The Top Five Reasons to Study Religion
Source: Huffington Post By Gary Laderman; Chair of the Department of Religion, Emory University and Editor of Sacred Matters Magazine It’s not easy being chair of a religion department. August is […]
Myths about Terrorism and Islam in Western Europe
Religion is rarely the cause of terrorism but the portrayal of Islam suggests otherwise. Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, Islamist terrorism has remained in the focus […]
Pegida movement on verge of implosion as five of its leading members resign in disgust due to fears of being taken over by Germany’s far right
Source: independent.co.uk Germany’s anti-Islamic Pegida movement is in tatters after five of its leading members resigned in disgust, fearing it would be hijacked by the extreme right. They announced plans to set up a more moderate rival “direct democracy” protest group. More….http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pegida-movement-on-verge-of-total-implosion-as-five-of-its-leading-members-resign-in-disgust-due-to-fears-of-being-taken-over-by-germanys-far-right-10011943.html
Why should American Muslims have to assimilate?
Source: Al Jazeera By Ananya Bhattacharyya @AnanyaBhatt Some cultures in the US have been allowed to remain distinct, so why the double standard? European no-go zones that non-Muslims may not […]
Je Suis Ahmed
almost fearless: by Cristine Gilbert — I posted about the attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Facebook and offered my condolences to the victims and their families. I spent the next 24 hours moderating comments, at first arguing with people who were quoting the Qur’an, then wholesale deleting […]
Sign noting Muslim volunteerism defaced
Statesman: by Peggie Evans — Members of a Round Rock mosque wondered if it was the workplace beheading in Oklahoma by a Muslim or terrorist activities of the Islamic State that caused someone to deface a local road sign bearing their group’s name. Members of the mosque who belong to […]
Reporter Jürgen Todenhöfer Was Embedded With Islamic State. He Came Back Alive.
The Huffington Post UK | By Jessica Elgot Jürgen Todenhöfer spent months in covert negotiations with Islamic State fighters over Skype, until he had reassurances from the very highest levels of the “Caliphate” that he would be safe in Iraq and Syria. The veteran German reporter then packed a small bag and […]
US air strike in Somalia targets al-Shabab leader
BBC News: The US says it has conducted an air strike against the Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab in Somalia. Its target was a “senior leader” in the area of Saakow, according to a statement by the US defence department. READ MORE…
Nigeria’s Gombe and Bauchi cities hit by blasts
BBC News: At least 26 people have been killed in bombings in two major cities in northern Nigeria, emergency workers and witnesses say. The first blast at bus rank in Gombe killed at least 20 while another six died in an explosion at a market in Bauchi, they added. Militant […]
Boko Haram could ‘disenfranchise Nigeria voters’
BBC News: At least 1.5 million people displaced by the Islamist insurgency in north-east Nigeria may not be able to vote in elections if the law is not changed, an electoral official has told the BBC. Discrepancies in the law needed to be resolved in “very good time” or people […]
Nigeria: Dozens killed in double bombing in Jos
BBC News: A twin bomb attack has taken place in a busy area of the Nigerian city of Jos, killing at least 30 people, witnesses say. The two bombs exploded in quick succession, close to the scene of a major bombing in May. READ MORE…
‘Alan Henning was final straw’ Ex-British soldiers avenging death by fighting IS in Syria
express.co.uk: Jamie Read, from Cumbria, made headlines last month after it was revealed he had gone to the war-stricken country to fight alongside the Kurds in the battle against IS militants. He said he believed IS was “the biggest threat the world faces” and was prompted to act following the […]
Pope Francis Says Equating Islam With Violence Is Wrong
Huff Post: by Philip Pullella —- (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global […]
Kenya bus attack: Al-Shabab ‘wants religious war’
BBC News: The slaughter of 28 people on a bus in Kenya is a bid to start a religious war, a senior adviser to President Uhuru Kenyatta has told the BBC. Abdikadir Mohammed called on Kenyans of “all faiths and creeds” to stand together against the “heinous crimes”. At dawn […]
Beautifying Islam
By Ahmed Vanya November 20, 2014 at 5:00 am http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4894/beautifying-islam Many people are understandably asking: What is the true nature of Islam? Is it that although there are many peaceful Muslims, Islam itself is not peaceful? Classical Islamic law, developed over the history of Islam, is definitely not peaceful or […]
A global strategy required to stop radicalization – Ahmadiyya Supreme Head.
Lankaweb: by A. Abdul Aziz — According to our Press Department U.K., on 8 November 2014, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at the 11th National Peace Symposium hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK. […]
Nigeria army ‘retakes Chibok’ from Boko Haram
BBC News: The Nigerian army says it has recaptured the north-eastern town of Chibok, which was seized by Boko Haram militants on Thursday. Boko Haram fighters kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from the village in April, sparking global outrage. The group, which says it is fighting to create an Islamic […]
Nigeria suicide blast in Potsikum school kills dozens
theguardian — Survivors say a suicide bomber disguised in a school uniform detonated a backpack full of explosives. A suicide bomber disguised in a school uniform set off a backpack full of explosives during an assembly at a high school in Nigeria on Monday, killing at least 48 students and wounding 79 […]
Islamic State crisis: The 13-year-old on ‘righteous path’
BBC News: In a cramped living room in southern Turkey, a 13-year-old boy is training to join Islamic State. As he welcomes us in, he appears a regular, happy-looking child: his hair is ruffled, his smile beaming, he wears a grey, hooded sweater. But as we sit down to […]
Nigerians killed in Bauchi state cash machine blast
BBC News: At least 10 people have been killed in a bomb blast as they queued to withdraw money from a cash machine in northern Nigeria, residents have told the BBC. Security operatives say a female suicide bomber was responsible for the attack in Azare, Bauchi state. No group has […]