Extremism Is a Concept Alien to Islam–And to Human Decency
Time: Like hundreds of other Ahmadi Muslims, Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was murdered only for his faith. Combined, education and compassion can conquer such extremism. Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was […]
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 […]
Anti-Islam sticker was posted in parliamentary envelope: Volkskrant
Geert Wilders distributed an anti-Islam sticker to supporters in parliamentary envelopes, which is a ‘highly unusual’ action to take, the Volkskrant reports on Friday. Foreign minister Frans Timmermans is to visit Saudi Arabia soon in an effort to calm Saudi anger about the anti-Islam sticker which reads, in Arabic, ‘Islam […]
Extremism Is a Concept Alien to Islam–And to Human Decency
Like hundreds of other Ahmadi Muslims, Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was murdered only for his faith. Combined, education and compassion can conquer such extremism. Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was the type of friend every American would proudly brag about. He was a loyal U.S. citizen. He was only 50, a […]
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 […]
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 […]
eDigest: EXTREMIST: A Response to Geert Wilders & Terrorists Everywhere: A Book Coming Out Today
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) The Book is by Qasim Rashid B.Sc. JD The Review is by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Book Review: EXTREMIST: A Response to Geert Wilders & Terrorists Everywhere Book by […]
Sudanese ‘apostasy’ woman sentenced to death: Meriam Yahya Ibrahim gives birth in prison
A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for ‘apostasy’ after marrying a Christian man has given birth in prison. Meriam Yahya Ibrahim gave birth to a girl in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the hospital wing of a prison in Omdurman, Bloomberg has reported. The 27-year-old doctor, whose father was […]
International Press Surprised By Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam PVV Election Loss
Source: Dutch News The international press is concentrating its coverage of the Dutch EU elections on the loss sustained by Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam PVV, the FD reports. The British Daily Telegraph […]
Book Review: EXTREMIST: A Response to Geert Wilders & Terrorists Everywhere
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy, A Nobel for Karen Armstrong will bring the Christians and the Muslims closer and Karen […]
50 Actual Facts That Challenge What You’ve Been Told About Muslims
Source: PolicyMic By Laila Alawa: Laila Alawa is a Muslim feminist, writer and cultural critic who has been published at The Huffington Post, The Guardian, Patheos, The Islamic Monthly, and serves […]
Debunking the Extremist Myth That Islam is Anti-Jewish
Source: Time By Qasim Rashid: He is an attorney, author, and national spokesperson for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. His upcoming book,EXTREMIST: A Response to Geert Wilders & Terrorists Everywhere, is due […]
What Can the 8 Million Coptic Christians Teach Us?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Copts are the native Christians of Egypt. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority from 400–800 A.D. and the […]
The random Muslim scare story generator: separating fact from fiction
theguardian: by Nesrine Malik — Halal meat is on every menu; sharia law is taking over; the niqab is undermining the nation. Ever noticed how often the same old stories keep appearing about Muslims in Britain? Here’s the truth about these and other media myths In Britain, there is now […]
Hirsi Ali: Telling a Critic From an Islamophobe
Huff Post: by Kashif N. Chaudhry — In an interview with Reason magazine, this became clear when the interviewer asked if by “defeating Islam” Hirsi Ali meant, “defeating radical Islam?” She replied: “No. Islam, period.” When the reporter asked her to further elaborate what she meant by “defeat Islam” she replied: “I […]
5 Reasons the 9/11 Museum Should Drop ‘Islamist’
Huff Post: by Dr. Faheem Younus: Muslim, professor, doctor and philanthropist On May 21, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York is scheduled to release “The Rise of Al Qaeda,” […]
This war on ‘Islamism’ only fuels hatred and violence
theguardian: by Seumas Milne — In Britain, the campaign against Islamist “extremism” is once again in full flow. In fact, it is open season on the Muslim community. For the past few weeks reports have multiplied about an alleged “Islamic plot”, code-named Operation Trojan Horse, to take control of 25 […]
How Hatred of Islam Creates Strange Bedfellows of Christians and Atheists
San Diego Free Press: by C. J. Werleman — Chris Hedges, who not only spent a decade as a New York Times correspondent in the Middle East, but was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of global terrorism, writes, “The dehumanization of Muslims in U.S. social culture and the […]