Source: Cult Girl/Ahmadiyya: One of the countless, debilitatingly endemic problems with anti-Ahmadiyya hate sites is that they provide a platform for any old ignoramus to pose as a scholar and offer their own opinions as ‘Islam,’ whilst providing no supporting evidence whatsoever. Such people seem to become so enamoured with […]
News24: “Gnostic” comes from the Greek word for “learned”. In the context of religion, it means one claims to know whether god exists or doesn’t. “Agnostic” on the other hand means (at least in this context) unknowable. I’m an agnostic atheist. This means that I don’t believe in the existence […]
Huff Post: by Samir Selmanovic Community Engagement Catalyst, Communicator Life interrupts us. When we can’t fit our life experience into our religion, something has to give, and life can’t give. Like a sturdy surgical tool, life cuts back across our religion to save us from it. Just when we figure […]
Huff Post by Kecia Ali. Associate Professor of Religion, Boston University According to the Internet, I am 100 percent Reform Jew. This came as something of a surprise to me since I’m a Muslim. Let me explain. In the wake of Sept. 11, I was invited to contribute an essay […]
Express Tribune: Two years after the tragic attack on worshippers at Darul Zikr, an additional session judge, when faced with a petition calling for action against an Ahmadi worship place […]
khuddam.org.uk: My name is Muzaffar Ahmad. I am originally from Lahore, Pakistan and my constituency is Garden Town which is part of the Model Town Majlis. During the Lahore massacre, […]
LankaWeb At the death of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the Muslims lost not only their Prophet but also their spiritual, religious and political leader. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) had not designated any successor during his own lifetime and the young Muslim community could not possibly survive without one. A […]
Treasure House of Prayers Compiled by Hafiz Muzaffar Ahmad a real Treasure indeed! Please visit this website: http://www.alislam.org/library/books/Treasure-House-of-Prayers.pdf
Huff Post The Hayat Mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, probably sees a constant stream of religious police, or mutaween, attempting to keep a check on female morality. But when one brave Saudi woman had enough, she flipped on her camera phone and made sure her harasser — and the rest […]
DFI-Indian Defence NEW DELHI: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JuH), the largest body of imams, on Saturday sought social boycott of Qadyani, also known as Ahmadiyas, a sect who call themselves Muslims but are not accepted as such by the community. In a resolution adopted at the end of its two-day conference here, […]
Crisis-enduring Greece received a bit of hope for belated justice. A re-trial of Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates in Athens, the very city that sentenced him to death in 399 BC, […]
Patheos.com Time and again, the same illogical claims about Islam keep popping up from various people, whether they are pundits, commenters, or self-styled “experts” on Islam: Islam is “violent,” it calls for the “killing of all non-Muslims,” Muslims “must hate all non-Muslims,” or that Islam is a religion of “domination,” […]
Huff Post BUDAPEST, Hungary — FIFA’s medical advisers say new designs are needed because headscarfs worn by Muslim women players could lead to head and neck injuries. Michel D’Hooghe, chairman of FIFA’s medical committee, says samples received from two designers “represented a danger” to players’ health. Soccer’s rules-making panel has […]
Dawn.com A PERSISTENT failure to deal with the canker of intolerance — one of the greatest threats to the Pakistani people’s mental health and their material well-being — is making the affliction day by day more unmanageable. A young non-Muslim woman has been living in Lahore for quite some time. […]
Huff Post Christians have often hoped for a time when our racial and economic differences would cease, when in Christ we would all be indistinguishable. Such impulses are earnest but fundamentally misguided. Many such interpretations emerge from a fervent hope that the specters of racism, sexism and myriad other destructive […]
The Daily Caller Two scientists have issued a challenge to their colleagues to focus more research on religion, according to ABC News. Religion plays such a large role in billions of people’s’ lives worldwide, so why not use science to help advance the understanding of religion? “Science can help us understand religion […]
Huff Post LONDON (Reuters)- When Malaysian cyclist Azizulhasni Awang opted to postpone his Ramadan fast until after the London Games, the decision was all about going for Olympic gold. Anything that might jeopardise the chance of a medal for the 24-year-old at his second Olympics had to be dealt with […]
Source: NY Times By ANDREAS HARSONO Published: May 21, 2012 (Andreas Harsono is a researcher for the Asia division at Human Rights Watch) IT is fashionable these days for Western leaders to praise Indonesia as a model Muslim democracy. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has declared, “If you want to […]
Huff Post In 1955, after years of intensive seminary study and service in various Orthodox Jewish congregations in New England, I began to feel the need for a broader education and a wider range of experience. Up to this point, my entire religious education had taken place within the Jewish […]
Huff Post LOS ANGELES (RNS) After lobbying from Muslim and Sikh leaders, the Los Angeles Police Department has agreed to modify its information-gathering program on suspicious activities after the New York Police Department came under fire for spying on local Muslims. Since 2008, the LAPD has used the federal Suspicious […]