Policies targeting Arabs and Muslims did not just start with Donald Trump
Oct 19,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Donald Trump is not the first politician to use demonisation of foreigners, whether Arabs or Muslims, as a campaign tactic. And […]
How Switzerland and France approach ‘Islamic separatism’
President Emmanuel Macron wants to rid France of what authorities say is a “parallel society” of radical Muslims thriving outside the values of the nation. Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. […]
Two Muslim women are stabbed under the Eiffel Tower by white female attackers shouting ‘Dirty Arabs’
Source: Mail online French police have arrested two female suspects after suspected racist attacks Two Muslim women were ‘stabbed repeatedly’ under the Eiffel Tower on Sunday Paris Police have now […]
Islam contains all commandments needed for improving present-day world
16th October 2020 Hazrat Khalifatul Masih offers guidance to Atfal in Australia In his Friday Sermon of 1 April 1938, with regard to the moral training and upbringing of youth, Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IIra, said, “A nation cannot be reformed without first reforming its youth.” (Al […]
Wahhabism and the Rise of the Saudis: The Persecuted Become the Persecutors
19th October 2020 Facsimile of a folio from a nineteenth-century manuscript (Or 7718) of Ibn Bishr’s chronicle, Unwan al-majd fi taʾrikh najd [The glorious history of Najd], one of the two foremost […]
Book Review: Islam, Race and Pluralism in the Pakistani Diaspora
JULY 28TH, 2017 Islam, Race and Pluralism in the Pakistani Diaspora CRAIG CONSIDINE One afternoon in the summer of 2013, I sat down with a young Ahmadi American Muslim of […]
Saudi Arabia reopens Rawdah for worshippers at Prophet’s Mosque
Previous 1 / 4 Saudi Arabia reopened the Rawdah in the Prophet’s Mosque on Sunday to the public following a closure to curb the spread of COVID-19. (SPA) 2 / 4 Saudi […]
Saudi Arabia leads Arab and Muslim world in condemning terrorist murder of French teacher
Samuel Paty, 47, was murdered on his way home from school on Friday in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. His attacker, Abdullakh Anzorov, 18, a Chechen born in Moscow, […]
FAKE NEWS: How star reporter’s Syria podcast sent New York Times into crisis
The ObserverNew York Times Caliphate, an insider’s story of Isis, caused a sensation. But with its credibility in doubt, questions are raised about the media Manbij in northern Syria was […]
From mute to menacing: why TV’s portrayal of Muslims still falls short
Though representation has increased, Islam on TV is still largely centred around terrorists and oppressed women. What we need is more complexity – and fewer dangerous cliches Terrorist mastermind … […]
France’s Emmanuel Macron doesn’t want an Islamic reformation. He wants re-election
By Faisal Al Yafai | Journalist History is not on Emmanuel Macron’s side. France’s last two presidents have only lasted one term. But, happily, for him, history also provides a […]
Farshchian painting “Guarantor of Gazelle” depicts kindness to animals in Islam
October 17, 2020 – TEHRAN – Persian painter Mahmud Farshchian has portrayed the story of Imam Reza (AS) acting as a mediator between a gazelle and a hunter in […]
The backlash against an Indian jewellery advert with a Hindu-Muslim couple makes me despair
Source: Independent The Twitter storm over Tanishq advert about an interfaith marriage and family proves India is no longer a secular nation in anything but its constitution By Akanksha Singh […]
Intl. Islamic Unity Conference to be held virtually
October 11, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN — The 34th edition of the International Islamic Unity Conference is scheduled to be held online due to the spread of the coronavirus, […]
Is al-Azhar under attack?
Sulaiman Lkaderi , Mohamed Hassan 15 October 2020 16:17 UTC | Egypt’s parliament rejected a bill that was set to strip the thousand-year-old al-Azhar University of its religious authority. It’s the latest […]
Jihad in the Contemporary World
Al-Hafiz Yunus Omotayo FACTS FROM FICTION 10th October 2020 Add Comment ©Shutterstock Al-Hafiz Yunus Omotayo, Nigeria In the contemporary world, there appears to be no other religious concept as grossly […]
Untold stories of Black Muslims in America: The Mufti and the mission
9th October 2020 This series of articles focuses on the African-Americans who Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiqra brought under the banner of the true Islam during his time in America between 1920 […]
Anti-migrant sentiment fanned on Facebook in Malaysia
By Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi © Reuters/LAI SENG SIN FILE PHOTO: Rohingyas living in Malaysia protest against the treatment of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims near the Myanmar embassy in Kuala Lumpur […]
Islam: A Solace, Not a Menace
Islam has been largely misunderstood as an ideology endorsing terrorism. While the opponents of Islam try to assert this narrative, nothing can be further from the truth. HUSAM AHMED SEPTEMBER […]
Book Review: People of the Book Prophet Muhammad’s Encounters with Christians – by Dr. Craig Considine
People of the Book Prophet Muhammad’s Encounters with Christians Craig Considine A considered study of Muslim–Christian coexistence and dialogue in the time of Prophet Muhammad. Bibliographic Details Hardback May […]