our […]
Huff Post: Nathan Lean. Any reasonable person would look at this growing phenomenon and conclude that we’ve reached an ugly new level of prejudice against religious minorities in this country. But not Jonathan Schanzer, a hawkish Bush-era terrorism analyst whose predictable (and unethical — I’ll get to that later) review […]
Lutf’s Blog: Lutful Islam. Majority of the Shia Muslims dying in Pakistan at the hands of takfiri terrorists, and most of those protesting against this ongoing genocide don’t know or remember 1974. It was the first year of official takfir in Pakistan. An elected parliament which consisted for some […]
theguardian: Jason Burke. Killing throws spotlight on island’s struggle to reconcile issues of Islam, society and politics after end of dictator’s 30-year rule Though the only terrorist attack on the islands so far was a bomb in 2007, Indian, US and British officials remain worried that the Maldives could become […]
BBC News: Seven charity workers, six of them women, have been shot dead in north-west Pakistan, police say. The women, some of them teachers, were attacked near a children’s community centre. A male colleague died with them. All were Pakistani citizens. More
Global Post: Patrick Winn. Is “Merry Christmas” forbidden in Muslim-majority Indonesia? Another Christmas season, another year of hand wringing for Muslim-majority Indonesia‘s arbiters of piety. As the Jakarta Globe reports, Indonesia’s top Islamic rule-making body (the Indonesia Ulema Council) is again warning Muslims toforego all Christmas “rituals”. In other words, don’t […]
It seems that the hotbed of news items and endless supply of blood splattered images of innocent minority victims are coming from mostly Pakistan these days. Often times, a question is raised as to what is the sentiment of the people of Pakistan regarding this image, extremism, and human […]
Source: NY Times. A short video on Terry Jones’s hate speech attempt in Times Square, 2011. Click here to play the video.
Daily Times: Noshe Lynn. If Muslims can come out on the streets to protest about cartoons and books, why can they not come out in protest against these outrages being committed in their own country? Many people refuse to blame the Taliban (and others like them) for anything, saying that, […]
The Freedom of Thought 2012 report: the non-religious are still being persecuted By Waleed Alhusseini (Getty Images) Like many non-religious people around the world, I use the internet to express my thoughts. Especially in a country where the vast majority believe in one religion, and do not like to hear any […]
Dawn.com: By Munir Akram, former Pakistan ambassador to the UN FROM the desert of the Sahel to the islands of the Pacific, Muslim peoples and states are today afflicted by conflicts and violence of varying dimensions and intensity. The malicious myth propagated by Islam’s adversaries is that Muslims are prone […]