Islam Not at Odds With US Values, Say Officials, Community Leaders
Jakarta. The “war on terror” proclaimed by US President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York has largely been wound down by his successor, […]
Hijab protests rock East Jerusalem’s Christian schools
The church-run schools in East Jerusalem are considered the best schools in that part of the city — some would say in the entire city. Their Christian administrators are proud of the religious tolerance and openness that typifies their institutions, where a majority of the students are Muslim. But in […]
Hijab protests rock East Jerusalem's Christian schools
The church-run schools in East Jerusalem are considered the best schools in that part of the city — some would say in the entire city. Their Christian administrators are proud of the religious tolerance and openness that typifies their institutions, where a majority of the students are Muslim. But in […]
Pastor apologises for anti-Islam sermon
Belfast Pastor James McConnell has been released by police investigating comments he made about the Islamic faith during a sermon last month, which he has apologised for. Earlier, he apologised for any distress caused by a sermon during which he described the Islamic faith as “heathen” and “satanic” and “spawned […]
Morocco Tackles Radical Islam
I’m sitting at lunch with Ahmed Abbadi at lunch in Rabat, Morocco. He bears a mild resemblance to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. His English is precise, and he is […]
Robinson in public apology to Muslims
First Minister Peter Robinson has publically apologised for his comments about Muslims. Mr Robinson visited the Islamic Centre in Belfast on Tuesday evening and met with representatives of the Muslim community in Northern Ireland. Speaking to the media afterwards he said: “I apologise if anything I said has caused them […]
Preacher at Ian Paisley’s former church denounces Islam as a ‘wicked religion’
Just a week after a scandal was sparked by a preacher slating Islam as “satanic”, a second preacher has launched a broadside against the faith. The minister at Lord Bannside’s former church, Martyr’s Memorial Free Presbyterian in east Belfast, has blasted Islam as a “violent intolerant wicked religion”. The Rev […]
Preacher at Ian Paisley's former church denounces Islam as a 'wicked religion'
Just a week after a scandal was sparked by a preacher slating Islam as “satanic”, a second preacher has launched a broadside against the faith. The minister at Lord Bannside’s former church, Martyr’s Memorial Free Presbyterian in east Belfast, has blasted Islam as a “violent intolerant wicked religion”. The Rev […]
Australia Documentary Defends Islam
SYDNEY – A new eye-opening documentary film that shows the true nature of Islam has been approved to be shown to high school students in South Australia, in a step […]
Police Probe London Sign Saying ‘Muslims Don’t Like Dogs’
Police in London are investigating a sign telling pet owners to stay out of an east London park because “Muslims do not like dogs,” the London Evening Standard reports. The warning, in Bartlett Park, Poplar, said, “Do not walk your dog here! Muslims do not like dogs. This is an Islamic area […]
World Cup 2014 opens doors for Brazil to welcome Muslim fans
SAO PAULO // In a rundown Sao Paulo street, squeezed between a graffiti-covered sports bar and a dilapidated unisex hairdressers, lies a little haven of Islamic tranquillity. Here, while Brazil is rushing to be ready in time for next month’s Fifa World Cup, staff at the Federation of Muslim Associations in […]
Muslim leaders ‘accept Robinson apology’
A delegation of Northern Ireland’s Muslim leaders has accepted an apology from Peter Robinson over comments he made about followers of the religion. The first minister had told the Irish News on Wednesday he would not trust Muslims involved in violence or devotees of Sharia law. But he said he would “trust […]
I renounced Islam, so my family think I should die
Apostasy is not just something that scandalises people in far off lands. Harriet Alexander hears the story of a British woman whose life was turned upside down when she left Islam – echoing the plight of Meriam Ibrahim, who awaits a death sentence in Sudan for the same “crime” If […]
‘I didn’t mean to insult Muslim community’: Northern Ireland’s Peter Robinson claims Islam comments ‘were misinterpreted’
Peter Robinson insists remarks in support of pastor who compared Muslims to the IRA were “hyped up” and “given a meaning that was never intended” Northern Ireland’s first minister, Peter Robinson, has said he did not “want to insult” the Muslim community after he defended a pastor who branded Islam […]
Northern Ireland’s Peter Robinson caught in religious row after defending preacher’s ‘evil Islam’ sermon
Northern Ireland’s first minister, Peter Robinson, has come under intense scrutiny for defending a pastor who described Islam as “satanic” and “heathen” Pastor James McConnell, an evangelical Protestant preacher, delivered an incendiary sermon earlier this month where he claimed “Islam is a doctrine spawned in hell” and compared Muslims to […]
Lal Khan Malik: Quebec’s ‘values’ debate sows seeds of intolerance
The Muslim Times’ has slightly modified the title of the Op-Ed By: Lal Khan Malik, the National President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Canada. Source: The Star: Continued proliferation […]
To tackle Islamophobia in Britain, we need to fight clever
theguardian: by Matthew Goodwin – Islamophobia is firmly back on the radar of British politics. The increase in attacks against mosques and renewed support for far-right groups reminds us of the need to think seriously about how to root out anti-Muslim sentiment. Today, few serious commentators cling to the bankrupt […]
Muslims in America – New Wave of Anti-Islamic Sentiment
Source: Qantara.de By: Joseph Mayton America’s anti-Islam sentiment is unfounded and dishonest. For one, it discounts the violence and school shootings perpetrated by non-Muslims. And it ignores the fact that the US government has been responsible for the deaths of over one million Muslims in the past decade. Joseph Mayton […]
‘The Muslims Are Coming’
Huff Post: by Omar Sacirbey. Fed up with what they perceived to be a growing Islamophobia in America, Farsad and Obeidallah started the project in 2011. “It was alarming to me that being a Muslim became an accusation,” Farsad said. “The Muslims Are Coming” is also useful as a catalog of […]
Muslim Jewish Conference Meets in Sarajevo to Combat Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism
Epigraph: And who will turn away from the religion of Abraham but he who is foolish of mind? Him did We choose in this world, and in the next he […]