By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: The first group of pilgrims for the upcoming Haj arrived at King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah early Wednesday. The group consisted of 184 South Africans. Supervisor of the reception committee of the Tawafa Establishment for Non-Arab African Pilgrims Hani bin […]
In memory of the nearly 3000 victims of the terror attacks on 11th September 2001 in the USA representative of an Islamic Reform Movement in Switzerland called for blood donations. They want to follow with this gesture the teachings of Islam and contribute to a life-saving effort. The campain of […]
Source/Credit: Thurgauer Zeitung, Switzerland By Esther Simon | September 24, 2011 Adopted from a crude translation generated by Google-Translateion: It was peaceful here on Friday morning in a small ‘tent city’ which the organizers have set up near their mosque they had established five years ago in Häusern. The Ahmadiyya […]
In the aftermath of violent protests by Uighurs, a Muslim minority in China’s far northwest, authorities deepened their campaign against religious practices. September 11, 2011|By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Beijing — At a teachers college in far northwestern China, students were irritated to find that their professors […]
NAtional Post: On Monday, three Muslim women spoke at the Heliconian Hall in downtown Toronto at an event titled “Islamism’s war against women.” Journalist and activist Raheel Raza argued that the legal code known as sharia has no basis in religion – but rather is a political artifice created as […]
Source / Credit: Simcoe.com By Travis Mealing MIDLAND – An organization promoting peace, condemning terrorism and raising awareness about Islam will pay a visit to Midland this weekend. Representatives of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Canada have called on 190 towns across Canada since launching this initiative in November 2010. “It’s […]
Source/Credit: Cisionwire The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA received bipartisan support last week for its 9/11 memorial blood drive in the Cannon congressional building as part of its nationwide “Muslims for Life” campaign, which aims to honor the 10thanniversary of 9/11 and underscore the message that Islam emphasizes the sanctity of all life. […]
Credit:THE WHIG-STANDARD As he travels across the province, Saadat Ahmed says the people he sees are more curious than anything else. “A lot of people don’t know anything about the Qur’an,” said Ahmed, a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community that is travelling across the country to promote awareness of […]
Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir Ten years ago, on a bright and crisp Tuesday morning, 19 men who claimed to be Muslims did what no American had ever envisioned. These 19 men did not just attack the most prominent landmark of the Manhattan skyline, but they attacked the very core […]
Source / Courtesy: The National Interest By Benny Morris “Israel will exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it [a reference to the Medieval Crusader kingdoms],” states the 1988 Charter or constitution of the fundamentalist Muslim Hamas, the organization that rules the Gaza Strip and […]
Tyler Gnietwotta and Yohanna Ririhena, The Jakarta Post, Sometimes a phrase can be much more than just words and can find its way into everyday use in all aspects of life. This holds true with the Indonesian saying ‘from tragedy to opportunity’ as the nation overcame obstacles faced in the […]
Source/Credit: Washington Post, On Faith By Naseem Mahdi On September 1, 2011, I launched the “Muslims for Life” campaign at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. I did this on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the first and oldest Muslim organization in the U.S.. The same day, […]
Courtesy: CNN Editor’s note: Aman Ali is a New York-based writer, stand-up comedian and the co-creator of 30 Mosques in 30 Days, a Ramadan road trip across America. By Aman Ali, Special to CNN New York (CNN) – As a Muslim, I’m sick of people asking me how I feel about 9/11. What do you […]
Most Indonesians oppose the use of violence against the minority Muslim sect Ahmadiyah and think its followers here are their compatriots and should not be facing oppression, a survey by a human rights watchdog showed on Thursday. Many respondents also said the deadly February attack in Cikeusik, Banten, occured because the government […]
Jakarta Globe: Lydia Tomkiw Historian Michael Laffan’s new book explores the influences of trade, travel and traditions on the spread of Islam in Indonesia. Historian, author and professor Michael Laffan studied Indonesian in high school in Australia before going on to study Arabic in college. Laffan wanted to connect the […]
A wonderful three hour documentary! It’s a television first, claims the BBC Press Office. OK they would say that wouldn’t they but I think it might be the first time in decades – if not ever – that a British network has screened a programme, let alone a series, about […]
Source/Credit: WAMU Moderate Muslims were appalled by the terrorist attacks on the U.S. a decade ago, but many have reported being harassed since. That’s partly why members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community want to show the nation their faith is about upholding life. Naseem Mahdi, vice president of the group, says […]
Source/Credit: San Diego Reader Today marks the kickoff of the Muslims for Life campaign – an effort by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to donate 10,000 units of blood via blood drives across America throughout the month of September. The group says its goal is to honor the memory of those […]
“My aim and the desired objective is to serve the mankind” (Promised Messiah as, the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) Laiq Ahmed Atif, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta presented food items together with milk and water to the Civil Protection Department, as a Humanitarian Aid for Libya. He met […]