Pakistan: Minority report
Dawn.com: by Irfan Hussain: A FEW months ago, somebody emailed me a chilling audio clip of a conversation between a journalist and a Pakistani Taliban. When the interviewer reminded the […]
KAZAKHSTAN: Ahmadi Muslims closed down everywhere, Methodist congregation next?
Forum 18, Oslo, Norway 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, community members lamented to Forum 18 News Service. Their place of worship was closed amid a continuing official campaign against religious communities […]
‘Secularism is the way forward’
Dawn.com KARACHI, April 18: Secularism is not against religion; it is the message of humanity. This was the gist of the speeches delivered by eminent speakers at the launch of the Pakistan chapter of the Forum of Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971 at the Karachi Press […]
Senior U.S. General Orders Top-to-Bottom Review of Military’s Islam Training
Source: The wired.com – By Spencer Ackerman The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday ordered the entire U.S. military to scour its training material to ensure it doesn’t contain anti-Islamic content, Danger Room has learned. The order came after the Pentagon suspended a course for senior officers […]
Flag Football Team Wears Hijab To Support Irum Khan, Muslim Player, At Florida School
Huff Post A flag football team took a stand against discrimination by donning hijabs in support of their Muslim teammate. Members of the West Broward High School team wore the traditional […]
New association to unite, promote Jordan’s Islamic scholars
Jordan Times. AMMAN — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, HRH Prince Ghazi, Chief Adviser to the King for Religious and Cultural Affairs and the King’s Personal Envoy, attended a […]
Pakistan is in denial over spreading sectarian violence
the guardian While banned political groups preach hatred towards religious minorities in Pakistan’s major cities, a conflict along sectarian lines is spreading across the country, even to areas not previously associated with violence. Having spent decades turning a blind eye to the calculated violence of groups with a clear agenda based on […]
Italian Minister Giuliano Amato and Hijab and Mother Mary!
Mother Mary praying to God It is not recent news. Italian Minister of Interior affairs has rejected signing on the law to forbid Hijab in his country. Giuliano Amato said […]
Pastor Emeritus Nelson Price: ‘May professed spirit of Ahmadiyya increase’
By Nelson Price Columnist, The Marietta Daily Journal There are almost as many sects of Muslims as there are Baptist denominations. Most often in the news are Sunnis and Shiites. […]
Dialogue crucial for peaceful coexistence
By JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE Minister of Higher Education Khaled Al-Anqari underscored the significance of promoting dialogue to achieve peaceful coexistence of peoples across the world. Describing dialogue as the ‘language […]
Islam Without Extremes – A Muslim Case for Liberty: Interview with Turkish author Mustafa Akyol
The Washington Times HOUSTON, April 20, 2012 — In his new book, Islam Without Extremes—A Muslim Case for Liberty, Turkish columnist Mustafa Akyol attempts to lay the philosophical foundation for liberal democracy in […]
Narrowing Islam-West cultural gap
By JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE ARAB NEWS STAFF The two-day seminar, to be organized by the Ministry of Higher Education in collaboration with the King Abdul Aziz University, is another major […]
Does Religion Matter? Time to End Profiling
Huff Post: Congress recently held a hearing titled, “End Racial Profiling in America.” The scope of the hearing was unique in so far as it was not only limited to the experiences of African Americans and Latinos but encompassed the American Muslim one, too. While African Americans and Latinos have […]
Age of consent for marriage of Saudi girls soon
By DAMMAM: ARAB NEWS The Justice Ministry will soon make an announcement to establish the age of consent for Saudi women to marry, local daily Al-Madinah reported yesterday quoting an official source at the ministry. Director of the Department of Marriage at the ministry Muhammad Al-Babtain said a decision on […]
OIC TV channel to counter Islamophobia
By LIBREVILLE, GABON: ARAB NEWS The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) yesterday announced its plan to establish a satellite channel and promote investment in the media to fight Islamophobia […]
UNESCO celebrates KSA heritage
By ARAB NEWS PARIS: Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja and UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova opened a three-day Saudi cultural event at the UN educational body’s headquarters here […]
Prince Ghazi, Egypt Mufti visit Al Aqsa Mosque
Jordan Times AMMAN — HRH Prince Ghazi, Chief Adviser to the King for Religious and Cultural Affairs and the King’s Personal Envoy, along with Grand Mufti of Egypt Sheikh Ali […]
Langley Green church converts to new mosque
Source: Sussex It was sold to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, with the church moving services to Ifield. The building’s new residents are already using it for prayers – and an open day is being held, as part of plans to make the mosque as welcoming as possible to the whole […]
Separating ‘Islamism’ and ‘Islam’
Source :thenewfederalist. eu The Toulouse killings revived the debate on Islam in Europe On 19 March, France woke up to the dreadful news that someone had killed three children (aged 3, 6 and 10 years old) and a teacher in a Jewish school in Toulouse. It soon appeared that the […]
In Pakistan, saying goodbye can be a religious statement
Source: the guardian Does it matter what name people use for God? This is the question thrown up as a result of a strange development in Pakistani etiquette. Until about 10 years ago “Khuda hafiz”, which means “God protect you”, was the phrase commonly used to say goodbye. But, in […]