Rare scene: Abu Sufiyan’s (staunch opponent of Islam) Praises Prophet Mohammad (saw)
A small intro of Abu Sufyan: Sakhr ibn Harb (Arabic: صخر بن حرب), more commonly known as Abu Sufyan (1 September 560 – 1 August 652), was the leader of […]
More in France Are Turning to Islam, Challenging a Nation’s Idea of Itself
The Sahaba mosque in Créteil, a Paris suburb, popular with those converting to Islam, which is a small but growing number – Agnes Dherbeys for The New York Times Source: […]
‘Judge Islam by Prophet’s life and teachings’: Swami Lakshmi Shankaracharya
Swamy Lakshmi Shankarcharya addressed in Hyderabad on 14th of Oct, 2012 and more recently in Patna. A Vedic Scholar who Finds Islam is religion of peace and guidance to all […]
Worship: The essence of true humility
Aisha Stacey ARABNEWS Friday 1 February 2013 God created human beings to worship Him and a practicing Muslim, in essence, should be able to worship God in every second, every […]
7 Things That May Surprise You About Muhammad (SAW)
Huff Post: Lesley Hazleton. Everyone knows his name. He was, and still is, one of the most influential figures of all time, yet most of us have little real sense […]
International Islamic Unity conference opens in Tehran
The 26th International Islamic Unity Conference has started in Iran’s capital, Tehran, with the presence of the country’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Shia and Sunni thinkers from 102 countries will be […]
Journey from Christianity to Islam-New Zealand
Onislam: At church, we were taught that Islam was not a very good thing. I don’t need to go into the detail there, so early on my experience with Islam was really negative, what the media had portrayed to me. I was born in New Zealand in 1972, in a […]
Names and attributes of God — an Islamic point of view
Dr. Jaafar Sheikh Idris ARABNEWS Friday 25 January 2013 Prior to the modern age very few people disputed the fact that the world has a creator. This fact was for […]
Can Liberalism tolerate Islam?
abc.net: by Abdul Hakim Murad: Must one be liberal to belong to the West? For all the polite multiculturalist denials, this question is being put to us more and more insistently. The European Union, as it struggles to articulate a common cultural as well as economic vision, regularly toys with […]
Campaign to Counter Anti-Muslim Subway Ads
Time NewsFeed: Rebecca Nelson. “Though we’ve certainly had our history of conflicts, people do generally try to get along with one another.” There’s a new voice in the controversy over anti-Muslim ads in New York City subway stations, and it sends a loud message. Talk Back to Hate aims to […]
Muslims for Peace
Huff Post: Kelly James Clark. We can attract more Muslims to the side of justice, peace, and liberty when our majority Christian nation genuinely seeks a world with liberty and justice for all. Noting the behaviors of some Muslims in Muslim-majority countries might leave the impression that most Muslims and […]
Misunderstanding Islam
By John Alden Williams: So far as war for the propagation of faith is concerned, such a thing is not mentioned even once in the Qur’an. This fact should be a revelation for those who think that Islam requires its followers to fight for the spread of their religion. The […]
Islamophobia-Wall Street Journal’s Denial
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 […]
‘Mosque buster’ – to stop the ‘Tide of Islam’
Mail Online: Larisa Brown. A planning lawyer and self-styled ‘mosque buster’ claims he is fighting to stop the ‘tide of Islam’ by successfully blocking plans for the building of mosques across the UK. Gavin Boby, once linked to the far-right English Defence League, boasts he has already blocked plans for […]
Islam is the only solution to the challenges of mankind says Spring of Islam conference
By TCN Staff Reporter Islam is the only solution to the challenges of mankind Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India: Three day Spring of Islam conference by Jamate-e-Islami Hind at Hyderabad was […]
Putting radicalization in context
Source: The National Post In a January 3 news item, the National Post profiled a Canadian Security Intelligence Services (CSIS) report released under the Access to Information Act. The report […]
Greatest Law Givers in Human History, Muhammad (SAW), Recognized by US Supreme Court in 1935
wnd.com and Youtube: While Muslims engaged in violent protests worldwide over caricatures of Muhammad have insisted any image of their prophet is considered blasphemous, a prominent frieze in the U.S. […]
Islam Does Not Command War Against Jews
Listen to Me: Islam Does Not Command War Against Jews Let me clarify these misconceptions about Islam so that there is no excuse for warmongers and those who wish to […]
What Would America’s Founding Fathers Say About Islam? – OpEd
Source: Eurasia Review By Craig Considine; Sociologist at @RiceUniversity • Focusing on: Anti-Racism, Anti-Islamophobia, Religious Pluralism, Civic Nations, Prophet Muhammad, Christian-Muslim Relations. In recent weeks, people the world over have heard a […]
A Look Back at Media Coverage of Islam and Islamic Law in 2012
Huff Post: Krystina Friedlander. Anti-Islam Messages Dominate Media. Hate Crimes Against Muslims Remain High. Anti-sharia Legislation in the United States. This has been a big year for Islam and Islamic […]