The difficulty of being Muslim in France
Source: Aljazeera Paris, France – Kamel Fertass and his friends are sitting outside their local McDonalds. It is in the middle of a roundabout in the suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois. “You […]
European Satellites: How Islamic State Takes Its Terror To the Web
By Nicolai Kwasniewski AFP/ AL-FURQAN MEDIA An Islamic State propaganda video Shows fighters marching at an undisclosed location. Islamic State is a master at using the Internet to spread propaganda. SPIEGEL ONLINE research indicates European companies may be providing the terrorist organization Internet access by satellite dish. No terror organization uses the […]
Letter from a Syrian Refugee …
From: Batool Alsaeed, Mafraq, Jordan To: The Country Director, Humanity First, Jordan In the name of Allah My name is Batool Alsaeed and I am from Syria. I came with my family to Jordan because of the war. We are from Homs. […]
France likely to close more than 100 mosques
Source: Aljazeera France is likely to close up to 160 mosques in the coming months as part of a nationwide police operation under the state of emergency which allows places […]
Going for Broke in Paris: It’s Now or Never for the Climate
A Commentary by Florian Harms AFP A man fishing in the haze of severe forest fires in Indonesia this autumn. This week, the most important event of the year began: 195 countries are negotiating the future of our planet in Paris. The world’s most powerful leaders must now demand sacrifices […]
France shuts mosque; arrests man in crackdown
PARIS, FRANCE: Police shut a mosque east of Paris and arrested the owner of a revolver found in related raids on Wednesday as part of a crackdown called after the November 13 attacks on the capital, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. He told journalists that authorities had closed another two mosques […]
Five million customers affected by Vtech database hack
Source: BBC Electronic toy and educational material seller Vtech has confirmed that about five million customers were affected in the data theft reported on Friday. They are from all over […]
Climate change cannot be addressed in isolation — King of Jordan
By JT – Nov 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah delivers an address at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris on Monday, attended by several world leaders (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday said the war of “our […]
“ISIS has no identity except barbarism”, Ahmadiyya Msulim Community
By M. Imran Hayee, who is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He belongs to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of USA. Source: duluthnewstribune.com Nov. 13, the Islamic […]
France calls for ‘enlightened Islam’ against jihadist ideology
Source: Reuters Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve urged French Muslim leaders on Sunday to develop an “enlightened Islam” to confront what he called the obscurantist views of Islamic State that lead […]
RADICALISATION CONCERNS: French police raid homes of Geneva Mosque imams
NOV 27, 2015 – 10:09 The two imams work at the Geneva Mosque, the largest in Switzerland (Keystone) French police have searched the homes of two imams who work at the Geneva Mosque, the largest in Switzerland, the mosque confirmed on Thursday night. The Tribune de Genève newspaper reported earlier […]
Religious liberties under strain for Muslims in France
Source: The Washington Post PARIS — The mournful sermon in the Mosque Tawhid at Friday prayers was about the attacks, because it is hard now to speak of anything else […]
French Muslim body to create ‘licence to preach’ for imams
Source: Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – France’s leading Muslim body said Tuesday it would create a permit to preach for imams in a bid to root out extremists, as well […]
Europe’s rights court upholds French headscarf ban in hospital job case
Europe’s top human rights court on Thursday upheld France’s headscarf ban in the case of a Muslim social worker, AP said. Christiane Ebrahimian was working in the psychiatric department at […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim delegation meets French consul General in Chicago #PromotingPeace
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community always stands with those who love Peace Report by Syed Rashid Bukhari, Chicago Three members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Comunity of Chicago: Shamshad Nasir (Imam of Glen Ellyn Mosque), Munawar Khan […]
The Paris jihadists who had little time for Islam
Wanted suspected terrorist Salah Abdeslam and Hasna Ait Boulahacen, who died on in Wednesday’s terror raid. Photo: Police nationale/AFP The Paris jihadists who had little time for Islam Published: 20 Nov 2015 16:56 GMT+01:00 Some of the Islamist terrorists who were involved in last week’s Paris attacks were hardly […]
Canada: 9th Annual World Religions Conference titled “Does God Exist?” to be held by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Paris attacks underline importance of Olds religion conference: speaker Source: mountainviewgazette.ca By: Doug Collie The attacks in Paris by Muslim extremists underline the importance of a religious conference that takes place […]
The Paris Attacks Are a Reminder We Should All Listen to the London-Based Khalifa (Caliph) of Islam
Source: The Huffington post By: Atif Rashid Freelance writer, community events organiser, speaker on religious platforms and aspiring journalist. In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, we’d all be wise […]
Whoa there, David Cameron! Haste and rhetoric is no recipe for peace
Source: Independent By Robert Fisk @indyvoices Reactions to Paris and Mali have been militaristic rhetoric brought about by ignorance and refusal to understand the injustices of the Middle East Eisenhower famously sent […]
Double standards in the Paris attacks coverage
Source: Al Jazeera As news of the attacks in Paris was breaking, Facebook launched a feature allowing its users to “check-in” and let their family members and friends know they were […]