FOOTBALL BRIDGES RELIGIOUS DIVIDE IN THAI SOUTH
Source: 7News PATTANI, Thailand (AFP) – A shared passion for football is uniting Buddhists and Muslims in Thailand’s restive south, where grassroots efforts to find elusive peace are gaining ground […]
PJCC to Host Interfaith Roundtable
RedwoodCityPatch A panel of interfaith clergy, including a Rabbi from Redwood City, will share their interpretations of salvation next week at a roundtable in Foster City. The Peninsula Jewish Community Center will host the May 22 event, called “Does God Redeem Us,” which will feature a panel representing Buddhist, Christian, […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims Knock On Doors To Spread Islam’s Message Of Peace
The Weekly Voice Vaughn: On May 6, throughout Canada, in over 80 cities and neighborhoods, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community did their bit to remove negative perceptions on Islam […]
KAZAKHSTAN: Ahmadi Muslims closed down everywhere, Methodist congregation next?
Forum 18 News Service: By Mushfig Bayram, The enforced closure of the Ahmadi Muslim community in Kazakhstan’s commercial capital Almaty leaves the community unable to worship legally anywhere in the country, […]
ISLAM 101: Learning about Islam benefits all
Ifpress.com- News London I’ve spent the past eight Sundays at a London mosque, learning about Islam, the fastest-growing religion in the world. Though two months is hardly enough time to scratch the surface of a complex religion dating back hundreds of years and with more than a billion followers worldwide, […]
How Islam saved the Jews’: lectures at SOAS
Source: Point of no return I bring you notice of a series of lectures starting on Monday 14 May 2012, (17:30-19:00h at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London – Khalili lecture theatre): The opening lecture is titled:” How Islam Saved the Jews”. Professor David J Wasserstein, a professor at […]
US military course taught officers ‘Islam is the enemy’
A course for US military officers has been teaching that America’s enemy is Islam in general and suggesting that the country might ultimately have to obliterate the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina without regard for civilian deaths, following second world war precedents of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima. […]
Communal harmony among Hindus and Muslims common in the medieval Deccan India
Source: Times of India I saw fragrance fleeing, when the bee came/ What a wonder!/ I saw intellect fleeing, when the heart came/ I saw the temple fleeing, when God came. (Allama Prabhu, 12th century mystic poet of the Deccan) In contrast to north India, where the first incursions by […]
Kansas lawmakers pass anti-Islamic law measure
Source: USA Today. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A bill designed to prevent Kansas courts or government agencies from making decisions based on Islamic or other foreign legal codes has cleared the state Legislature after a contentious debate about whether the measure upholds American values or appeals to prejudice against Muslims. […]
Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay: A Hindu Indian police officer upholds dignity of Islam and Muhammad(s.a.s.)
Knowingly and unknowingly people have said a many thing about Islam which are not based on the reality. I have read Quran in English, Hindi, Marathi and Urdu. I have talked to many individuals over this and tried to understand it. After reading the entire Quran and studying the life […]
Teen arrested in mosque vandalism
Washington post An 18-year-old has been charged with felony destruction of property for allegedly vandalizing a mosque that was under construction in Chantilly, Fairfax County police said. Trenton M. Carter of the 14400 block of Round Lick Lane in the Centreville area was arrested May 3, police said. Carter and possibly other […]
The Blood of the Martyrs is the seed of the Church – or is it the Mosque this time?
Written by Zia H Shah A Kansas City woman who converted from Christianity to Islam has been awarded $5 million in punitive damages by a jury who found the telecommunications […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community organizes interfaith symposium in Jharkhand
Source: Jagran “Humanity is the greatest religion, It’s the heart of humans where God resides. Love for all hatred for none” Ahmadiyya Muslim community recently organized interfaith symposium at Musabani local community, at Jamshedpur district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Prior to the event, leaders from the community expressed that […]
‘Saudi-backed Wahhabis behind massacre of Shias in Pakistan’
An extremist Wahhabi group, backed by such countries as Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, is behind the atrocious massacre of Shia Muslims in Pakistan, a political analyst says. “All these massacres […]
Nominating Karen Armstrong for Literature Nobel Prize
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Karen Armstrong FRSL (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator known for her […]
Islam’s European hope
Inqiurer News Philippines By: Shlomo Ben Ami MADRID—Mohamed Merah’s killing spree in and around Toulouse in March, like the 2004 Madrid train bombings and the 2005 suicide attacks in London’s […]
The 36th Jalsa Salana 2012 (Annual Convention) of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at concluded
The Point Friday, May 04, 2012 By the grace of Allah Almighty, the 36th Jalsa Salana of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at the Gambia ended successfully on Sunday 8th April 2012 for the first time at Masroor Senior Secondary School, Old Yundum, West Coast Region.The Jalsa was addressed by many distinguished guests such as: Honourable Lamin […]
Hats off to Hindu parents of the Muslim girl
Source: Indian express It’s an amazing story. The eight-year-old girl, Naseema, was sold in her childhood but a Brahmin couple gave shelter to her, brought her up like their own […]
OIC chief: Global action to fight Islamophobia needed
By JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARAB NEWS STAFF The secretary-general of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation has urged the international community to take effective action to prevent growing Islamophobia or enmity toward Islam and Muslims all over the world. “Islamophobia is on the rise. In fact, it has entered […]
Sam Harris, Will You Visit A Mosque With Me?
Huff Post Sam Harris–I know you’re a busy man, but I’d like to ask you out. Will you go to mosque with me? I’m not trying to convert you to Islam. Like you, I’m not a Muslim. Like you, I don’t believe in any gods. I’m happily, openly atheist. A […]