London Closes 500 Churches; Opens 423 New Mosques
March 5, 2018 Baxter Dmitry News, UK 33 The creeping Islamization of London is almost complete, with hundreds of official sharia courts operating in the capital, and mosques opening where […]
A rabbi, an imam and a pastor walk onto a stage…
Source: The Economist By H.G. and ERASMUS AFTER nearly 17 years on the road, the Interfaith Amigos are a trio (an imam, a rabbi and a Christian pastor, to be […]
Anyone who says the Quran advocates terrorism obviously hasn’t read its lessons on violence
Source: Independent By Qasim Rashid The permission given in Quran 22:40-41 to fight in self-defence was not only granted to defend Muslims from persecution, but to defend Christians, Jews and people of all faiths […]
Jakarta’s Christian ex-governor challenges blasphemy conviction
Source: Reuters By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Jakarta’s former governor, a Christian convicted of insulting Islam, sought a judicial review of his case on Monday, as several […]
‘Atheist Muslim’ says bigoted Donald Trump supporters have hijacked debate on Islam
Source: Independent By Greg Wilford A self-styled “atheist Muslim” author says liberals have stifled criticism of Islam and allowed Donald Trump supporters to hijack debate about the religion from “a position […]
‘How I joined the jihadis by mistake’
Source: BBC More than 300 people from Kosovo went to join Islamists fighting “holy war” in Syria and Iraq – per capita the highest number in Europe. But not all […]
As Muslim women we don’t need you to speak for us, and we don’t need to be saved
Ghena Krayem We face an ongoing struggle to be heard. This denies us the very agency that is claimed we don’t have in the first place Fri 23 Feb 2018 […]
Malaysian rapper’s dog video sparks claim of insulting Islam
Source: Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police said a popular ethnic Chinese rapper has been detained over complaints that his latest music video featuring dancers wearing dog […]
French PM vows to combat ‘slow-burn’ threat of radical Islam
Reuters International This content was published on February 23, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron briefs the media as he arrives at a European Union heads of state […]
The Back-Road Historic Mosques of China
By: Sheila Blair , Jonathan Bloom and Nancy Steinhardt In a country known for large numbers, it was a modest, round number that grabbed our attention: 100. That is […]
More than 150 UK mosques hold open day for non-Muslims
More than 150 mosques around the UK will open their doors to non-Muslim visitors this weekend to offer people a better understanding of Islam and the chance to ask questions about the faith. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/03/visit-my-mosque-day-open-day-non-muslims
The Last Nizam of Hyderabad, From Untold Riches to Total Obscurity
By John Zubrzycki on 04/04/2017 The massive fortune of India’s richest royal family just dissipated because of indifference and ineptitude. File picture of the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mukarram Jah, […]
The Female Quran Experts Fighting Radical Islam in Morocco
Source: The Atlantic Morocco is in a region vulnerable to terrorist recruitment, but it hasn’t had a significant attack on its own soil since 2011, when terrorists bombed a Marrakesh […]
Emmanuel Macron to propose reorganization of Islam in France
Source: Politico The French president said he wants to ‘preserve national cohesion and the possibility of having free consciousness.’ By GIULIA PARAVICINI French President Emmanuel Macron wants to reorganize Islam in […]
Astronomy in Medieval Jerusalem
By: David A King There can be no comparison with the established sophisticated astronomical traditions in Mamlûk Cairo and Damascus and Aleppo, with substantial numbers of capable astronomers, […]
Islam and Christianity: Living Guilt Free
Epigraph: Say Muhammad, “O My servants who have committed excesses against their own souls! despair not of the mercy of Allah, surely Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, He is Most […]
Iran’s hijab protests cap years of evolution
By AFP – Feb 08,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Iranian women wearing hijab walk down a street in the capital Tehran, on Wednesday (AFP photo) TEHRAN — A spate […]
The Five Schools of Islamic Thought
Schools of Islamic thought (madhahib) are the paths people follow to the Noble Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad. Obviously, these schools of thought were founded considerably after the death of the Prophet; in fact, they never took shape until the time of the Umayyid Caliphate. The common phrase ahl al-sunnah wal-jama΄ah, […]
To Know Muslim History is to Know Black History.
February 21, 2017 by Hakeem Muhammad True Black history has been obfuscated and replaced with nefarious Eurocentric myths. Africa is portrayed as a place without history: primitive, inferior and impoverished. […]
The share of Americans who leave Islam is offset by those who become Muslim
Source: Pew Research Center BY BESHEER MOHAMED AND ELIZABETH PODREBARAC SCIUPAC Like Americans in many other religious groups, a substantial share of adults who were raised Muslim no longer identify as members of […]